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Near vs. Minnesota - The First Great Press Case

From: Susan Gray

When Minneapolis officials shut down a scandal sheet publisher for printing malicious and defamatory material it sparked our country's first debate...

Added: Sep 25, 2012
Length: 27:37

Furious Love

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. Plus, a satire of college football. And, a conversation with the son of a scienc...

Bought by WJCT

Added: Sep 24, 2012
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 1

After the Blacklist

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

In the early years of the Cold War, a number of Hollywood directors and writers were blacklisted from the motion picture industry. One author says ...

Bought by KENW and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Jul 17, 2012
Length: 02:32
Purchases: 2

The Censorship of Dorian Gray

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

A new edition restores Oscar Wilde's famous novel to its original form.

Bought by XRAY.fm

Added: Jul 17, 2012
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 1

Near v Minnesota: How a local rag ignited a First Amendment firestorm

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth

When Minneapolis politicians censored small time scandal sheet publisher, Jay Near, it sparked the country’s first debate on whether the government...

Bought by KSRQ, KSRQ, and KVSC

Added: Jun 11, 2012
Length: 27:37
Purchases: 3

"A Radio Show About Radio: A personal journey thru am/fm/lp and internet radio"

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

This week's episode of " What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" is a personal journey thru 4 decades of radio...as both a listener...and as a practitio...

Added: May 18, 2012
Length: 55:45

#22 - Happy Birthday Studs

From: HowSound

Studs Terkel would be 100 today! We mark the occasion with an excerpt from the radio doc "Working with Studs."

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: May 16, 2012
Length: 23:39
Purchases: 1

Dan Rather: A Rather Outspoken Memoir

From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio

Contemporary news icon Dan Rather shares the ups and downs of his career in his memoir, “Rather Outspoken”; and author, Christopher Bram gives the ...

Bought by WCNY and KWMR

Added: May 08, 2012
Length: 59:55
Purchases: 2

StoryCorps Griot: Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed and Arthur "Sonny" Williams

From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps

Karen Slade, Eric "Rico" Reed, and Arthur "Sonny" Williams of radio station KJLH remember the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, and KMUD

Added: Apr 16, 2012
Length: 02:28
Purchases: 3

Library Of Congress Preserves A Treasure Trove... Underground

From: Rebecca Sheir

Caption: The Packard Campus is roughly 500,000 square feet, built into the side of a mountain in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains., Credit: Library of Congress Photo/ Matt Raymond

What do you get when you take a former Cold War bunker and fill it with the world’s largest collection of films, TV shows, radio broadcasts and sou...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio and more

Added: Apr 11, 2012
Length: 06:38
Purchases: 6

Revivalist Radio...on Stage

From: Daniel Gross

It kind of destroys the point of radio plays if you have to show up in costume. But two quirky guys built one quirky radio troupe anyway. This is r...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix

Added: Apr 01, 2012
Length: 14:45
Purchases: 2

The RARE EARTH story with Gil Bridges Vol. III

From: Howard Burchette
Series: The Funk Show

Rare Earth is know for their hits; Get Ready, I Just Want To celebrate, I Know I'm Losing You, Big John Is My Name, Hey Big Brother, What'd I Say, ...

Added: Mar 22, 2012
Length: 01:02:30

Justice For Sale: Glenn Greenwald on the Rule of Law

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Author Glenn Greenwald talks about his book, ‘With Liberty and Justice for Some.’ Americans claim to live under the rule of law; that no one is abo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio

Added: Mar 14, 2012
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

The Nightly News and the Civil Rights Movement

From: With Good Reason

The Civil Rights Movement was the United States’ first major domestic news story to be televised. The author of a new book exploring television’s r...

Bought by WMTNradio, Troy Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Feb 03, 2012
Length: 02:25
Purchases: 3

Equal Time: The Networks and the Civil Rights Movement

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

How the evening news shaped attitudes about race relations during the Civil Rights Movement.

Bought by KALW, WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, WJAB and more

Added: Feb 03, 2012
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 9

Refugee Composers 12-04

From: All Classical Public Media
Series: The Score with Edmund Stone

They came to Hollywood to escape the Nazi regime.

Bought by WCRI, KPVL, WCPN, WEKU, KREV-LP and more

Added: Jan 24, 2012
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 6

#9 - The Plane That Flew Into the Empire State Building

From: HowSound

Producer Joe Richman understands the power and pleasure of storytelling with archive tape.

Bought by KUER, KISU, KISU, Radio Newark, KZXP and more

Added: Jan 20, 2012
Length: 22:49
Purchases: 8

Producer Profile: Randy Vasquez and Jonathan Skurnik

From: Vision Maker Media
Series: Native Producer Profile

Caption: Jonathan Skurnik and Randy Vasquez

Reporter Ben Kreimer speaks with filmmakers Randy Vasquez and Jonathan Skurnik.

Added: Jan 18, 2012
Length: 17:55

Studs Terkel: A Heart as Big as the World

From: A World of Possibilities

Despite his best efforts, like the very establishments he excoriated, Studs Terkel became an American institution. A man of the people, he was also...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, XRAY.fm, WZEN.org, KBGA 89.9 FM, WDSE and more

Added: Dec 12, 2011
Length: 55:00
Purchases: 11

Literary Brooklyn

From: Shannon Geis

A conversation with the author of a new book about the literary history of Brooklyn.

Added: Nov 11, 2011
Length: 08:00

Tom Keith: Sound Effects Man from "A Prairie Home Companion"

From: Katy Sewall

Caption: Tom Keith takes a bow with his sound effects behind him, Credit: Katy Sewall

Tom Keith, long time sound effects man for A Prairie Home Companion, could have worked during the Golden Age of Radio. He preferred to create sound...

Bought by KPIK-LP

Added: Nov 01, 2011
Length: 06:39
Purchases: 1

Witness to History: Richard C. Hottelet

From: GW Global Media Institute

If you've ever listened to the radio or watched television news, you owe thanks in part to Richard C. Hottelet. One of the original "Murrow Boys," ...

Added: Oct 27, 2011
Length: 53:30

Blacklisted Artists

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

In the early years of the Cold War, a number of Hollywood directors and writers were blacklisted from the motion picture industry. One author says ...

Bought by KENW

Added: Oct 24, 2011
Length: 02:32
Purchases: 1

NPR at 40

From: GW Global Media Institute
Series: This Just In!

Close your eyes and listen to the story: the hustle and bustle of a busy city sidewalk, the moan and groan of an approaching metro car, the hiss an...

Bought by WCBE