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SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Taking Us Higher (An Appreciation)

From: Paul Ingles

A celebration of some of the most irresistible music of the late 1960's and early '70's from group leader Sly Stone and the FAMILY STONE band - tha...

Bought by WCVE, WDDE, WUTC, KTNA, KSJE and more

Echoes of a Coup

From: Scene on Radio

One-hour special (59:00 with 5-minute news hole), Echoes of a Coup, telling the story of the only successful coup d'etat in U.S. history -- the 189...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WNYC, WUNC, Baltimore Public Media, WFDD and more

Millennial History

From: Andrea Voets

In Millennial History, we relive recent history through the eyes of millennials who were there when it happened. The murder of anti-mafia judge Fal...

Viva Brother Nagi from Kerning Cultures

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Nagi Daifallah was a young farm worker from Yemen who participated in the 1973 Grape Strike along with the UFW until he was murdered by a Sheriff....

The Pseudo-Science of Whiteness: Biology as a Social Weapon (ENCORE)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

This week, filmmaker Stephanie Welch explores the role that racist, unscientific propaganda has played in promoting white supremacy in the U.S. She...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer

Last Witness: The Kerner Commission

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness

Decades before our current debate over critical race theory, the 1968 Kerner Commission pointed the finger at structural racism for creating the co...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Episode 158: "If it ever happens, run."

From: Criminal
Series: Criminal

“What I recall most is the way that she grabbed my wrist and, shaking a bit, she said over and over again, ‘If it happens, run. Don’t let that happ...

A Wild Woman Sings the Blues

From: Ian Ruskin

Caption: Barbara Dane at the Newport Folk Festival

This documentary shines a light on one of America’s most extraordinary musicians and activists, Barbara Dane. This is a woman who lead the way in c...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WKMS, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)

I Am Not Your Negro (ENCORE)

From: Making Contact

Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examina...

Bought by WVAS

2 Years: Diaries of a Divided Nation

From: KCRW

Two Years: Diaries of a Divided Nation is a people’s history of the forty-fifth presidency, recorded in real time, over the first two years of the...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., American Voices, KALW, KUOW and more

Last Witness: Mission to Hiroshima

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Last Witness

On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Making Obama: Part 2

From: WBEZ
Series: Making Obama

From WBEZ Chicago, Making Obama tells the story of Barack Obama’s climb from the South Side of Chicago to the national stage. Host Jennifer White t...

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KRWG, Indie3 Radio and more

Making Obama: Part 1

From: WBEZ
Series: Making Obama

From WBEZ Chicago, Making Obama tells the story of Barack Obama’s climb from the South Side of Chicago to the national stage. Host Jennifer White t...

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, KRWG, Indie3 Radio and more

She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry – The Personal Is Political

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Film Artwork, Credit: She's Angry When Beautiful

For this edition of Making Contact, we’ll present the documentary, “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,” a reflection on the rise of the women’s libe...

Bought by WVAS, WXDU, and WRIR

Bo Ambrozewicz

From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler

He's running for El Dorado County Supervisor, District 4 (so say goodbye to the incumbent while you can)...

Getting Into Vietnam (promo)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

In the first episode of a new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the self-image of Ameri...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis and WLPR

Getting Into Vietnam (hour version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the se...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, Troy Public Radio, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPCA-LP and more

Getting Into Vietnam (half hour version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the se...

Can A Song Sway A Vote? Presidential Campaign Songs Since Washington

From: KUNM

Caption: The official Flag of the President of the United States, Credit: Wiki, Creative Commons

Can a song sway a vote? Learn about the use of campaign music throughout the history of American Presidential campaigns since George Washington thr...

Out of the Blocks: Penn-North (full version)

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks

Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis

Out of the Blocks: Penn-North (mini version)

From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks

Caption: The intersection on Pennsylvania & North Avenues in Baltimore, Credit: Wendel Patrick

Voices from the epicenter of unrest in Baltimore

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis

The Ghosts of Fire Island

From: Myke Dodge Weiskopf

Caption: The Invasion of the Pines on Fire Island, Credit: Mike Fisher

For most of the 20th Century, New York's Fire Island was virtually the only place on Earth where gay men and lesbians felt safe to live and to love...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and Wild Planet Radio

The Long Shadow of Forrest Carter

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project

Asa Carter was a speechwriter for Alabama Governor George Wallace. He penned one of the most infamous speeches of the era… Wallace’s “Segregation N...

Bought by PRX Remix

Sandy in Gowanus

From: Jamie Courville

Hurricane Sandy was nearly one year ago. Days after the storm, one woman described seeing the storm surge cause a flood of the extremely toxic wate...

Segregation Now, Segregation Forever: The Infamous Words of George Wallace

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project

On the 50th anniversary of Wallace’s inaugural speech as the Governor of Alabama, Radio Diaries tells the story behind those infamous words, and th...

Bought by The Story and PRX Remix

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