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Echoes of a Coup
From: Scene on Radio
Caption: Echoes of a Coup art, Credit: Zaire McPhearson
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, WYPR, WFDD and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 25
Colorado, Minnesota & Michigan Courts Consider “Insurrection Act” Cases Attempting to Keep Trump Off the Ballot
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Colorado, Minnesota & Michigan Courts Consider “Insurrection Act” Cases Attempting to Keep Trump Off the Ballot

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Whistle Stops: The 1948 Presidential Campaigns
From: Lester Graham
Caption: President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the inaccurate headline: Dewey Defeats Truman., Credit: public domain
2023 is the 75th anniversary of one of the biggest political upsets in American political history (although the documentary does not mention the 75...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Michigan Radio, KUOW, and WAMU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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"The whole world is watching."

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KKRN, KFCF FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Here There Be Dragons: Part 2 of The State Made Visible
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: "Sir Francis Drake in Cartagena 1585" by Baptista Boazio, 1589
This is Part 2 of The State Made Visible with Rasul Mowatt, author of The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence, published by Routle...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jan 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
David Hill discusses "The Vapors"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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David Hill is a writer from Hot Springs, Arkansas. His work has appeared regularly in Grantland and The Ringer, and has been featured in The New Yo...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 14:16
IE: Inside Europe, 6/4/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Europe demands answers after US-Danish spying claims. Frustration with the German government's handling of the vaccine prog...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Health Insurance recorded 3/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A comparative generational discussion on the issues evolving in health insurance.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 24:28
WAR - Gen. Wesley Clark
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Recorded 10/1/01 Gen. Clark guest on Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

  • Added: Mar 28, 2021
  • Length: 23:59
The Rivalry
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates come alive, courtesy of David Strathairn and Paul Giamatti.

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, KCRW, KUOW, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 31
Speaking the Language of White America: Violence and the End of Slavery
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In her book, Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence, Kellie Carter Jackson contends that the history of abolitionism, ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
The Transformative Act of Sharing and the ZAD
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Communal Luxury author Kristin Ross talks about how distinct and often contrary modes of activism can operate together to compose a new form of sol...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:39
Heroes of American Dissent (Special Episode)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Stories about We The People, pushing back, in the pursuit of a better America.

Bought by WGTE Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KWIT, KICI Iowa City, and KWTF community radio for Sonoma County


  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Manuel Pastor, author of "State of Resistance"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Manuel Pastor about his book "State of Resistance" about California's past and how it can inform America's future.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2018
  • Length: 30:11
The Legacy of C.L.R. James
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Best known for his path-breaking work on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, published in 1938, Trinidadian C.L.R. James was often at the c...

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 58:05
WorldCanvass: Russian Revolution 100 Years On (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Guests on this WorldCanvass help us understand Russia’s historical trajectory, the cultural and social fallout from the revolution and its aftermat...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Russian Revolution 100 Years On (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass guests help us understand Russia's historical trajectory, the cultural and social fallout from the revolution and its aftermath, and i...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 09, 2017
  • Length: 26:35
  • Purchases: 1
Stand Your Ground: America's Love Affair With Lethal Self-Defense
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Caroline Light
Harvard Professor, Caroline Light, explores the racist "Stand Your Ground" history.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: A Conversation with Pete Culp
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on the RDD, Haley meets with Pete Culp, a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors. Baldemar Velasquez nominat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
FRDH: How America Got This Way
From: MIchael Goldfarb
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Veteran overseas journalists look at America as it enters the Age of Donald Trump

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 49:16
Constitution Day in Maryland Part 2
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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This week's show is the second part of a recording made by WAMD 970 in Abingdon, Maryland for the Harford County Library Foundation. The program wa...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KRDP


  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Constitution Day in Maryland
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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This week's show comes from a recording made by WAMD 970 in Abingdon, Maryland for the Harford County Library Foundation. The program was recorded ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Optimistic Revolution
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Special guest host Joe L. Lovell of Amarillo, Texas returns to speak with President Thomas Jefferson about revolution, public education and the nee...

Bought by KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KRDP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Trial by Jury
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Guest host Joe L. Lovell of Amarillo, Texas speaks with President Thomas Jefferson about the workings of America’s legal system and the importance ...

Bought by KTXK, KALH, KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
We Have Voted
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Prompted by requests from many Jefferson Hour listeners, the creator of The Thomas Jefferson Hour, Clay S. Jenkinson, discusses the outcome of the ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRDP, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4