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Episode 5: Conclusion - What We’ve Learned
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Over the past few episodes, we introduced you to the idea of what Shifting the Narrative is and what it looks like in gun sense, the war on poverty...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 15:01
Episode 3: On Guns - Bridging the Divide on Stage
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Gun violence is an issue that divides many Americans. But a theater company in New York set out to build a bridge by helping people with firsthand ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 31:30
Program 1 ~ The Battle of the Airwaves
From: WPSU
Series: Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
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The first hour of the two-part series, Time to Lay It Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War that explores the music created during the Vietnam W...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KWSO, Radio Bristol, WQLN, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:11
  • Purchases: 16
City Of Dreamers - Part 3
From: Littleglobe
Series: Audio Revolution!
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City of Dreamers explores the lives of young people and immigrant families from Santa Fe’s South Side. First presented live, on stage at the Lensic...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 27:54
Harlem In Revolt - Part #3 (Malcolm X unedited interview)
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)
Caption: Malcolm X (1964), Credit: Associate Press
Malcolm X 1963: The uncut interview.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:09:59
Harlem In Revolt - Part #2
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)
Caption: Malcolm X 1964, Credit: Associate Press
This is the second hour of the documentary 'Harlem In Revolt.' It was made by a young writer called Austin Clarke and looked at the state of Harlem...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Harlem In Revolt - Part #1
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)
Caption: Malcolm X 1964, Credit: Associate Press
A little more than fifty years ago, 1963, was a time of great upheaval in the United States. The fight for civil rights was in full force with peop...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Marriage Poster Gals Del & Phyllis: A Love Story
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco City Hall in 2004 and again -- legally -- in 2008, mere months b...

Bought by WORT, KQED, and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 3
Strange Fruit: Voices of a Lynching
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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Poet and songwriter Abel Meeropol wrote that lament after seeing a photograph of two black teenagers hanging from a tree.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, KUER, WMMT, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:35
  • Purchases: 6
Chapter 23 - On the Line
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
On the job in the steel mills, the Ministers-in-Industry participants continue to shield their identities as seminarians to keep the situation real...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:41
Chapter 18 - The Election of 1948
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard spends the 1948 fall election season organizing student chapters of the League for Industrial Democracy on college campuses. Though loyal t...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:27
William Jennings Bryan: The Speech That Changed Politics
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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At the 1896 Democratic Convention, Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party and won him the nomination. His “Cross of Gold” speech is known t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 7
Shirley Chisholm: The Politics of Principle
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1972, Shirley Chisholm launched a spirited campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was the first woman and first African American to run. De...

Bought by WABE, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 10
The “Veep”
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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Alben Barkley served in Congress for close to 40 years and was Harry Truman’s vice president from 1948-1952. Though he wanted to be President himse...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 4
Victoria Woodhull: The First Woman to Run for President
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In the 19th century, Victoria Woodhull was many things: a clairvoyant, a businesswoman, an advocate for women’s rights and sexual freedom, and a ma...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 8
Margaret Chase Smith: Cold Warrior in Pearls
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1964, Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman from a major party to run for President. The Republican Senator ran as a staunch hawk and expe...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 5
Adlai Stevenson: A Candidate in the Age of Television
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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The 1952 presidential campaign pitted the immensely popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower against the ferociously intellectual and intensely private...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
  • Purchases: 6
Gracie Allen: The Joke That Became a Campaign
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1940 the United States was just emerging from the shadow of the Great Depression and war loomed in Europe. Into these serious times stepped Grac...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 10
President Change: What's Hope? What's Reality
From: Brian Sussman
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Fast-forward to January 2009. A new President is in the Oval Office. How will he ? or she ? grease the wheels of official Washington to get an age...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 32:03
The Shift of Land part 12...local food
From: KRZA
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the twelfth pr...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 17, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Shift of Land part 10...Land
From: KRZA
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. The Shift of Land ...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
The Shift of Land part 9...Water
From: KRZA
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the ninth progr...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 15, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Shift of Land part 8...A Global Perspective
From: KRZA
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In this program Ne...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 15, 2007
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 2
The Shift of Land part 6...Current State of Things
From: KRZA
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The Shift of Land is a 13 part series, which looks at the deep connections between land, culture and agriculture in New Mexico. In the sixth progr...

Bought by KENW and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 14, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Tejidos Culturales #5 The Chicano Movment #2
From: KRZA
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Tejidos Culturales is a cultural series looking at the San Luis Valley. This program is the 2nd part looking at the Chicano Movement.

Bought by KCEI 90.1 FM Red River/Taos, NM and KWCW


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2