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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
2024 is an interesting election year, but still not as raucous as 1948.. All the columnists and commentators who were polled agreed Thomas Dewey w...

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


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
Would the Founding Fathers Have Given You the Freedom to Vote?
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Would the Founding Fathers Have Given You the Freedom to Vote?

  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
State of the Union -- Will the President Address the Majority?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Last year's State of the Union Speech was pretty short on details for the majority of Americans -- women. Will he pass them by again this year?

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:37
The Temperament of FDR
From: With Good Reason
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Scholars gathered recently at a conference in Virginia to explore the legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The keynote address fell to a Stanford schol...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Gene Debs, American Hero
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Few leaders have done more for ordinary Americans than Eugene V. Debs, born 150 years ago.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 04:06