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The Man Who Put the 'P' in NPR
From: Radio Diaries
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One of the best mission statements I’ve read is the original NPR mission, which was written in 1969 by Bill Siemering. Bill is an amazing guy who, ...

Bought by Northwest Public Broadcasting, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 19:24
  • Purchases: 3
Political Junkie 2015 Remembrances Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2015 draws to a close, Political Junkie Ken Rudin remembers the lawmakers and newsmakers from the world of politics who passed away this year. K...

Bought by KZYX, WVPE, WCQS, WBEZ, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
Political Junkie 2015 Remembrances Special (PROMO)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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SPECIAL NOW AVAILABLE -- Please purchase and download the program files from the PRX piece linked in the description below.

Bought by WCQS and KISU


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Journalist Eric Arnold talks with Stanley Nelson, director of the documentary film: The Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution.

Bought by KMUN, KALW, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WRKF, WFHB and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 23
New MNHS exhibit explores Twin Cities suburban culture
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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A new exhibit at the Minnesota History Center creates a picture of Twin Cities suburban life from after World War II to the 1970s. Dan Spock, direc...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 18:04
Do We Need Guns For Radical Social Change?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Huey Newton
The Black Panthers weren’t the only ones arming themselves in the 60s and 70s. And as Making Contact producer George Lavender found, not everyone h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
Community Archaeology
From: WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
Caption: PRX default Piece image
On this edition of God Matters, host Peter Kreten welcomes Dr. Iman Saca, Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at S...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 30:01
Buying American Elections
From: History Talk from Origins
Series: History Talk Shorts
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Money and politics have never been like oil and water. We explain why on this edition of "History Talk."

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Ellis Island:  Those Who Arrived There, Why, and What Was it Like?
From: Barry Vogel
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation about Ellis Island, it's history and the people who arrived there, with Andrew Weiss, a historian and then to...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
The Lower 9th Ward Lives On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Robert Green, Lower 9th ward resident, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
We visit the Lower 9th Ward Living Museum, to learn how some are trying to preserve the lessons and legacies of the past. And we talk to a residen...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 13:31
  • Purchases: 1
Gunther Schuller, RIP: A Life Inside Music
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Schuller, who died last week at 89, was a prodigious, captivated, sometimes cantankerous prisoner of every kind of modern music: between Beethoven ...

Bought by KMUW and WFMT Station Account


  • Added: Jul 04, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
The History of ISIS and the Wright Brothers
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, the Islamic State, known as ISIS, exploded into the public eye in 2014 with startling speed and shocking brutality. It has captured the imag...

Bought by WCNY, KCMJ Community Radio, KEDT, and WCWP


  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 4
WASPs / Honoring Heroic Legacies / Servicewomen Today / Reunions! / Cultivating Life After War
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
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Segment 1: Deanie Bishop Parish/WASPs Segment 2: Melvin Morris/ Medal of Honor Segment 3: Tanya Biank/Women in military Segment 4: Larry Kelle...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Think you know what First Amendment says? Former ACLU legal director believes we've been getting it wrong
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Burt Neuborne, a civil liberties specialist who has argued many cases before the Supreme Court, believes the Court has misinterpreted the original ...

  • Added: May 19, 2015
  • Length: 22:35
Bringing Home the War Dead (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that. (An...

Bought by WCNY, WGZS, WABE, WDCB, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
Bringing Home the War Dead (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WKCC, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, KENW, and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KKRN, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
An Everyday Guide to Alzheimer’s Prevention
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, from brain-protecting foods to physical and mental exercise, Dr. Gary Small, reveals an easy to follow regimen that will increase brain heal...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and WCWP


  • Added: Mar 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Telling American Stories (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Bro Adams says the humanities can help us solve problems brought on by advances in technology. And: The hustler who inspired the "Beats." Plus: Wha...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Telling American Stories (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Bro Adams says the humanities can help us solve problems brought on by advances in technology. And: The hustler who inspired the "Beats." Plus: Wha...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KVSC, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Miseducation and Misguidance in American Higher Learning
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, a large cornerstone of the American Dream once included creative and critical thinking. Bill Deressiewicz provides solutions problems in the...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
Let There Be Night (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KWMR, KCPW Salt Lake City, KENW and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
"You Want to See My Hunting License? I'm an Indian."
From: WDSE
Series: Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa
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On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa, host Erik Redix has a conversation with Don Wedll, former Commissioner of Natural Resources for ...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Split Rock Lighthouse observes 39th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Lee Radzak is historic site manager of Split Rock Lighthouse, a position he's held for over 30 years. He spoke with WTIP's Dick Swanson recently ab...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 20:34

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