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It's International Women's Day and who better to celebrate than Rosa Luxemburg? And we also with Rosa Luxemburg a belated happy birthday. She was b...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 56:57
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Our guest David Blight reminds us that Americans are re-fighting the Civil War 150 years after it ended. Historians, he said, “buried the questions...

Bought by WRPI and KZYX


  • Added: Apr 11, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: FBI 9/11 Whistle-blower Coleen Rowley: Post-Charlie Hebdo Massacre Rush to...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
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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
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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
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The protests chanting “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe” in the wake of the police killings in Missouri, New York, and elsewhere, will draw...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Dec 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
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First, Medgar Evers was heavily involved in civil rights activism and was instrumental in efforts to end segregation in Mississippi. His widow, Myr...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Feb 11, 2014
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In January 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the War on Poverty. Much has changed, but much has stayed the same.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: President John F. Kennedy greets the crowd in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963, shortly before his assassination., Credit: Library of Congress.
On November 22nd, 1963, 50 years ago, President John F. Kennedy was killed while riding in a motorcade in Dallas – a tragedy that inspired conspira...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUFT, XRAY.fm, WRPI, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: President John F. Kennedy greets the crowd in Dallas on November 22nd, 1963, shortly before his assassination., Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Grassy Knolls: Conspiracy Thinking in American History," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specifi...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: :30
Caption: Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19th, 1863. , Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Talk of the Nation: Oratory in America," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date tag.

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the March on Washington, 8/28/1963, Credit:  (National Archives)
30-second promo for "The Fierce Urgency of Now: The 1963 March on Washington" with 5 second hole for station-specific time/date tag

Bought by WUFT and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The historic 1963 March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech featured a number of other speakers -- all male. Or...

Bought by KRZA and WSLR


  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Before 2001, there was another 9/11. In 1973, a military coup backed by the United States, overthrew the Chilean government and ushered in sevente...

Bought by WMMT


  • Added: Aug 02, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Bill Moyers and Rep. John Lewis revisit the 1963 March on Washington. How did it transform America? Next on Moyers & Company.

Bought by WPSU, KVMR, KBRP Community Radio, KTRL, KPVL and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 28
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First, Medgar Evers was heavily involved in civil rights activism and was instrumental in efforts to end segregation in Mississippi. His widow, Myr...

Bought by WCNY, WCSU-FM, KPVL, and KHEN-LP


  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 4
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In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Bring It On! proudly presents “True Colors” by Vernon A. Williams. "True Colors" explores dynamics of p...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 51:18
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First, Bill O’Reilly examines all aspects of the most notorious crime of the twentieth century in his book, “Killing Kennedy.” Then, journalist Dav...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Former Sports Editor for the Herald Times, Bob Hammel, discusses the events that took place at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich,Germany. Host Joe C...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 59:34
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Happy Independence Day! Today is the 236th birthday of the United States, and following long-established American tradition, lots of us are going t...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
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The reality of living with HIV and what the Hispanic community is doing in terms of prevention. La realidad de vivir con VHI y lo que la comun...

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Catholic AIDS Action  staff
We'll introduce you to the Catholic AIDS Action staff in Namibia and their commitment to improving the lives of their countrymen stricken with HIV/...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:00