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Today on Culture Clique we went to the Winona County History Center to hear the 22nd annual voices from the past cemetery walk. They talked all abo...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 38:58
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The Fall of Saigon marked the bitter end of the American War in Vietnam and the loss of a homeland for hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people. ...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), KRDP, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Japanese Internment Camp, Credit: Densho Archives
As President Trump moves to ban Muslims from entering the U.S., we look at two moments where we found ourselves at a similar crossroads. First, th...

Bought by WCPN, KVNF, WRIR, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The nuclear industry pays a fraction of the cost of an accident and in Canada taxpayers pick up the balance.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 01:14
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The Scottsboro Boys are infamous — nine black teenagers falsely accused and convicted of raping two white women. Last year, the state of Alabama f...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 23:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Lawrence Cumberbatch (R) tells his son, Simeon (L), how he traveled from New York City to Washington DC with Brooklyn CORE for the March on Washing...

Bought by WEZU, WRIR, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Susan Gray and Liam Carroll
Liam Carroll was a stock broker for Morgan Stanley and was working at the South Building of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11th when it was struck...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2011
  • Length: 59:10
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A recent poll shows forty percent of Americans still think Gulf seafood isn’t safe to eat. Commercial fishermen in Bayou La Batre are fighting to w...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:34
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The Alabama beach tourism industry was hit hard by the Gulf oil spill, and it could take years before local officials know if visitor businesses ha...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:39
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One concern raised by the Exxon Valdez experience is the long term mental health impact, which didn’t hit residents near Prince William Sound until...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:46
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Excerpts of KUOW-FM's live coverage of the WTO demonstrations.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2009
  • Length: 16:08
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The big quake is coming

  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:47
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Life-long Detroiter remembers the 67' riot

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Three New Yorkers reflect on 5 years since the 9/11 attacks in audio diary form.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The crew of Apollo 1, Credit: NASA photo
The fire on Apollo 1 killed three astronauts and nearly destroyed the space program

Bought by WCPN, KVCR, KUNM, KUT, MPR News Stations and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 34
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New York Times columnist Randy Kennedy finds his writing muse underground

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
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A one-hour documentary celebrating the centennial of the New York City Subway

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 01:00:00
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What is it about PowerPoint that makes it capable of ruining the Gettysburg Address?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1