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This I Believe - Eleanor Roosevelt
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Eleanor Roosevelt speaks about responsibility.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KFAI Minneapolis, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WKYU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 5
This I Believe - Helen Keller
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Helen Keller speaks about faith.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, KUER, KICI Iowa City, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Edward Murrow
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Murrow talks about values in the media and introduces the concept of the show.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM, WPTC, WKYU, KUOW, WUAL and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 7
This I Believe - Studs Terkel
From: This I Believe
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Acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel believes when it comes to action, there is strength in numbers.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 7
This I Believe - Harold Koh
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh learned his belief in freedom from his father, an immigrant from Korea.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
Going Public Part II
From: KUOW
Series: Going Public
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the history of Seattle's pioneering public art program

  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
Going Public Part I
From: KUOW
Series: Going Public
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An overview of memorable public art in Seattle.

  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
A Map of The Sea
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An award-winning documentary on the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery and its resounding effects on the local community.

Bought by HowSound, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland and more


  • Added: May 04, 2006
  • Length: 14:57
  • Purchases: 8
The Lemon Tree
From: Homelands Productions
Series: World Views
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An award-winning documentary that explores the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict through the intertwined stories of an Israeli woman and a Palesti...

Bought by KSFR, XRAY.fm, KLCC, KPCC, KGLT and more


  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 38:21
  • Purchases: 6
First Tuesday in March
From: Vermont Public
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Every year, Vermont citizens gather at their annual town meetings in a remarkable showing of democracy. Experience this moving example of grassroot...

Bought by KQED, KTNA, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
Sundown Towns
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Our interview features James Loewen who discusses the historical practice of banning minorities after sundown in American communities, plus our reg...

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sectional Strangeness
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Peculiarities of United States land surveying.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
War Memorials: Who Controls the Past?
From: With Good Reason
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who decides how to commemorate sites of wars and what do those monuments say about us?

  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:46
AFSC and the Martin Luther King Legacy
From: Janis Shields
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Paul Lacey, the clerk of AFSC's Board of Directors, Speaks at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 13:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Military Honor Guard (short version)
From: Charles Lane
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A look at the history and tradition of the military funeral.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WKMS, and WFUV


  • Added: Dec 02, 2005
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 3
Headwaters Conference 2005
From: KRCC-FM
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Coloradans discuss immigration, both past and present

  • Added: Nov 09, 2005
  • Length: 15:24
Worlds of Difference: Coming to Terms
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A look at cultures that must look to the past in order to move forward, with stories from Burundi, Spain, Canada and Turkey.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WPSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WUMB


  • Added: Oct 03, 2005
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
Teaching History
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview focuses on the teaching of history in today's classrooms, commentary examines what we learn from history,

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
Jesus in America
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Richard Wightman Fox and Fred Nielsen discuss the changing perceptions of Jesus in America.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
Teaching History
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Jacquelyn Hall, Professor of History at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill discusses teaching history in schools with host Bryan Le Beau and...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
James Baldwin - Teacher
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Author James Baldwin ponders the problems confronting the “American Negro.” (1963)

Bought by KUOW and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Howard Zinn - Draft Records
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Historian Howard Zinn draws connections between civil disobedience and jury sentences. (1974)

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Howard Zinn - People
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Historian Howard Zinn suggests how civil disobedience effects the public consciousness. (1974)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
Is Capitalism Failing Middle America?
From: Craig Barnes
Caption: PRX default Piece image
While the Bush administration and the courts promote free markets, farmers, ranchers and consumers are suffering, making one wonder for whom modern...

Bought by WBFO


  • Added: Jun 10, 2005
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 1
Angel Island - Saving the Ellis Island of the West
From: Hana Baba
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The story of one man's discovery that resulted in saving a historic landmark from demolition, and keeping an important part of the American story f...

Bought by Listenwise, Vocalo.org, Here and Now, and KCUR


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 4

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