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50 Years From the War on Poverty - Win or Lose?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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
Grassy Knolls: Conspiracy Thinking in American History
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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
PROMO - Grassy Knolls: Conspiracy Thinking in American History
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
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
PROMO: Talk of the Nation: Oratory in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
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
The Beat: Eric Chandler - "I Can Already Hear It"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Eric Chandler is a husband, father, F-16 Pilot, and cross-country skier who lives in Duluth. He's a member of Lake Superior Writers, and has been p...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:50
From a pretty big project to an enormous one
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The view driving across the $6.4 billion bridge, Credit: Isabel Angell
A brief history of San Francisco's $6.4 billion bridge

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 11:12
The Beat: Robert Jevne - "Disappearing"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
The history behind St. Paul's co-named streets
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
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Travel around St Paul and you’ll notice that some of the streets have two names--the one that appears on maps, and a second, co-street name that ho...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 4
StoryCorps: Lawrence and Simeon Cumberbatch
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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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
Promo - "The Fierce Urgency of Now: The 1963 March on Washington"
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
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
The Other Half Had a Dream Too
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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
The Other 9/11: Part One
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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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
Moyers & Company Show 229: John Lewis Marches On
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
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
The Feminine Mystique: Changing U.S. Women's History
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews New York Times op-ed columnist Gail Collins on the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan's The Fe...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
A King's Legacy 2013: King Through Kids' Eyes
From: WFHB
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth reporter Ethan Reinhart anchors this year's MLK Day documentary featuring kids talking to other kids at six different service projects on the...

Bought by KSTK and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
MAKERS: The Women Who Make America
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Betsy West, Executive Producer of the PBS Special MAKERS:Women Who Make America, premiering on PBS February 26, ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KRZA, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
The Legacy of Medgar Evers
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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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
Disney Cartoons and Black Female Doctors -- What's the Connection?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Myiesha Taylor, prominent emergency room physician and advocate working with the Disney corporation to inte...

Bought by WMMT and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 2
January 21, 2013
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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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
Before Roe v. Wade -- The Price Women Paid
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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On the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion throughout the U.S., series host Martha Burk interviews ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:23
Killing Kennedy and the End of Camelot
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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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
Munich '72: Revisiting the Triumph and the Tragedy
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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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
Bloomington Beware! - Fourth of July: Fireworks Safety
From: WFHB
Series: Better Beware!
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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
WorldCanvass: Being the Other
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:50:42
Racing to Save D.C.'s Oldest Federal Monuments
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The boundary stones are the oldest federal monuments in D.C. (and Virginia)., Credit: Stephen Powers
Washington's oldest monuments have nearly been forgotten. But a group of engineers, preservationists and history buffs is racing to change that.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:10

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