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In the Wake of Violence
From: With Good Reason
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Approaching the April 16 anniversary of Virginia Tech shootings, this show explores how healing can start to take place after atrocities, near and ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 29:19
Organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, Bayard Rustin.
From: Iowa Public Radio
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Historian John D'emilio discusses his book on the controversial figure, Bayard Rustin

  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 57:18
P.O.V. - Revolution '67 Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmaker Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno talks with P.O.V. about the making of her film "Revolution '67"

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:52
Peace Talks Radio: 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Three people who lost family members in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the U.S. talk about turning their grief into action for peace. The...

Bought by KVNF, KRZA, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Chinese Exclusion Act: A Postcard
From: Michelle Chang
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One-hundred thousand Chinese immigrated to America during the second half of the nineteenth century. They first came as miners during the Californi...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2007
  • Length: 03:12
Watching a Riot Through a Window
From: Zak Rosen
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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
Lower Manhattan Diaries
From: WFUV
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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
Rebuilding NOLA
From: WFUV
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The audio diary of a Habitat for Humanity volunteer in New Orleans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 22, 2006
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
The Film that Exposed a Memorial Day Massacre
From: Dick Meister
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A once-suppressed newsreel showing Chicago police chasing, killing and wounding strikers and their families on Memorial Day in 1937 played an impor...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KFAI Minneapolis, and KPFT


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
Washington Goes To The Moon Part 2
From: Richard Paul
Series: Washington Goes To The Moon
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
Jan 9: Russian - Alona on Richard Nixon
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece

  • Added: Jan 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:05
Dec. 28: Russian - Alona on Woodrow Wilson
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece

  • Added: Dec 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:52
Dec. 19: English - Alona on Richard Leaky
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece

  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 01:50
Russian: Alona on Kirk Douglas
From: Alona Suvórova
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Alona on this famous actor

  • Added: Dec 10, 2005
  • Length: 01:41
Russian: Alona on Francisco Franco
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece on this famous politician and statesman

  • Added: Dec 03, 2005
  • Length: 02:49
War Vets
From: Conrad Bishop
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The voices of men and women who served in the military during times of war.-

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, KPIK-LP, Louisville Public Media, WNIJ, and KCUR


  • Added: Oct 11, 2005
  • Length: 56:15
  • Purchases: 5
The Day After
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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Wondering 'what if' on the day after the election--November 2004

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:46
Toilet Paper Scrap Chronicles Civil Rights Ordeal
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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A six-foot piece of jail-grade toilet paper from 1963 captures Civil Rights struggle

Bought by WABE, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 7
Remembering Ludlow
From: KRCC-FM
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Rededication of the Ludlow Massacre Memorial

  • Added: Aug 16, 2005
  • Length: 06:31
Hiroshima - What We Think
From: Richard Paul
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How American public opinion has changed in the 60 years since Hiroshima

Bought by PRX Remix, Listenwise, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WGCU


  • Added: Aug 09, 2005
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 4
Commentary: The Big Strike
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary marking the anniversary of one of the most significant strikes in U.S. history -- the West Coast longshoremen's strike of 1934.

  • Added: May 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:10
Surviving The Holocaust
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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A survivor of 5 concentrations camps tells his story

  • Added: May 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
SubwayLand
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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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
Subculture
From: WFUV
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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
"Return to Rwanda"
From: Liz Jones
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A Rwandan woman who escaped the 1994 genocide prepares to revisit her country and family.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2004
  • Length: 10:55

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