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Monumental - A Tale from The Heart of America
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Tales From the Heart of America
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Uncover the layers of sacrifice, courage, and unity at the heart of America's story through the historic battlefield of Gettysburg and the inspirin...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 10:28
Ulysses and Julia Grant - A More Perfect Union
From: Journeys to Love
Series: Love Is History
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Love triumphs, even through the Civil War, and the story of a union within the Union - the profound love of Ulysses and Julia Grant

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 15:10
Walk across America
From: Georgia Walker
Caption: Walk across America, Credit: Van Booth
When Van Booth retired from the army in 2016, he came home with a heavy load of PTSD. He found a spot up on the train tracks to park his car and wa...

Bought by HowSound and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 2
How my dad escaped Vietnam at age 14, without telling his mom.
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Quang Adam Nguyen, Angela's dad, holding the South Vietnamese and American flags. , Credit: Credit Courtesy of Quang Adam Nguyen
Angela Nguyen is going away to college and leaving behind everything she loves. Her dad did the same when he left Vietnam. But unlike her, he left ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:49
Smartphone App Warns Israeli Citizens if Missiles are Headed Their Way
From: A. Randall Wenner
Caption: Iron Dome App, Credit: iTunes
A new smartphone app developed by an American college student and his colleague uses up-to-the minute data from the Israeli Defense Force to warn I...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Women in Combat
From: War News Radio
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On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
The Decisions Project - 29 - Asking for Help
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A veteran of 25 years witnesses a fellow soldier kill an eight year-old girl. Upon returning home, he develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and f...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence
From: Alyce Ornella
Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella
Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Decisions Project - 23 - Marriage Before Deployment
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A single mom decides to marry her best friend before his deployment to Iraq.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
Citizen Synforose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
A Long Way from Baghdad
From: Addie Goss
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A profile of the one Iraqi student at the University of Wyoming

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2009
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 2
Our Time: Teens and Politics. From KUOW and Generation PRX.
From: KUOW
Series: Curated Youth Radio Programs from KUOW and Generation PRX
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We grew up in America after 9/11. Our world is full of disasters. Now it's our time to step up or sit out.

Bought by KSFR, KSJD, KCUR, KQED, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2008
  • Length: 55:58
  • Purchases: 23
Warfare by Corbin Bugni
From: Youth Speaks Seattle
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Spoken word piece on war and conflict both personal and global.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
on the Borderline: Surviving Genocide in Burma
From: Gael MacLean
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Narrated by Sonja Smits, this documentary is a rare look at life inside the refugee camps and a compassionate story of transforming despair into hope

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 41:51
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
A Lifeline Home
From: Fitz Cahall
Series: The Dirtbag Diaries
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A climbing wall provides a slice of home for soldiers Micah Helser and Ryan Utz at Camp Taji, Iraq

  • Added: Dec 20, 2007
  • Length: 26:57
The War Project (:30 Promo)
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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Four high school journalists collaborate with Wisconsin Public Radio to share true stories from World War II. (Promo for program)

  • Added: Nov 06, 2007
  • Length: :30
The War Project (Full Program)
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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Four high school journalists collaborate with Wisconsin Public Radio to share true stories from World War II.

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSQM 91.5 FM, WDSE, KUER and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
B-Side: Dads
From: B-Side Radio
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Golf is the ultimate sport of dads. So in honor of Father's Day, B-Side's Tamara Keith went golfing with her father, husband and father-in-law. On ...

Bought by KMXT, KGOU, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Veterans and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
From: KLCC
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Veterans and PTSD

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Evergreen interview w/ DANIEL SCHWARZ author of fascinating book "Imagining the Holocaust"
From: Out of Bounds
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Schwarz discusses his groundbreaking book "Imagining the Holocaust"

  • Added: Apr 12, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
Democratic U.S. Congressman Jim McDermott, talks about depleted uranium used by the U.S. military to
From: Hawaii Public Radio
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Democratic U.S. Congressman Jim McDermott, talks about depleted uranium used by the U.S. military to encase armor and ammunition. McDermott believ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
Consistency of Jell-O
From: Rupa Marya
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Erik describes himself as a prisoner in his own body. Back from Iraq with a Traumatic Brain Injury, it's not hard to see why.

Bought by KRCC-FM and WMPG


  • Added: Feb 24, 2005
  • Length: 11:30
  • Purchases: 2