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Judith Ehrlich talks learning lessons, fair use, and the power of words.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 21:19
Caption: The Sutjeska memorial in Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Credit: Veronica Tosetti
Veronica Tosetti takes us on a journey around the Spomeniks - a trail of statues commemorating former Yugoslavia, and the people who died in conflict.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2020
  • Length: 06:13
Caption: Chinatown in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Why is it when there is tension between two countries, the fear always seems to end up at the dining table.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Fifty years ago on May 21, 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young headed into a studio to record "Ohio" - the ultimate protest song, capturing the ho...

  • Added: May 01, 2020
  • Length: 50:05
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"Life as usual and then the sky falls in." There's a crater in the middle of the street - again. After a deadly car bomb explodes in the Sha'ab ne...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 21:40
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Today’s show focuses on the history of radio in Angola – as an instrument for Portuguese settlers, the colonial state, African nationalists, and th...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:15
Caption: Producer Kate Murray teaching Sherry Holdridge about audio editing., Credit: Texas Folklife
Sherry Holdridge speaks out about her grandmother's experiences during WWII, polio, and the store Sherry opened, Oh Say USA. This story was created...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gandhi statue at the Ferry Building, San Francisco, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip considers the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, 150 years after his birth.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Hamza al-Kateab, Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts, San Francisco, CA 7/22/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Waad al-Kateab, Dr. Hamza al-Kateab, and Edward Watts talk responsibility, respect, and getting political.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 24:18
Caption: Peat Bog Soldiers / Moorsoldaten
During the Third Reich two German songs were written and became world famous: The Peat Bog Soldiers (Moorsoldaten) and Lili Marleen. This show tell...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 58:30
Caption: John Gorka with Charlie and Up Close And Acoustic, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic
One of THE Godfathers of the New Folk Movement, John Gorka, joins me to talk about his career, how he prepares for live performance, getting a mess...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:36
Caption: Lt. Kane, David Evans in the middle and Capt. Beissinger, right.
Under fire for more than 10 days, David Evans and a group of soldiers got an unusual call. It was for a medical evacuation. "I asked if it was one ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 07:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Sandip Roy embarks of an anti-war march in a time of hastags.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
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Sandip Roy remembers the veterans of World War 1, the Indian veterens.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Album art for 75th Anniv, Credit: Michael Uhlenkott/Unknown
80 years ago, Orson Welles really did scare the pants off the nation with his radio broadcast "War of the Worlds." This is the backstory, from docu...

Bought by KUHF, KUHF, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 49:29
  • Purchases: 3
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From women who reported from the front lines of the Vietnam War, to the Red Cross volunteers who boosted morale and the nurses who treated injurie...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFAE, KCNP, KOSU, WGZS and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 23
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From women who reported from the front lines of the Vietnam War, to the Red Cross volunteers who boosted morale and the nurses who treated injuri...

Bought by WSGE, Kansas Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Harford Community Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Inmates at LBJ
During the war in Vietnam, there was a notorious American military prison on the outskirts of Saigon called Long Binh Jail. But LBJ wasn’t for capt...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 11, 2018
  • Length: 18:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Second Lt. Russell Gackenbach
On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 2
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In the immediate aftermath of the Six-Day war, a Palestinian lawyer and two Israeli army reservists nearly brokered a peace agreement that could ha...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 05, 2018
  • Length: 13:27
  • Purchases: 1
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African Americans who fought for their country in Vietnam often experienced the same kinds of racism they had endured back home. While white and...

Bought by KRZA and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 20, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Most World War II veterans didn’t receive accolades or experience the infamous New York City ticker-tape parade most Americans are familiar with in...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 23, 2018
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of With Good Reason’s NEH-funded documentary series on the Vietnam War, the story of the draft -- who it ensnared, who escaped, an...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WGZS, KMUN, WVTF, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 6
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In this episode of With Good Reason’s NEH-funded documentary series on the Vietnam War, the story of the draft -- who it ensnared, who escaped, an...

Bought by KMUN and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The long shadow of Sir Winston Churchill.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 06:00