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Caption: Philadelphia Haunts by Katharine Sarro, Credit: Schiffer
Kat Sarro visits The Paranormal Cafe to discuss her book, 'Philadelphia Haunts: Eastern State Penitentiary, Fort Mifflin, and other Ghostly Sites'....

  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 57:01
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In WWI and WWII women were super sneaky and ingenious using their yarn and knitting needles to covertly transport coded messages. That's right, tod...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
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During the 13th century, in the part of the world that would become Germany, husbands and wives could settle marital disagreements with an elaborat...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2020
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Katie Carter & Helen Abramson
Helen Abramson grew up in the Meadowlands area. She has fond memories of celebrations at the Bohemian National Hall and is a treasure trove of loc...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2020
  • Length: 14:32
Caption: Meg Crane's home pregnancy test prototype, 1968., Credit: Courtesy of Bonhams.
Pregnancy tests weren't always the neat, little plastic wands we have in drug stores today.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2015
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 3
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In 1989, when Allan Gurganus published his debut novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, he did something amazing: Through a work of fict...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2014
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with Chautauqua scholars Sally Wagner & Charles Pace who portray Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Frederick Douglass. The two friends...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:01