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Program I: Route 66 Forever
From: David Dunaway
Series: Across The Tracks: A Route 66 Story
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Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story is a three-part radio documentary about the influence of the "Mother Road" on America's literary and artistic c...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:02
OUT Loud: Bullying Prevention
From: KUNM
Caption: OUT Loud Panel , Credit: Generation Justice, Kamaria Umi
Did you know that 77% of students in the United States have reported being bullied in some way? Generation Justice is a multimedia project that tr...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 39:32
Wild Dogs in Laikipia, Kenya
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: One of the Wild Dogs, Credit: Elleni Stephanou
Laikipia's pack of 40+ wild dogs was spotted by Tinai Kogo a driver for the Mpala Research Centre. He then explains the way in which they rear thei...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 07:22
Meeting George Adamsons Lions
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Soila Sayialel saves elephants , Credit: Soila Sayialel
George Adamson could think like a lion and be like a lion. David Coulson describes a terrifying experience with George and Maggie and Dennis? Maggi...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:19
Escape from hippo attack in the Okovango Delta
From: Paula Kahumbu
Caption: David Coulson at a rock art site in Nairobi Park (sitting), Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Have you ever stared a charging hippo in the face? David Coulson did! Reputed to be Africa's most dangerous animal the hippo is known to be able to...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
The Glutton - A true story from Masai land
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Yetuni , Credit: Stefano Cassini
Yetuni's father was different, he was more like an animal than human. This recording was made at a homestead somewhere in the wilderness near Mount...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:37
Mountain gorillas save researchers from militia gunfire
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Silverback Kabirizi, Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Fewer than 800 Mountain Gorillas remain making them one the world's most endangered species. For more than 20 years people around the world have be...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:06
Andrew Gumbel: A Fresh Look at the Oklahoma City Bombing
From: This Land Press
Series: The Sound of Our Land
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Andrew Gumbel, co-author of the book "Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--and Why it Still Matters" (2012, HarperCollins) with Roger Char...

Bought by KFAI and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 2
Glass not Glitter
From: This Land Press
Series: The Sound of Our Land
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Neighbors of the Murrah Federal building recall the 1995 bombing that altered the life and culture of Oklahoma City. As a precaution to listeners,...

Bought by KFAI and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 2
Randy Roberts Potts Passes Through
From: This Land Press
Series: Just Passing Through
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Randy Roberts Potts is known as the gay grandson of the late televangelist and university founder, Oral Roberts. In this segment, Potts remembers t...

Bought by KOSU and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
Inside Oklahoma's Death Chamber
From: This Land Press
Series: The Sound of Our Land
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Kelly Kurt discusses her experience covering executions in Oklahoma during her time as a reporter for the Associated Press. She worked for the wire...

Bought by KOSU and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
Yasmine's Song
From: Latitude News
Caption: Yasmine Gustafsson
Bullying isn't an American phenomenon. In Sweden, a federally-appointed bullying ombudsman will sue a school district for not sheltering students f...

Bought by Listen Edition, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WNPR


  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
Stringtown Prison Blues
From: This Land Press
Series: Poetry to the People
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Former inmates and activist Mary McAnally read "Stringtown Prison Blues" and discuss their experiences with the penal system. Full transcript of po...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2011
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
Students for Palestine
From: Audrey Ann Lavallee
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UNC students, Palestinians and non-Palestinians, discuss ways in which they raise awareness about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus and be...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 10:10
Pepper Spray: Preventative or Excessive?
From: This Land Press
Series: The Sound of Our Land
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The Tulsa Police Department has been using pepper spray since the nineties, but the device made headlines earlier this month after TPD sprayed five...

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


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Rosanne Cash: Live from Zone C
From: Joyride Media
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Intimate acoustic set by Rosanne Cash and her husband, John Leventhal in their living room (aka Zone C). Includes exclusive live recordings of son...

Bought by KOSU, WUIS, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Help for veterans returning home Part 2
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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“One of the things that you can do for a member of the military who is currently serving is to help take care of their family. That happened for us...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 28:28
Kate Kline's Veggies and Wine
From: This Land Press
Series: The Okie Dish
Caption: Kate Kline with Casserole, Credit: Abby Wendle
Kate Kline’s eating habits are evolving - from conventional family dinners in her 1950s Tulsa childhood, to fancy teas as an officers’ wife, to veg...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Dancing Demigod of Tulsa
From: This Land Press
Series: The Short So Long
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Catherine Margaret "Skilly" Forsman had a beautiful body. She earned it dancing, which she began shortly after popping out of the womb. Skilly, bor...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 1
Nothing Gets Between a Man and His Pie
From: This Land Press
Series: The Okie Dish
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As a long-time Tulsa attorney, Joseph L. Hull has spent much of his life negotiating deals. Two summers ago he found himself up against a woman wit...

Bought by KOSU, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 3
JazzStories: Regina Carter
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: JazzStories
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"Well, growing up in Detroit I was exposed to a lot of different music, a lot of different cultures at a very young age without ever having to leav...

Bought by WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, WNCU, and KFOK-LP


  • Added: Jun 13, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 4
The Cavalier and Their Ponies: An Historical Allegory on Public Radio Managment
From: Susan Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: The Ponies would act fast when funding was cut. , Credit: Susan Cook
Long ago, The Cavalier, horsemen who helped Charles I fight off The Roundheads, created "Dos and Don'ts" for choosing the Ponies to stand by them ...

  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 01:36
The Guardian's Science Weekly: Why scientists love Germany
From: Jason Phipps - Guardian
Series: Science Weekly from guardian.co.uk
Caption: Science Weekly from guardian.co.uk, Credit: guardian.co.uk
In a specially extended show, we visit the European Space Agency's operations centre, and get a taste of some of the most exciting research being c...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 14, 2011
  • Length: 57:33
  • Purchases: 1
HOB Radio: Jimi Hendrix, West Coast Seattle Boy
From: Ben Manilla
Series: House of Blues Radio Hour
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Elwood celebrates the new Hendrix anthology

Bought by KEOS, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WRNC-LP, WNCU, WXXI and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
HOB Radio: Robert Johnson Tribute
From: Ben Manilla
Series: House of Blues Radio Hour
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The Mysterious and Enduring Legacy of Robert Johnson

Bought by WSLR, KEOS, KFOK-LP, Red River Radio Network, WPTC and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2010
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9