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Stanley Nelson discusses his award-winning documentary Freedom Riders. [29:39]
- Added: Feb 09, 2012
- Length: 00:29:35
In Iraqi Kurdistan, a common adage says the Kurdish people have “no friends but the mountains.” Today, the mountains along the northern border of ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 08, 2012
- Length: 00:05:49
- Purchases: 1
Iraqi Kurdistan, once known for its rich soil, is rapidly becoming identified with its rich oil. War News Radio’s Amy DiPierro explains how these t...
- Added: Feb 08, 2012
- Length: 00:06:19
From WQXR
In this hour-long special from WQXR and WNYC, host Terrance McKnight interweaves musical examples with Dr. King's own speeches and sermons to illus...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 00:58:00
A portrait of Hazel Scott (1920-1981), the wife of late Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and a Julliard-trained pianist who performed in some o...
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 00:58:59
Langston Hughes, an enduring icon of the Harlem Renaissance, is best-known for his written work, which wedded his fierce dedication to social justi...
Bought by WRPI
- Added: Feb 02, 2012
- Length: 00:59:00
- Purchases: 1
Touching on ethics, justice, democracy, and global citizenship, Rabble Rousers explores the notion of protest as a spontaneous installation of impr...
- Added: Feb 01, 2012
- Length: 00:28:00
Note: There are two versions of this documentary. One includes a half-hour panel discussion. Panel discussion CANNOT air after February 10, 2012.
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- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 01:29:31
America’s forgotten first African-American World
Champion cycles his way to international fame at the
turn of the 20th century.
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:02:37
America’s first African-American heavyweight boxing
champion Jack Johnson challenges auto-racing champ
Barney Oldfield... on the racetrack in pre-W...
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:02:43
Producer Shannon Geis deals with moving out of her childhood home in Nebraska for good and the memories of her father that still haunt the property.
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:20:22
Two undefeated heavyweight boxing
champions capture the imagination of a polarized
America on March 8, 1971.
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 00:02:46
From Eric Winick
Since October 1962, a small group of dedicated rail enthusiasts have been sending each other letters, photos, and reports about their common passio...
- Added: Jan 24, 2012
- Length: 00:16:22
- Added: Jan 23, 2012
- Length: 00:01:23
Find out how Europe's largest children's hospital is experimenting with the use of birdsong.
- Added: Jan 23, 2012
- Length: 00:07:09
From Ed Prosser
Why is death such a difficult subject to talk about?
From hospital mortuary to the grave, The D-Word explores our complex relationship with death...
- Added: Jan 23, 2012
- Length: 00:30:30
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...
- Added: Jan 21, 2012
- Length: 00:01:55
Actor / writer / composer David Ingber has created musicals about Zombies, and Fantasy Football, an ESPN web series, and several screenplays. He ch...
- Added: Jan 21, 2012
- Length: 00:58:04
Imagine this: You’ve met a total character. She’s kind of eccentric. She has forty-one animals in her backyard and it’s not a farm. And, just abou...
Bought by KBRP Community Radio
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 00:08:25
- Purchases: 1
Producer Joe Richman understands the power and pleasure of storytelling with archive tape.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 00:22:49
- Purchases: 1
Bullying can happen anywhere--at school, on the bus, at home, and even in our own communities. This is ten year old Destiny Chandler and Alexis Mad...
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 00:04:47
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 00:08:57
- Purchases: 1
Prime Time Radio's Black History Month Special: Zydeco Nation.
Bought by KHNS, New Hampshire Public Radio, WUMB, KGOU, Jefferson Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 19, 2012
- Length: 01:02:45
- Purchases: 10
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 00:06:46
- Purchases: 1
Listening...and finding out about some curiously overlooked early 20th-century English concertos.
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 00:08:31
- Purchases: 1
