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Stanley Nelson discusses his award-winning documentary Freedom Riders. [29:39]

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:35
Caption: An abandoned IDP camp in Iraqi Kurdistan near the border with Iran., Credit: Rachel Stacy
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
Caption: A farmer in Merikegia, a village in Iraqi Kurdistan., Credit: Rachel Stacy
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
Caption: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood
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
Caption: Hazel Scott, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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
Caption: Langston Hughes in 1939 , Credit: Library of Congress
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
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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
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Note: There are two versions of this documentary. One includes a half-hour panel discussion. Panel discussion CANNOT air after February 10, 2012. ...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:29:31
Caption: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day, Credit: Danielle DeMartini
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
Caption: Doc Stu, Credit: Danielle DeMartini
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
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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
Caption: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day, Credit: Danielle DeMartini
Two undefeated heavyweight boxing champions capture the imagination of a polarized America on March 8, 1971.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 00:02:46
Caption: Tramway in Samsun, Turkey, Credit: Jack May
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
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Electricity, pumps & shunts: A forensic pathologist on life.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:23
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Find out how Europe's largest children's hospital is experimenting with the use of birdsong.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:07:09
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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
Caption: Rosa Parks, Credit: Mindfully.org
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Innovation is often a simple matter of reinventing the past.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 00:08:57
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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Exploring the effects of the ocean, on the Island Nation's music.

Bought by WAMC


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  • Length: 00:06:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Listening...and finding out about some curiously overlooked early 20th-century English concertos.

Bought by WAMC


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  • Length: 00:08:31
  • Purchases: 1