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Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, WXPN, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, KVNF, KRCB-FM and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 02:57:04
  • Purchases: 12
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Can a seven-year-old Catholic schoolboy survive ruler-wielding nuns, the mischievous antics of a troublesome twin brother and a mother who wants to...

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Mar 16, 2008
  • Length: 16:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Jazz singer Chris Calloway, daughter to the legendary singer and band leader Cab Calloway, died August 7, 2008. Chris recalls her father's legacy ...

Bought by KRCB-FM, KGLT, and WVRU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Looking at the world from a skeptical perspective

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KSTX (KPAC), WCAI / WNAN, KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Two beautiful Thanksgiving stories from NY Times Bestseller Susan Chernak McElroy 4:39

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KUT, WTIP, KZYX, and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 5
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An appeciation of Spring and the beauty to be found in nature year-round.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
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Activist and union organizer Wade Rathke believes listening is a useful and important skill in life.

Bought by KJZZ and WUKY


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 2
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Guyon Knight Dropped Out of Yale Graduate School to Drive A Taxi. Why?

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 10:26
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The musician and record producer talks about his addiction to sound and his work on the film "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"?

Bought by WQJC and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 2
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jackie maxwell feels that theatre is alive,well and important.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2005
  • Length: 59:57
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dennis ross examines the rise of anti-american radicalism in the middle east.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:52
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dr. peter loucks talks about water management on the great lakes.

Bought by WAER


  • Added: Jun 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Historian Alice Kessler-Harris looks at women's rights then and now.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KQED, and WXXI


  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 3
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John F. Turner says the environment needs protection, but that care must also be taken to protect the rights of land owners.

Bought by Maine Public Broadcasting Network


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Skydiving can go wrong, terribly wrong, and that can even happen when the parachute opens. This piece chronicles the author's dive on assignment fo...

  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 21:55
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A reminisence of an adolescent event while growing up in New York City.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 2
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Psychiatrist Ned Hallowell explains why forgiving is healing.

Bought by Maine Public Broadcasting Network and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Sep 13, 2004
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 2
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Five stories of friends

Bought by KUT, Red River Radio Network, KOSU, KFAI, KTEP and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2003
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 12
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Three stories of young women - Concerning Breakfast, The Trapeze Artist, Alone Like a Stone. One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portra...

Bought by KUT, Red River Radio Network, KOSU, WGBH Radio Boston, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 14
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The Diary of a First Year Teacher, "Educating Esme." One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portraits.

Bought by KUT, KOSU, WSKG, WRPI, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 14