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Silvia Pettem’s⁠ ⁠“In Search of the Blonde Tigress. The Untold Story of Eleanor Jarman" dips into the world of sensationalized Chicago newspaper he...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 10:37
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Income inequality is at a breaking point in America. "Civic" takes a look at the history of policies and programs in part 1/2.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 24:05
Caption: An eviction protest in New York City dated Jan. 11, 1933.
As protests over the killing of George Floyd have taken over the streets of every major city, have converted hotels to homeless shelters and best f...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
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Plus: Did The Florida Real Estate Boom of the 1920's Cause the Great Depression?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Plus: How To Reduce Your "Silent" Partner's Stake In Retirement, Selling Your Home? Surprisingly Simple Things You're Probably Not Doing, Overcomin...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WLRN, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: In one word, its message spoke of a thousand stories, stories of sadness and joy. Short stories and epic tomes.
A personal, acoustic account of discovery...discovery of something close but unseen for many years. It is a metaphorical story about Hope..hope los...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 19:55
Caption: Elliot Lavine, San Francisco, CA 2/17/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Elliot Lavine talks the pleasures and perils of 35mm, seismic overhauls, and blows to the solar plexus.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 33:16
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Breaking Up America's Big Banks is Key to Averting Future Financial Crises...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Alice and Bill Havlena talk about their experiences with health, healthcare, and access to food during the Great Depression. This oral history was ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 11:06
  • Purchases: 1
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In the 1920s, the United States enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, and many people assumed that poverty would be eliminated entirely. However, Mayor...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 28:41
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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry produced what some consider the greatest era of popular music. We look at the s...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry produced what some consider the greatest era of popular music. We look at the s...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard receives an early political education from his Socialist cigar maker grandfather, by hearing over-the-counter conversations at the butcher ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 24:25
  • Purchases: 1
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During the Great Depression, Ken Hardesty's grandfather was the de-facto bank for the townspeople of Aurora, West Virginia.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:54
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The camera, exposing social problems or becoming one?

Bought by WRIR, WRPI, Spokane Public Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Work gang at Cummins Prison Farm, Arkansas, 1972. Photo by Bruce Jackson.
Join us as we examine the working life in story and song. From hard times trying to find work in the Great Depression, to prison work songs, the pe...

Bought by KMXT, KMSU, KHNS, and KHNS


  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Volatility on Wall Street, talk of a double dip recession---bad news for the markets. But good news for music? During times like these, we witness...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 57:46
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sig, Kay and Yvonne at Providence House
Fewer than 1 in every 50 Americans is old enough to remember the Great Depression. In this short audio collage, three residents of Providence House...

Bought by Listenwise, PRX Remix, KUT, EconomyBeat Podcast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 5