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The Almost Astronaut
From: Joe Richman
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The story of how Ed Dwight went from being an Air Force captain to almost becoming the first Black astronaut in the world.

  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 16:36
Space Oddities: Episode 8-History is More the Product of Chaos than Conspiracy
From: Joe Cuhaj
Series: Space Oddities: Forgotten Stories of Mankind's Exploration of Space
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This is a story about how the Soviet Union actually thought that if they were the first to land humans on the moon, the world wouldn’t be able to s...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Dear Comerades
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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A veteran of Soviet cinema presents a powerful drama about an incident in 1962, when factory workers in a Don Region city go on strike, and a true ...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 04:38
ON THE MAP -- Dani Menkin Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Dani Menken, San Francisco, CA 7/21/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
Dani Menkin talks specific goals, long odds, and the role of cake in destiny.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 14:11
Secret Kitty
From: Nate DiMeo
Series: the memory palace
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"Secret Kitty" is about "Acoustic Kitty."

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Aug 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 1
Cold War Corn Diplomacy
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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BackStory producer Andrew Parsons talks with Sergei Khrushchev and Liz Garst on the unlikely friendship between their father and grandfather – Sovi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, XRAY.fm, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 4
Searching for Sasha Krizhanovsky
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin
Caption: Sasha & Jessica, Credit: Sarah Stuteville
Armed with a letter from 1990, producer Jessica Partnow goes in search of her childhood Soviet pen pal.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, XRAY.fm, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 3
Generation Putin - Hour Special
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin
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"Generation Putin" is an hourlong special on young people and politics in the former Soviet Union. Embeddable on SoundCloud, too.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 55
Avstry Trim 8 - Paul Suhler
From: J.R. Warmkessel
Series: Aviation Trim
Caption: Trapeze
Paul tells us about the early days of stealth, the wallpaper and trapeze project.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 08:31
Audio Postcard: Russky Jeep
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Generation Putin
Caption: The Black Horse. A secret police car from Soviet days, Balaklava., Credit: Sarah Stuteville, The Seattle Globalist
A Generation Putin *extra*: Audio postcard from a military jeep ride in the former Soviet stronghold of Balaklava, Ukraine.

Bought by HowSound, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #25- Unsung Icons of Soviet Design (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Imagine you're a country with 17 timezones. Your citizens want cassette players, but your factories only make tanks. What do you do?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
The Mikie Show #39, Whit
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty-nine! Just had to say it, hope you don’t mind. We speak with Whit Patten, a man who grew up on a farm in the country (he had to boar...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Meskhetians
From: Julia Barton
Caption: Faramus Ibrahimov., Credit: Joshua Sarantitis
Many refugees in the United States have complicated stories to tell. The plight of the Meskhetian Turks spans six decades and four countries. Now s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Lustration: Purging Civil Servants in New Democracies
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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In transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy, systems must decide who to exclude from public office. What do you do with those who, without ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Anna Zovek - Escape from Hungary after WWII
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Piroska & Anna Zovek at their restaurant, European Bistro, in Pflugerville, TX
Born in 1939 in Hungary, Anna escaped on her own at age 17 during a time of enormous unrest after World War II. Her family had been forced to move ...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 26:44