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Folk singing legend Richie Havens died Monday, April 22nd, 2013 at the age of 72 of a sudden heart attack. In this excerpt from the documentary Ba...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 05:20
In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...
- Added: Mar 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Two women, two elders, who deep into the later years of life, made peace their goal – one, Catholic Sister Peggy O’Neill landed in war-ravaged El S...
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Mar 07, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
Two women, two elders, who deep into the later years of life, made peace their goal – one, Catholic Sister Peggy O’Neill landed in war-ravaged El S...
Bought by KUOW and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
In the 1990s, Arch Coal began mining Pigeonroost Hollow. Now Jimmy Weekley is the last person left there.
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 11:22
On the job in the steel mills, the Ministers-in-Industry participants continue to shield their identities as seminarians to keep the situation real...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 15:41
In the summer of 1950, Richard goes to work in the steel mills of Pittsburgh. The job was both part of his theological education and necessary to h...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 22:16
Richard and his friends sign up to work on the newly organized Carrot River Co-op Farm in the sparsely settled, harsh northern terrain of Saskatche...
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 19:30
After his mother's death, Richard throws himself into his academic work, four jobs, and campus political and social activities. He earns a reputati...
- Added: Feb 10, 2013
- Length: 29:10
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
America’s use of targeted drone strikes in Pakistan and elsewhere has raised questions about what is — and is not — an appropriate way to wage war....
Bought by WRPI, WOUB, KREV-LP, and Troy Public Radio
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 4
Nurys Ortiz, 58, of Washington Heights, left the Dominican Republic ("DR") to work in a NYC factory when she was 17 years old.
Ortiz started cooki...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
Nancy Soong, 90, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the foods of her childhood in Hong Kong.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 02:04
- Purchases: 1
Olga Colon, 86, of Manhattan's Lower East Side, arrived in New York City -- from Puerto Rico -- when she was 18 years old.
Over the years Colon ma...
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- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 02:08
- Purchases: 1
Christina Lam, 68, of Chinatown, Manhattan, grew up in Hong Kong and moved to New York to work in a garment factory on East Broadway. She recalls h...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 02:01
- Purchases: 1
Hilda Baumol, 89, of Battery Park City, Manhattan, recalls the automat and a memorable (and long-shuttered) New York City restaurant chain, Childs.
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- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 01:56
- Purchases: 1
A weekend with the West Virginia Re-enactors Association, as they re-create the Battle of Droop Mountain.
- Added: Jan 14, 2013
- Length: 06:04
A history of St. Philips Moravian Church, the only historic African-American Moravian congregation in the U.S.
- Added: Jan 03, 2013
- Length: 18:59
In this episode, Conor takes a tour of the Mormon Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair with Nate Kogan.
- Added: Dec 19, 2012
- Length: 07:15
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Full Episodes
On this episode: moments when we thought the game was about to be all over. The History Guys look at why apocalyptic visions gain traction from ti...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN, WRPI, and WTJU
- Added: Dec 14, 2012
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 3
Every weekend this summer, vacationers from all over Minnesota and beyond its borders have packed up the family car and headed north to Highway 1. ...
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 09:56
The rapid rise of career-oriented, for-profit colleges and universities has provoked heated debate about the costs, quality and purpose of higher e...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 54:00
At the 1896 Democratic Convention, Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party and won him the nomination. His “Cross of Gold” speech is known t...
Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUT, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 07:11
- Purchases: 4
The 1952 presidential campaign pitted the immensely popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower against the ferociously intellectual and intensely private...
Bought by Public Radio Remix, WDET, Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 07:36
- Purchases: 3
The fourth and final installment of the Jazz Crossroads of America series. In the 1960s universities began to establish jazz education programs, an...
Bought by WPTC
- Added: Oct 02, 2012
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 1
Indians don’t just happen to be good at math and science. The effects and fears of the Cold War, and the united leadership of India and the United ...
- Added: Sep 26, 2012
- Length: 29:42
