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Despite his best efforts, like the very establishments he excoriated, Studs Terkel became an American institution. A man of the people, he was also...

Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, KUMD, KUOW, Interlochen Public Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Mara Keisling from the National Center for Transgender Equality
This week on Culture Clique we continue our interview with two individuals from the national center for Transgender equality. Mara Kiesling is the...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 27:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: StoryCorps founder, Dave Isay
StoryCorps founder, David Isay speaks about the importance of listening to a loved one, why he began documenting stories and how he'd like to be re...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: 12:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Black Tuna Diaries
Robert Platshorn "Bobby Tuna" spent 30 years behind bars after being convicted of marijuana smuggling in the 1970's. Out of prison now, Bob has pie...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 30:46
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Soundprint_09-31 uploaded 7/31/09: The Convict Streak/Survivors

Bought by WRVO and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2009
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
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The story of one abandoned movie theater is the story of this very post-industrial city. People haunt places, and places haunt people.

Bought by KUT, Public Radio Remix, and Third Coast Festival/Re:sound


  • Added: Jan 10, 2009
  • Length: 19:14
  • Purchases: 3
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Race and the Sexual Politics of Nightlife in Chicago

  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
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The story of one man's discovery that resulted in saving a historic landmark from demolition, and keeping an important part of the American story f...

Bought by Listen Edition, Vocalo.org, Here and Now, and KCUR


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 4
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Alva Maxey-Boyd, now in her nineties, defied race covenants, urban renewal bulldozers, and two Mayor Daleys in a seven-decade battle to get and kee...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KFAI, WFUV, WLUW, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 25:07
  • Purchases: 5