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A story from legendary radio storyteller, Joe Frank

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Corporal Dan Elenhof, Credit: Jake Warga
Part of a series that asks U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan what they have to carry around with them every day—from the physical to the emotion...

Bought by Public Radio Remix and KUOW


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pete and Nan Hodge, Elloughton Church, East Yorkshire, October 12th 1940
An East Yorkshire woman recalls her wartime wedding. Audio messages recorded on vinyl and mailed across war-torn Europe provide a snapshot of the e...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
Caption: The Gatling Gun patent drawing (1865). The gun was patented on May 9, 1865, and was officially adopted by the U.S. Army on August 21, 1866. Courtesy of the National Archives.
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
Caption: Homer Parce playing the cornet at his home., Credit: Greg Latza, greglatza.com
Love of music prompted Homer Parce to sign up for an army band. Military service whisked the small town South Dakota boy across the Pacific just a...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
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From 1775 to 2001, a look at 7 American wars through the eyes and mindsets of its eighteen-year-olds. Written and narrated by Tom McBride and Ron N...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 14:22
  • Purchases: 1
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Stephen has an afternoon drink with a new friend and accidentally stumbles into the heart of human evil.

Bought by WFPL News and KUOW


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 51:03
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Japanese Surrender, Credit: Marion Doss
A fictional account of the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 46:57
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Everybody agrees that "You Are What You Eat," but scientists today also think "How You Act Depends on What You Eat." This has bizarre implications ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 02:45
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From "Uploading the War" (7/16/10): War News Radio reports on how soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan use Youtube to tell their story.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 07:08
Caption: US soldiers in Afghanistan watch movies on their laptops., Credit: Reuters.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
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A Welsh-American remembers World War One with uncommon candor, poignancy, and even humor.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
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A Welsh-American remembers World War One with uncommon candor, poignancy, and even humor.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
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A Welsh-American remembers World War One with uncommon candor, poignancy, and even humor.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
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A Welsh-American remembers World War One with uncommon candor, poignancy, and even humor.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
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A Welsh-American remembers World War One with uncommon candor, poignancy, and even humor.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
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A Welsh-American remembers World War One with uncommon candor, poignancy, and even humor. Visit a very different era and a very different war.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
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This song was written hoping that soon, no American grandchildren will have to die in Iraq. Here is my neighbor's review: "I laughed and cried at t...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2008
  • Length: 02:30
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Traveling from St. Louis to Baghdad with the U.S. Army

  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 03:24
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An interview with Matt Garicki, who is walking and biking across the country in the name of peace.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:01
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Up, up and away with Japan's littlest-known WWII weapon

  • Added: Sep 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:41
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This new one-hour radio documentary goes behind the making of Ken Burns' latest film for PBS - THE WAR.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KLCC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Peace marchers share thiers thoughts on the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:50
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Poet Tom Sleigh reads his poem Fable

Bought by KRUA and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A dream wedding, a surprise deployment, and the lengths we go for love.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2007
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 1