News & Public Affairs

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Dec 14, 2005 12/05

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Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 450 stations in North America. The programs are uploaded to the Archive daily and are available in English or Spanish. The program is hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez and produced out of the Downtown Community Television Center, a community media center in New York City's Chinatown. Click for more information about Democracy Now!

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KXJZ's Insight

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2.2M

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Jun 7, 2006 06/06

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A daily, in-depth radio interview program hosted by Capital Public Radio's Beth Ruyak, providing context and background to the issues that face the Sacramento region of California. Click for more information on KXJZ's Insight .

743,348 743K

WWII Era Audio Recordings

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743,348

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Dec 14, 2005 12/05

by Presidential Recordings

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The Presidential Recordings Collection is made up of two distinct types of presidential speech: public speeches made by U.S. Presidents and secret recordings made in the White House between 1940 and 1973. Many of the recordings originate from the National Archives and the individual presidential libraries that fall under the National Archives. Digital copies of the recordings have been provided by the Scripps Library at the Miller Center of Public Affairs. The Miller Center is a nonpartisan...

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Oct 21, 2013 10/13

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Broadcasts from the World War II years.
Topics: wwII, world war two

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Free Speech Radio News

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428,274

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May 16, 2006 05/06

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Incisive news and analysis in the service of peace and social justice Free Speech Radio News (FSRN) is the only daily half-hour progressive radio newscast in the United States. It is owned and managed by news reporters. FSRN is an independent broadcast news organization born in January 2000 as the result of a strike by 43 reporters who formerly worked for the now defunct Pacifica Network News (PNN). Since that time, FSRN has expanded to hundreds of reporters in the U.S. and around the world....

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Dec 19, 2006 12/06

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Recordings of public scanners, including police and fire scanners from a number of US locations are available here for download or streaming.

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Mother Jones Radio

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Apr 10, 2006 04/06

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A fun, fast, and substantive show of reporting and commentary inspired by stories from Mother Jones magazine. Award-winning host Angie Coiro brings together reporters and experts, creating a potent mix of news, razor-sharp commentary, and political humor from some of the best in the business. Mother Jones Radio picks up where corporate news leaves off. Its reporters ask what others don't, say what others won't, and bring you important stories you just won't hear anywhere else. At Mother Jones...

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Pacifica Radio Archives

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Feb 16, 2008 02/08

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Pacifica Radio Archives is considered by historians and scholars to be one of the oldest and most important audio collections in the world. Chronicling the political, cultural and artistic movements of the second half of the 20th century, Pacifica radio programs include documentaries, performances, discussions, debates, drama, poetry readings, commentaries and radio arts. The Pacifica Radio Archives appraise, collect, organize, describe, preserve the creative work generated by, or produced in...

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Open Democracy

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Apr 26, 2006 04/06

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Pioneering a new type of independent media based on exchange and participation, Open Democracy spans the globe and covers the key questions of our times with interviews and contributions from renowned authors and marginalized voices alike. Some topics covered in this collection include life inside Guantanamo, climate change, human rights, and freedom of expression. Interviews with Sister Helen Prejean, Salman Rushdie, Carlos Fuentes, and Daniel Ellsberg are featured. Click for more information...

Scanner Recordings: Hamtramck, MI

109,643 110K

Aug 7, 2006 08/06

by Hamtramck Police and Fire, Rescue

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Nearly-continuous recordings of radio scanner traffic in Hamtramck, Michigan (42.404631, -83.057438) for June of 2006.
Topic: scanner audio

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Talk Nation Radio

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Oct 14, 2009 10/09

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Discussions about breaking news as it happens, interviews with journalists, scholars, human rights workers, officials, and other news makers. Politics, human rights, and the environment. Contact Dori Smith, talknationradio@gmail.com.
Topic: Talk Nation Radio

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Human Rights and Social Justice Conference

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67,002

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May 30, 2007 05/07

by University of Winnipeg Global College

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From February 23 to 25, 2007, the University of Winnipeg Global College and its partnering organizations hosted a remarkable assembly of national and international academics, government representatives, NGO leaders, witnesses and advocates in the human rights arena to frame a proactive approach to education and awareness.With the active participation of an informed and engaged society, the conference set out to develop and sustain a global human rights strategy for change to encourage...
Topics: human rights, social justice, United Nations

The American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982

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Lena Horne / interviewed by Gene De Alessi.

Apr 22, 2016 04/16

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"Lena: a sound portrait of a multifaceted lady." Lena Horne (b. June 30, 1917; d. May 9, 2010) is interviewed at San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel by KPFA's Gene De Alessi in conjunction with the release of her autobiography. She was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio, and went on to achieve international fame as a singer. In this recording she discusses her life and career, civil rights, Billie Holiday, Joe Lewis, Humphrey Bogart,...
Topics: Horne, Lena, American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982, African American Women, Women...
Source: http://pacificaradioarchives.org/american-women-making-history-and-culture-1963-1982

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UCSF Tobacco Industry Audio Recordings

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65,520

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Jun 6, 2007 06/07

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The University of California, San Francisco Tobacco Industry Documents Multimedia Collection contains audiotapes and videotapes related to the advertising, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and scientific research of tobacco products as well as materials gathered and produced by tobacco control advocates. The UCSF Tobacco Industry Audio Recordings Collection includes some of the audiotapes from the larger Multimedia Collection. As a result of the Minnesota lawsuit, the major tobacco companies...

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Rustbelt Radio

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Jan 13, 2006 01/06

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Rustbelt Radio is a weekly 60-minute news program from the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center and WRCT 88.3 FM Pittsburgh. Featuring news and interviews from the regional rustbelt area, as well as coverage of global issues. As part of the indymedia network, Rustbelt Radio strives to be an outlet for community based, non-corporate, participatory media. Rustbelt Radio features news from the grassroots that is commonly overlooked by the corporate media. It can be heard on radio stations in...

John F. Kennedy Speech, April 27, 1961

54,321 54K

May 19, 2004 05/04

by John F. Kennedy

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"The President and the Press" American Newspaper Publishers Association. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, NY.
( 10 reviews )
Topic: John F. Kennedy
Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

Scanner Recordings: Hamtramck, MI

45,795 46K

Jun 1, 2007 06/07

by Hamtramck Police and Fire

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Nearly-continuous recordings of radio scanner traffic in Hamtramck, Michigan (42.404631, -83.057438) for May of 2007.
Topic: scanner_audio

Scanner Recordings: Ann Arbor, MI

44,936 45K

Nov 14, 2004 11/04

by Ann Arbor Police

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Recording of a number of radio scanner transmissions in Ann Arbor, Michigan (from 42.25072 ,-83.59663).
Source: Ann Arbor Police

Democracy Now! Monday, September 24, 2007

43,200 43K

Sep 24, 2007 09/07

by Democracy Now!

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Democracy Now! radio program for September 24, 2007
Source: Television broadcast

Scanner Recordings: Hamtramck, MI (March 30, 2007)

40,545 41K

May 25, 2007 05/07

by Hamtramck Police and Fire

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Nearly-continuous recordings of radio scanner traffic in Hamtramck, Michigan (42.404631, -83.057438) for March of 2007.
Topic: scanner_audio
Source: Uniden BC785D Scanner at 42.404631, -83.057438

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Labor Express Radio

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38,044

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Jun 12, 2008 06/08

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Labor Express Radio is Chicago's only English language labor news and current affairs radio program. “News for working people, by working people.” Our program covers issues in the labor movement locally, nationally, and internationally. The program also addresses issues of concern to working people such as housing, education, health care, immigrants rights, the environment and U.S. foreign policy, from a working class viewpoint. Labor Express Radio airs Monday mornings at 10:00 AM on...

Democracy Now! Tuesday, July 17, 2007

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Jul 17, 2007 07/07

by Democracy Now!

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Democracy Now! radio program for July 17, 2007
Source: Television broadcast

Scanner Recordings: Hamtramck, MI

37,543 38K

May 26, 2007 05/07

by Hamtramck Police and Fire

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Nearly-continuous recordings of radio scanner traffic in Hamtramck, Michigan (42.404631, -83.057438) for December of 2006.
Topic: scanner_audio
Source: Uniden BC785D Scanner at 42.404631, -83.057438

President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address

33,587 34K

Jan 22, 2004 01/04

by The White House

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The audio from John Fitzgerald Kennedy's 1961 Inaugural Address. This is the speech with the famous quote "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."
( 3 reviews )
Topic: Speeches
Source: The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

Democracy Now! Monday, April 30, 2007

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Apr 30, 2007 04/07

by Democracy Now!

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Democracy Now! radio program for April 30, 2007
( 1 reviews )
Source: Television broadcast

John F. Kennedy Dictabelt Recording, Tape A

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Jun 1, 2004 06/04

by John F. Kennedy

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John F. Kennedy Dictabelt Recording. Please refer to the John F. Kennedy Dictabelt finding aid for more information.
( 2 reviews )
Topic: John F. Kennedy
Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Digital copy from the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

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For Your Ears Only / On Air

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Apr 18, 2014 04/14

by David Alpern

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For Your Ears Only/On Air is a unique, fair and far-ranging weekend news program that veteran journalist/broadcaster David Alpern has produced and hosted since 1982. In addition to guests from across the right-left spectrum on critical policy and political issues, For Your Ears Only presents news and views on a broad range of other important and engaging topics: health, science, technology, the economy, food, arts and entertainment. Launched as Newsweek On Air, reflecting content from that...
Topics: For Your Ears Only, radio, news

KXJZ's Insight

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Insight: Political Junkie Goes West / New Laws For California / Rebroadcast: Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Aurora' / Rebroadcast: Roland Dyens

Jan 4, 2016 01/16

by Capital Public Radio, Inc.

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Road To The White House: Iowa Caucuses The first test in the long and hard-fought road to the White House, the Iowa Caucuses, are a mere four weeks away. Political Junkie Ken Rudin joins Insight to talk about the race. Capitol Chat: New California Laws 2016 New year, new laws. Capital Public Radio's news team has been combing through some of the policies taking effect January 1. Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler joins Insight with a look at what they found. Rebroadcast: Kim Stanley Robinson's...
Topics: KXJZ, Insight, Sacramento public radio, Capital Public Radio, CSU Sacramento, Ken Rudin, The...

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Pacifica Radio Archives: National Endowment for the Arts Grant 2011

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* A Look At How Petraeus Helped Arm Warring Sunni and Shia Militias in Iraq * Billions Over Baghdad: How Did $9B in Cash Airlifted From the Fed to Iraq Go Missing? * Alive Day Memories: New Doc Takes Inside Look at Lives of U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Iraq * Headlines for September 13, 2007 * "Democracy While Black" - Rev. Lennox Yearwood Arrested, Charged with Assault While Entering Petraeus Hearing * From Freedom Watch to Petraeus, A Look at the Bush Administration's Iraq War PR...
( 1 reviews )
Source: Television broadcast

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VOA Newscasts

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Aug 21, 2015 08/15

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This Collection includes more than 20,000 hourly radio newscasts aired by the Voice of America (VOA), the flagship U.S. international broadcaster. Since August 2014, these five-minute English-language newscasts have been downloaded from the VOA website . A small number of older newscasts come from other sources. (VOA also produces content in more than 40 other languages.) Much of VOA's radio and television material is archived online, but content management systems change, and in the past audio...
Topic: voa

Democracy Now! Monday, September 22, 2008

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Sep 22, 2008 09/08

by Democracy Now!

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Democracy Now! radio program for September 22, 2008
Source: Television broadcast

Lyndon B. Johnson Recording 6312.01; December 1963, Tape 1

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May 31, 2004 05/04

by Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson secret White House recording.
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Lyndon B. Johnson
Source: Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. Digital copy from the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Democracy Now! Friday, September 21, 2007

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Sep 21, 2007 09/07

by Democracy Now!

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Democracy Now! radio program for September 21, 2007
Source: Television broadcast

Democracy Now! Monday, June 18, 2007

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Jun 18, 2007 06/07

by Democracy Now!

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Democracy Now! radio program for June 18, 2007
Source: Television broadcast

Democracy Now! Friday, August 1, 2008

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Aug 1, 2008 08/08

by Democracy Now!

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Democracy Now! radio program for August 1, 2008
Source: Television broadcast

John F. Kennedy Speech, May 25, 1961

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May 19, 2004 05/04

by John F. Kennedy

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Establishing the goal of sending a man to the moon. U.S. Capitol. Washington, DC.
( 4 reviews )
Topic: John F. Kennedy
Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

Democracy Now! Friday, July 27, 2007

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Jul 27, 2007 07/07

by Democracy Now!

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Democracy Now! radio program for July 27, 2007
Source: Television broadcast

Democracy Now! Tuesday, September 25, 2007

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Sep 25, 2007 09/07

by Democracy Now!

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Democracy Now! radio program for September 25, 2007
Source: Television broadcast

Democracy Now! Tuesday, September 18, 2007

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Sep 18, 2007 09/07

by Democracy Now!

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* Headlines for September 14, 2007 * EXCLUSIVE: In One Of His Last Interviews Before His Death Iraqi Tribal Leader Abu Risha Details Relationship With U.S. Military * From Empire to Earth Community: Author David Korten on "The Great Turning" * Vandana Shiva Decries the "Outsourcing of Pollution to the Third World" * Michael Klare on the Internal War For Control of Iraq's Oil * "Climate Porn" - Simon Retallack on the Dangers of Using Alarmist Language to Talk About...
Source: Television broadcast

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Pacifica Radio Archives: National Endowment for the Arts Grant 2010

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Democracy Now! radio program for June 1, 2007
Source: Television broadcast