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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
Available on: Audio Download
First published in 1845, the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass became Frederick Douglass's most well known work. It is as the name implies his autobiography.
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The Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
by Randy Pausch
Available on: Online Video
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium.
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Cold War Documentaries - "Atomic City: USA"
by Various
Available on: Audio Download
Fears of a cold war turning hot were rampant from the late 1940’s to the 1980’s and no fear was greater than the fear of a nuclear war and whether or not we were prepared for one.
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Walking Out of History
by John Rabe
Available on: Online Audio
28 men lost in Antarctica for almost two years, fighting ice and the ocean. The world gave them up for dead; but every one of them survived.
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Chris Gardner on The Pursuit of Happyness
by Chris Gardner
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Chris Gardner in conversation with 20/20 producer Lynn Redmond about his newly-published autobiography, 'The Pursuit of Happyness.'
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The Last Civil War Widows
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download
My name is Alberta Martin and I was born in nineteen hundred and six, the first day of December. I'm the last Confederate widow living as far as anybody knows...
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Life in Space
by Helen Sharman
Available on: Online Video
Helen Sharman, the UK's first astronaut, gives a vibrant account of her personal experience of life in space using models and film…
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Teenage Diaries
by Emily Thompson
Available on: Audio Download
Since 1996, the Teenage Diaries series has been giving tape recorders to young people around the country to report on their own lives.
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Buffalo Bill Cody
by William Frederick Cody
Available on: Audio Download
William Frederick Cody, known as Buffalo Bill, is one of the great icons of the pioneer years in the early American West.
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Prison Diaries
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download
An unprecedented, first-person look at life inside penitentiary walls through the intense radio series, Prison Diaries. Five inmates, four correctional officers and a judge were given tape recorders...
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Hard Time
by John Biewen
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
After an historic, generation-long prison expansion, American prisons are now releasing more than 600,000 inmates each year.
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Radical History
by Howard Zinn
Available on: Online Video
UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler interviews historian and activist Howard Zinn.
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Gibtown
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download
At one time Gibsonton, Florida was considered the oddest town in America.
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New York Works
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download
Ninety-four-year old Selma Koch runs one of New York's last old-style bra fitting shops. Walter Backerman still delivers seltzer along the same route worked by his father and grandfather...
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Deported
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download
"I've been banished from the U.S., you know. Like they used to do in the medieval days. They used to ban fools."
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My So-Called Lungs
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD
21-year-old Laura Rothenberg has always tried to live a normal life...
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Conrad's Garage
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download
Back in 1919, listening to radio was more like a science experiment than entertainment. There were no professional radio stations, and most radio receivers were homemade.
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The Last Place
by Joe Richman
Available on: Audio Download
It was assumed many years ago, when you got old you lived with the family. And I guess there's something to be said for that.
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Inventing Modern America
by Christopher Lydon
Available on: Online Video
"Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse" celebrates the best of American ingenuity and inventiveness.
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No Place for a Woman
by Catherine Winter
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
In 1970, nearly half the women in the United States had paying jobs, but most women worked for low pay.
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The Forgotten 14 Million
by John Biewen
Available on: Online Audio
After the longest peace-time expansion in American history, one in five American children is growing up poor.
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The Fertility Race
by Susan Stamberg
Available on: Online Audio
A series about the
social implications of infertility and
the advanced reproductive techniques
designed to correct the condition.
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Authors@Google: Valentino Achak Deng
by Valentino Achak Deng
Available on: Online Video
Valentino Achak Deng discusses the novel "What Is the What" by Dave Eggers as part of the Authors@Google series.
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Las Vegas - An Unconventional History
Available on: Online Audio
Once a remote desert outpost, Las Vegas is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States.
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Married to the Military
by John Biewen
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
Today, in the all-volunteer military, about half of all service people are married with children, so the burdens of fighting these wars are shared back home.
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