All Pieces for Al Letson

 
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In the last episode of State of the Re:Union, the team brings you a collection of our favorite stories from the road. Host Al Letson reflects on si...

Bought by WNCU, WRKF, KUER, KGOU, KQED and more


  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 31
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Poetry isn't just words on a page. Instead it's a form that lets people express themselves in a way that's often far more deep, emotional, and comp...

Bought by WNYC, KQED, WCPN, WNCU, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 15
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The San Gabriel Valley is just like any other suburb in America. Life revolves around family and school; the social fabric is woven over cheap eats...

Bought by KUER, WNCU, KOSU, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KQED and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 31
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The climate is going haywire, and politicians are bickering over what to do about it, or whether to do anything at all. But that’s only part of the...

Bought by WNCU, KQED, WNIJ, WHRV, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 35
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State of the Re:Union has made it an annual tradition to commemorate Black History Month with a special episode exploring lesser known corners of A...

Bought by KUAT, KWMU St. Louis, WAMU, High Plains Public Radio, Classic107.3 and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2015
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 46
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The SOTRU team brings you a collection of stories from the road. Host Al Letson reflects on the show and plays some of his favorite stories mixed w...

Bought by WNCU, KBBI Alaska, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KUER, WAMU and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 34
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In our globalized world, it only takes a click to buy something from China and have it delivered right to your doorstep. But that product sailed ac...

Bought by WNCU, WRKF, KUNC & The Colorado Sound, WVTF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 26
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The United States has the world’s largest prison population. In 2012, there were 2.3 million people in American prisons or jails – and even more un...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WNCU, WESM 91.3 FM, WNIJ, WEKU and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 31
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It’s estimated that there are nearly 1.5 million people in the U.S. who identify themselves as transgender. That’s more than a million people with ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KQED, Public Radio for All, WNCU, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 32
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This season, State of the Re:Union travels to some of the most distant corners of the country. So distant, some people… well, they aren't even sure...

Bought by WVTF, Spokane Public Radio, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
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When I say the word community, you probably get a bit of a warm and fuzzy feeling, right? But sometimes what makes community, isn't always so prett...

Bought by WVTF, Spokane Public Radio, and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
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Interior Alaska can be a forbidding place. The region is largely wilderness, covered with expansive stretches of tundra and towering mountain range...

Bought by KUER, WVTF, WGCU, KUNC & The Colorado Sound, KACU and more


  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 30
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When Mormon pioneers rolled into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, they brought with them a new theology, a short but intense history of persecution, a...

Bought by KUER, WVTF, KACU, WRKF, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 29
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Host Al Letson and guest producer John Biewen (of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University) present a collection of stories from Durha...

Bought by WFAE, WNCU, WVTF, WRKF, KACU and more


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 33
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The U.S. has been a country shaped by migration, dating back to the days of the pioneers making their way West. But recently, this country has been...

Bought by KUER, WNCU, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WVTF, KACU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 36
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For many Americans, Hawai'i is a tropical playground, the place of surf, sun and dream vacations. Behind the tourist façade, though, is one of the ...

Bought by WNCU, KUER, KTSW 89.9, WVTF, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 37
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In this National Poetry Month special, SOTRU explores all facets of poetry and its influence in host Al Letson's life. We talk to poets from all ov...

Bought by Prairie Public, KJZZ, WJAB, Interlochen Public Radio, KUAF Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 76
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Usually during Black History Month, we remember Civil Rights icons and reflect on their legacy. But over the past couple of years, SOTRU has met a...

Bought by WBHM, KPIP-LP, KUHF, WFAE, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 32
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During a month selected to celebrate “history,” we certainly are treated to a lot of the same familiar stories: the battles won for Civil Rights, t...

Bought by WHFR, High Plains Public Radio, WFAE, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WUFT and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2014
  • Length: 53:23
  • Purchases: 128
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Among the most iconic landscapes in American is the Western Range, a stretch of millions of acres of land, much of it remote and undeveloped. Deep ...

Bought by KACU, WRKF, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WJCT and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2013
  • Length: 53:23
  • Purchases: 27