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Episode 111: Silvon Simmons
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“My first instinct, to be honest, was they shot this guy and now there’s a coverup.” -Liz Riley, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County P...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 31:22
World in Progress 10/04/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Chicago's lost children - The reality for many children in Chicago’s notorious West Side is a short life in the fast ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
The Fly Fishing Show Part 2
From: Tom Howell
Series: The 2018 Fly Fishing Show
Caption: CD Clarke, Credit: Tom Howell
In the second part of the two part series on Fly Fishing, Tom continues his conversations at the Fly Fishing Show. He talks to expert fly tier Rob...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2018
  • Length: 01:03:02
Demolition Truck
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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Demolition Truck hauling wood, glass, concrete, etc. into a large metal trash container. 10:30am, sunny, breezy, 65 degrees. Recorded less than 50 ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
Two teens overcome bullying
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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Why do kids bully? And what moves them to stop?

Bought by WMPG and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 30:58
  • Purchases: 2
A health insurance executive has a crisis of conscience
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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What happens when the executive spin doctor for one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country confronts the consequences of his spin...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 32:37
  • Purchases: 1
Let Us Be As One Hand
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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Episode 8: Houda & Melanie refer to Houda’s apartment complex in Tucson as Small Syria—16 Syrian families live there today, but a year ago there we...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
Plight of the Pueblos
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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Cali Paetow explores the ongoing fight of the Native American Pueblo tribe as they push to eliminate racism and public defacement of their ancestors.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1
We Are Telling Our Stories
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
Caption: Melanie and Emane (Houda’s mother) at the potluck where they first met in August, 2016, two weeks after Houda’s family arrived in Tucson.
Episode 3: Houda begins to describe her family’s journey from Aleppo to Tucson.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 1
Absence Shadows Our Hearts
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
Caption: Houssam, Houda’s father, holds his newborn granddaughter Shooq in Jordan two days before the family left for America.
Episode 2: We begin to introduce you to Houda’s family.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:10
Footsteps #1 Late Summer
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: walking on sand, crushed shells and soil in late summer, 1pm: Afternoon: Hot: 80 degrees, hiking at The Guana Tolomato Reserve in S...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: :48
Life of the Law #88: Clemency
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Since 2014 the department of justice and President Obama have been working to right the wrongs of the war on drugs. Through Clemency, Obama has com...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 15:28
NEA Jazz Moments with Advocate Wendy Oxenhorn
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Wendy Oxenhorn says "musicians and their records have saved our lives time and time again. We owe them the services they need to age well."

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 10
Ninety Three Men
From: Scott Christy
Caption: Research Vessel Atlantis
An American scientific research ship responds to a sinking boat full of refugees in the Mediterranean.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Save the Vaquitas!
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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High schooler William Whittenbury attacks the dire situation of the endangered porpoise - the vaquitas. William hopes to change the fate of the vaq...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:03
Working: Then & Now
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Studs Terkel
In the early 1970s, radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel went around the country interviewing people about their jobs. Studs recorded more th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KALW, Spokane Public Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:13
  • Purchases: 10
When Ground Zero was known as Radio Row
From: Radio Diaries
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For more than four decades, Radio Row it was the largest collection of radio and electronics stores in the world. Then in 1966 the stores were cond...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 13:55
  • Purchases: 4
Ep 53 - BarRoom Heroes | Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: BarRoom Heroes, Credit: Bobby Pickles
Boston punk prodigies - BarRoom Heroes - stop by Bobby’s mother’s basement, to discuss Irish-ness, Boston-ness and the novelty of youth. While thes...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 42:02
NASA Shuttle landing (condensed) w/music
From: Paul Messing
Series: Paul Messing's Audio Producer's Grab Bag
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A telescoped version of NASA audio as it tells the public specifics about the shuttle as it glides in for a landing.

Bought by KPIK-LP and KMUZ


  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 2
Project #9
From: Joanne DeVault
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This is a story of one city, one global company, one mother and one American dream.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 24:58
NEA Jazz Moments with ANTHONY BRAXTON
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
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Three short "Moments" featuring 2014 NEA Jazz Master, Anthony Braxton. Narrated by Mark Ruffin of The Real Jazz channel on Sirius-XM, we learn why ...

Bought by WKSU, Harford Community Radio, WRTI, KCSM, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 14
Spoken Editions #206: Romantic Modern: California Architecture 1930 to 1950, Harwell Hamilton Harris
From: Teosson Wells
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Free, audio excerpt from a book. The California of Harris’ youth was a very different place than it is today: It was a verdant oasis of orange grov...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:35
Culturology: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People - Hour Two
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People
This is the second installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People. Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 6
Heygate Heaven
From: Chris Wood
Caption: View of the Shard from the Heygate Estate, Credit: Chris Wood
A documentary montage of soundscapes and voices from Elephant and Castle, London, UK the site of Europe's largest urban re-generation project. The ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 46:19
Photo Styles
From: Dave Cook
Series: Photography: Everything Essential
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This episode will cover seven different photographic styles and elements that make each of them unique and interesting.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 08:49