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Putin’s Folly: Russia, One Year After the Invasion of Ukraine
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Unpacking the psychology of Putin's war games and how it affects Russians fleeing conscription.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Blurred Civilian/Soldier Line? Accountability and Ethics in the Age of Drones
From: Mateo Schimpf
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First, Ray talks with journalist Azmat Khan about accountability remote warfare and later, with professor Shannon French, about the ever-evolving f...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Big Pond #36: Luftbrücke – 70 Years of Memories
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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On June 24, 1948, the Soviet military administration officially cut off roads and rails into West Berlin in the Berlin Blockade, isolating it from ...

Bought by KWMR, KICI Iowa City, and Morton College Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2019
  • Length: 19:21
  • Purchases: 3
Water Politics in War
From: Stephen Baker
Series: Water is a Many Splendor'ed Thing
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Life in war torn regions of Afghanistan are bad enough for the communities but it can become even more hopeless when the water runs out.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 06:01
The Beat: Dean Brooks - "Murderer"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Dean Brooks graduated from Bemidji State University in 2012 with a degree in Creative Writing. He looks for inspiration in dusty corners, early mor...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
The Beat: Erin Lynn Marsh - "I Try To Imagine Eva Braun"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
Mexico’s Drug War: The Politics of Violence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Javier Sicilia in 2011, Credit: Flickr user: sarihuella
On this edition, political science professor David Shirk sheds light on the history and politics of the war on drugs in Mexico. And an emerging mov...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Isn't That Something?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Some say the war in Afghanistan accomplished nothing.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2010
  • Length: :40
Draft Dodgers Gun Down Sheriff
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Draft Dodgers shot the sheriff --- and his posse

  • Added: Mar 12, 2010
  • Length: :30
Jailed for Starting a Dog Fight
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A man went to jail for starting a dog fight.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2010
  • Length: :34
A Misplaced Sense of Moral Responsibility
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Where but in American could a man start a war that kills a million or so people and not be castigated as much as another man who cheats on his wife?

  • Added: Feb 01, 2010
  • Length: :28
Camp Lovewave's 354th Show - Neo-Economist Jim Smith
From: Terran Lovewave
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Lord Satan's "Action Figure Theater" returns live from his radio show "Darkness at the Speed of Light" and our Camp Neo-Economist, Jim Smith, retur...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:18
Camp Lovewave's 344th Show - Zeitgeist
From: Terran Lovewave
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Our scheduled extended live interview with the Director of "Zeitgeist" didn't happen. I, (Terran Lovewave) worked my ass off getting him on the sh...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 58:10
Warfare by Corbin Bugni
From: Youth Speaks Seattle
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Spoken word piece on war and conflict both personal and global.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
My Name is Ali
From: ken girardey
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A salute to a true American Hero, Muhammad Ali

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Mar 18, 2008
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 2
A trip to the army recruiter
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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Katie Zager and her friend Nathaniel Jenkins take a trip to the army recruiter and recount their experience.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Nov 28, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
P.O.V. - Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmakers Zach Niles and Banker White talk with P.O.V. about making their film "Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars"

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
P.O.V. - The Camden 28 Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmaker Anthony Giacchino talks with P.O.V. about the making of his documentary film "The Camden 28"

  • Added: Sep 13, 2007
  • Length: 09:12
Our American Generations - War - This I Believe Essays
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 Generaitional Essays - Special- This Believe essays on War

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Sep 04, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
KUNM Youth Radio Show: The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
From: KUNM
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Youth Producer Kyle Farris produces his last show at KUNM's Youth Radio Project in Albuquerque New Mexico about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagas...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, New England Public Media, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2007
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 4
The U.S. Social Forum and How it Inspired Me to Create Change
From: KUNM
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14 year old youth producer Lucia Martinez shares her commentary inspired by her recent experience at the 2007 U.S. Social Forum.

Bought by YouthCast, KFAI Minneapolis, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 3
Why We Can't Support the Troops without Supporting the War
From: Robert Abele
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How support of troops gets conflated with support of war

  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: 06:00
Two teens, one from Israel, one from Lebanon, hash things out, Part 2
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! A teenager from Lebanon has a conversation with a teenager from Israel about politics and life, Part 2

  • Added: Sep 20, 2006
  • Length: 06:48
Who bows to honor this ordinary woman?
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem for the Women who voted in Iraq

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Japanese "War Brides"
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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Japanese American "War Brides" living in Fayetteville, North Carolina discuss their experiences with war, marriage, immigration, and cultural identity

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WETA, and WYSO


  • Added: Nov 18, 2005
  • Length: 12:41
  • Purchases: 3