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70 Million: The Work of Closing a Notorious Jail

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Inex Bordeaux holds up a sign while doing street outreach in north St. Louis to raise awareness about the Close the Workhouse campaign., Credit: Carolina Hidalgo

Five years after Michael Browns death at the hands of a police officer galvanized criminal justice reform activists in St. Louis, they're gaining s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

Added: Jan 31, 2020
Length: 29:59
Purchases: 1

Women Warriors: The Voices of Change - Chapter 11, Hell Hath No Fury Like a Women Scorned

From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: Women Warriors - The Voices of Change podcast series

Women Warriors: The Voices of Change multimedia concert performed by Orchestra Moderne NYC, under the direction of Amy Andersson, features the musi...

Bought by WOUB

Added: Sep 20, 2019
Length: 04:51
Purchases: 1

From Wharf Rats to Lords of the Docks

From: Ian Ruskin

Caption: Harry Bridges at 1971 Press Conference

A 19-year-old Australian arrives in San Francisco and changes the American labor movement. This is the story of a visionary man who fought for demo...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Sep 19, 2019
Length: 59:11
Purchases: 1

A Wild Woman Sings the Blues

From: Ian Ruskin

Caption: Barbara Dane at the Newport Folk Festival

This documentary shines a light on one of America’s most extraordinary musicians and activists, Barbara Dane. This is a woman who lead the way in c...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WKMS, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)

Added: Sep 19, 2019
Length: 01:56:41
Purchases: 3

Immigration Case Management Instead of Detention - Lorri in Austin

From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas

Retired lawyer Lorri in Austin volunteers to help immigration organizations and asylum seekers in Central Texas. Lorri objects to how ICE and for-...

Bought by KRZA

Added: Sep 11, 2019
Length: 19:00
Purchases: 1

Opposing Children's Detention Centers - Marina from the Rio Grande Valley

From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas

Marina is a pediatric nurse from Austin and the Rio Grande Valley who deeply opposes the detention centers for children crossing the Texas-Mexico b...

Added: Sep 06, 2019
Length: 26:01

The American Tapestry of Immigrants - Ana in Austin

From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas

Recent violence in El Paso made Ana in Austin reflect on immigrants in America. She talks about what she has learned living and working at the bor...

Bought by Radio Catskill

Added: Sep 06, 2019
Length: 17:17
Purchases: 1

How to Take Action in Politics - Lisa in Austin

From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas

Lisa from San Antonio and Austin describes how she has been involved in politics since she was a kid, and how she is especially involved now. She ...

Added: Sep 04, 2019
Length: 11:31

On the Border - Jan from Bastrop

From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas

Caption: Photo of Big Bend in Texas., Credit: Pius Wong

Jan from Bastrop in Central Texas is hugely concerned about the way the USA is handling several issues at the border with Mexico.

Bought by KRZA and WOUB

Added: Sep 04, 2019
Length: 03:57
Purchases: 2

The Writing on the Wall

From: Israel Story

For everything the West Bank barrier represents to people on both sides, it’s easy to forget that it is an actual physical structure. And as Joel S...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Aug 26, 2019
Length: 17:45
Purchases: 1

Needs of Rural Texans - Michelle in Bastrop County

From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas

Michelle from Bastrop County discusses increasing political participation among rural Texans. She wants better government representatives who meet...

Added: Aug 23, 2019
Length: 04:07

Postcard Activism in Texas - Lisa in Austin

From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas

Lisa from Austin describes postcard activism projects in Texas and around the country. She explains how postcards can help get out the vote and in...

Added: Aug 16, 2019
Length: 05:33

On the Detention Centers at the Border - Vanessa in Austin

From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas

Vanessa from Austin, Texas, talks about why she wants the detention centers at the border to be closed. She describes what she saw in the children'...

Added: Aug 15, 2019
Length: 04:10

Aging Isn't a Problem, Ageism Is

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Someone turns 65 every 8 seconds in this country, and as our elderly population grows, so does the need to build an economy around our future selve...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KDNK

Added: Jun 13, 2019
Length: 28:00
Purchases: 2

The Big Pond #17: The Detroit-Berlin-Connection

From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast

Dimitri Hegemann, the mastermind behind the Berlin nightclub Tresor, has been nurturing an artistic connection between Berlin and Detroit since the...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Added: Feb 27, 2019
Length: 24:38
Purchases: 1

Why is Deerfield (Still) So White?

From: Amy Roost

Caption: Deerfield, 1963 , Credit: ART SHAY / @ART SHAY ARCHIVE, 2018

A North Shore Suburb of Chicago skirts fair housing laws that require affordable housing and struggles to come to terms with segregation and a trou...

Added: Dec 26, 2018
Length: 14:55

Michael Saunders Talks Water and Modern Medieval Warfare

From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler

Meet another candidate for Director of Georgetown Divide Public Utilities District (GDPUD)

Added: Sep 21, 2018
Length: 02:35:07

Locking Up Our Own

From: Sally Tucker
Series: Thinking CAP

James Forman Jr., a former Washington, D.C., public defender, Yale University professor, and author of the Pulitzer Prize winner and The New York’s...

Added: Jun 07, 2018
Length: 24:54

KICK OUT THE JAMS episode two with Tiffany WD

From: Bridget Hodder
Series: KOTJ podcast

In this episode I talk to Tiff who started Fanny Adams Vintage as well as Project Awesome, a project bent on advertising local artists & creating a...

Added: Jan 23, 2018
Length: 35:59

Getting Into Vietnam (promo)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

In the first episode of a new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the self-image of Ameri...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis and WLPR

Added: Nov 08, 2017
Length: :30
Purchases: 2

Getting Into Vietnam (hour version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the se...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, Troy Public Radio, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPCA-LP and more

Added: Nov 08, 2017
Length: 53:57
Purchases: 14

Getting Into Vietnam (half hour version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the se...

Added: Nov 08, 2017
Length: 29:00

Honoring Alan: Why the West Can't Shut Out Refugees

From: Jarrod Sport

In this audio documentary, Tima Kurdi, the aunt of Alan, shares why the West has a responsibility to support refugees fleeing warfare and destabili...

Bought by KALW