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Memorial Day Memories
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Apple Seed
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This special Memorial Day episode brings you stories from the Civil War and both World Wars. These stories help us remember and appreciate the sacr...

Bought by WVIA, KUHF, KALW, Morehead State Public Radio, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 56:58
  • Purchases: 17
Wounded Warrior Stories
From: Sonya Dunn
Series: MilitaryHomeLife - Talk Radio
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MHL Talk Radio Host Sonya Dunn highlights and shares some amazing stories of wounded warrior athletes from the 2018 DoD Warrior Games.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:03
259: Healing Trauma / 260: You Had To Be There, 3/31/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Healing Trauma" - Most of us will go through something traumatic in our lives. This hour, what researchers are discovering to help peopl...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
201: Why We War / 202: Healing Trauma, 9/9/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Why We War" - Syria. Iraq. Afghanistan. Nigeria. South Sudan. Gaza. Yemen. The world is at war. Why? HOUR TWO: "Healing Trauma" - Most...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
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
Danny: “Animal in the Wild”
From: YMCA/YSVP Story Squad
Series: Urban Warriors: Story Album
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On the streets, Danny compares himself to an animal in the wild that is in constant danger. Growing up around gangbangers, it felt natural for him ...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:49
Big Fish, Small Pond; Small Fish, Big Pond: A Citizen's Guide to Conscience
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
At a jazz performance, the lady next to me and I struck up a conversation. During World War II, she, a Czechoslovakian, and her family were exiled ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 06:50
  • Purchases: 1
Studs Terkel: Born to Live
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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Born to Live is Studs Terkel’s remarkable Prix Italia-winning audio collage program (produced with Jim Unrath) that first aired in 1962 and serves ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WWNO, WCQS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 09, 2014
  • Length: 56:45
  • Purchases: 9
Telling the Truth With Twigs and Baling Wire
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
I am a great admirer of bird nests and those who build them. They make them with twigs, string, down. You find them sometimes nestled inside the a...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:50
Star Spangled Banner
From: John Messmer
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
A reading of the entire Star Spangled Banner.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 30, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Remember the Veterans
From: John Messmer
Caption: John A. Messmer, Jr. says:
During this time of year remember the veterans.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: :10
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass (excerpt): Nov 2009, Human Rights Discussion featuring Michael Ratner and Burns Weston
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Michael Ratner, winner of the 2009 Courage of Conviction Award, discusses human rights with UI Center for Human Rights founder Burns Weston.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:16
After the War
From: War News Radio
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Examination of PTSD treatment and veterans' care after the Gulf War and in the present

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
9-11
From: Patrick Fosso
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Let's remember 9-11.More than 3000 children lost their parents in the tragedy.The destruction has caused damages to the economy at the global marke...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Forgiving the Unforgivable: Community Reconciliation in Sierra Leone
From: A World of Possibilities
Caption: A Fambul Tok fire., Credit: Sara Terry
A look at a new Reconciliation process in Sierra Leone.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 1
Fragile Life
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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Is war really worth it?

  • Added: Jun 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:06
Hard Power, Soft Power: Peacebuilding at the Pentagon
From: A World of Possibilities
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A study on new peacebuilding actions within the Pentagon.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
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
Remembering...The D-Day Spirit
From: Ted Magnuson
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Patriotic recollections

  • Added: Nov 22, 2007
  • Length: 08:49
Literacy comes to the community: Afghanistan Child Alert
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Martin Bell, former BBC Correspondent, travels to Afghanistan and in this story looks at the community-based approaches to impr...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:51
On the front lines against polio: Afghanistan Child Alert
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Martin Bell, former BBC Correspondent reports on UNICEF's work in Afghanistan and the plight of children in this war torn area....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2007
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 1
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
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