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Red-Speak, Blue-Speak: Why Conservatives and Liberals Fail to Communicate
From: Janis Jaquith
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A personal essay illustrating George Lakoff's theory that what's moral for US is immoral for THEM

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Death Qualified
From: Alison Freeland
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A woman describes being on a death penalty jury in North Carolina.

Bought by KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 15:51
  • Purchases: 3
Mind the Gap
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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A short "Op-ed" piece about the (wrong) way our country is going

  • Added: Dec 09, 2005
  • Length: 03:00
Prince Charles Belongs on a Bicycle
From: Dick Meister
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It's time that Charles and the other sponging members of Britain's royal family found a different line of work,

  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 03:26
Commentary: The New Cold Warriors
From: Dick Meister
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Although the Cold War is long over, red-baiting for political advantage continues.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
The Plumbers Are Back
From: Claes Andreasson
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Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg who released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 talks about the Valerie Plame-CIA affair

  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:43
Shall We Attack Syria?
From: Craig Barnes
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The Bush administration is beginning to lay the ground work for military action against Syria.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2005
  • Length: 04:32
Selling America
From: Merle Kessler
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A light-hearted look at American public relations failures!

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Abstinence Footsy
From: KBOO Youth Collective
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Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings introduces a new program for today's lustful youth: Abstinence Footsy.

  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 03:58
God is Not Our Co-Pilot
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the irrational insistence of the religious majority that ours is "one nation under God."

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Oct 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
The Day After
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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Wondering 'what if' on the day after the election--November 2004

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:46
Labor: Rising from the Dead
From: Dick Meister
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Although the pundits say the labor movement is near death, the future of American unions actually looks promising.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2005
  • Length: 04:47
Democracy
From: Brian Wright
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A Lot of What Ails Us Can Be Likened to Cancer.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:09
Commentary: Uranium Mining Returns to the United States.
From: KRCC-FM
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A Colorado resident objects to the resurgence of uranium mining in her county.

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jul 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Zinn - Government
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Historian Howard Zinn says that governments break laws regularly.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
James Baldwin - West
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author James Baldwin reflects on the history of United States’s foreign policy. (1963)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Tillich
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Theologian Paul Tillich talks about the ultimate danger of nuclear weapons. (1961)

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 2
Dean Rusk - Weapons
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk justifies the American build-up of arms. (1961)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Zinn - People
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Historian Howard Zinn suggests how civil disobedience effects the public consciousness. (1974)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
Eleanor Roosevelt
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt gives voice to her concern about the governments in possession of nuclear weapons. (1961)

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
The IWW at 100: A Brief History
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the 100th anniversary of the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the most influential and colorful organizations in U.S. history.

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Cut public broadcasting loose from federal subsidy
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Commentary from conservative columnist, calling for end to CPB subsidy

  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 03:45
Merrie Spaeth CPB Commentary
From: KERA
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commentary regarding House Committee vote on CPB funding

Bought by KRCC-FM and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
Norman Mailer: a novelist in a time of war
From: Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism
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This talk of Norman Mailer's is a broadcast special from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

Bought by KUT-HD, KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KCPW Salt Lake City, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Perpetual War, Perpetual Power
From: Craig Barnes
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Craig Barnes explores the Republican formula for perpetual war and the need for Democrats to restore America's traditional values of law, fairness ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1

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