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Ise Lyfe and Others Explore the Outlaw Image in Hip-Hop
From: Abbie Fentress Swanson
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In rap music, being tough is often a pre-requisite for success. Long jail time, stolen guns and cars, and other outlaw antics beef up the thug image.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 09:48
Waiting for California's High Speed Rail
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Getting from San Francisco to LA in two-and-a-half hours -- and a $10 billion ticket price

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 08:08
Drugs in the Drinking Water
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Many of us drink tiny doses of drugs like ibuprofen and birth control pills with each glass of tap. Should we care?

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Bridging the Shores: The Hmong-American Experience
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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Sound-rich documentary about Hmong-Americans living in the U.S.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WESM 91.3 FM, KWIT, KHEN-LP, KUNM and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Labor's Foot Soldiers
From: Dick Meister
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Organized labor is launching its biggest political campaign ever in hopes of playing a major role in electing Barack Obama and other labor-friendly...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 03:56
Does the Internet Have A Carbon Footprint?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Server farms drive the Internet -- and global warming. How do we clean them up?

Bought by WABE, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 5
Peace Talks Radio: The Video Game Violence Debate (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As notoriously violent video games continue to release new versions, Peace Talks Radio explores the debate over the effects of video game violence ...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 04, 2008
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 11
Designer Biofuels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How do you make fuel from plants?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
It's Not Easy Going Green
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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It's one thing for a city to set environmental goals -- another thing entirely to meet them.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
Stamping Out the Light Brown Apple Moth
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How should we be of the light brown apple moth?

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:15
When Asteroids (almost) Attack
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What if that Mars-bound asteroid had set its sights on Earth instead?

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Jan 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Pollsters & Pundits: "Complete Freakin' Imbeciles"
From: Dick Meister
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The mainstream media invariably claim it's someone else's fault when their pre-election predictions prove to be wrong. But don't you believe it.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:24
Paper or Plastic?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's better for the environment?

Bought by KZYX and KLCC


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
Citizen Media Law Podcast #1: Federal Shield Bill; Co-Blogging and Legal Threats; Phoenix New Times Arrests
From: Colin Rhinesmith
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Providing practical knowledge and tools for citizen journalists.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 07:00
Quest_The Return of the Canal
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is California's most controversial water proposal making a comeback?

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
Tracking Progress in Lower Manhattan
From: WFUV
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A panel discussion on progress in Lower Manhattan six years after the 9/11 attacks.

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Sep 06, 2007
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The cleavage of Hillary Clinton
From: Merle Kessler
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Ms. Clinton's cleavage stirs controversy. What's wrong with us?

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Baking babies is wrong.
From: Merle Kessler
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Did terrorists bake a baby? Ian doubts it.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:23
Just Security? A new foreign policy option, part 2
From: Burton Cohen
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New, more productive security policy for grabs

  • Added: Jul 10, 2007
  • Length: 06:13
Just Security? A new foreign policy option
From: Burton Cohen
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A way to build real national security, and save billions

  • Added: Jul 10, 2007
  • Length: 06:13
Ontario Energy Policy
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Examining Ontario, Canada's new Energy Policy

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
One Step Beyond: Liberian Voices
From: BSR Radio
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The role of radio for Liberian immigrants -- and a new voice on the air.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 2
Muslim college students discuss today's social interactions with peers
From: Next Generation Radio
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Voices of Muslim students in the DC area and how they are getting intersting questions these days

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Apr 07, 2007
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
Racism and College Theme Parties
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Students throw parties critics consider racist.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Apr 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Politics of the HPV Vaccine
From: BSR Radio
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A look into the politics of the HPV vaccine in Rhode Island and nationwide.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUNM, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 04, 2007
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 3