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Immigration Case Management Instead of Detention - Lorri in Austin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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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
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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
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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
The Emergence of Emmylou Harris (3 Hour Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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The musical journey of Emmylou Harris is explored in this extended play, three-hour version of a special from music documentarian Paul Ingles. G...

Bought by Prairie Public, KLCC, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Louisville Public Media, KGLT and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 02:59:01
  • Purchases: 6
How to Take Action in Politics - Lisa in Austin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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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
Some RESPECT for Aretha - Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase #79
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Aretha Franklin's over 6 decade career is recalled by music documentarian Paul Ingles and a panel of music writers and commentators.

Bought by KUHF, WRVO Public Media, KUHF, KUPR low power FM, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Writing on the Wall
From: Israel Story
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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
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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
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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
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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
Back To The Garden: Woodstock Remembered - HOUR 2 - Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase #78
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Woodstock organizers, artists and audience members recall the 1969 music festival that rocked the world in more ways than one. Music and memories f...

Bought by KFSK, North State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, KUHF, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Early Elton: An Elton John Appreciation (Hour 1)
From: Paul Ingles
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A lively special spotlighting Elton John's early work from 8 remarkable albums released in three years from 1970- 1973. Special is timed to synch ...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WAER Syracuse, NY, KRCB 104.9, KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 10, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Across the Tracks: A Route 66 Story Sampler
From: David Dunaway
Series: Across The Tracks: A Route 66 Story
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This 6-minute sampler provides a taste of the history, literature, and legacy of Route 66 as discussed in the 3-hour-long radio documentary series ...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 06:18
Michael Saunders Talks Water and Modern Medieval Warfare
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Meet another candidate for Director of Georgetown Divide Public Utilities District (GDPUD)

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 02:35:07
Leaving Teaching for Tech
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Former teacher and current tech worker Sophia talks about why she left the classroom, how people perceive teachers, how to bring STEM to four-year-...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2018
  • Length: 34:51
Locking Up Our Own
From: Sally Tucker
Series: Thinking CAP
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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
Life of the Law #130 Inside San Quentin: Moonlight
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Moonlight
"For any child that has been struggling with their sexuality, who has seen that movie. That could have been a life saving moment for them." - Mike ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:11:37
Wealth Inequity and Universal Basic Income
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Chuck Collins, Credit: Author
President Donald Trump’s tax plan may exacerbate wealth inequity in the US. Chuck Collins, Director of the Program on Inequality at the Institute f...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 16, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 75: The Gatekeeper
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“I keep saying ‘where’s the body? Kill someone,’” Marilyn Stasio told us. She reads at least 200 crime novels a year to determine which are worthy ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 23:58
  • Purchases: 1
Hang Together or Hang Separately
From: Stephen Baker
Series: Water is a Many Splendor'ed Thing
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At the signing of the declaration of independence, Benjamin Franklin was quoted as saying, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all ha...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:55
Outliers
From: Courtney Naliboff
Series: 12 Knots
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Uncovering hidden diversities in a small community. This episode of 12 Knots explores three stories that look at hidden diversities in our small i...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2017
  • Length: 42:04
Interview with Herbalist Ras Bobby
From: Jason Klarl
Series: Travelogue Media Podcasts
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Herbalist Ras Bobby talks about the importance of eating local, organic food, and his experience treating thousands of people throughout the Caribb...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 18:15
Honoring Alan: Why the West Can't Shut Out Refugees
From: Jarrod Sport
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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


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 19:18
  • Purchases: 1