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Saving Minnesotan Old Time Music
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth
Caption: "Clawhammer" Mike Sawyer, Credit: Britta Greene and James Napoli
Mike Sawyer is on a mission to uncover the roots of Upper Midwest folk music and keep it alive for future generations.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 30:20
Calamity in Philadelphia
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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The faulty—and fatal—race logic of an 18th century yellow fever epidemic.

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 40:50
Declaration of Independents, Alaska Style: Ballot Question Two Takes on Political Partisanship
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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The great state of Alaska is different in many ways – its vast size, low population, and great distance from “the lower 48” (states). Politics in A...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 25:10
  • Purchases: 1
EP125 The Paladins
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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This West Coast Band has a rich history in the Blues world mixing a rockabilly feel with some of their pedal-to-the-metal blues while holding a "tr...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:59
EP121 Diane Blue
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Diane Blue has been a voice in the Blues music scene for years as a vocalist and harmonica player. This show highlights her solo career as well as ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:39
Holding the Thin Green Line II: A View from the Blast Zone
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Indigenous leader Paul Che-Oke-tan Wagner (Vancouver Island Saanis), founder of Protectors of the Salish Sea, speaking at a rally on the steps of the Washington State Capitol (Olympia), October 5, 2019, Credit: Barbara Bernstein
This series explores how communities are fighting the fossil fuel industry's push for fracked gas infrastructure projects in Washington and Oregon....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Treating America’s Opioid Addiction: Part 1
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The Narcotic Farm and the Promise of Salvation

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 32:11
Episode 74: Catastrophe
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1993, more than 1,000 levees broke along the Mississippi River, flooding thousands of acres. In most cases the floods were seen as an “Act of Go...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 30:08
  • Purchases: 1
Hard to Read: How American Schools Fail Kids With Dyslexia
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Kindergartners in an Ohio classroom learning letters. One in five American kids struggles to read, and many of them have dyslexia. But public schools are failing to identify or treat dyslexia, even though there are proven ways to help kids with dyslexia l, Credit: Emily Hanford
(9/11/17) Public schools are denying children with dyslexia proper treatment and often failing to identify them in the first place.

Bought by WUFT, WMUU-LP, KUER, KCBX, WOSU and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Stuck at Square One: The Remedial Education Trap
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: College students increasingly caught in remedial education trap, Credit: Lila Cherneff
A system meant to give college students a better shot at succeeding is actually getting in the way of many, costing them time and money and taking ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, KOSU, KFCF FM, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
From Music Studio to Big Screen
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
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How do the scores for Hollywood Blockbusters come to be? Talented composers like Michael Rubino create musical pieces crafted for the emotion on s...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
Afghanistan's Other War
From: Vermont Public
Caption: An Afghanistan National Police trainee., Credit: Steve Zind
A half-hour documentary that examines the challenging counter-insurgency mission of the National Guard and how the Guard is training the Afghan Pol...

Bought by WLPR , WGBH Radio Boston, KSFR, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
The Great Textbook War
From: Trey Kay
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In 1974, Kanawha County was the first battleground in the American culture wars. Controversy erupted over newly-adopted school textbooks. School bu...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KUER and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 26
The Music of Roland Sebastian Faber
From: Iain Wilson
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Profiles the work of electronic artist Roland Sebastian Faber, with music from his latest release 'Gropiusstadt'.

  • Added: Jan 24, 2010
  • Length: 10:20
Paradise with a Key: The Politics of New York’s Community Gardens
From: Jenny Shalant
Caption: Two Coves Community Garden, Credit: Magali Regis
Growing tomatoes on city land can be a messy pursuit in the Big Apple, even before you get your hands in the soil.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2009
  • Length: 23:17
From Cages To Conservation - American Zoos: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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Each year, more people visit zoos than all major sporting events combined. But while top zoos say they're at the forefront of wildlife education a...

Bought by KWIT, North State Public Radio, KGOU, WNYC, KUT-HD and more


  • Added: May 14, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Bolivarian Slogans
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: A Chavez supporter holds a sign during a rally in Caracas, Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
In Venezuela, slogans are supposed to influence how the people feel about their president.

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 1
Club 47/Passim
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Recorded at the Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square on the 50th anniversary of the day the Club 47 opened in 1958, the program (in the best of folk t...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMNF, Chris Boros, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: Modern Day Mongolia
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Mongolia in the 21st century must choose which aspects of modernity and tradition will shape its identity in the 21st century.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WFUV


  • Added: Jan 04, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
World Tour Radio presents Music of Morocco
From: Andrew Reissiger
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Moroccan Amazigh Music, Arabic/Indigenous politics of North Africa

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and KTNA


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Legal Status
From: Radio Rookies
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A teenage girl originally from Sierra Leone struggles to understand her immigration status in the U.S.

Bought by The Story, Space Gallery, KUOW, WXLV-FM, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 7
The Promise of Hydrogen - two parts
From: Cynthia Graber
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As the world grows more concerned about the cost and supply of oil and about climate change, Iceland is beginning an ambitious proejct to wean itse...

Bought by KVNF and CKMO


  • Added: Nov 22, 2004
  • Length: 30:38
  • Purchases: 2