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Is San Francisco a Sanctuary When You Don’t Have Housing?
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Increases in the number of migrants arriving in San Francisco have stress-tested the city’s shelter system, revealing the dire need for more housin...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Unheard: The Plight of Mayans Struggling with Addiction in SF
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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The impact of the COVID 19 pandemic led to a rise in fatal overdoses among the tens of thousands of Indigenous Mayans living in the Bay area. That...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Season 1, Episode 30 - 'Sustainable Transportation' feat Giulia Marzetti
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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What can we do to make transporting humans more sustainable?

Bought by WOJB and KTRT RADIO INC


  • Added: Apr 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:41
  • Purchases: 2
J Reuben Appelman discusses "While Idaho Slept"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “University of Idaho Murders,” offering a memorable, tho...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 30:13
Whistle Stops: The 1948 Presidential Campaigns
From: Lester Graham
Caption: President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the inaccurate headline: Dewey Defeats Truman., Credit: public domain
2023 is the 75th anniversary of one of the biggest political upsets in American political history (although the documentary does not mention the 75...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Michigan Radio, KUOW, and WAMU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
Why Black San Franciscans Are Fighting for Reparations
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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San Francisco is considering reparations for Black San Franciscans. To understand why advocates are pushing for reparations in the city, we dive de...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KALW


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pesticides on the Playground
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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How safe your children are might depend on where you live. Today we hear about how one pesticide has been banned for household use, but affects the...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Blue Revolution
From: Chrys Bocast
Series: Aquaculture and You
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The history of aquaculture from the mid-20th century to the present.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 16:26
Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's (hour special)
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
Caption: Bernice Osborne Pollard and her 74-year-old mother, Mary Osborne, who is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease, Credit: Deb Becker/WBUR
Alzheimer’s is the incurable disease that destroys memory, speech and function. Scientists say the number of Americans with Alzheimer's may triple...

Bought by KOSU, WNYC, KQED, KZYX, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
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
Kennedy and the Peace Corps: Idealism on the Ground
From: Lester Graham
Caption: Kennedy challenging university students to serve the Third World., Credit: University of Michigan
This compelling documentary explains how a John F. Kennedy challenge to college students ultimately became the Peace Corps. It explores Kennedy's...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Interlochen Public Radio, Michigan Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WYSO and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 14
You Got To Know How To Pony: The Story of Chris Kenner
From: David Kunian
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A 34 minute documentary about the New Orleans singer and songwriter Chris Kenner.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 34:19
RN Documentary: Cavalry, Caravans and Christians: Genghis Khan and Europe's first global age
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The lasting impact of the Mongol invasions on Europe, 800 years after Genghis Khan united the Mongols into one nation.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WRPI


  • Added: Jan 18, 2007
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Davld Leopold: "Irving Berlin's Show Business"
From: David Gans
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with music

  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:40:39
The Promise of Hydrogen - two parts
From: Cynthia Graber
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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