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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
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
When Annette Vega was seven years old, she found out the man she called “dad” wasn’t her biological father. But all she knew was that her mom had h...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 26:07
- Added: Nov 03, 2023
- Length: 50:00
- Purchases: 1
(A compilation of Episodes 3 and 4 for stations desiring a 59 minute version.)
First half: Youth with disabilities had great challenges with onlin...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Oct 26, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
NYC Housing Authority is the city's largest landlord. Pilot programs to electrify its decrepit housing stock find successes and stumbling blocks w...
Bought by WFHB and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Apr 11, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
“Chalupa y Buenas” is a podcast recorded along the United States and Mexico border. We'll explore inter-generational family traditions along the R...
- Added: Mar 25, 2023
- Length: 12:22
In this episode, g'beda shares what it means to pursue their dream of playing in a mariachi band, and how they found themselves in a rich, vibrant ...
- Added: Mar 25, 2023
- Length: 14:04
"El dia que se apareció el diablo" takes us back to a time when "the devil" appeared on the poor side of the tracks. The terrifying experience lead...
- Added: Mar 25, 2023
- Length: 12:18
Michelle Zamora puppeteers Waffles on the hit Netflix series Waffles + Mochi. She’s performed and built puppets for TV shows including A Black Lad...
- Added: Jan 23, 2023
- Length: 48:00
California garment workers organize and win passage of a state law that holds fashion brands responsible for unpaid wages.
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WFHB, KZYX, and RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Dec 10, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 4
We explore the motivations and challenges of converts as they carve out a uniquely American path for being Muslim in the United States. We profile ...
Bought by KALW, Nevada Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WKAR, WLRH and more
- Added: Jan 29, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 6
Time - Maria Dodaro is a swim coach and aquatics director. Swimming coaches help swimmers perfect their breathing techniques, swim speed, and may w...
- Added: Dec 22, 2021
- Length: 01:46
In the world of audio recording, sound is visually represented in what’s called a wave form. They often look like tall ovals with vertical spikes. ...
- Added: Nov 15, 2021
- Length: 06:42
As fires ravaged California's world-famous wine country in 2017,a community radio station, emergency dispatcher, and tenant organizers helped the m...
Bought by WXDU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Oct 08, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
As fires ravaged California's world-famous wine country in 2017,a community radio station, emergency dispatcher, and tenant organizers helped the m...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Oct 01, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
After 32 years in the United States, José Chicas was told he had to leave. He bought a plane ticket to El Salvador, but then a local church offered...
- Added: Aug 13, 2021
- Length: 36:54
Tejano is a word that means “Texan” in Spanish. Tejano is also the name of a music genre fusing US American and Mexican musical traditions, plus a ...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: May 31, 2021
- Length: 04:23
- Purchases: 1
When Carlos Acosta was a kid, he wanted to be the next Michael Jackson. He spent all his time break-dancing in the streets of Havana. Until one day...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 23:02
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
Series: Best of the Best: The 2020 Third Coast Broadcast
In this episode, we meet extraordinary people who are fighting the system, working to make transformative change and seeking a better world, for th...
Bought by WXXI Rochester, Prairie Public, WRVO Public Media, New England Public Media, WNMU-FM and more
- Added: Nov 17, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 37
Fifty years ago, 30,000 people peacefully protested the disproportionate number of Latinos dying on the frontlines in Vietnam. The August 29th Chic...
Bought by WFHB, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, KVNF, KDNK and more
- Added: Aug 26, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 6
- Added: Jul 13, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Happiness - Tito Puente Jr. is a bandleader. He is the son of legendary mambo musician Tito Puente and the brother of local New York City meteorolo...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 02:13
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
The Golden Age of Spain that created the tradition of Western song, from Schubert and Verdi to Hank Williams and the Beatles. Lyrics in medieval He...
- Added: Mar 28, 2020
- Length: 15:08
