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Occupy Everything: An Oakland Story
From: Leila Day
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Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland to occupy the ports and shut them down. Exploring a night with the Occupy Oakland movement, partly a party...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
A Food Desert in California's Breadbasket
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We go to Huron, California--a tiny farming community dubbed the' lettuce capital' of the U.S. This rural region in the fertile, sun-baked Central ...

Bought by KVNF and KVMR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2009
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 2
HUMANKIND: Universal Health Care
From: Humankind
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A Cambridge couple, both MDs and Harvard Medical faculty, have devoted their lives to researching and advocating universal health care. Provocative.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and WCQS


  • Added: Sep 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 3
Muslim Terrorists in Hollywood
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Youth Radio Vermont
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Palestinian American Muhaideen Batah paid a visit to Ms. Toland?s World History class. He spoke about Islam, and in this piece he talks about how M...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: 02:49
Park Stories: Joshua Tree- The Canaries in the Coal Mine
From: Jim Williams
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Joshua Tree National Park struggles against global warming, pollution, and a flat budget.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
Bringing Down the Blood
From: Kym Register
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Abortion in Small Town Mexico

  • Added: Dec 01, 2007
  • Length: 15:44
S.F. Bay Oil Spill cleanup effort in Berkeley Marina
From: Matthew Fidler
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Matt learns of the volunteer effort first hand at the Berkeley Marina

  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 07:39
Seattle Anti War Protest, January 27, 2007
From: Seattle Globalist
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Seattle anti war protest offers change and hope

  • Added: Jan 27, 2007
  • Length: 05:43
The Half Way - Bus Station
From: WKNO
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The Half Way - Station in Jackson, Tennessee is the oldest operating terminal in the U.S.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Rebuilding NOLA
From: WFUV
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The audio diary of a Habitat for Humanity volunteer in New Orleans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 22, 2006
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 2
Bringing home the bones
From: Allan Coukell
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Indigenous people re-bury their stolen ancestors

Bought by KLCC, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KSUT, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 5
Biography of 100,000 Square Feet
From: Benjamin Temchine
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How does a public space fail? Can good intentions separated from reality border on negligence?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KPFA, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KALW, WZBC and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2005
  • Length: 32:00
  • Purchases: 9
All Available Boats: Harbor Voices from 9/11
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Documentary on harbor workers who evacuated Manhattan on September 11, 2001.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WLRN


  • Added: Sep 08, 2004
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Errol Morris on Harris execution
From: Connie Walker
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Errol Morris on recent execution of David Ray Harris

  • Added: Jul 13, 2004
  • Length: 20:17
Interview about "Portrait of Billy Joe"
From: KUT
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Interview with Producers of movie about Billy Joe Shaver

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2004
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 1
"And I Walked..." Stories from the Border
From: Ann Heppermann
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"And I walked" combines voices of border crossers, U.S. Border Patrol, and the haunting words of author Charles Bowden to highlight the plight of t...

Bought by PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, Western Folklife Center Media, WFUV, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2004
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 7
The Stories of September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
From: Scott Gurian
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An unnarrated documentary collage of relatives of September 11th victims describing what they remember from the day of the terrorist attacks and ho...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Nov 25, 2003
  • Length: 52:41
  • Purchases: 2