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Las Historias Escondidas de Sunland Park
From: Kent Paterson
Caption: Sunland Park, New Mexico, Credit: Samat Jain
In 2011 and 2012, the small New Mexico border community of Sunland Park made regional headlines and national news for its political scandals. Delvi...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
A Soldier's Story on Film
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sgt. Matthew Pennington was injured while serving on combat duty in Iraq. He showed signs of PTSD, but is working toward recovery by promoting self...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Legacy Destination Weekend in St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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The 2008 passage of Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment has had a profound effect upon communities all over the state, and Explore ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 1
David Blankenhorn And The Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Caption: Janet Peck and her partner of 33 years, Carol Coughlin, hold hands after the legalization of same-sex marriage in Connecticut in 2008., Credit: Chion Wolf
In the next hour, you’ll hear an exclusive interview in which America’s most famous opponent of same-sex marriage announces that he has changed his...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 44:26
Governing the Occupation
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dispatches from Occupy Maine's consensus process

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2
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
Public Comment Periods and Government Bodies: is this microphone working?!
From: Civic Commons
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
When it comes to public comment periods, school board and city council meetings are just plain weird.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
Standing Together
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Honking for Peace: Two Seconds of Solidarity
From: War News Radio
Caption: Celeste Zappala, Credit: Photo by Jim MacMillan
News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 2
Unintended Consequences
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
War News Radio headlines: 063011
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 03:49
War News Radio headlines: 062411
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:21
Silenced
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi man reads a newspaper in Baghdad., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jan 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Rocketing Ahead
From: Richard Paul
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How the Democrats rode Sputnik to the White House in a campaign that forever changed science, technology and academia in America.

Bought by KUT, KUHF, WXXI Rochester, Spokane Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Welcome Wagon's InaugurART
From: Sam Greenspan
Caption: The Welcome Wagon's series, Credit: Tim Gibbon
DC artists and activists collaborate on a poster project to inform Inauguration-goers about the lack of DC voting rights.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2009
  • Length: 04:13
Coca Si!
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: A farmer harvests coca leaves in Los Yungas, Bolivia, Credit: Roberto "Bear" Guerra
The government of Bolivia would like it understood that it is not in the cocaine business. It's in the coca business.

Bought by WBEZ, CKMO, and KRUA


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 10:39
  • Purchases: 3
New Orleans: Demoltion by Neglect
From: Richard Simon
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Six Goucher College students head down to New Orleans to learn more about the recent demoltion of public housing

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
Dharamsala Diary: How exiled Tibetans are Responding to the Crisis in their Homeland
From: The Tibet Connection
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Sound images from the exiled Tibetan community in India

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:10
March to Tibet: The Forgotten Story
From: The Tibet Connection
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100 Tibetan monks try to walk back to their homeland

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 10:19
The Clash: Revolution Rock
From: Joyride Media
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A new one-hour radio special pays tribute to "the only band that matters" with both exclusive and archival interviews.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Prairie Public, WTJU, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
Plan Condor in Latin America
From: Marie Trigona
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Overview of Plan Condor in Latin America

  • Added: Dec 03, 2007
  • Length: 04:04
Homelessness in San Francisco
From: Selwyn-Lloyd McPherson
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A portrait of homelessness in the city of San Francisco

  • Added: Nov 28, 2007
  • Length: 16:43
JOHN DENVER: BACK HOME AGAIN
From: Joyride Media
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One-hour radio special looks back on the life of John Denver

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WMOT, WHRV, WBST, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2007
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 13
Epicentro Latino: Spanish and English. Are We a Bilingual Nation? (2 of 4)
From: Rebeca Logan
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Hispanic issues, history, politics

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTSW 89.9, 90.5 WSNC, KBRP Community Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12