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Through the voices of mental health care consumers/activists, this story briefly explores some of the impacts of, and responses to, the closing of...
- Added: Oct 07, 2012
- Length: 21:19
It began with an on-air rant by CNBC commentator Rick Santelli. It became a major political movement, with elected representatives on Capitol Hill....
- Added: Aug 29, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Because of historically cheap energy rates and lots of poorly insulated housing, Kentuckians’ average home electricity use is one of the highest in...
- Added: Jul 18, 2012
- Length: 12:49
Reese Erlich brings us a special report from Libya on the chaos that remains in the wake of the overthrow of hated dictator Muammar Gaddafi. While ...
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: 29:01
This second installment in the series titled Bringing Down the New Jim Crow features the first ever dialog between legal scholar Michelle Alexander...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KFOK-LPFM, and WDSE
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
The United States imprisons more people than any other country. In California a new policy called ‘realignment’ aims to reduce the number of peopl...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 29:01
While walking with the Israeli delegation in the 2011 NYC Pride Parade I captured reactions from the crowd and others in the march about why they a...
- Added: Jun 10, 2012
- Length: 08:32
The outer bounds of the right to free speech, on this episode of BeyondtheBlackLetter. How does the law tolerate speech that calls for lawlessness?
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 09, 2012
- Length: 27:34
- Purchases: 3
December 2011: a hundred Occupy protesters have been camping out in the centre of London's financial district for 2 months. Who are they? Do they a...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
- Added: Mar 28, 2012
- Length: 29:04
- Purchases: 1
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 07:05
For years, high-ranking administration officials have spun through the revolving door between the White House and American big business. But how ha...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 15
This documentary views Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" through the lens of California's ma...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KFOK-LPFM, WDSE, and WZEN.org
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
When it comes to public comment periods, school board and city council meetings are just plain weird.
- Added: Nov 17, 2011
- Length: 58:30
On this edition, we bring you the voices of Veterans from Occupy Wall Street and a special report on veterans returning home from war and the strug...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Nov 08, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A community in upstate New York gathers together to build a radio station, by hand, in a weekend.
- Added: Oct 12, 2011
- Length: 35:34
Was mainstream media in cahoots with government forces in the lead up to the Iraq War? In his film, “The War You Don’t See,” Australian journalis...
- Added: Sep 06, 2011
- Length: 29:00
A short story from a Egyptian perspective who lives in The USA and visited his parents in Egypt just before The Revolution on January 25, 2011.
- Added: May 19, 2011
- Length: 05:21
The Supreme Court's recent decision in the Citizens United case, in which activist "conservative" judges took it upon themselves to grant corporati...
- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 04:59
About one in four adults in the United States suffers from a “diagnosable mental disorder” in a given year – that’s according to the National Insti...
Bought by KMUN, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WSKG
- Added: Feb 22, 2011
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 3
Formerly a chaplain at Maine State Prison, Reverend Stan Moody is on a crusade to change the way we treat our criminals. Some of his parishioners ...
Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 10, 2011
- Length: 07:45
- Purchases: 4
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect cha...
- Added: Feb 01, 2011
- Length: 11:32
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect cha...
- Added: Feb 01, 2011
- Length: 30:00
Talking politics at the Waldo Flea Market in Waldo, FL
Nov 2, 2008
- Added: Jan 13, 2011
- Length: 05:56
State Representative Larry Haws from St. Cloud has worked in public service for over 40 years. His list of accomplishments and awards include an A...
- Added: Dec 28, 2010
- Length: 29:58
A former makeup artists to presidents and network anchors, Lillian Brown describes her career in getting public figures ready for their closeups.
- Added: Oct 12, 2010
- Length: 54:00
