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The Legacy and Lessons of Lewis & Clark (an hour-long special)
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Stories about the Corps of Discovery and the Endurance of Native Tribes who helped them.

Bought by WCPN, KISU, KQED, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Morehead State Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 10
See Jane Do: Mother's Day for Peace and Social Justice
From: Elisa Parker
Caption: CODEPINK Mother's Day for Peace Vigil, Credit: Jesse Locks, See Jane Do
The stories of everyday women doing extraordinary things for peace at the largest Mother's Day peace vigil in Washington D.C. Special guests includ...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 56:10
  • Purchases: 1
Independent Minds: Jack Kevorkian
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: Independent Minds
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Discover how a curious pathologist turned into an expert on death and challenged our ideas of life and self-determination.

Bought by WNIN, WHRV, Iowa Public Radio, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 55:55
  • Purchases: 4
SURVIVORS: Solitary Confinement in America's Prisons
From: Claire Schoen
Caption: Robert King Wilkerson spent 29 years in solitary confinement., Credit: Terry Foss
In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years ...

Bought by KMUZ, KOSU, KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Breaking Through the Blue Wall of Silence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Oakland protestors lay in the position Oscar Grant was in when he was killed, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
Who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong—the police chief or the people? Cities across the country are creating civilian oversig...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -1: How the South (or White Supremacy?) Won the War (1865 - 1877)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: An American Terrorist
From the founding of the Ku Klux Klan by ex-Confederate officers, through the defeat of Reconstruction: How history is made and remade, with histor...

Bought by WCPN, WRPI, and KUNM


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 3
Between Civil War and Civil Rights - 5: White Protestant Nation (1915-25)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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An exploration of American racism as cultural and commercial mass-phenomenon, covering the "reincarnation" of the Klan as a fraternal movement whic...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 1
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -6: Rosewood Reborn (1923 --
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Rosewood survivor Minnie Lee Langley
It began on New Years Day 1923, when a white woman in a small Florida (saw-)milltown claimed that a black man had attacked her. By the week's end, ...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -8: American As Apple Pie--How Terrorism Lost (1940-55)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Paul Robeson testifies
Equality under the law became viable for African Americans only after hard, dangerous work turned public opinion and federal policy against the whi...

Bought by WCPN and KSJD


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 2
Brainstorm: An Experience of Brain Injury (58:00 / 53:00)
From: Rogi Riverstone
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Produced by Rogi Riverstone, "Brainstorm" is a creative exploration of brain injury, through interviews with survivors.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2009
  • Length: 57:38
THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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A LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT FOR REPARATIONS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 59:11
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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American icon Nina Simone in words and music

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WFUV, WKMS, KNKX, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 54
How much water do we use?
From: William S. Hammack
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A look at how a typical American uses water - a large percentage of which is imported from outside the US!

Bought by Real Estate Today


  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
Trans-Identites Part 2: Mario's Story
From: Tina Antolini
Series: Trans-Identities: A Community Comes Out in Western New England
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From his earliest memory, Mario knew he wasn't in the right body.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:24
Trans-Identites Part 1: Robyn's Story
From: Tina Antolini
Series: Trans-Identities: A Community Comes Out in Western New England
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Born male, Robyn says she always felt she belonged with the girls, instead of the boys.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
"Prison Town, USA"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In our special collaboration with public televison?s P.O.V., Directors Katie Galloway and Po Kutchins take us to ?Prison Town, USA? and explore how...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jul 17, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Learning from Dakar's School of the Road
From: Emma Jacobs
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Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Destination DIY: Gender Expression
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Can gender be a do-it-yourself project?

Bought by KVSC, KUER, XRAY.fm, KUT, and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 5
Africa Embraces Business Reforms
From: National Black Programming Consortium
Series: Africa Open For Business
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Higlights the hurdles that prospective African entreprenuers face.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 10:46
THE COLOR OF NIGHT
From: Phillip Martin
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Race and the Sexual Politics of Nightlife in Chicago

  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
Roundup At The Little Book Cliffs Range
From: Amy Marsh
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A look at BLM round-ups of wild horses and whether they are necessary

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 17:52
  • Purchases: 1
Kalashnikov Culture
From: A World of Possibilities
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Counting the toll of the small arms trade

  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
Bayview: Urban Renewal or Utter Removal?
From: Jarrod Sport
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The Bayview community's apprehension to a proposed redevelopment plan.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2007
  • Length: 14:13
The Beauty of Madness: The Art of the Mentally Ill
From: WFUV
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Meet a community of people with mental illness who are redefining themselves through art

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn
From: Lu Olkowski
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A former heroin addict realizes that he wants to help other addicts kick their habits. The problem is, he wants to do this using a hallucinogenic d...

Bought by KUOW, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 16, 2007
  • Length: 16:30
  • Purchases: 3