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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
Neither Here Nor There: Bhutanese Refugees in the U.S.
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Thousands of Nepali speaking refugees from Bhutan are coming to North America. Correspondent Adelaide Chen takes us on a journey with these new arr...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Making Contact: Survivors of Solitary Confinement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hakeem Shaheed
Tens of thousands are in solitary confinement in American prisons which according to the United Nations is torture. Producer Claire Schoen met nine...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bolivarian Slogans
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: A Chavez supporter holds a sign during a rally in Caracas, Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
In Venezuela, slogans are supposed to influence how the people feel about their president.

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 1
Making the World Aware: The Longest Walk II Crosses the U.S.
From: Amy Marsh
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thirty years after the American Indian Religious Freedom Act,, activists walk across the United States, taking Native American and environmental c...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 29:39
President Change: What's Hope? What's Reality
From: Brian Sussman
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Fast-forward to January 2009. A new President is in the Oval Office. How will he ? or she ? grease the wheels of official Washington to get an age...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 32:03
Washington Goes To The Moon Part 2
From: Richard Paul
Series: Washington Goes To The Moon
Caption: The crew of Apollo 1, Credit: NASA photo
The fire on Apollo 1 killed three astronauts and nearly destroyed the space program

Bought by WCPN, KVCR, KUNM, KUT, MPR News Stations and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 34
The Boomtown Chronicles: Reflections on a Changing California
From: Coastridge Productions
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A documentary from the epicenter of California's housing crisis. Two versions available: 59 minute and NPR-Clock Friendly with cutaways.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2004
  • Length: 59:02
U.S. Missile Defense
From: Claes Andreasson
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Missile defense deployed as first missile is put in its silo in Alaska

  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 14:39
undocumented
From: Holly Kernan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a day in the life of an illegal immigrant

Bought by 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Dean: The Vermont Years
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One-hour documentary details Howard Dean's record as a long-serving governor of Vermont.

Bought by WKSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPBS, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 02, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5