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Unprisoned Radio Hour: Stories of Being Black and Male in America
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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In this hour we hear three stories about what it's like being Black and male in the United States of America. The first story, from season 1 of Un...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 08, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
As New Orleans Incarcerates More People, More Children Have a Parent Behind Bars
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 12 Over the last forty years, as incarceration has surged across the nation, so has the number of children with a family member...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Pond #25: US-American Students in German Universities
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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For some US students, escalating costs are putting college out of reach – whereas in Germany higher education is considered a right, tuition is nor...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 19:24
  • Purchases: 1
Two teens overcome bullying
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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Why do kids bully? And what moves them to stop?

Bought by WMPG and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 30:58
  • Purchases: 2
Bought and Sold
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Javille Sutton was a 14-year-old runaway when she accepted a ride from a pimp who sold her across the country for the next six years. She was arrested multiple times as a juvenile. She now counsels girls at a horse ranch for young victims of trafficking.
Advocates for kids are pushing for a new approach to combating underage prostitution: treating young people caught up in sex trafficking as victims...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WRIR, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Vote-less, not voiceless: Dreamers reshape Arizona politics
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Elizabeth Perez working at City Hall, Credit: Valeria Fernandez
From civil disobedience to civic accountability, youth that can’t vote are making the voice of the Latino community heard in local politics and at ...

Bought by WDBM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 10:06
  • Purchases: 3
From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student hangs a flag outside the veteran’s center at Pasadena City College., Credit: Stephen Smith
The GI Bill of 1944 revolutionized the lives of millions of young veterans, America’s institutions of higher education, and American society at lar...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WHRV, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSFR and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Failing Our Youth: An Inadequate Foster Care System
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Nicole Rocke and daughter., Credit: Leticia Miranda
This show takes a look at issues within the foster care system in the U.S. from the high rate of teen pregnancy to the alarming use of psychiatric ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
A bike shop called Good Karma
From: KALW
Caption: A bike hangs on the wall outside Good Karma Bikes in San Jose, Credit: Leslie Griffy
Getting around sprawling Santa Clara County is a trick for anyone, but for those without housing, getting to and from services and opportunities is...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Mary Jane Mindset: Teenagers and Marijuana
From: Radio Rookies
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Radio Rookies Temitayo Fagbenle and Gemma Weiner spent the past several months talking to dozens of teenagers who smoke weed about where they buy i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 2
Room To Breathe: From Chaos to Peace in the Classroom (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Promotional picture from the Video Project , Credit: Image by: http://www.videoproject.com/roomtobreathe.html
At overcrowded and underfunded public schools across the country high suspension rates are exacerbating existing achievement gaps. Often, chaos in ...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stressed-Out Students
From: Humankind
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Ideal for broadcast late-Summer / early- Fall, this new 1-hr. documentary from Humankind examines the epidemic of high anxiety among secondary scho...

Bought by WVTF, WSKG, KRCB 104.9, KUAF Public Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 24
Drugs: Defying the Influence
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Core by Open Orchard Productions
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From the outside, it seemed like Michael had it all - parents who loved him, a supportive brother, an affluent home, and good grades. But, wanting...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 15:08
If We Can Get The Beast Out of His Lair...
From: Radio K
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In 1913, the American Social Hygiene Association launched a campaign to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution. The subject was c...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Put to the Test
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes
There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, NPR Illinois, WTIP, KERA and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Early Lessons
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student in a preschool classroom at River Breeze Elementary, a public school in Palatka, Florida. Preschool used to be a radical idea, but now the majority of American children go to preschool. , Credit: Stephen Smith
There’s been a quiet revolution in America’s schools over recent decades. We’ve added an extra grade to a child’s education: Preschool. (10/29/2009)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KPIP-LP, KMUZ and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Coming of age "illegal"
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Brenda, 19, walks through her Minneapolis neighborhood. She's been living as an illegal immigrant in Minnesota since she was 7 years old., Credit: MPR Photo/Jeff Thompson
When Brenda was 7, she was carried across the border from Mexico. Now 19, the Minneapolis teen wishes she could live and work legally in the countr...

Bought by WTIP, WGXC, KUNM, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 5
Talk of the Town
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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This is a story about finding forgiveness and acceptance in a small town.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, PRX Remix, The Story, KUOW, and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 11:29
  • Purchases: 5
Inside and Out
From: WBEZ
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When we run out of ways to deal with a troubled child, often that child ends up in prison. In Illinois, thousands are incarcerated every year. We i...

Bought by WKCC, WTIP, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Dumpster Harvest
From: Sam Greenspan
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Earthworm dumpster dives and subsists off of what so many of us unknowingly waste.

Bought by KSFR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WDBM, Vocalo.org, KUT and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 11:16
  • Purchases: 8
LiveHopeLove
From: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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Writer and Poet Kwame Dawes explores HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, produced by Outer Voices, in association with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KBRP Community Radio, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 22
Autism Chronicles
From: Long Haul Productions
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Autism Chronicles is an hour-long special profiling three families living and coping with autism.

Bought by PRX Remix, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WVPE, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 4
the Condom Conundrum
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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The First Amendment and the high school campus.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:55
My T-Shirt Says it All
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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UC Berkeley graduate student, Jacob Fenston, talks with three T-shirt designers who use the garments as a way to fight racism, communicate cultural...

Bought by KGOU, KUT-HD, KGOU, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 23, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
America, America
From: Making Contact
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We go to the streets of Richmond, California. and meet Jairo, a 17- year old boy who dreams of playing professional soccer--those plans are put on ...

Bought by KUNM and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2