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Caption: Host Martha Burk
October 26 is Make a Difference Day. With all the bad news in the world, we can create our own good news by making a difference in our communities.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
October marks the International Day of the Girl Child. This year's emphasis is on education.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The Supreme Court session starts in October, and some hot button issues are likely to be heard this term. The hottest may be corporate control of ...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Chicken is big business in the U.S. During National Chicken Month, the industry gives us ways to celebrate -- by eating more chicken of course. Bu...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on discrimination at Muirfield, the golf club hosting the 2013 British Open.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary from series host Martha Burk on the House abortion ban vote and women.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on how new U.S. policies should support mothers.

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the gender gap and gun control, and why it will make a difference in the next elec...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on who won, who lost on Tax Day.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of equal pay for women.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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On April 27th, 2012, I stood on the banks of the Hudson River in NYC.. and watched Space Shuttle Enterprise make a fly-by, strapped to the back of...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 57:37
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Have you noticed? No matter what else is going on in the world...the cable news channels and the network evening news broadcasts always have time f...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2012
  • Length: 56:05
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Misogyny is alive and well in 2012. No surprise ( After all,as you'll hear in this program, even the music of the "peace and love" sixties was fill...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2012
  • Length: 56:50
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Thanks to George Carlin, Pacifica Radio and the Supreme Court we all know the 7 words you CAN'T say on television. (The case is currently back in t...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2012
  • Length: 54:59
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Author Grif Stockley on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in front of a live a...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Newspaper and Web reporter Mara Leveritt on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Sly Crooner of Swanktown
Billie Holiday, Warren Zevon, Igor Stravinsky and others make an astonishing visit to the Royal Palm Court Lounge.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: A "Welcome Home" Sign from a Rainbow Gathering
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
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A small town chill moment

Bought by KUT and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 02, 2007
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 2