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If you had an opportunity to sit down with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris what would you say?

  • Added: Feb 07, 2021
  • Length: 07:13
Caption: OutCaster Justin
OutCaster Justin talks about what it means to LGBTQ youth, especially struggling youth, to see LGBTQ people elected to public office.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 07:00
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One of the most common forms of trafficking is labor trafficking. In this episode, Re:Work Radio brings you the story of Lester Ramos and his journ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Elena from El Salvador was excited to come to the United States but found her predicament for her and her son difficult. Not knowing any English, s...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Blaire, a DACA a student at Humboldt State University and a long-time resident, speaks of her frustration of not having the same privileges as her ...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Meet Alejandro. He discusses why he came here, the difficulties of finding meaningful work, his involvement with his community and his love for his...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Yolanda is a DACA student at HSU; she worries about being able to finish her schooling. She also went to Washington DC to lobby with Scholars Witho...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Julio, brought here when not quite 2 years old, grew up not knowing he was undocumented until he went to get his driver's license. His status did n...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Maria, from El Salvador, speaks of her struggles to learn English, reacquaint herself with her children after 8 years apart, and how they all achie...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 03:00
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Juan, a DACA student at Humboldt State University talks about his struggles with learning English. He not only did learn English, he now has an ins...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Brenda of Centro del Pueblo gives her own State of the Union address concerning immigrants, legal or otherwise.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2019
  • Length: 02:54
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Geologist Lori Dengler talks about NOAA's National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. This program provides and facilitates vital warning systems a...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Charles Miles talks about the wrongful incarceration of his son.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
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On this episode of the California Innocence Project, Guy Miles shares his story about a bad identification leading to wrongful conviction -- and 18...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:59
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In the summer of 1970, when she was 21, Patrice Gaines spent several weeks in jail facing charges for possession of heroin. She was a drug abuser s...

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Calvin Duncan spent over 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In prison, he taught himself the law. He became a jailhouse lawyer and he...

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  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 17:08
  • Purchases: 1
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This week we revisit a 2012 interview with Georgetown professor, Jacques Berlinerblau. We discuss his most recent book, How to Be Secular: A Call t...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Diana Moya Lujan's piece at the Museum of International Folk Art
An N’MPower participant, who wishes to remain anonymous, interviews Spanish Colonial artist Diana Moya Lujan, in a community engagement project bet...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:57
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Love it or hate it, we're now in an election year. This is good news for women, because they are the majority of voters, and candidates know it.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Sandip Roy, Credit: Sandip Roy
The image of India has changed in American eyes, yet so has America's image... in Indian eyes.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: Let us anticipate what we lose if we hand over the democracy ground game. , Credit: Susan Cook
The Mayor of New York held a big fundraiser in New York recently to support candidates who want consensus in Washington. As we listen to Mr. Bloomb...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:52
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Anthony Garza has an appearance that seems to mirror everyone's expectation of him. Middle Easterners, Americans and Hispanics strangers enjoy pic...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:27
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A selective survey of how protest songs have changed from anthems to personal statements...told thru narration, music and soundbites..from Paul Fis...

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
Caption: Dr. Gabor Maté, Credit: http://drgabormate.com/
What’s the connection between the increase in chronic diseases, mental illness and drug addiction in our society today? On this edition, Dr. Gabor ...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A plea for individualizing treatment plans, incorporating all appropriate treatments

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 05:39