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Inside the Adjustment Center at San Quentin State Prison
From: KALW
Caption: San Quentin State Prison
In 1851, the government of the new state of California legalized executions. But it wasn’t until 1891 that the state legislature required all execu...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 26:32
Realignment means opportunity for incarcerated women
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Since last October, realignment, known legally as AB109, has shifted the responsibility for low-level offenders from state prison to county jails. ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
Election Night Coverage
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Mindless reporting from election night when there's nothing to report. Network News Rules!!

  • Added: Sep 03, 2012
  • Length: 03:44
Can a new crop of Oakland cops help build community trust?
From: KALW
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When the Oakland Police Department put out a call for new recruits earlier this year, more than 2,000 people applied – mostly from outside of Oakla...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 07:45
18 to 49
From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour
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Human Interest: A man tries to come to terms with the fact he is no longer in the coveted 18 to 49 year old advertising demographic.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:37
Little Mogadishu
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
Caption: Trudy's Bar, Credit: Alex Stonehill
King County is home to one of the country's largest populations of Somalis. They've been fleeing since the Somali government collapsed in 1991. The...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:45
"WE NOW JOIN CAMPAIGN 2012...ALREADY IN PROGRESS"( November Update and Remix)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The former political writer of "The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather" offers insights into modern politics and updates Campaign 2012...with narrati...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 55:11
Wendy vs Weiner
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Comedian Wendy Leibman has a problem with Hubby and Mr.Weiner. CAUTION..Adult Material

  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 04:58
A Late Night TV Bash
From: Bryan Cox
Series: Hey Get Off My Lawn
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Comic Steve Mittleman is not exactly candid here

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 05:19
Bandit Barriers Signal Gentrification in Oakland
From: Abbie Fentress Swanson
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A story about how those thick Plexiglas walls come down in an Oakland, California neighborhood as more white folks move in.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
Too Early For Late Father
From: Jay sapir
Series: HiPapaDays
Caption: Sapir's Hotel - 3 Generations
This piece is part of a quartet series called HiPapa Days. DAD DAYS ARE EVERGREENS- Any day the nature of the piece fits the news of the day or ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:30
Surge in Baghadads
From: Jay sapir
Series: HiPapaDays
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An American soldier's song of fear, fatigue, and failure in the Iraq war.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:01
Why Our Father
From: Jay sapir
Series: HiPapaDays
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This should be the lead piece from HiPapa Days

  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 02:46
Hollywood's Depression Mentality
From: Linda Blake
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The impact of the flailing economy on the story-lines coming out of Hollywood.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
DNC08: Lackluster Protests in Denver
From: Anil Mundra
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Behind the protest hype at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver

Bought by PRX Election Podcast


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -7a: Lynching's End?: A Texas Whydunnit Murder Mystery (1930)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
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Mob madness leads to a pivotal feminist protest during the dark days of Jim Crow racism.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUER, WCPN, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
One Shoe In the Road: Struck Cyclists and Their Stories
From: Don Godwin
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struck cyclists talk, with original score by survivors

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPVL, RadioFreePalmer, KFOK-LPFM, KMXT and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2006
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
Perinatal Hospice: A Story of Support
From: Miles Eddy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thousands of parents a year are faced with making informed decisions when their unborn baby has an uncertain outcome due to birth defects and other...

Bought by KRCC-FM and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
End of a Red-Hunter's Crusade: The Censure of Joseph McCarthy
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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A review of famed Communist-chaser Senator Joseph McCarthy's legacy a half-century past his condemnation by Congress.

Bought by Listenwise, KTNA, and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
Reaching the Autistic Child - Part 2 - Treatment
From: Karen Brown
Series: Reaching the Autistic Child - Diagnosis and Treatment
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Part two of a 2-parter on early diagnosis and treatment for autism.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jan 05, 2005
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 1
Bowling with Charlton Heston
From: Richard Rene
Series: Here's Looking at You/USA From London
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Look at the Lunacy of the NRA and Gun use in the UK and USA

  • Added: Jul 07, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
From Anarchy to the Ballot Box: Punx for Dean
From: Angela Taylor
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is a hard feature on a traditionally marginalized American sub-sulture that is shedding its anarchical robes for a new political voice.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2004
  • Length: 06:32