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Matthew Shepard – in his mom’s words
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Matthew Shepard was brutally killed 25 years ago for being gay. His mother Judy founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation 25 years ago this December a...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Transgender Experience: Musician, educator details transition in song and talk
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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In the condensed version of our March special, hear about transgender experience from singer-songwriter and foster-parent educator Nick Lawrence. H...

Bought by WORT and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
‘Changeling’ dives deep and sings about transition
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Hear about the transgender experience from singer-songwriter Nick Lawrence, a former foster-parent educator on LGBTQ topics. His album, "I Am A Man...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hindsight is 20/20
From: Stephen Grant
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Greg Pierotti and members of New York City’s Tectonic Theater Project spent months in the small town of Laramie, Wyoming conducting interviews with...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 23, 2018
  • Length: 26:08
  • Purchases: 1
Jay Ipson: The Original Survivor, Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Jay Ipson, Credit: John MacLellan
Jay Ipson is a survivor of the first magnitude. He learned his survival skills under the most harrowing conditions known to man. As a young boy, he...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 26:41
New Orleans Calling: "After The Flood" - How Community Radio Station WWOZ Was Saved In 2005
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: WWOZ's abandoned studio in Armstrong Park, New Orleans
Ten years ago, there was a storm, and then there was a flood, and they changed New Orleans forever. Many stories from that time have been told, but...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Home to Home
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Some exes live 15 minutes apart, but they drive more than an hour to exchange their kids through an organization in Brunswick, Maine. Home to Home ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:13
Health Care Hackers
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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When you’re sick, looking up symptoms online is not always the best idea. But if you have a disease that’s poorly understood and often overlooked b...

Bought by KSFR and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 13:15
  • Purchases: 2
"Death Be Not Proud: The Execution of Troy Davis"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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This special edition of "The Cutting Edge", looks at the trial, resistance and execution of Troy Davis, who was convicted of the killing of an off-...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 56:30
Remembering 9/11: Internet Co. Keeps Founder's Spirit Alive
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Daniel Lewin's portrait greets visitors in the main lobby at Akamai's corporate headquarters. The company co-founder died aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11., Credit: Jesse Costa
Daniel Lewin, the co-founder of a Boston-area Internet company, died trying to stop the terrorist attack aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering A Slain Trooper
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Trooper DeLaittre's remains guarded outside the funeral service , Credit: Emilie Ritter
Montana's youngest Highway Patrol officer to ever die in the line of duty was remembered in his hometown...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
Sex Ed Debate
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Opponets of the new curriculum hold up signs during a recent school board meeting , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A new sex education curriculum is creating a controversy in the Rocky Mountain town of Helena, Montana

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
Surge in Baghadads
From: Jay sapir
Series: HiPapaDays
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An American soldier's song of fear, fatigue, and failure in the Iraq war.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:01
Bridges over troubled waters (4:50 edit)
From: John Ryan
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Winner, 2007 PRNDI award for Best News Series

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
Healing after the Rwandan Genocide
From: David Kates
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David Kates looks at reconciliation process starting in Rwanda.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:41
The Sounds of Change in Downey, California
From: David Kates
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In many areas of Southern California, the primary language at home is no longer English. David Kates looks at one such community and what a largel...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2007
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
9/11's Hidden Toll
From: WFUV
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Five years after the 9/11 attacks, the death toll among first responders is still climbing.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:27
Clearing Their Heads
From: WFUV
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Research shows one in ten soldiers returning from Iraq suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It's symptoms include anxiety, depression, night...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Toy Soldiers, Real War
From: Dale Short
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An urban artist uses his apartment window to comment on the Iraq War

  • Added: Jun 10, 2006
  • Length: 05:30
From WWII to Iraq War: U.S Veterans on War and Peace
From: Miae Kim
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Four U.S. veterans share their views on war. An eighty-three year-old World War II veteran, two Vietnam War veterans, and a Gulf War veteran tell ...

Bought by KZYX, Marfa Public Radio, New England Public Media, and WDNA


  • Added: Mar 24, 2006
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 4
Black Tension
From: Hana Baba
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A look at the sometimes tension-filled relationship between African immigrants and Black Americans.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KISU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 10
Grand Old Flag
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Should Georgians vote on whether to return the confederate battle emblem to the state flag?

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1