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Indigenous Ivy League Professor Rediscovers American History
From: KRCL
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This is a 2-way interview with Ned BlackHawk, a scholar and professor of History and American Studies at Yale University and author of The Rediscov...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 09:54
S2 Ep 1: Help young people grow up healthy
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Friday Lunch Club having ice cream. , Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
The best ways to prevent young people from getting addicted don’t necessarily focus on the drugs themselves (forget “Just say no.”) Research shows ...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2019
  • Length: 29:58
New York Grand Jury to Hear Explosive 9/11 Evidence
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
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David Meiswinkle and Barbara Honegger of The Lawyers' Committee for 9/11 Inquiry, and Richard Gage AIA, of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth ...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Feb 08, 2019
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 1
Actue con calma / Keep calm
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: LA ESTACION EN GUARDIA
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Activista social Schwartz da consejo sobre como actuar ante una autoridad / Activist Schwartz advises on how to keep calm in front of an agent.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2018
  • Length: :30
Why Good People Become Silent (Or Worse) About 9/11 (ENCORE)
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Psychotherapist Fran Shure
Psychotherapist, Frances Shure, explains the difficulty of accepting truths that shake our world-view.

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Jun 16, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Gage AIA: The Activist Architect
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Richard Gage, AIA, Founder of Architects and Engineers of 9/11 Truth
Founder of Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Richard Gage presents the science.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Feb 03, 2018
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Mystery and Physics of World Trade Center Seven
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: David Chandler at KBOO
David Chandler on 9/11 Speak Out and the Physics of 9/11

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Nov 04, 2017
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 2
Botulism killing birds on Lake Michigan
From: Great Lakes Today
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We travel to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan, where officials are finding dozens of dead birds washed onto the beach. Scientists...

Bought by WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WLPR , and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 4
Can we sell cattails -- and save wetlands?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Harvester amid the cattails, Credit: Sam Corden
Researchers are harvesting invasive cattails, and seeking commercial uses for them

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 4
The Challenge of ALS
From: Avery Hall
Caption: In eye-popping plaid pants and a pea-green jacket, Dr. Bedlack wears positivity into his office at the Duke ALS clinic., Credit: Avery Hall
ALS: a heartwrenching medical quandary for both doctors and patients. As research progresses, one local doctor takes a positive approach.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
An Hour of Jazz (Miles Davis)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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This show contains one hour of Miles Davis music. This is some of the best of Miles Davis with some of the greatest sidemen in history John Coltra...

Bought by WEAA, KRCU Public Radio, WNCU, KTXK, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2016
  • Length: 57:42
  • Purchases: 6
A Surprising Profession Where Diversity is Lagging Behind
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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They are supposed to mold and inspire minds, but that may some argue that will be difficult while 80% are white.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
A Journey through Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
From: Gianluca Tramontana
Caption: A Favela in Rio
Journalist Gianluca Tramontana takes you through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, introduces you to their people, examines their history and explores...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 1
For Some Students, Just Showing Up = Success
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
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Educators at one Brooklyn high school focus on getting their at-risk students across the threshold of the building. Sounds simple, right? Think again.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WABE, and WNIJ


  • Added: Jan 02, 2014
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 3
The Aftermath of an Ellis Act Eviction
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: San Francisco's North Beach where Marla Knight has lived for 48 years, Credit: Daniel Schwen
Marla Knight is packing up her home of 48 years. She’s been evicted from her North Beach apartment because the owners are converting it to tenancie...

Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2
Sweden's “Open Doors” for Syrian Refugees…at a Perilous Risk
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: migrants arriving on the island of lampedusa in august 2007. pictures taken by Sara Prestianni and taken from storie migrante., Credit: Noborder network
When it comes to embracing refugees, Sweden is known to be among the friendliest countries in the EU. The problem is getting all the way to Sweden....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
U.S. Invasion Ten Years Later: Iraqi Refugee Reminds Us He's Seen War Since the 80s, and He Tells of His Health Now
From: Ashley Murray
Caption: Hussein Aladdin and Iman Ali arrived in the US in 2010 as refugees. Aladdin has been living with lung cancer since 2009 but is unsure if it was caused by the environmental degradation from the recent wars in his home country., Credit: Photo: Ashley Murray
Hussein Aladdin is an Iraqi refugee who settled in Pittsburgh with his wife Iman Ali and their three sons. He is now managing lung cancer and memor...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:18
Women in Combat
From: War News Radio
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On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
Drought Keeps Oklahoma Pilot Grounded
From: StateImpact Oklahoma
Caption: Harold Blackledge, a 79-year-old agricultural pilot, stands in front of his 1975 Piper Pawnee Brave in one of his hangars at the Watonga Regional Airport. The drought — the worst he’s seen — has dried up aerial spraying work in Oklahoma, he says., Credit: Joe Wertz
The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 03:30
The price of charters in the Oakland Unified School District
From: KALW
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The Oakland Unified School District is in debt to the state. It owes $6 million a year until 2026 and needs every dollar it can save. But over the ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 08:09
The psychology of racial profiling
From: KALW
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Law enforcement agencies across the country have policies protecting people of color from being racially profiled. Studies have shown, however, tha...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 08:48
Eric Schwartz And His Experience in Azerbaijan
From: Joshua Noonan
Caption: Karabakh Foundation
Eric Schwartz talks a about his life in Eurasia, the differences between social media in the Caucasus the United States and his experiences as a me...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 35:57
Wrongfully convicted man fighting to save his name after prison
From: KALW
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Maurice Caldwell is just one of hundreds of former inmates whose convictions have been overturned after spending years in prison. Now, Caldwell is ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 10:46
  • Purchases: 2
Teens and Illegal Guns: Overview
From: Y-Press
Series: Teens and Guns: Illegal Uses
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In the last decade in Indiana, about 130 murders were committed by teens, and 79 percent of those involved a firearm. After a Y-Presser lost her co...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
When 'No' is Not an Option: Gas Boom Brings Problems to Surface Owners
From: Reid Frazier
Series: Breaking the Land: Marcellus Shale and the Gas Age
Caption: Marty Whiteman found himself in a struggle with Chesapeake Energy, which leased the gas under his farm. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:05