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Fat Phobia, Video Recording Apps and the Law, Autopsy of a Wrongful Conviction
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: The racial origins of fat phobia. Topic 2: iPhone shortcut allows your phone to start recording when pulled over by police. Topic 3: Autop...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:02
  • Purchases: 1
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
U.S. Supreme Court hears state judicial campaign financing case
From: Free Speech Radio News
Caption: U.S. Supreme Court building, Credit: Adam Groffman via Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons
A news report from Nell Abram in Tampa on Williams-Yulee v. the Florida Bar.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
From AIDS to housing crises, they’ve seen it all: Castro’s long-time residents fight to stay
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Jeremy Mykaels stands outside San Francisco's City Hall after speaking out against Ellis evictions., Credit: Liz Mak
Jeremy Mykaels is in his early 60s, and he has AIDS. As a young gay man, he moved to the Castro, where he has lived for almost 40 years. He's been ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 1
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
Finding a voice amidst the pain over Andy Lopez shooting
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The name Andy Lopez probably didn’t ring a bell before October 22, 2013. On that afternoon, the 13-year-old Lopez was just a kid playing with a BB ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:35
Why are elderly homeless sleeping in chairs at night?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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If you walk upstairs from the kitchen at Mother Brown’s drop-in center in the evening, you’ll find dozens of people sleeping in chairs. During the ...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 06:46
County rehabilitation camps absorbing California's young offenders
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Tina Hayes School of Etiquette Class
California has been in an ongoing struggle trying to figure out how to deal with overcrowding in prisons. The problems extend to the Division of Ju...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 07:19
Surface Tension
From: Derek Hawkins
Caption: New Bedford Harbor, Credit: Derek Hawkins (cc)
New Bedford Harbor ranks among the worst harbors in the country for surface oil spills. Harbor officials and environmental groups can’t even agree ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 06:50
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
A look inside California’s toughest prison
From: KALW
Caption: Watchtower at Pelican Bay State Prison, Credit: Rina Palta
If you’re convicted of committing a felony in California, you can end up in many kinds of prisons. Steal a lot of money in a Ponzi scheme – you mig...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 2
LGBT Issues within Comprehensive Immigration Reform
From: Emily Bowen
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This piece takes a look at different viewpoints in regards to including LGBT issues such as bi-national marriage, on the Comprehensive Immigration ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 03:34
The affordable housing waiting game
From: KALW
Caption: Section 8 Housing in Oakland., Credit: ourtesy of the Oakland Housing Authority
Recently, Oakland’s Housing Authority opened the waitlist for a special type of Section 8 vouchers for the first time in five years. These coveted ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:59
Non Profit Mergers
From: NPR Economic Training Project
Caption: A tour guide at Carnton Plantation explains the home's role in the Civil War Battle of Franklin, Credit: Blake Farmer
Economy Pressures Some Non-Profits to Merge

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
Montana Timber Economy
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Sun Mountain Lumber, Credit: Emilie Ritter
Many timber operations are fighting to stay in business.

Bought by Topics Education


  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
Ex-convicts struggle to enter bleak job market
From: Patrick De Oliveira
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The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 05:48
Men in the Sun
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi Palestinian family at a camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border., Credit: Associated Press / UNHCR
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
An Immigrant's Perspective
From: Robynn Takayama
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This story explores what life is like in the US working without papers

Bought by KUOW, KRUA, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 3
Changing Colors
From: War News Radio
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Features on the war in Iraq

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Best of Summer '07
From: War News Radio
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News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 27, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Best of Summer '07
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KTNA, KGOU, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Dirt on Diaper Duty
From: The Environment Report
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The diaper debate is not limited to disposable or cloth.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2007
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 2
E-Waste Polluting Overseas
From: The Environment Report
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Junked electronics from the US are being sent overseas, where they threaten the environment and health of the people.

Bought by KUOW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
Major-league mariners
From: John Ryan
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A midnight run on a giant oil tanker

  • Added: Apr 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:39