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Wildland Firefighters Struggle to Find Stable Housing
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Finding Home: Montana's Housing Crisis
Caption: The truck firefighter Tim Hart lived in prior to his death, Credit: contributed
Seasonal firefighters live in surprising conditions on the job and off: in truck beds, the backs of cars, even in abandoned buildings. It’s not eas...

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
Finding Phones for People in Need
From: University of Montana Journalism
Series: Finding Home: Montana's Housing Crisis
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Without phones, people who need housing and services have less of a chance of getting help. In Missoula, Montana, two programs that aim to close th...

  • Added: May 03, 2022
  • Length: 02:52
For the Ukrainian military, a long partnership with U.S. National Guard units is paying dividends
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Air National Guard Base in Sunnyvale, Cal. in September 2021. The visit was part of a decades-long partnership between the California National , Credit: Duane Ramos / California National Guard
The State Partnership Program has quietly become a powerful tool for diplomacy and modeling U.S. values around the world.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT, and KMXT


  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
The military is trying to learn more about long COVID. Troops who have it worry about their careers.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Navy corpsman Maria Potts-Szoke performs a COVID-19 test on Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan Jan. 24. The test was part of a study that's monitoring the long term health of Marines who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19., Credit: Alex Fairchild / U.S. Marine Corps
Little is known about COVID-19 cases in which symptoms persist for months. Affected service members may have trouble performing their duties or get...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 7
"Back On The HomeFront" ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soudbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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Blinken and Austin..in Kyiv..with Zelensky. Marjorie Taylor Greene...on the witness stand...under oath. De Santis vs. De Disney: Getting Goofy. ...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
Advocates worry military vaccine challenges could jeopardize other religious freedom cases
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The Navy granted Petty Officer First Class Juwairiya Webb an accommodation under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to wear a hijab while on duty. Some attorneys worry that religious challenges to the military's COVID vaccine mandate may endanger futur, Credit: Carlos Castillo / KPBS
The military is taking a hard line on troops seeking religious exemptions to the COVID vaccine mandate. Lawyers say that could have consequences fo...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
"Boundaries and Borders" THURS APRIL 21 UPDATE ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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This version adds Putin pointedly announcing test of new nuke warhead ICBM missile to make enemies "think twice"....and Biden announcing new milita...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
New York's Hunter College is falling apart
From: Julian Abraham
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Students at CUNY's Hunter College in New York City are complaining about mice running the halls, broken windows, and leaky ceillings. But, the scho...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
Inconsistent military domestic violence policies allow troops with criminal histories to buy guns
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A memorial honors the victims of a 2017 mass shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A federal judge ruled that Devin Kelley might not have been able to buy the weapon he used in the shooting if the military had reported his cri, Credit: David Martin Davies / Texas Public Radio
More than four years after a former airman killed 26 people at a rural Texas church, advocates say the military still needs to do more to prevent v...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2022
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 4
How One Alzheimer’s Drug Is Changing the U.S. Drug Approval Conversation
From: Tradeoffs
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After Medicare’s decision to restrict coverage of the controversial new Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, we look at how this one drug has forced the natio...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 22:11
"April IS The Cruelest Month" ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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BoJo In Kyiv. Putin's New General. Biden calls it "genocide"Why no cyberattack? Ghost Guns. Ghost Gunman on a Brooklyn subway. It's Still Economy,...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
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"Justice. Jackson.-Bucha. Butchery." FRI APR 8 2022 UPDATE( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
THIS VERSION ADDS JUDGE JACKSON POST- CONFIRMATION REMARKS AT W.H....AND RUSSIAN MISSILE EXPLO AT CROWDED UKRAINE RAIL STATION FILLED WITH EVACU...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
70 Million: When a State Treats Drug Addiction Like a Health Issue, Not a Crime
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Miracles Club
A year ago, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. The goal is to reverse some of the negative impacts of the War on Drugs...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Veterans are at higher risk of eating disorders. The pressure of military life may be one cause.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Chandler Rand accepts her trophy at the 2018 All American Marathon at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Rand was the first female to complete the race., Credit: Fort Bragg Family & MWR
A VA study concluded that veterans experience bulimia at about three times the civilian rate.

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 8
"Doubting Thomas" FRI APRIL 1 2022 UPDATE ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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This version adds Jan 6 Committee member, Elaine Luria, saying Jared Kushner's 6 hours of voluntary testimony was "valuable"...and nat snd from NA...

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Inside Big Health Insurers' Side Hustle
From: Tradeoffs
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America’s largest health insurance companies moonlight as obscure middlemen, managing billions in health care spending for many of the country’s bi...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 26:58
Military families often have to move every few years. Critics say it's disruptive and unnecessary.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The following language must be included in any online post of this story, and the language is encouraged for on-air use: "This story was produced by the American Homefront Project, a public media collaboration that reports on American military life and v, Credit: Eric Schmid / St. Louis Public Radio
Constant and sometimes sudden moves can disrupt military families' finances and cause challenges with their children’s schools and medical care.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 6
Health Care’s Climate Change Contradiction
From: Tradeoffs
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The U.S. health care system is responsible for 8.5% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. We discuss how health care contributes to climate ch...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 15:11
  • Purchases: 1
A New Era in the Fight Over Medicaid Premiums
From: Tradeoffs
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The impact of charging people to use Medicaid and how phasing out premiums could threaten one state’s Medicaid expansion.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 20:23
"Spring Has Sprung...Some Surprises" ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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SCOTUS. Biden calls Putin a war criminal. NATO meets. House GOP leader calls out Putin...but not Trump. China and Russia and Sanctions. ( Told Th...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The VA wants to close and replace older hospitals. But there's opposition in some communities.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The Fort Meade, S.D. VA hospital, built in 1956, is among the facilities that would close under the VA restructuring plan. It would be replaced by a new hospital approximately 30 miles away in Rapid City., Credit: Department of Veterans Affairs
The VA wants to close and replace older hospitals. But there's opposition in some communities.

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 5
The So-called Mystery of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Three hundred years ago this Easter, Europeans landed on what they called "Easter Island," and ever since, the statues there have been a mystery. B...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 18
"Beware The Ides of March...& the 16th & the 17th & the 18th....." ( WED MAR 16 2022 UPDATE) ( Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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THIS VERSION ADDS PRES ZELENSKY ADDRESS TO U-S CONGRESS The war and the rhetoric escalate. Insider trading by those inside Congress. Bio Wars ...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
For service members of color, fear of racism in military towns weighs heavily in career choices
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Carlandra "CT" Moss, now retired, served 24 years in the Army. As a service member of color, she said she often had to make tough decisions, weighing the best interests of her family against her military career., Credit: Anthony Bell / Fort Lee Traveller
The report from Blue Star Families found some service members are passing up career-advancing moves because they don't want to relocate to certain ...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 6
"March Madness" (Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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More War. Judge Jackson makes courtesy calls on Senators. Bill Barr has a book to sell. More War. (Told Through Narration, Music and Soundbites)

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1

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