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Show 381--African Stowaways and Reading in Haiti (One Hour to air week of April 30, 2011)
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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When Africans want to escape political persecution, they often come seeking asylum in the U.S. But getting here often involves being smuggled from...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
"Kiss That Fish!"
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Oil & Water: Recovering from the Spill"
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A recent poll shows forty percent of Americans still think Gulf seafood isn’t safe to eat. Commercial fishermen in Bayou La Batre are fighting to w...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:34
Prison Doulas-Supporting Pregnant Women Behind Bars
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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For most women, the way their pregnancy, labor, and recuperation is handled by the correctional system has a lot to be desired. But there are some...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 09:35
  • Purchases: 2
Visiting a Prison Nursery
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: http://www.timeontheoutside.com/, Credit: Shannon Heffernan
What happens when a women gives birth behind bars? Usually those babies are sent home with family members or put into foster care. But some prison...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Vocalo.org


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 14:25
  • Purchases: 4
Animal eavesdroppers
From: John Ryan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Researchers have been eavesdropping on the conversations of chickadees in their winter flocks. The little black-capped birds are some of the most s...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
Presidential Inauguration of Mark Hamrick
From: National Press Club
Series: From the National Press Club
Caption: Mark Hamrick, 104th Press Club President sworn in by US Labor Secretary Solis
104th Presidential Inauguration. Mark Hamrick 2011 National Press Club President.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 53:56
A girl on the football team?!
From: Y-Press
Series: Gender
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In the 40 years since Title IX was enacted girls’ participation in high school and college sports has risen over 900 percent. Y-Press radio produce...

Bought by WXDU and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Transgender youth
From: Y-Press
Series: Gender
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A recent New York Times article suggested that 2010 might be known as the year of the transsexual. The story identified many gender-bending images ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, KGNU Community Radio, and YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 3
Introduction: youth and gender
From: Y-Press
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Gender roles don’t seem to have quite the pull they used to have. In 2008, the U.S. came close to having a woman in the Oval Office. Engineering sc...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2011
  • Length: 02:53
The Manton Avenue Project
From: BSR Radio
Series: Off the Beat
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The Providence based Manton Avenue Project works to train young children in playwriting. The final result of the project is a full-fledged play pe...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 07:49
A Day in the Life of MS
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An open and blunt profile of two individuals who live daily with an invisible disease with added insight from the National Multiple Sclerosis Socie...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2010
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Millennials Face a Tough Job Market
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Reporter Rina Palta takes a hard look at how the toughest job market in decades will shape this recession generation.

Bought by WXVU 89.1 FM Villanova


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 12:48
  • Purchases: 1
Chic Silber: Broadway's Magic Man
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Chic Silber, Credit: Courtesy: Andrew Hiller
West Side Story, Carousel, Man of La Mancha, Amadeus, Wicked-- You may not know Chic Silber, but you probably know at least some of the spectacles ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 08:09
The Most Frantic 12 Minutes
From: Andrew Hiller
Caption: Asst Stage Manager Jewell Fears checking an effect used in Women Beware Woman at Constellation Theatre, Credit: Courtesy: Andrew Hiller
A look behind the scenes at the fires, mishaps, injuries and backstage drama that arises during the intermission of the National Touring company of...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:44
The Friendship Center
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A local sewing group is making a difference for women who are forced to start over...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:11
Revolutionary NorthWest: The George Jackson Brigade
From: Amber Cortes
Caption: The George Jackson Brigade, Credit: Courtesy of The George Jackson Brigade Information Project
Not your hipster’s Seattle: the political bombings of the George Jackson Brigade, an underground revolutionary collective active in the Seattle area.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 13, 2010
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
Hawaii Five-0 is back!
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Hawaii Five-0 stars, Credit: CBS
Hawaii is growing more popular as a destination for TV and film production. And now the show that put it on the map is back. The new Hawaii Five-...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:09
African-American landmark turns 100, needs help
From: Jeanne Bonner
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The Herndon Home is facing financial uncertainty just as it's celebrating its centennial year. The imposing two-story brick mansion sits largely un...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Connecticut Muslims respond to protests by sharing Ramadan
From: WSHU
Caption: Manal AlBzoor and Marge Schneider at the iftar in Bridgeport, Conn., Credit: Photo by Craig LeMoult
Over the last few weeks, protesters have targeted a mosque in Bridgeport, Conn., handing out flyers and talking to worshipers, sometimes through bu...

Bought by KUOW, WTIP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 3
Blessed be the Cheesemakers
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: Firefly Farms: Hanging Cheeses, Credit: courtesy of Andrew Hiller
About ten years ago, a pair of mad scientists named Mike Koch and Pablo Solanet set about trying to reinvent the wheel - a wheel of cheese, that is...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2010
  • Length: 05:31
Green Monastery
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Three Sisters stand proudly with their new turbines in Great Falls, MT , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A Montana Monastery is interpreting the teachings of a 13th Century Saint with 21st Century technology...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 2
Crawford Texas After the Bush Years
From: KUT
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Crawford, Texas became the adopted home of George W. Bush during his presidency. But the small town west of Waco has undergone some big changes si...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
Do Sunscreens Really Protect You From Skin Cancer?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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Huffington Post blogger and former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Chronic Sleep Restriction
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's News Features
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Looks at the impact of lack of sleep on performance and cognition.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Rush Hour
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From "Gridlock" (6/25/10): War News Radio reports on commuting in Baghdad.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 07:41

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