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Recently my Catalina Sky Survey teammate Richard Kowalski was asteroid hunting in the constellation of Pegasus with our Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bi...
Bought by Simply Beautiful, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM and more
- Added: Oct 21, 2018
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 8
This week, we examine the intersections between domestic violence, along with other forms of gendered violence, the courts, and the prison system. ...
- Added: Jun 13, 2017
- Length: 29:40
From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL
Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his experience at the Front
and how Trauma Sparks Change in America
- Added: Dec 01, 2016
- Length: :50
Dr. Roger Kligler had been fighting prostate cancer for 14 years before he got the news: it's terminal. With no more treatment options, Roger sued ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 23, 2016
- Length: 07:40
- Purchases: 1
Sri Lanka's civil war lasted 26 years. It cost the lives of an estimated 100,000 people and devastated the north and east of the island nation. In ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: 05:38
Here in the Bay Area, rents are rising, and housing inventory is shrinking. It’s forcing many here to decide -- either you have to leave the area c...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Oct 02, 2015
- Length: 07:42
- Purchases: 1
Ten years after New Orleans flooded following Hurricane Katrina, the city has changed. New Orleans is now home to far fewer Black people and far fe...
Bought by KZYX and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 27, 2015
- Length: 13:00
- Purchases: 2
In one of America's most expensive cities, there's a fringe political party whose name sums up their concerns: The Rent is Too Damn High. That city...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 04, 2015
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 1
There are at least 7,000 homeless people in San Francisco each night, and only enough shelter space to house a small fraction of them. This is one ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 04, 2015
- Length: 06:37
- Purchases: 1
Alyssa Arian has worked in San Francisco restaurants for a decade and, like most servers, she got into it for the tips.
“Some nights you leave wit...
- Added: May 04, 2015
- Length: 09:06
When President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper initiative in 2014, he said he hoped it would help boys and young men of color find success. ...
- Added: Apr 20, 2015
- Length: 06:59
If you have walked the streets of the Bay Area recently -- you might have seen posters featuring the names and faces of Oscar Grant, Renisha McBrid...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 06:00
n the dining room of her San Francisco home, Maria Eitz shows off her priestly attire -- a beautiful red, embroidered stole...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 10:58
- Purchases: 1
How do neighborhoods develop distinct identities? Why was San Francisco’s North Beach an enclave for poetry, for example? Or the Castro a haven for...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 07:06
One in four homeless people are veterans. There are approximately 800 homeless veterans on San Francisco’s streets.Experts in the field believe the...
- Added: Mar 23, 2015
- Length: 09:07
At a full-service restaurant you know the drill. You eat your food, you get your bill, and then you calculate the tip. But not at Sous Beurre Kitch...
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 09:06
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 06:18
Then, Henry suffered from what is called a brain stem dissection. That stroke left him trapped, unable to lift a finger at first, or say a word. Bu...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 09:33
- Purchases: 2
At the Livermore Veteran’s Hospital, there are a few animals residents can see: wild turkeys that run around the grounds, rattlesnakes that hide ou...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 08:27
- Purchases: 2
Every place has a history hidden that lives beneath what you can see on the surface. Just take the Mission District.
- Added: Jan 07, 2015
- Length: 08:24
For over a decade, Oakland has attempted to abate the illegal dumping of mattresses, electronics, furniture, and other large items onto city street...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 07:20
More than 2.7 million minors in America live with a parent in prison. Studies show that the majority of incarcerated parents reside over 100 miles ...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 06:18
At the age of 51, William Bennett was one of the oldest people in California who could claim that. But in June 2013, eight months after leaving pri...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 07:25
Bennett and Porter do their cooking in a shared kitchen that’s part of a transitional house in West Oakland. But they met many years ago.
“Well, w...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 10:42
With the start of a new school year, families all around San Francisco are sending their children off with hopes for a good year and a bright futur...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 04:00
