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Mental Health: Why Students of Color Suffer More
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Eliquewa Santiago says college makes her struggle with mental health even more difficult. (c) 2016 Taylor Epps
Mental health is an issue that rarely gets discussed in the black community. For college students of color the issue gets even more difficult.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Female Survival in Prison
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This episode is the second installment exploring women within prisons. First, we get updates on struggles in Bulgaria and Turkey, hear about propos...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:43
Sekou Kambui
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we return to the experiences and stories of Sekou Kambui, who was incarcerated for 47 years in Alabama prisons. He was originally charg...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:57
Episode 5: In and out of the biggest mental health facility in Los Angeles
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: LePriest Valentine, Credit: George Lavender
Meet LePriest Valentine, who kept winding up in the only sanctuary he could find after getting out of jail: Skid Row.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 4
Bought and Sold
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Javille Sutton was a 14-year-old runaway when she accepted a ride from a pimp who sold her across the country for the next six years. She was arrested multiple times as a juvenile. She now counsels girls at a horse ranch for young victims of trafficking.
Advocates for kids are pushing for a new approach to combating underage prostitution: treating young people caught up in sex trafficking as victims...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WRIR, WEKU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 12, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
ALLAN WOLPER TALKS TO KEN THOMPSON
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Ken Thompson made history in 2013 when he became the first African American to be elected Brooklyn District Attorney. He won international attentio...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:06
Jean Anoilh play Antigone Performed by IU Theater
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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IU performs Jean Anoilh adaption of Sophocles' Antigone

  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 09:10
Allan Wolper talk to Ed Kashi
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Ed Kashi is a photo journalist whose sensitive lens has captured the racial profiling in Europe, the turmoil in Syria and Iraq, the West Bank, the ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Wildlandfire
From: Whitney Henry-Lester
Caption: The view from Stehekin
Recorded on an iphone while on vacation 2 miles away from a wildfire. Recorded for KCRW's 24 Hour Radio Race.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 1
One night with the SF Homeless Outreach Team
From: KALW
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When most people are on their way to sleep, San Francisco’s Homeless Outreach Team, or SF HOT, is just beginning its graveyard shift.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 1
After a fatal heroin overdose, the grief lingers for a family
From: WITF
Caption: Stephen Mercado (Anthony's stepfather), Jesse Perez and Stacy Emminger (Anthony's mother), Credit: Ben Allen/WITF
NOTE: This piece pairs best with a companion piece called Heroin addiction robs family of son. This traces the Emminger family's grief since they...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 1
Street poets come together at 16th and Mission
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Usually, people who emerge from the 16th Street BART Station in San Francisco are greeted by men and women slumped over shopping carts, by panhandl...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #46 – One Conjugal Visit
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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How long would your relationship last without a kiss or more than a kiss In America, only three states allow prisoners and their spouses or domesti...

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 17:48
  • Purchases: 2
Blowing the Whistle on a Poisoned Marsh
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Felix Smith, Credit: Kerry Klein
Kesterson Wildlife Refuge had a little known problem back in 1982: selenium contamination was leading to birth defects and death in fish and birds....

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 16:03
  • Purchases: 1
San Francisco Russians Weigh in on Ukrainian Conflict
From: KALW
Caption: This cartoon from the Russian newspaper, "Arguments and Facts -America," depicts Nurse Obama pumping aid into an ailing Ukraine., Credit: Mary Rees
As the conflict rages on between Russia and Ukrainian nationalists, thousands of miles away in San Francisco, people are following closely. There a...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 02:48
A day with the Eviction Assistance Unit
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Deputies Joe Crittle and Diego Perez, Credit: Ninna Gaensler-Debs
When a landlord and a tenant are involved in a dispute, an eviction from the property is the last resort. And when evictions do occur in San Franci...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 1
Akeem's Police Interviews
From: Jesse Chanin
Series: My Choice My Voice
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My Choice My Voice teen Akeem interviews people in his community about their opinions about the police.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
Imprisoned for life
From: KALW
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When you look at the numbers, many long held truths about crime crumble. Like this one: who do you think is more likely to become a life-long crimi...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2012
  • Length: 25:08
The Trayvon Martin Story: A Cutting Edge Special
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Award-winning producer, Dred-Scott Keyes takes us through an audio journey of the events and issues which led to the death of Trayvon Martin, the 1...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 58:30
After the War
From: War News Radio
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Examination of PTSD treatment and veterans' care after the Gulf War and in the present

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 2
Stupor Bowl, Winter Blues and Hip Mamas
From: Radio K
Series: Radio K Culture Queue
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February 12, 2012. Stupor Bowl to ROTC - it's all about testing limits.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 13:20
Minnesota on Film
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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The Road Less Traveled: Making Movies in Minnesota

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
Inside the Syrian Uprising
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As the popular uprising against the Syrian government continues, reporter Reese Erlich is one of the few foreign reporters who got into Syria to in...

Bought by WRIR and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Hurricane Irene: Disaster or Discomfort?
From: Toby Scott
Caption: Evacuation Center at New York's Aviation High School, Credit: Toby Scott
This 90-second short feature briefly explores whether the often frantic reporting on a severe weather event mirrored the reality of those who exper...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:24
U.S.-Affiliated Iraqis in Danger Due to Visa Crisis
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2011
  • Length: 12:39