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Toxic Tracks (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The text "Toxic Tracks" on a background of railroad tracks., Credit: Background image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay
On today's show, we'll hear an encore of a show from our archives that first aired in April. We'll be looking at the environmental impact of the ra...

Bought by WXDU and WFHB


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Best of Making Contact, 2021
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In this special year-end episode, Making Contact producers and staff turn the spotlight on some the best shows they aired in 2021.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Re:Work Radio: Trafficked, the Journey of Lester Ramos
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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One of the most common forms of trafficking is labor trafficking. In this episode, Re:Work Radio brings you the story of Lester Ramos and his journ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
#5 Period Piece
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Sick
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Lisa De Bode got curious about how homeless women deal with menstruation, so she wrote a story on it. Then, things started to change. Plus, Jake l...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 16:50
  • Purchases: 1
Water Pressure 4: Water's Taking it Back
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
Caption: Melting Alaskan glacier, Credit: Rupa Shenoy
Water is claiming more coastal land, everywhere. So, do we prepare for that, or protect against it?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
What impacts are tech companies really having on San Francisco’s mid-Market district?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Del Seymour leads a group of tech workers on one of his Tenderloin tours, Credit: Angela Johnston
Del Seymour makes sure to take everybody on his walking tours of the Tenderloin to the corner of Turk and Taylor...

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 12:11
The Rapidly Changing City of Shanghai (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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China is everywhere in American news, but we seem to hear the same stories over and over. A new book set in Shanghai seeks to tell a less familiar ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:32
Grit, Luck and Money: Preparing Kids for College and Getting Them Through
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: YES Prep students at an informational session at the University of Oklahoma. YES Prep is a charter school network that serves a low-income population in Houston, Tex. and focuses on getting all of its students accepted into 4-year colleges. , Credit: YES Prep Public Schools
Why are so many low-income students quitting college, and what leads a few to beat the odds and make it through? (8/30/2012)

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KERA, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Bicycle Sharing Feature - Boston, MA
From: David Golann
Caption: Bike Sharing Kiosk in Paris
A piece on Boston's plan to create a fleet of city bicycles for public use.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1