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The release of Ken Burns’ new documentary series has drawn fresh attention to the Vietnam War. And while many of us have an idea of what the war lo...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
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A new course dreamed up by students at the College of William & Mary, called Veterans Comedy Bootcamp is bringing laughter and storytelling to a cl...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KENW, KCMJ Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 8
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Air raid sirens were designed to alert the public of incoming enemy attacks during World War II. But 50 years ago--during the worst tornado outbrea...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:52
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Somali artist Aziz Osman left home for Florence, Italy, as a young man to pursue his dream of becoming a painter, sculptor and architect. Extensiv...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:05
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David Feinberg started the Center for Genocide & Holocaust Studies at the University of Minnesota more than 10 years ago. This year, a group of Gol...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 05:59
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From the forest fires in California to child soldiers in Uganda, survivors of disasters are receiving a new kind of aid. Counselors Without Borders...

Bought by KENW, PRX Remix, and WXDU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 3
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The army is scrambling to recover missing war records from Iraq and Afghanistan, and in the meantime, many veterans struggle to get their disabilit...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXDU


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: After fleeing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the night in this Brookeville home, supposedly making Brookeville “U.S. Capital for a Day.” , Credit: Washington Post
Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:26
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 4
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News and features on global conflict.

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 07:39
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In this month’s show, we examine three issues that build on the relationship between environmental stresses and conflict. First, we examine the imp...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 40:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
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This month on War News Radio, “Forward Thinking”, we first discuss the future of Iraq in light of the ten year anniversary this past March. Then, w...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
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In this week’s show, we commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the war in Iraq through a look at the country’s past, present and future and the imp...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:06
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This month on War News Radio, “Moving Up, Moving Out”, we discuss what stories in the news this week angered us the most. Then, we learn about Fran...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
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This week on War News Radio, “Peace News in Wartime”, we discuss the role of Morocco in the Arab Spring. Then, we learn about the process of establ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
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This month on War News Radio, "Back to Work ". First, we examine the problem of youth unemployment in Morocco. Then, we look into the persecution ...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...

Bought by KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 3
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From "Gridlock" (6/25/10): War News Radio reports on commuting in Baghdad.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 07:41
Caption: A Vietnamese boy exposed to Agent Orange., Credit: Kirk Torregrossa
A Dartmouth student travels to Vietnam to document in sculpture the legacy of Agent Orange.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A bomb hits the Information Ministry in Baghdad at the start of the US invasion in March 2003., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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How soldiers prepare for deployment...at home and at training.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2009
  • Length: 04:48
Caption: A training session for poll workers in Baghdad., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: An Iraqi police captain at a graduation ceremony for former Sons of Iraq at the al-Furat Police Training center., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2008
  • Length: 29:00