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Women on the Front Lines
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)
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The Grupo de Mujeres, or Womens' Group, works tirelessly for the dignity of their families and themselves at the Workers Defense Project. Here are ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
Batteries Save the Day
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Installing battery in Sterling
A story of 3 towns who find that storing solar energy in giant batteries is cheaper and safer than power plants.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
On The Right Track - A Bonus Episode
From: Lisa Reilly
Series: THE HUSTLER FILES
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There's a saying, 'you don't know what you don't know' but perhaps you'd like to know so in this bonus episode we'll share how The Hustler Files ca...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2018
  • Length: 20:26
No Hits, No Errors - Tom Petty
From: Paul Ingles
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First of an occasional series that presents under-appreciated tracks by major artists. The artist's "hits" are purposefully skipped, and the good...

Bought by KDUR, WUTC, and North State Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 4: There's no glamour in a jailhouse wedding
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: Elizabeth Wenkuna and her mother outside the jail, Credit: George Lavender
All prisoners have the right to marry, but there are lots of restrictions. You can't exchange rings or request a special ceremony, there's thick gl...

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


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Live Feed Presents: Winona Municipal Band June 22, 2016
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of The Live Feed we bring you the Winona Municipal Band and their 2016 season. You will hear selections such as Hosts of Freedom by...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 54:42
Anishinaabenaajimon: Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Anton Treuer wrote the book “Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask.” People have questions, he says, but feel uncomfor...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WGZS


  • Added: Dec 23, 2015
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #6: Express It
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Mixing Board
Caption: Lizzie Kirschner interviews Jamil, an intern at the Seattle Art Museum about his work for the Design Your 'hood project, Credit: Nate Hearth
Did you know Bryce is secretly Michael Jackson? And that Lizzie can play the violin? This show is all about showing off teen’s different artistic t...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 10:34
Back to New Orleans
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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Legendary musicians from New Orleans are featured in this program doing what they do best. This program contains the best of the New Orleans sound ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WSLR, WEZU, and Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 55:35
  • Purchases: 4
if music be the love of food?
From: PhilipDavid Ellwand
Caption: pork walk, Credit: archive
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:00:00
Steve Edwards Soul Show (19) Art Stewart Returns For The 2012 Series Live On The Phone With Detroit Vocalist Jimmy Sterling! HR1 & 2
From: Steve Edwards
Series: Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series
Caption: Steve & Art Stewart In Studio, Credit: Art Stewart
Marvin s Gayes producer/engineer of 10 years returns to the 2012 series alongside Detroit singer songwriter Jimmy Sterling on their remake of Marvi...

  • Added: May 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:53:59
"Stevie Wonder Celebrations"on The Steve Edwards Soul Show Edition (1) Backstage with Stevie Wonder and Friends NYE Celebrations! HR 1
From: Steve Edwards
Series: Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series
Caption: Steve & Stevie Wonder, Credit: Sheree Edwards
This is as good as it gets! Bringing in the new year with a PHOTO -OP after a mega performance by soul music royalty Mr Stevie Wonder! Hear back st...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2012
  • Length: 54:09
Steve Edwards Soul Show Edition (15) Mellow Moments , Plus Rare and Previously Unreleased Marvin Gaye and The J5 from the Vaults Of Motown HR2
From: Steve Edwards
Series: Steve Edwards Soul Show 2012 Series
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Its Soul N-R-G all the way for edition 15! The focus is on the dance -soul combination featuring now classic 12" mixes by Intense Soul,Roy Davis Jr...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:12
1981: President Reagan Fires Air Traffic Controllers
From: Action Speaks Radio
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A Shot Over the Bow Thirty Years Ago Lands Today in Wisconsin and Elsewhere

Bought by WRIR, WRPI, Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
RISE: Part I Sounding the Waters
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions threaten the nation's coastal towns, Credit: Jan Sturmann
The San Francisco Bay is a place of beauty and biological diversity. But sea level rise and extreme weather will change human life along its coastl...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
RISE: Part II Facing the Rising Tide
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Steve Mello is a farmer on Tyler Island in the San Francisco Bay Delta, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Rising waters threaten the lands of a farmer and of a developer, yet they and their families dismiss all warnings of danger. Why are so many of us ...

Bought by WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WHRV, WRIR and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 18
RISE: Part III Chuey’s Story
From: Claire Schoen
Series: RISE: Climate Change and Coastal Communities
Caption: Chuey Cazares and his family live in the tiny coastal town of Alviso at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay, Credit: Jan Sturmann
Adapting to climate change will be a messy and painful business. And in the short term there will be winners and losers. Chuey Cazarez’s family is ...

Bought by WFHB, CI Dolphin Radio, WHRV, KAAD-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 09, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
In Desperation, Seafood Workers Sign Away Their Rights
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Unemployed oyster shucker Tam Nguyen , Credit: Barry Yeoman
For many of Louisiana's oyster shuckers, shrimp peelers, and deckhands, survival after the BP oil spill meant accepting one-time payments of $5,000...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 17, 2011
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
Vietnamese Fishermen Search for the Monetary Value of a Lost Culture
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Ve Nguyen is one of three fishers who have filed test claims for subsistence loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Kenneth Feinberg, the Boston attorney in charge of reviewing claims for the BP oil spill, says he expects to start paying interim and final claims ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Pointe-au-Chien Indians, Reeling from the Oil Spill, Watch as Their Land Washes Away
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Theresa Dardar says crabbers have replaces the forest in her back yard., Credit: Barry Yeoman
The 700-member Pointe-au-Chien indian tribe south of Houma, Louisiana was one of the first communities to take a direct hit from the BP oil spill. ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
How 200 Ailing Pelicans Changed One Man’s Life
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
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The BP oil spill triggered an outpouring of volunteer energy. Concerned Americans lay boom, picked up tar balls, and performed mundane tasks like a...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
An Oystering Community Contemplates Life Without Oysters
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: For Byron Encalade, oysters and culture are inseparable., Credit: Barry Yeoman
In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...

Bought by KUT and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
For One Cajun Shrimper, a Journey from Despair to Defiance
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Darla Rooks looks out over the oiled marshland of Bay Jimmy. , Credit: Barry Yeoman
It has been over a year since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, but it’s still too early to measure the complete cost of the ensuing disaster. Despite...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 11:47
JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING - EPISODE 7
From: Joyride Media
Series: JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING
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Joe Strummer spins his favorite tracks from around the world

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, KHNS, KUPR low power FM, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING - EPISODE 6
From: Joyride Media
Series: JOE STRUMMER'S LONDON CALLING
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Joe Strummer spins his favorite tracks from around the world

Bought by KPSQ-LP, Prairie Public, KHNS, KUPR low power FM, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 27