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Intimate Wars: The Life and Times of the Woman Who Brought Abortion from the Back Alley to the Boardroom
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Merle Hoffman
Merle Hoffman, founder, president and CEO of Choices Women's Medical Center, leads her readers through a personal story of raging political battles...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
Quite Early Morning: The Life, Times and Legacy of Pete Seeger
From: A World of Possibilities
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Legendary folksinger and social activist Pete Seeger is receiving long-delayed appreciation for his immense contribution to American music and cult...

Bought by Morehead State Public Radio, KWIT, KHNS, 90.5 WSNC, KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 16
Amnesty At 50
From: Neil Gardner
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Amnesty has recently attracted criticism, sometimes from those who have been its most committed activists.  John Tusa asks if it has lost its way a...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 36:34
The Shame of Holland
From: Anton Foek
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Husseyin Baybasin is een Koerdische zakenman die, naar zeggen van zijn advocaat Mr. Adele van der Plas, al veertien jaar lang onschuldig in de Nede...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 06:37
Bob Marley & The Wailers: Live Forever
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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A look back at the last Bob Marley & The Wailers concert (Pittsburgh - Sep 23, 1980) with previously unavailable live recordings and exclusive inte...

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Harford Community Radio, KPSQ-LP, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WFAE and more


  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 37
Watts Health Center holds fair for National HIV Testing Day
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: Watts Health Center, Credit: www.wattshealth.org
President Obama urged Americans to get tested for HIV this weekend. The Watts Health Center in South Los Angeles tried to encourage HIV screening b...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2009
  • Length: 02:28
NJ Medical Marijuana - Chuck Kwiatkowski: Multiple Sclerosis Patient
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Kwiatkowski
An interview with a medical marijuana patient, Chuck Kwiatkowski, who testified before the NJ Senate Health Committee. Chuck suffers from MS.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 09:03
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
"Those CCC Boys"
From: Vermont Public
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It's now 75 years since the first Civilian Conservation Corps camps opened. More than three million men served in the CCC, which changed the Americ...

Bought by WVTF, WRPI, KWMD, KUT-HD, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 23:59
  • Purchases: 5
Molly Ivins Remembrance
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the life of Molly Ivins.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2007
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 2
Homeless Veterans
From: Philip Graitcer
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One-quarter of the homeless are Veterans

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KKWE Niijii Radio, KZSC, WSCS-FM, and KTNA


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 5
Interview with Moazzam Begg, a Guantanamo Bay Detainee
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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Moazzam Begg is a British Muslim who became an Enemy Combatant detained at Guantanamo Bay.

Bought by WMPG and CKMO


  • Added: Sep 15, 2006
  • Length: 27:33
  • Purchases: 2
First Tuesday in March
From: Vermont Public
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Every year, Vermont citizens gather at their annual town meetings in a remarkable showing of democracy. Experience this moving example of grassroot...

Bought by KQED, KTNA, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: Faceless – Dire Times for Illegal Immigrants in the Netherlands
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Due to economic recession and strict government policy the illegal immigrants face dire times in the Netherlands.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 11, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Post Environmentalism: The Next Wave
From: Meg O'Shaughnessy
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This panel discussion takes the pulse of the environmental community, Spring 2005.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 22, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
International Activists React to the U.S. Election
From: Aimee Pomerleau
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Activists around the world react to President Bush's election.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 14, 2005
  • Length: 26:19
  • Purchases: 1
Christmas in the Trenches
From: Scott Gurian
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Folksinger John McCutcheon describes a lesser-known chapter in world history, a 1914 Christmas Eve truce between British and German soldiers in the...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WTJU, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2003
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 29