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Melissa Harris-Perry: Confronting Stereotypes of the Black Woman
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, Credit: Melissa Harris-Perry
On this edition, author and political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry speaks about the stereotypes black women face, the resulting impacts o...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WCPN, WCSU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, KHNS and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Writers on a New England Stage: Chris Matthews
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Virginia Prescott and Chris Matthews, Credit: David Murray
The TV personality and former journalist talks about his new book, "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero."

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 49:30
Voices From The Diaspora: Resistance and Community
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Riots all over the world are calling on us to get involved in societal change. But what kind of action is needed, and how do we create real change?...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Christian Parenti: Unstable Climate, Unstable People
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Indian farmer and his wheat, Credit: Petr Kosina / CIMMYT
Journalist Christian Parenti speaks about his new book, "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence." He connects the effect...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu National Press Club Luncheon
From: National Press Club
Series: The National Press Club Luncheon Series
Caption: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu addressed The National Press Club on Thursday, August 19th at a Luncheon featuring Gulf Coast shrimp, Credit: Terry Hill
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon on Thursday August 19th in Washington, D.C. Noting the 5 year anniversary...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
Chile's 9-11 (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Chilean wind ensemble "Grupo Raiz" in the early 1980s. , Credit: www.hollynear.com
In 1973 a military junta toppled Chilean president Salvador Allende. We tell the story of a group of Chilean exiles who transform their experience ...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bandit Barriers Signal Gentrification in Oakland
From: Abbie Fentress Swanson
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A story about how those thick Plexiglas walls come down in an Oakland, California neighborhood as more white folks move in.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
Sasha Abramsky: Inside Obama's Brain + Irreverent Holiday Music!
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Inside Obama's Brain by Sasha Abramsky, Credit: Sasha Abramsky
Award winning journalist Sasha Abramsky returns to Active Voice Radio to discuss his newest book Inside Obama's Brain. Also, irreverent holiday mus...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: 29:31
Coal and Climate – We Shall Remain
From: Eric Mack
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Just in time for the global climate summit in Copenhagen and the debate on a climate and energy bill in Washington, this half hour special from Hig...

Bought by WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KGNU Community Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Action Speaks! - What Now?: 1972 - Nixon visits People's Republic of China
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, Interlochen Public Radio, WRPI, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Action Speaks! - What Now? 1932 -The Highlander Center opens its doors
From: Action Speaks Radio
Caption: Rosa Parks & Other Activists at Early Highlander
Action Speaks! - Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial a...

Bought by WMMT, WRPI, WGBH Radio Boston, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 58:48
  • Purchases: 4
Action Speaks! - What Now? 1993: The creation of Hilary Clinton's Taskforce on Healthcare
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks! - Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial a...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WRIR, KVNF, WRPI, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 6
Peace Lessons in Water Negotiations / Peace Talks Radio (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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While some have predicted that "water will be the next oil" as the resource that countries will start wars over, the fact is that over centuries no...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KSFR


  • Added: Sep 28, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896 to 2009
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Keith Plessy, descendant of Homer Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson, great, great grandaughter of Judge John Ferguson, both litigants in the 1896 Supreme ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Peace Lessons in Water Negotiations / Peace Talks Radio (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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While some have predicted that "water will be the next oil" as the resource that countries will start wars over, the fact is that over centuries no...

Bought by KUOW, RadioFreePalmer, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
What's the most pressing youth issue?
From: Y-Press
Series: 2008 Democratic National Convention
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth reporters talked with youth from around the country to get their perspective on the future.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 1
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
Peace Talks Radio: The Peace Work of John Lennon & Yoko Ono (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: John Lennon + Yoko Ono at Montreal Bed-in (1969), Credit: Ivor Sharp (c) Yoko Ono
In 1969, musician John Lennon and his wife, performance artist Yoko Ono, were among the most high profile peace advocates on the planet. We'll spot...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Action Speaks! - What Now? 1961: JFK Calls for the Moon!
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...

Bought by KREV-LP, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 26, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 3
A Celebration of Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Over 17,000 people gathered at NYC's Madison Square Garden to honor folk musician Pete Seeger.

  • Added: May 08, 2009
  • Length: 55:29
What were they thinking? And - what are they writing?
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: Robert Silvers
What were they thinking?? A talk with MIT economist James Poterba about the motivations behind the economic crisis -- followed by an in-depth inter...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
“.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
The Berlin Model United Nations (BERMUN)
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids
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This session was about the protection of women's and girls' rights for equality worldwide. This is one of the most exciting transatlantic projects...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 30:22
Without Comment: The First 100 Days-Week Six"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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Without Comment is a 13 week series looking at the first 100 days of the Barack presidency.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
"WITHOUT COMMENT: THE FIRST 100 DAYS"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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The "Without Comment" series began last April with a look at the Democratic primaries using only sound bites from politicians, political pundits an...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 16:35

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