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December 18th, 2009
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We keep hearing that the financial crisis is over, and things are slowly turning around. But aid organizations are still feeling the pinch. As a ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 04:34
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A series of wars and conflicts has left an estimated one-and-a-half million unexploded bombs and landmines scattered all across Lebanon. Efforts t...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: A homeless Iraq war veteran waits for a bus in California., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: trumpeter Jon Hassell
Americana is a genre that usually refers to rustic music with roots in heartland American sounds from folk, blues and country. But recently, Americ...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Environmental tips and interviews from the Sierra Club.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 27:00
Caption: Jim Leach, Credit: National Press Club
Jim Leach, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, speaks at the National Press Club

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 54:01
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Humorous social commentary and music from the 20s and 30s.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: The Decemberists, Credit: Courtesy of the artist
Host Bob Boilen counts down his top seven albums of 2009. (Available for free to NPR member stations. If you're not an NPR member station, contact ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, KSFR, and WNPR Connecticut


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
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Thousands of votes poured in and, just as it is every year, the race was very close. In our mid-year ballot, Animal Collective's Merriweather Post ...

Bought by WSLR, KVNF, KSFR, and WNPR Connecticut


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
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If you build it, they will come. But they might not come back! This is what Brazilian engineers learned recently in their effort to save fish stocks.

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Plants and animal are going extinct at least 100 times faster than in the past, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Is that monthly home heating bill burning a hole in your wallet? I thought so. With the economic uncertainties of recent months, we all get that si...

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, it’s the environment! At least it is at Pizza Fusion -- a chain of gourmet pizzerias.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Ever wanted to go organic in your garden, but didn’t know how? Well, students in East Palo Alto, California, are learning.

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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To the world-at-large, global warming is anything but a game. But if you happen to be on the Internet, it can be.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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A series of wars and conflicts has left an estimated one-and-a-half million unexploded bombs and landmines scattered all across Lebanon. Efforts t...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:50:25
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Eugene Washington took a huge leap of faith by quitting his job in order to devote his life to helping Montagnard refugees adjust to life in the US.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 30:38
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How people are finding the strength and situations that get them through economic hard times.

Bought by WVTF, KGNU Boulder, Colo., KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 14
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Home, home on the range only covers 20 percent of what it used to. That’s worldwide, according to a new study from the World Wildlife Fund. Human e...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal’s head with its body. ...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2