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Addressing chronic homelessness with permanent supportive housing
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Veterans Commons resident Jesse Breedwolf, 74, Credit: Liz Pfeffer
California has the largest concentration of homeless veterans in the nation, and in San Francisco, it’s likely that more than 700 homeless vets wil...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:22
Dodge M37
From: The Telling Room
Caption: Dodge M37, Credit: Andreas von Huene
If only an an old truck could talk. Telling Room student Balthasar von Huene gives voice to a military work-horse that found a new life in Maine.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 04:17
Deep Thought
From: Nate Kupel
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Background Music: Serious, deep thought, with groove

  • Added: Nov 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:44
On the Ground
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with former aid worker David Koren about his experiences during the Biafran airlift in the late 1960s, and explores whether...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:09
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Dean Brooks - "Murderer"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Dean Brooks graduated from Bemidji State University in 2012 with a degree in Creative Writing. He looks for inspiration in dusty corners, early mor...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
StoryCorps MVI: Paul Wayman and Nathanael Roberti
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Paul Wayman (L) and Nathanael Roberti (R)
Marine Corporal Paul Wayman (L) talks with his friend Nathanael Roberti, (R) a former Navy Seal, about their trouble readjusting to civilian life a...

Bought by WEZU and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans face an uncertain future after war
From: KALW
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Since 2001, about 2.5 million people have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, at least a third of them more than once. When they return, many ve...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 06:36
StoryCorps MVI: Robert Stokely
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Robert Stokely remembers honoring his son, Army Sgt. Michael Stokely, who was killed in Iraq in 2005.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Wendell Affield - "Streams"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Wendell Affield grew up on a farm near Nebish, Minnesota. He's a Vietnam Veteran, wounded during his tour of duty on a gunboat in the Mekong Delta,...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
Art In The Real World
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Word of Mouth
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Conversations with artists of all kinds doing work in and about the real world. Hour long, magazine format episode of Word of Mouth.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Erin Lynn Marsh - "I Try To Imagine Eva Braun"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
The Beat: Mark Christensen - "Crutches"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:36
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps MVI: Talana, Willie and Felicia Banks
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Talana, Felicia and Willie Banks
Talana Banks and her brother, Willie, talk with their mother, Chief Warrant Officer Felicia Banks, about her deployment to Iraq in 2005 and their l...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 6: The Journey Continues
From: WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
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Veteran Matters continues with part 2 of this series. Host Peter Hilton introduces a new group of veterans, and we learn what roles animals may or ...

Bought by WFHB and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 27:43
  • Purchases: 2
A Child Hidden in East-Flanders in 1942
From: Charles Spira
Caption: Free At Last!
When the Germans started the deportation of Jews in Antwerp, Belgium in 1942, Charles Spira was 4 years old. This is the story how Charles, his mo...

Bought by KAAD-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KUT


  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 21:09
  • Purchases: 3
Scott Dixon on "Enemy Alien" - A Play Reflecting Minnesota WWII History
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of "Art Beat" we find out how you can attend a free play reading this Friday, January 25th at the Lanesboro Commonweal Theatre. The...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 23:14
  • Purchases: 1
First World War poetry, with Hugh Dow - Break of Day in the Trenches, by Isaac Rosenberg
From: Alison Turner
Series: Armistice Day for Expats in Belgium
Caption: Isaac Rosenberg
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, asked expat actors living in...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Matthew White: The Great Big Book of Horrible Things
From: Liz Humes
Series: Wordy Birds
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On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Matthew White about his book, The Great Big Book of Horrible Things, which documents, analyzes, and ran...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 27:30
Muddy Jungle Rivers: Wendell Affield talk about his Vietnam memoir
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
Caption: Muddy Jungle Rivers - Wendell Affield
Wendell Affield of Bemidji joins Charlie Pulkrabek to talk about his new memoir about his experience in the Mobile Riverine Force while serving as ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Art Therapist, Melissa Walker
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Melissa Walker discusses healing wounded service members through art at Walter Reed. [25:44]

Bought by KPIP-LP and WABE


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 2
Mexico’s Drug War: The Politics of Violence
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Javier Sicilia in 2011, Credit: Flickr user: sarihuella
On this edition, political science professor David Shirk sheds light on the history and politics of the war on drugs in Mexico. And an emerging mov...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Everything Has Collapsed
From: Vaska Trajkovska
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A documentary exploring the effects of being a refugee on identity and personal relationships.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 51:59
99% Invisible #35- Elegy for WTC (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A building’s worth is an infinitesimal fraction of the worth a person’s life. But a building is still a living thing in a way.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WABE and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 10
Rebuilding after Genocide: The Dakota at Santee and Flandreau, 1866-1900
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of "Culture Clique" Winona State University Professor Colette Hyman presents a lecture entitled, "Rebuilding after Genocide: The Da...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 30:31
  • Purchases: 2
Pearl Harbor Veteran Jim Peacock Remembers
From: Curt Nickisch
Caption: Pearl Harbor veteran Jim Peacock., Credit: Greg Latza, greglatza.com
Jim Peacock is one of only a few dozen U.S. veterans who witnessed both the beginning of World War II at Pearl Harbor and the war's end on deck the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 13

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