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Re:Work Radio: Stranded
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Indian migrant workers flee during the 2020 national lockdown., Credit: Re:Work Radio, a project of the UCLA Labor Center.
When India went into lockdown in 2020, millions of jobs disappeared and tens of millions of migrant workers struggled to get home, often on foot. M...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Shortcut Through 2021
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Stephen Sondheim, Credit: Al Hirschfeld
A retrospective of the entire year, including the major political, cultural and emotional events, with music and celebrations of those who've left us.

Bought by The Pulse--Messiah College Radio, KAAD-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KVSC, Hawaii Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 13
Neal Bennington: Everyone Is Here for a Reason
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Neal Bennington, Credit: Shefik
Destiny - Neal Bennington founded Broadway Sings for Pride, in response to tragic suicides within the LGBTQ+ community. The live concert series has...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 03:18
The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton
From: Radio Diaries
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On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 172: Roselle and Michael
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Michael Hingson was on the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He says the first indication that somethi...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2021
  • Length: 32:23
What Fire Reveals: Stories from the CZU Lightning Complex Fire
From: The Kitchen Sisters
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On August 16, 2020, some 12,000 lightning strikes exploded across northern California, igniting more than 585 wildfires. In the Santa Cruz Mountain...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 33:41
  • Purchases: 2
A Box of Photographs
From: Paula Nelson
Caption: The negatives reveal the truth beyond the memory., Credit: Paula Nelson
A rich, intimate story of family, childhood memories, and rediscovering old photographs and the stories that connect them.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 16:36
  • Purchases: 1
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: The Music and Philanthropy of Harry Chapin- Single Hour Version
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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Single hour version of a program spotlighting a 2020 documentary called HARRY CHAPIN: WHEN IN DOUBT, DO SOMETHING. Music host Paul Ingles talks abo...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Old Trapper
From: Will Davis
Caption: Jim Ledbetter, The Old Trapper , Credit: Jim Ledbetter
The Old Trapper is a true story about frontier living, isolation, and benevolence. It is a poetic audio documentary and its style is fragmentary, i...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 27:14
Episode 31: Something Large and Wild
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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Our favorite story, for anyone who might be feeling a little lost.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 23:19
Episode 154: The Night of the Party
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams were charged with murder, neither of them were worried they would be convicted. They had dozens of witnesse...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 30:34
Episode 143: Knock and Announce
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“I didn’t do what they said I did. And it was like, I don’t know how to disprove the police. I mean, it’s my word against theirs. I don’t really st...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 33:00
SPRINGSTEEN: Writers' Favorites (Compilation Version)
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Bruce Springsteen
"...articulate, thoughtful, moving" Producer Paul Ingles gathers 7 top music writers to talk about their favorite Bruce Springsteen tracks from th...

Bought by North State Public Radio, WKMS, KGLT, KRPS, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
As New Orleans Incarcerates More People, More Children Have a Parent Behind Bars
From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned
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Season 1, Episode 12 Over the last forty years, as incarceration has surged across the nation, so has the number of children with a family member...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 6 - Broken Down Hearted
From: This Land Press
Series: This Land Radio
Caption: Singer-songwriter Ramsay Midwood, Credit: Abby Wendle
This week, our heart is in a hole.

Bought by KGOU, KBGA 89.9 FM, and KOSU


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 21: Antelope Island
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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When Kayleigh Davis saw Kyler Bourgeous’ profile on a dating app, she liked that he loved the outdoors as much as she did. But what really stood ou...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 33:19
Lynching and Lunacy: Mab Segrest on the Racist Roots of American Psychiatry
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Acclaimed “Race Traitor” author, Mab Segrest, takes Laura through deep south to trace the racist roots of American psychiatry. They explore the inf...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Backstage Jazz #40: David Hooten and Edgar Cruz
From: Gossett Productions, LLC
Series: Backstage Jazz
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Oklahoma trumpeter David Hooten has a wide range of experiences including composing jingles for a variety of commercials from Homeland grocery stor...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Backstage Jazz #39: Stephen Schultz Trio
From: Gossett Productions, LLC
Series: Backstage Jazz
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Up and coming jazz bassist Stephen Schultz, star trumpeter Lee Rucker, and international guitarist Stephen Story come together to form the Stephen ...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Backstage Jazz #38: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival
From: Gossett Productions, LLC
Series: Backstage Jazz
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Saxophonist and Blues Brothers icon Lou Marini and Director Jim Widener are joining us backstage at the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival for exclusi...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Backstage Jazz #36: David Amram
From: Gossett Productions, LLC
Series: Backstage Jazz
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David Amram is one of the most inspirational jazz figures of all time. From playing unique instruments to composing intricate film scores, he tells...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Panic and the Flute
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California
Caption: Natalie Bader with her first flute., Credit: Laurie Bader
Natalie Bader’s passion for music has been around for as long as she can remember. Unfortunately, so have her debilitating panic attacks. For most ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2019
  • Length: 08:42
Joy Harjo: Writing the Southwest
From: David Dunaway
Caption: Joy Harjo, Poet Laureate
The work and life of Joy Harjo, newly-named U.S. Poet Laureate, explores growing up between cultures, part Muskogee-Creek and Cherokee, part Irish ...

Bought by KGLP and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 27:23
  • Purchases: 2
A Show For You: A Leon Russell Appreciation - Paul Ingles Music Archive Showcase #43
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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Produced the day after Leon Russell's death on November 13, 2016, music host Paul Ingles plays some spectacular Leon Russell performances and revie...

Bought by KSJE, KUPR low power FM, WRVO Public Media, North State Public Radio, KUHF and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
Episode 1: A Radical Approach to Disaster Relief
From: Tom Llewellyn
Series: The Response
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In the first episode of The Response, we ask the question: how do communities come together in the aftermath of disasters—often in the face of ina...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1