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Surveillance Part 2
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Second part of our generational discussion on surveillance.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
2 Minute Teach-In on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
From: Liz Myers
Series: 2 Minute Teach-In
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2 Minute Teach-In on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, or TPP, gives facts about this massive trade and investment treaty being negotiated i...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
Interview with the man who landed the Curiosity Rover on Mars
From: Michael Nevradakis
Series: Dialogos Interview Series
Caption: The Dialogos Interview Series, produced by Dialogos Radio, Credit: Michael Nevradakis
An interview with Dr. Pericles Papadopoulos, the NASA scientist who landed the Curiosity Rover on Mars.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 24:38
Lynn Quincy, Sr. Health Policy Analyst for Consumers Union
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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She talks about her recent report on design architecture for state-by-state insurance exchanges being set up under the Affordable Care Act - and ho...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:59
TOMS Shoes - A Closer Look
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark
Caption: TOMS Founder, Blake Mycoskie.
TOMS shoes promises that if you buy a pair of its canvas slip-ons, they'll give a pair to a child in need. The company's "Buy One, Give One" busine...

Bought by KUOW, HowSound, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 3
Development & Displacement in the Other Iraq
From: War News Radio
Caption: An abandoned IDP camp in Iraqi Kurdistan near the border with Iran., Credit: Rachel Stacy
In Iraqi Kurdistan, a common adage says the Kurdish people have “no friends but the mountains.” Today, the mountains along the northern border of ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 2
Santa Barbara County is writing its own rules on fracking
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
After a series of earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio last week, some observers are pointing to an unusual culprit. Yesterday seismologist John Armbr...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 08:28
Who will be displaced in the new healthcare economy?
From: KALW
Caption: California Pacific Medical Center is negotiating with San Francisco to build a new hospital at Van Ness and Geary.
May 11 marked the two-month anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The 9.0 quake set off a devastating tsunami, taking the lives of more t...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 10:08
PG&E reveals missed opportunities at review hearing
From: KALW
Caption: A police officer monitors a resident checkpoint in San Bruno after the gas line explosion., Credit: Flickr photo by Thomas Hawk
Energy giant PG&E has been under close scrutiny since its gas pipeline burst in San Bruno last September, killing eight people and leveling 37 home...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Bruce A. Jacobs, Credit: www.aliasbruce.typepad.com
Today on a very special Culture Clique we cover a topic that some people approach timidly: Race Manners. We visit with Bruce A. Jacobs, author of R...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
Foreign Turf
From: War News Radio
Caption: A man walks past the crater caused by a massive bomb attack in front of the building of the Ministry of Justice in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Oct 30, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Rebuilding History
From: War News Radio
Caption: Afghanistan Election, Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Oct 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Colorado Department of Education: Lax Oversight of Online k-12 Schools?
From: Grace Hood
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After asking for more oversight legislation in 2006, a recent report shows some of Colorado's online k-12 schools are still trailing behind. As Gra...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:39
Profile of Ramazan Bashardost
From: War News Radio
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From Up in the Air, July 17, 2009: War News Radio reports on Afghanistan's fourth place candidate in the country's race for the presidency - which ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2009
  • Length: 08:04
Elephants and Electricity
From: War News Radio
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From Up in the Air, July 17, 2009: War News Radio speaks with an Iraqi writer about the trials of living without electricity - and his recent lette...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2009
  • Length: 05:44
National Parks Prepare for New Handgun Law
From: Grace Hood
Caption: Bear Lake, Credit: Rocky Mountain National Park
Earlier this year, Congress passed a law legalizing concealed and openly carried handguns in national parks. That law doesn’t go into effect until ...

Bought by KVNF, KLCC, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2009
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 4
Former CIA Director Woolsey on Kicking America's Oil Habit
From: Paul Brandus
Series: Green Energy Brief
Caption: Editor in Chief Paul Brandus, Credit: Niko Markun
Former CIA Director James Woolsey, in an exclusive interview with GreenEnergyBrief.com's Paul Brandus, explains how the U.S. can move away from oil...

  • Added: May 28, 2009
  • Length: 11:21
Sustainability
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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Hosted by Barbara Bogaev, and produced by Richard Paul, Sustainability looks at what is being done to address our energy needs and environmental c...

Bought by WFHB, WNIJ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, KGNU Community Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 27
Bread and Butter Issues
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 15, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Surgical Advances for Breast Cancer
From: WSKG
Series: Breast Care: An Update
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Surgical options for breast cancer increase with early detection

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
Is Oncology always needed for Breast Cancer?
From: WSKG
Series: Breast Care: An Update
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A discussion of advances in oncology options for breast cancer and the role of early detection

  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 08:28
After Oil
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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When we look at all the things that made America what it is, It's fair to say that for the last hundred years or so, America has been shaped, more ...

Bought by KZYX, WILL, Marfa Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2007
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 39
Stop the Bleeding
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by Raven Radio, KGOU, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Times They Are A-Changin'
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KWCW, Raven Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KGOU


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Got Gas?
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Bought by KWCW, Raven Radio, KGOU, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4