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Asylum seekers follow Canadian path once used by Underground Railroad
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada.
Thousands of asylum seekers in the US are heading to Canada, because of the hostile political climate here. And they're taking routes along the Gre...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 6
Episode 90: The Past and Future of the Constitution
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Is the U.S. Constitution about to change? Professor David Marcus lays out why some states are calling for a constitutional convention to introduce ...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 30:06
Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation” (Encore Edition)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we hear from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton Universit...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mark McDermott, Social & Economic Educator and Activist
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Mark McDermott
Interview by Ken Winkes: Mark looks at our past to see what it can tell us about our present life in the age of Trump.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:43
Episode 89: Charismatic Campaigning
From: Shira Rascoe
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The Sanders and Trump presidential campaigns both capitalized on emotional speeches and rallies. But politics weren’t always this way. Professor Je...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 25:58
Political Science
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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Out of the lab and into the streets.

Bought by KRZA and WXDU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2017
  • Length: 21:21
  • Purchases: 2
“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Conor Casey
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Mike continues his special segment of We Do The Work called ‘Learn Yourself” that explores an historical labor event ho...

  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 27:59
Assassin of Youth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Book jacket cover
In 1930, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics appointed Harry J. Anslinger as the commissioner. He became the first drug czar with a flair for demonizin...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Lesser of Two Evils
From: Alex Schuman
Series: How to Fix U.S.
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How to Fix U.S. explores the two-party system and a simple change that's gaining traction to end Republican and Democratic dominance.

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:29
Aaron David Miller, author of "The End of Greatness"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Aaron David Miller, author of "The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President."

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 30:31
Episode Three: "Stories Someone Told Me"
From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Carried Home: Alabama Authors and The Pulitzer Prize
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This episode's stories come from some of Alabama's Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists: Rick Bragg who wrote about the Susan Smith murders and the O...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 25:00
Plight of the Pueblos
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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Cali Paetow explores the ongoing fight of the Native American Pueblo tribe as they push to eliminate racism and public defacement of their ancestors.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:08
  • Purchases: 1
Mercenary Morality Feature
From: With Good Reason
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Mercenaries have been with us for a long time, but they haven't gotten any less controversial. One professor thinks its time we learn from the 12th...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
Gandhi the human
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi
On October 2 India will mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. South Africans say India gave us Mohandas Gandhi. We returned him as the Maha...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:59
Episode 77: Urban Renewal 2.0
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Development efforts in American cities often push out long-term residents and communities of color. Zeroing in on Baltimore, Professor Brandi Bless...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 21:27
Mapping Lambert's Point (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When urban universities expand, working-class neighborhoods are often the first casualty. We take a look Lambert's Point, the Norfolk, VA community...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Immigration Then and Now: From German Iowa to Today's Refugees (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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While immigrants have long fueled the American experiment, passionate debate about the pros and cons of immigration are nothing new. The rhetoric o...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 30:14
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Immigration Then and Now: From German Iowa to Today's Refugees (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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While immigrants have long fueled the American experiment, passionate debate about the pros and cons of immigration are nothing new. The rhetoric o...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 27:03
  • Purchases: 1
On Behalf of the President
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Lauren A. Wright
First ladies have been a vital part of American policy and politics since the election of George Washington.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: A Conversation with Pete Culp
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on the RDD, Haley meets with Pete Culp, a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors. Baldemar Velasquez nominat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
Mario Soares: A Tribute for an Ocean Exemplar
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Mario Soares, former PM and President of Portugal, statesman, exile, political prisoner, "father of democracy", passed away last week at the age of...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:09
March on Momument
From: Nicki Stein
Caption: Robert E. Lee Statue on Moument Avenue, Credit: Kelley Libby/Radio IQ
This past Saturday, over 1,000 Richmonders streamed down Monument Avenue in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, planned for this weeke...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 01:21
Constitution Day in Maryland
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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This week's show comes from a recording made by WAMD 970 in Abingdon, Maryland for the Harford County Library Foundation. The program was recorded ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Optimistic Revolution
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Special guest host Joe L. Lovell of Amarillo, Texas returns to speak with President Thomas Jefferson about revolution, public education and the nee...

Bought by KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, KRDP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 4
Trial by Jury
From: The Thomas Jefferson Hour with Clay Jenkinson
Series: The Thomas Jefferson Hour
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Guest host Joe L. Lovell of Amarillo, Texas speaks with President Thomas Jefferson about the workings of America’s legal system and the importance ...

Bought by KTXK, KALH, KPIP-LP, RadioFreePalmer, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5

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