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Humankind: Passengers (Hour One)
From: Humankind
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With transportation jobs on the line, this sound-rich series (two one-hour documentaries) examines how our personal transportation choices - privat...

Bought by KVSC, WCPN, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
"The Savage City; Race, Murder and A Generation On The Edge"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Author T.J. English looks at NYC in the late 60's and 70's and the tense relationship created between the police and NYC's growing communities of c...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 52:09
National Book Award Finalist imagines the stories within I-Hotel
From: KALW
Caption: "I Hotel" by Karen Tei Yamashita
The eviction of the residents of San Francisco’s International Hotel took place the night of August 4th, 1977, but the drama played out throughout ...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 07:15
The People Are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon, by Charles Wilkinson
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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The Western Oregon Termination Act of August 1954 stripped the Siletz people of federal tribal recognition. They lost all their remaining lands and...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Funding For The Arts in Minnesota
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha Know we discuss a topic that is very much at the forefront these days. Funding for the arts in Minnesota. It's a panel discussio...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 01:07:25
Say it Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity
From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
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"Say It Loud" traces the last 50 years of black history through stirring, historically important speeches by African Americans from across the poli...

Bought by WDDE, WAMU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WGTE Public Media, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 81
Ronald Reagan's Law Of The Jungle
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In marking Ronald Reagan's centennial, don't forget he was one of the most viciously anti-labor presidents working Americans ever faced.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2011
  • Length: 06:02
Retired Representative Larry Haws
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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State Representative Larry Haws from St. Cloud has worked in public service for over 40 years. His list of accomplishments and awards include an A...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:58
Rebuilding The Labor Movement
From: Dick Meister
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Those seeking ways to revitalize the declining US labor movement need look no further than the drive launched 75 years ago this month by the fledgl...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:53
Action Speaks! - What's Eating Us?:1987 The Roaming Mobro Trash Barge
From: Action Speaks Radio
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In 1987, a barge filled with New York City garbage was dragged up and down the East Coast and into Mexican and Caribbean waters. Our panelists use ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, WRPI and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
The State of Latino's in Minnesota with Jesse Bethke Gomez, Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Latinos have been living in Minnesota for generations. The first record of Latino residents date back to the 1860's. Since the 1990 Census, the sta...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 30:54
  • Purchases: 1
Decline of the American Middle Class
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Statistics demonstrate the decline of the middle class, and that the problem is a long term one.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
The Rich Are Getting Richer
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
While the middle class in the US is struggling to survive, the rich keep getting richer.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:01
50 Years of Tax Cuts Benefit the Very rich
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Revised edition. A report shows that the last 50 years of tax cuts benefited the very rich but left the middle class without improvement.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
The 100 Year Legacy of the Big Burn
From: Amanda Loder
Caption: The Aftermath of the 1910 Big Burn, Credit: US Forest Service
Evergreen Documentary: About a hundred years ago, one of the largest wildfires in US history taught Americans to fear flames. The Big Burn of 1910...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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The U.S. Forest Service was just about to get the Congressional ax when a monster fire saved it. During this program, Pulitzer-Prize-winning journa...

Bought by WRPI and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Humankind: An Informed Republic
From: Humankind
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Ideal for broadcast around July 4th: America's founders knew their democracy required informed citizens, but is quality journalism now threatened b...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KVSC, WBEZ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
The Governor & The Condemned Man
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's the 50th anniversary of one of the most dramatic and influential death penalty cases ever, the Caryl Chessman case that drew worldwide attent...

  • Added: May 30, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
The Parks of the City of St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Summer in St. Cloud means getting outdoors for fun, frolick, and festivals. From the foliage of the Beaver Island Trails and the Clemens/Munsinger...

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 26:07
Dick Armey at National Press Club
From: National Press Club
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Dick Armey, the former House Majority Leader, speaks about conservatism at the National Press Club.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 54:01
Documentary - Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future
From: The Environment Report
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Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for the day. That’s how much ...

Bought by KUER, WYSO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 16
The King of Love: A Short History of the Civil Rights Movement
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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An audio collage of the struggle for civil rights, focusing on the role of Dr. Martin Luther King.

Bought by Radio Catskill, Prairie Public, KVMR, Prairie Public, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:30:13
  • Purchases: 10
Obama Year In Review
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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A look at President Obama's first year in office.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 01:28:37
Good Seed Bad Seed
From: sarah parker
Series: Good Seed Bad Seed
Caption: Blackfire, Credit: Blackfire
A radio series put together by 7th and 8th graders at Roots and Wings Community School. In this piece, Jojo Edwards interviews alter-native punk ba...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:58:26
  • Purchases: 1
AVR Interview: Robert Platshorn - Black Tuna Diaries: America's Most Notorious Marijuana Smuggler
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Black Tuna Diaries
Robert Platshorn "Bobby Tuna" spent 30 years behind bars after being convicted of marijuana smuggling in the 1970's. Out of prison now, Bob has pie...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 30:46