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Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco
From: Dick Meister
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Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WTJU, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4
Our Anti-Labor Relations Act
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that at age 70, the National Labor Relations Act is badly in need of reform.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
Commentary: Labor's Day -- and Yours
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WTIP, WSLR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
The IWW at 100: A Brief History
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the 100th anniversary of the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the most influential and colorful organizations in U.S. history.

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Work -- 19th Century Style
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the working and living conditions of sheepherders that are right out of the 19th century.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
A Prescription For Life Long Independence
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Dr. Lipschitz talks about why our health declines in our later years, how to slow the decline.

Bought by KQED and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 59:47
  • Purchases: 2
Challenges To American Foreign Policy In The Middle East.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Career ambassador Richard Murphy talks about the deterioration of U.S./Arab relations.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
Commentary: The Big Strike
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary marking the anniversary of one of the most significant strikes in U.S. history -- the West Coast longshoremen's strike of 1934.

  • Added: May 19, 2005
  • Length: 03:10
Commentary: Is it Labor Party Time?
From: Dick Meister
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New efforts to form a Labor Party could very well revive the slump;ing labor movement.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
The Real May Day
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the importance of May Day to working people.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
Blues File: Precious Bryant
From: WXPN
Series: Blues File
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This piece showcases new work by blueswoman Precious Bryant

Bought by KKRN, KKRN, KKRN, WEFT, WQJC and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 7
No Child Left Unrecruited
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the military's devious, expensive and escalating attempts to recruit high school juniors and seniors.

Bought by WUSF


  • Added: Mar 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Lessons of the CIO
From: Dick Meister
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The CIO's history offers important lessons for those currently trying to revitalize the labor movement .

  • Added: Mar 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
Fall of the Berlin Wall
From: monika mueller
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Thoughts about the Fall of the Berlin Wall

  • Added: Nov 16, 2004
  • Length: 02:58
Preserving Values
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Smucker's CEO explains why Smuckers is a great place to work

  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 59:37
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Slavery, Capitalism, and Business Ethics.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Rev. Jesse Jackson argues for big business to invest in the under classes.

Bought by WUSM, KSFR, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 13, 2004
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 4
The Camera and Conservation
From: Guy Hand
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Does nature photography instill a true empathy for nature?

Bought by KUER, KXOT Public Radio, KRCC-FM, KVNF, The Nature Podcast and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2003
  • Length: 14:19
  • Purchases: 6
PowerPoint at Gettysburg, rev.
From: Jackson Braider
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What is it about PowerPoint that makes it capable of ruining the Gettysburg Address?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Paella - Let the Men Do the Cooking
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Two men walk into your kitchen to cook paella - what are you going to say - No?

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 2
A Cook's Notebook: Minaho Fish Cakes
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Why we keep those random half-jars of things in our fridges and pantries.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Jennifer Cecil Moore, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:08
  • Purchases: 3

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