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Episode 2 - "They Should've Never Built This"
From: Daniel Kisslinger
Series: Help This Garden Grow
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We go to the roots of the land where Altgeld Gardens sits and where Hazel's legacy lives, digging through the layers of indigenous, Black liberatio...

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 43:53
The Rise of the New Labor Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Brunswick cafe, Little Dog, where workers organized a union., Credit: Alex Spear, Bowdoin Orient
On the forefront of the next labor revolution, we visit a coffee shop in Maine called Little Dog whose workers start to organize a union and we tal...

Bought by WUWM, KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Decarbonize Based on Need, Not LEED
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Chicago bungalow, Credit: Jim Roberts
Research is finding the answers Chicago needs to jumpstart wide scale equitable home electrification

Bought by WFHB and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Out of Gas, In with Justice
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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NYC Housing Authority is the city's largest landlord. Pilot programs to electrify its decrepit housing stock find successes and stumbling blocks w...

Bought by WFHB and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Homegrown Community Owned Solar
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Olympia Community Solar's millennial solar powerhouse, Credit: Olympia Community Solar
We don't have to wait for utilities or for-profit solar developers to expand solar power in our communities and, if we do it right, we can keep the...

Bought by KZYX, KMUN, KICI Iowa City, and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Garment Worker Victory
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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California garment workers organize and win passage of a state law that holds fashion brands responsible for unpaid wages.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WFHB, KZYX, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
EP206 Jessie Mae Hemphill
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Jessie Mae Hemphill was a 4th generation Mississippi musician who learned how to play music from her granddaddy (as she called him).

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Sep 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 1
Racial Inequality in New York's Foster Care System
From: Anya Schultz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An audio documentary about the parent-led fight to reform New York City's child welfare system.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 39:13
EP125 The Paladins
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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This West Coast Band has a rich history in the Blues world mixing a rockabilly feel with some of their pedal-to-the-metal blues while holding a "tr...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:59
EP121 Diane Blue
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Diane Blue has been a voice in the Blues music scene for years as a vocalist and harmonica player. This show highlights her solo career as well as ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:39
School Bus Plus
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Vehicle to grid technology leaves the lab and hits the streets in Virginia where 50 electric school buses will carry the kids and power the grid.

Bought by WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Episode Six - We Want Colour TV!
From: Shannon Thomas
Series: Mothers of Invention - Series 1
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This episode comes to you direct from New York City where Maeve lives and Mary was attending Climate Week. Governments, diplomates, business leader...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 40:52
Episode Five - Against the Grain
From: Shannon Thomas
Series: Mothers of Invention - Series 1
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This episode serves up an all-you-can-eat investigation into food and its connection to climate. We meet Mothers of Invention in India, Nigeria and...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 36:41
Episode 3 - Taking Over
From: Shannon Thomas
Series: Mothers of Invention - Series 1
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“Illuminating.” @hollywoodreporter Watch @JustVisionMedia’s #NailaandtheUprising on @PBS March 26, 9 pm ET, as part of the acclaimed series @WomenW...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 47:47
Episode 2 - The White Man Stole The Weather
From: Shannon Thomas
Series: Mothers of Invention - Series 1
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Mary and Maeve are talking about money, money. Fighting climate change might be a moral necessity but women are learning to hit vested interests ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 37:01
Episode 1 - All Rise
From: Shannon Thomas
Series: Mothers of Invention - Series 1
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Mary and Maeve are laying down the law. Three years ago, 886 ordinary Dutch citizens sued their government over climate change... and won. Tessa Kh...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 43:44
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten Voices
From: Leslie Cross
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A women's history-month series, highlighting lesser-known historical female figures.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:03:37
Legal Status
From: Radio Rookies
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A teenage girl originally from Sierra Leone struggles to understand her immigration status in the U.S.

Bought by The Story, Space Gallery, KUOW, WXLV-FM, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 10:12
  • Purchases: 7
AUTISM AND MUSIC THERAPY: UNLOCKING THE BRAIN
From: WOSU
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Autistic children find language with music

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 01:11:09