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Victoria Woodhull: The First Woman to Run for President
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In the 19th century, Victoria Woodhull was many things: a clairvoyant, a businesswoman, an advocate for women’s rights and sexual freedom, and a ma...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 8
Margaret Chase Smith: Cold Warrior in Pearls
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1964, Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman from a major party to run for President. The Republican Senator ran as a staunch hawk and expe...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 5
Gracie Allen: The Joke That Became a Campaign
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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In 1940 the United States was just emerging from the shadow of the Great Depression and war loomed in Europe. Into these serious times stepped Grac...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 10
Buying Power: Corporate Money in Politics
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Job Creators, Credit: Brad Kayal
It began with an on-air rant by CNBC commentator Rick Santelli. It became a major political movement, with elected representatives on Capitol Hill....

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Keep Warm & Cut Your Costs: How$martKY
From: WMMT
Series: Making Connections
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Because of historically cheap energy rates and lots of poorly insulated housing, Kentuckians’ average home electricity use is one of the highest in...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:49
A Bitter Harvest: California, Marijuana, and the New Jim Crow
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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This documentary views Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" through the lens of California's ma...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KFOK-LPFM, WDSE, and WZEN.org


  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Who Won the Egyptian Revolution?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: by natalia & gabriel on flickr
Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship is gone, but a military council now rules Egypt, and has kept much of Mubarak’s repressive apparatus. Meanwhile extrem...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Gertrude Bell (founder of Iraq), July 11, 1926
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Who was she? Imagine Indiana Jones or Lawrence of Arabia ... think of them in skirts ... and you're close. Archeologist, diplomat, writer and poet ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Hannibal Hamlin (First Lincoln V.P.) July 4, 1891
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Hannibal who? The story of an all-but-forgotten man who WOULD HAVE BEEN President after Lincoln's assassination, likely changing our lives.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Finding a Voice in New Orleans
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Deputy Superintendent Michael Haggen discusses how new programs are helping students in New Orleans' alternative schools develop a voice.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:06
Chicago: January 20, 2009
From: Ed Herrmann
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Chicagoans reflect on the inauguration of Barack Obama.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2009
  • Length: 18:36
Leaving Fear Behind: The Film China Doesn't Want You to See
From: The Tibet Connection
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The story behind a documentary made in Tibet that landed the filmmakers in prison.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2008
  • Length: 09:06
America, America
From: Making Contact
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We go to the streets of Richmond, California. and meet Jairo, a 17- year old boy who dreams of playing professional soccer--those plans are put on ...

Bought by KUNM and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
"Rhythms of Zapata"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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UC Berkeley graduate student, Alejandro Reyes, takes us to East Los Angeles, where a number of Chicano artists inspired by the Zapatistas have been...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Setting Katrina to Music - Spike Lee, Terence Blanchard and New Orleans
From: Reese Erlich
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Spend some time with Spike Lee and Terence Blanchard to hear how they score Spike's latest film about Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
A Piece of Paradise
From: Sean Kelly
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A documentary about communal land and life in Vanuatu, in the South Pacific.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 12, 2006
  • Length: 54:25
  • Purchases: 2
Looking for Democracy: Cambodia: Imposed Democracy
From: BBC
Series: Looking For Democracy
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Examining democracy in Cambodia.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUHB


  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 22:29
  • Purchases: 2