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Drugs in the Drinking Water
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Many of us drink tiny doses of drugs like ibuprofen and birth control pills with each glass of tap. Should we care?

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Does the Internet Have A Carbon Footprint?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Server farms drive the Internet -- and global warming. How do we clean them up?

Bought by WABE, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 5
Designer Biofuels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How do you make fuel from plants?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
Paper or Plastic?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's better for the environment?

Bought by KZYX and KLCC


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2
Quest_The Return of the Canal
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is California's most controversial water proposal making a comeback?

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
Quest_Port Pollution
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The Port of Oakland keeps shelves stocked at big box stores like WalMart? and Target. But what's the real cost to people who live nearby?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
Witch Hunt?
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Janensch on the Media
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Media Commentary on Senator Larry Craig

  • Added: Sep 06, 2007
  • Length: 02:32
QUEST_Big Plans for Big OIl
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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As Chevron hatches expansion plans for one of California's largest oil refineries, Richmond's Green Party mayor considers the future of her city, a...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
QUEST_WiFi Revolution
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The promise -- and perils? -- of municipal wifi

  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:48
Making History in Massachusetts: Governor Deval Patrick, From the South Side to the State House
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
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A profile of Governor Deval Patrick, his history making election and his place in the new politics of race nationally.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WCPN, KUT-HD, WFIU, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Intent: Searching For Meaning In The Constitution
From: Matt Ehling
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Hour documentary on political debates over Constitutional issues

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2006
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 1
Google Books
From: WFUV
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Google's plans to offer access to on-line books rankles the publishing industry.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 3
Want More Money? Join a Union
From: Dick Meister
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Although well in the minority, unionized workers do much better financially and otherwise than their non-union counterparts

  • Added: Mar 15, 2006
  • Length: 02:25
RN Documentary: A Line in the Sand
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The challenge of reconstruction and especially housing in Sri Lanka one year after the tsunami has far-reaching consequences for the future of tour...

Bought by Internet Partnership Radio


  • Added: Jan 26, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
What's the West Getting Out of the Energy Boom?
From: KRCC-FM
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Where are all the energy profits going?

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 10:36
Keeping Poverty on the Front Page
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Janensch on the Media
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Commentary on poverty issues

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WMNF, and WMNF


  • Added: Sep 30, 2005
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 3
Anchors Say Goodbye
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Janensch on the Media
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Media commentary on television news anchors

  • Added: Nov 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:39
Confused About Tax Cuts
From: Dave Adox
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Americans want lower taxes, but they also want more government programs. What gives?

  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 03:39