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California has the largest concentration of homeless veterans in the nation, and in San Francisco, it’s likely that more than 700 homeless vets wil...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 07:22
Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster talk commitment, reflection, and unconscious racism.
- Added: Nov 17, 2013
- Length: 24:20
If you walk upstairs from the kitchen at Mother Brown’s drop-in center in the evening, you’ll find dozens of people sleeping in chairs. During the ...
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 06:46
Private shuttles have been using Muni stops in San Francisco for a while. But they’ve mostly been smaller buses, for hospitals and universities. In...
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 05:44
California has been in an ongoing struggle trying to figure out how to deal with overcrowding in prisons. The problems extend to the Division of Ju...
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 07:19
Soft spoken Thai chef, Somchai Sirweawneter, went from the frying pan to the fire when he answered a call from the American Embassy at the height o...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Aug 05, 2013
- Length: 07:30
- Purchases: 1
The older we get, the harder it is to think of ourselves as “old.” But as far as the government is concerned – specifically, the federal correction...
- Added: Jun 22, 2013
- Length: 09:45
Since 2001, about 2.5 million people have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, at least a third of them more than once. When they return, many ve...
- Added: Jun 20, 2013
- Length: 06:36
This is the story of the life and death of Martha's Vineyard Sign Language. It was produced for the Transom Story Workshop.*
Bought by KVNF
- Added: Jun 02, 2013
- Length: 08:21
- Purchases: 1
Conversations about where women are (and aren't) in pop culture, from the impact of "Free to Be You and Me" to the evolution of Wonder Woman.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCPN, and NPR Illinois
- Added: May 03, 2013
- Length: 51:30
- Purchases: 3
Conversations with artists of all kinds doing work in and about the real world. Hour long, magazine format episode of Word of Mouth.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and NPR Illinois
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 51:30
- Purchases: 2
Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...
Bought by KUER
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 05:36
- Purchases: 1
One of the early and most important Supreme Court decisions of the Civil Rights movement
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
From Santa Monica to Seattle, several cities on the West Coast have enacted sit/lie laws. San Francisco began enforcing its Sit/Lie Ordinance in Ma...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 06:19
- Purchases: 1
Generational discussion on the impact of migration
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 29:01
In late 2011. the federal government decided to demolish five old seaside cottages on Cape Cod that were at threat of being washed away due to coas...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 29, 2012
- Length: 08:26
- Purchases: 1
A deeper look into the recent news of the Goldwater Scholarship Award being given to Prashant Rajan, and using that as a vehicle to further explore...
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 04:05
How do YOU talk about race? And why can it be so touchy?
- Added: Apr 14, 2012
- Length: 28:32
In this edition of Tiny Spark, we explore what happens when someone refuses to accept the idea of a "lost cause" and instead gets down to the work ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 23, 2011
- Length: 14:56
- Purchases: 2
A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...
Bought by KHNS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMUN
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Host Phalana Tiller talks with author Tom Rieger about his new book, Breaking the Fear Barrier. She also interviews Thomas Tighe, president and CEO...
- Added: Dec 09, 2011
- Length: 58:59
Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland to occupy the ports and shut them down. Exploring a night with the Occupy Oakland movement, partly a party...
- Added: Nov 29, 2011
- Length: 06:15
Werner Herzog on respect, justice, and the Culture of Death.
- Added: Nov 20, 2011
- Length: 12:52
Just as the state California needs to shift gears to address the needs of today’s veterans, so does the medical community. Veterans Association stu...
- Added: Sep 19, 2011
- Length: 08:21
The city of Oakland has received more than $140 million in stimulus money over the past three years for workforce development and energy efficiency...
- Added: Aug 29, 2011
- Length: 08:43
