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Our collaborator at Cicero Independiente investigates active measures being taken by local government there to suppress Latinos' freedom of speech.

  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 20:05
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Beauty pageant contestants use their platform to call out violence against women.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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A community in Germany fights back an annual nazi parade with pledges to a group that counters hate groups.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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An interview with Danforth Prince, author of "The Seductive Sapphic Exploits of Mercedes de Acosta: Hollywood's Greatest Lover"

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 24:30
Caption: An object in Guillermo del Toro's monster collection., Credit: Xan Holston
Monsters: they’re everywhere: behind the door, under the bed, and currently, at the museum. KFAI’s Xan Holston wandered through the cabinet of curi...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:34
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Standing Rock Water Protector Loki talks about his extraordinary Battle experience at the Front Full Length

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 03:43
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we recorded at Bend The Bars, a conference in Columbus, Ohio, that brought together former prisoners, various organizations, and people ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
We live in extremely violent times. Words can provoke aggression, insult and personal harm very quickly. Politicians spend much time trying to r...

  • Added: May 30, 2016
  • Length: 04:26
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Human Growth and Development textbooks may be the ‘go to’ reference to explain ‘what the hell is going on’ as the new Republican opponent appar...

  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
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Our show today comes in two parts. First a pre-recorded spot, an interview with noted police critic, Kristian Williams, author of Our Enemies in Bl...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:14
Caption:   "I started thinking about effects pedals as being like a palette with different colors," Wilco guitarist Nels Cline says. , Credit: Diverse Images/UIG/Getty Images
Musicians, it seems, have always wanted to alter the sounds of their instruments. Over the course of centuries, strings have been added to guitars ...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:14
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“Yea, those are human brains.” I’m looking into a wooden display cabinet with Stephanie Stewart Bailey. “It's kind of like a yellowy color they'r...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
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Executive Director, Keri Putnam and Director of Programing, Trever Groth have taken the time to elaborate on the issue of diversity in film in rela...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
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If you look beyond the new restaurants, cafés and boutique shops, on Valencia Street there are hints of what gave this neighborhood the reputation ...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 08:24
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The Cannabis Consumers Union began operation in Denver on July, 22, 2014. CRN’s Brian Bahouth spoke with Larisa Bolivar, founding president of the...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 08:57
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The Philadelphia city council voted (13-3) to decriminalize possession of marijuana on the 19th of June, and for the month following the vote there...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Length: 09:44
Caption: Can this property be legally rented to tourists?, Credit: Ben Trefny
The sharing economy in San Francisco is humming. Companies like Airbnb have figured out how to make a lot of money by using existing housing stock ...

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 08:40
Caption: The doors of "The Plant"
The Bay Area is known for inspiring all kinds of great music, especially in the 60s and 70s when groups like Creedence Clearwater and the Grateful ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:41
Caption: A recent reading at 851: The Squat
Given the high demand for living space in San Francisco, it may be hard to believe that any apartment is sitting around empty. But there's at least...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Micah Tron is a rapper born and raised in San Francisco. She’s a queer woman of color, but the hurdles she has faced go even beyond her race, sexua...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode, we look at the artists getting the most attention online right now, incl...

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Take a one-hour journey through the world of music blogs. On this episode, we look at the artists getting the most attention online right now, incl...

Bought by WXPN


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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For the second week of September (9/8): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a “messiah” who played with some of the biggest...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the last week of December (12/31): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at one of the state’s most versatile and prolific j...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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For the first week of August (8/5): This week, Texas music scholar Gary Hartman takes a look at a jazz legend who got his start because of an out o...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:40