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(Optional) Part 2: Corruption in International Adoption
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark
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This is an optional second segment, which can be added to Part 1, for a package nearing 26 mins in length. In the second segment, Tiny Spark host, ...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:55
Corruption in International Adoption
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark
Caption: Jennifer Hemsley with daughter, Pearl and Hazel (R), 2007, Credit: Jennifer Hemsley
Tiny Spark takes a look at a seemingly good idea - international adoption - and explores its unintended consequences: corruption, fraud and child t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 19:35
  • Purchases: 1
The Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2011
  • Length: 09:38
Love and Loss in the Pet World
From: Todd Cross
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We bring animals into our lives for companionship. And this newly formed relationship redefines the idea of family. This is a look at pet love and ...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 15:11
Sex Ed Debate
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Opponets of the new curriculum hold up signs during a recent school board meeting , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A new sex education curriculum is creating a controversy in the Rocky Mountain town of Helena, Montana

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
Child Obesity - Part Two - Kihuanna's Story
From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
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This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 4
Child Obesity - Part One -- The Clinical Approach
From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response
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One health center in Holyoke, MA addresses the 50 percent rate of overweight and obese children in this predominantly low-income, Puerto Rican comm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 4
Interview with the Star of "Telling Amy's Story," a Documentary Airing Nationally on Public Television Stations
From: WPSU
Caption: Deirdri Fishel, Credit: Penn State Public Broadcasting
WPSU's Emily Reddy interviews the narrator and star of "Telling Amy's Story." The movie documents the signs of domestic violence in the years leadi...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2010
  • Length: 06:43
Are childhood mental illnesses related to strep?
From: Julianne Hill
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This two-part series examines the debate by world-class scientists if a connection between tics, Tourette's, obsessive-compulsive disorder and ext...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
Domestic Violence
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Domestic Violence compared between the older, middle and younger generations, with special guest Leslie Morgan Steiner, author of Crazy Love

  • Added: Oct 26, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Assisted Suicide
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Montana Supreme Court, Credit: Emilie Ritter
The Montana Supreme Court will weigh in on physician assisted suicide.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Times of Triumph: Voices from the Great Depression
From: Cynthia Berger
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Central Pennsylvania residents who lived during the Great Depression share their stories.

Bought by KVSC and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 29:49
  • Purchases: 2
Daran Kravanh
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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After experiencing the horror of the Khmer Rouge experience, Daran Kravanh credits an accordion that appeared on a stump in a forest with saving hi...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
BART Slaying Gives Oakland Rocky Start in '09
From: Youth Outlook
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On New Years, most people were dancing and drinking a little too much champagne. Among the thousands of people celebrating that night was a young m...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jan 14, 2009
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
Clowns Without Borders After the Earthquake
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: Moises Tiana during a clown performance in Pisco, Peru, Credit: Roberto "Bear" Guerra
A troupe of Spanish clowns visited Pisco, Peru, after a devastating earthquake. They were followed around by children, doctors and psychologists.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:46
Are You a Special Person?
From: The humble Farmer
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Some friends can make you feel special

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: :24
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Reich's Different Trains meets the Borromeo String Quartet -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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The Borromeo String Quartet tackles renowned composer Steve Reich's notoriously difficult "Different Trains for String Quartet and Tape" with stirr...

Bought by WBHM, WDAV Classical Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 21, 2008
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 3
Changing Colors
From: War News Radio
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Features on the war in Iraq

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
"Molt This"
From: ANNE KEALA KELLY
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This is a story about a Hawaiian Monk Seal molting on Kailua Beach.

  • Added: May 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:57
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio: Manifest Destiny & The Doctrine of Discovery
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: NAMAPAHH First People's Radio Show
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An on air conversation and voyage through Western History and American Indian Law with Professor Robert J. Miller.

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Day of Enlightenment
From: Voices of Our World
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We visited the Wat Mai Monestary for Burmese Buddhist monks in Bangkok, Thailand. During our stay we were able to talk directly to the monks about...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 28:02
THE FINAL WOUND
From: Voices of Our World
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Our veterans: heroes yesterday, homeless today

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
Human Rights in Argentina: Missing witness Julio Lopez
From: Marie Trigona
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Human Rights in Argentina: Witness still missing

  • Added: Sep 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:31
Reflections on New Orleans - An exclusive interview with Marcia Ball
From: Linda Seabright
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Marking 2 years since Hurricane Katrina - what's happened?- not much

  • Added: Sep 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:38
Back to Iwo Jima: Navajo code talkers return
From: Ashley Gross
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Four Navajo veterans return to the site of one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 28, 2006
  • Length: 07:14
  • Purchases: 2