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Crypto Crime

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Some hailed it as a brave new financial revolution. But where there’s big money to be made, and made fast, there will also be people playing fast a...

Added: May 29, 2024
Length: 06:00

Scrappy Ohio Pride Survives

From: Christopher Beale
Series: Stereotypes

A pair of conservative small towns hosted their first LGBTQIA pride in 2023 to much success, then local residents tried to shut it down.

Added: May 28, 2024
Length: 06:30

The Bird Connection

From: Michigan Radio

A documentary about the decline in bird populations in the Great Lakes region and how the causes also are a warning for humans.

Added: May 28, 2024
Length: 55:31

Rita Dove: Rara Avis

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Rita Dove, Credit: Photo of Rita Dove by Fred Viebahn

Pulitzer prize-winning poet Rita Dove.

Added: May 28, 2024
Length: 24:10

800-Telescope Reborn

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: In an artist’s rendering, light from quasars passes through intergalactic clouds of hydrogen gas. The light offers clues to the structure of the distant cosmos, Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld and DESI

In an astonishing rebirth, the Mayall 4-m telescope has jumped to the forefront of astronomy once again because it is sturdy and precise enough to...

Bought by Raven Radio, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more

Added: May 26, 2024
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 10

A federal monument to Iraq and Afghanistan vets is years away, but states are erecting their own

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Army veteran David Vieira, President of the Afghanistan Iraq Veterans War Memorial Fund, attends a dedication ceremony for Connecticut's new monument to Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans. Viera's non-profit raised money to build the memorial in Danbury., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront

While the national memorial goes through a lengthy planning and fundraising process, veterans are working with state and local governments to build...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, WHRV, KUT and more

Added: May 24, 2024
Length: 03:54
Purchases: 7

When troops' remains are identified from long-ago wars, it's getting harder to find family members

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Following a funeral ceremony in New Bern, N.C., Patriot Guard Riders member John Conner kneels to pay his respects to Barbara Weiss, the niece of Staff Sgt. Robert J. Ferris Jr. Ferris died in 1942 in World War II, before Weiss was born. She was the next , Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront

Scientific advances have allowed the Army to identify about 200 sets of remains each year - dating back to World War II. But the passage of time ha...

Bought by KPBS, KUT, KRPS, WRFA-LP, North Country Public Radio and more

Added: May 23, 2024
Length: 03:51
Purchases: 6

Why Women Don't Tell, Part 4: What the Media Leaves Out

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Exclusion by the Media of facts about the nature of the exploitation at the center of the Trump trial, and the $130,000 paid to an adult film actr...

Added: May 23, 2024
Length: 08:21

92,000 Transgender People Took This Survey. Here’s What We Learned

From: Tradeoffs

As lawmakers around the country take aim at transgender rights, we dig into findings from the largest survey ever of trans Americans.

Added: May 22, 2024
Length: 18:33

Year of the Netizen

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Caption: election posters in Kolkata., Credit: Sandip Roy

There’s a new focus this election season in India, a new type of influencer, the ‘Netizen.’ But what does this really mean for the democratic process?

Bought by WXXI Rochester

Added: May 21, 2024
Length: 06:00
Purchases: 1

Season 1, Episode 41 - 'Transformative Generation' feat Christabel Reed

From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1

Taking care of ourselves goes hand in hand with taking care of the planet.

Bought by WOJB

Added: May 19, 2024
Length: 58:07
Purchases: 1

799-Nature's Gateways

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Milky Way Rising Over the Gila Wilderness, Credit: Steven Miller

The Cosmic Campground International Dark Sky Sanctuary and the Aldo Leopold Gila Wilderness in New Mexico are gateways to nature where man is only ...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, Raven Radio and more

Added: May 19, 2024
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 9

How Memorial Day Really Began

From: Shelley Johnson

Memorial Day began as a way to unite a country deeply divided by the Civil War. This documentary produced and narrated by Shelley M. Johnson talks ...

Bought by WLPR

Added: May 18, 2024
Length: 49:09
Purchases: 1

Karlya Shelton-Benjamin in THE SWANS OF HARLEM

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Host Diana Korte speaks with Ballerina Karlya Shelton-Benjamin, a Swan of Harlem herself who is one of the dancers featured in "The Swans of Harlem...

Added: May 16, 2024
Length: 09:11

The Army has stepped up its training for tunnel warfare, a dangerous - and growing - form of combat

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: An Army Special Forces soldier stands near the entrance of Fort Liberty's subterranean training facility. The elaborate Hamas tunnels in Gaza have brought new attention to underground combat, but the U.S. military began increasing its focus on tunnel warf, Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront

Hamas' elaborate tunnels in Gaza have brought attention to underground warfare, but it's a tactic used by many other potential U.S. adversaries.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUT, North Country Public Radio and more

Added: May 15, 2024
Length: 03:53
Purchases: 8

798-Destination Enceladus

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Life on Earth appears to have formed in our oceans. Scientists are thus on the hunt for other worlds which have oceans of liquid water and thus po...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and more

Added: May 12, 2024
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 10

Up Close And Acoustic with JM Stevens

From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic

Caption: JM Stevens, Credit: Up Close And Acoustic

JM Stevens is a singer/songwriter based out of Austin, Texas. He grew up in West Point, Mississippi fortunate enough to have a mother who was a sin...

Added: May 11, 2024
Length: 58:05

Unveiling Consumer Trends and Producer Problems

From: Mark Lenzi
Series: The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW)

The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) Episode 263 In this episode, hosts Kim Simone and Mark Lenzi explore all things wine with you! The Wonderful ...

Added: May 11, 2024
Length: 34:47

Eleven years after his arrest, 'Fat Leonard' faces sentencing in a massive Navy corruption scandal

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: A 2022 wanted poster issued by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," who allegedly cut off his ankle monitor and fled the U.S. He was later arrested in Venezuela and now faces sentencing for masterminding a Navy bri, Credit: U.S. Marshals Service

Military contractor Leonard Glenn Francis bribed more than thirty Navy officials in one of the biggest military corruption cases in U.S. history.

Bought by WHRV, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KUT, and KTEP

Added: May 09, 2024
Length: 03:59
Purchases: 5

IE: Inside Europe, 5/10/2024

From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW

It’s Eurovision Finals week so we’ve gone all out on a Euro-Culture special! Alongside the hottest-takes from Malmo 2024, we’ll be bringing you th...

Added: May 09, 2024
Length: 59:01

Living the Word with Patricia Gould-Champ, Part 2

From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand

Caption: Reverend Patricia Gould-, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo

Reverend Patricia Gould Champ, also known as the Queen Mother or simply Reverend Pat, began her career as a teacher, and later became the youngest ...

Added: May 06, 2024
Length: 27:25

797-Recoveries

From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night

Caption: Asteroid 2014 JO25, Credit: NASA Goldstone RADAR

It is essential that asteroid hunters keep track of potentially dangerous asteroids to make sure that their orbits haven’t changed as they encounte...

Bought by Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KRWG, KGLP and more

Added: May 05, 2024
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 9

Waiting for the Mockingbird: A Citizen's Guide to Protecting the Credibility of Those Who Speak Out

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

The possibility that we can all take part in finding out what is true, just by speaking up, can become very uncertain and maybe one day disappear b...

Bought by PRX Remix