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A Shortcut Back Through 1994
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Nixon RIP
A retrospective of the entire year in sixty minutes, "A Shortcut through 1994" feature no narration, it's message evolves from the careful juxtapos...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 01:00:28
Off Script: One Pharmacist's COVID Woes and Wins
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Dr Kelly Kent with patients.
A pharmacist and co-owner of an independent pharmacy in Iowa shares what life is like nearly two years into the pandemic.

  • Added: Feb 10, 2022
  • Length: 17:28
Why A Major Immigration Law Might Be Unconstitutional
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Emily Green tells us the story of Edgar Lopez, a grandfather of four who was killed trying to make his way back hom...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
When Anti-Asian Hate Goes Viral
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this collaboration with the podcast Self Evident, we look at what happens when we ignore anti-Asian hate—and what happens when we mobilize again...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Part Five: Counting The Invisible
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Joe Fox is a resident of Safe Haven in Kennett, Mo., Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
Resources are pretty sparse down here in the Bootheel. No single town has every service to meet the homeless community’s needs. The apartments at S...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:24
Part Two: Desperately Seeking Doctors
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Judith Haggard is one of two nurse practitioners at the Otto Bean Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. The clinic has no full-time doctor so Haggard works with a collaborating physician outside of the SEMO Health Network, which runs Otto Bean., Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
The Missouri Bootheel is a region emblematic of the social and medical problems facing rural Missouri, and really, all of rural America. Life expec...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
Shh!: Life in a State of Surveillance
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Wiring Before, Credit: Flikr user Kelp
Who's watching you? Nowadays it seems everyone wants to get their hands on our personal data. From the FBI to the welfare department, to some of th...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KMUN, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Rahul's Storm
From: KALW
Caption: Supporters use a Rahul Gandhi poster as an umbrella, Credit: Sandip Roy
Sandip Roy attended a recent rally for Indian National Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, but storm clouds were gathering.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Stuck in the Bluff
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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WABE reporter Jim Burress takes us to ‘The Bluff’, a neighborhood in Atlanta where a needle exchange program has become a vital part of a strugglin...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 23, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Race to an Emergency--(2 Part show)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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When you call 911, who answers the phone? How do they decide who to send to the scene, and how fast will they get there? We bring you a 2-part spec...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
Amid Theft, Ranchers Scramble to Locate Hay
From: Grace Hood
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One of ranching’s most basic materials is in high demand right now. With the price of hay doubling for some smaller operations along the Front Rang...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Aspen Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Whitebark Pine, Grizzlies, and an Ecosystem on the Brink
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay
Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Vancouver Olympics: Part 2 – Civil Liberties & The Deal with the Devil_LONG
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: Olympic civil liberties suppression, Credit: UBC
A look at how the British Colombian government has enacted Olympic-related legislation to quell protest and dissension. Critics claim these new by...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2010
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
Vancouver Olympics: Part 1 - Aboriginals & Canada's Dirty Secret_LONG
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: No Olympics on Stolen Native Land, Credit: http://6nsolidarity.wordpress.com
Many of British Columbia's aboriginal groups say the Olympics have allowed the government to take their land in the name of the Olympic Games. The...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
Inside Europe
From: Helen Seeney
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Inside Europe is a one hour weekly news magazine that explores the topical issues shaping the continent.

Bought by WRIR and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Nov 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Michigan State University Voice Overs
From: Kristen Balagtas
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Promoting MSU's resources

  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 01:05
"Brazil Rising" - A Documentary Special
From: The Stanley Foundation
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David Brown takes listeners on a personal journey across the country, exploring Brazil's view of itself, its neighbors, and the world.

Bought by KUT, WNCU, WYSO, Yellowstone Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: May 05, 2008
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21
The Day the Music Died - web radio in peril
From: Eric Klein
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on July 15th radio over the internet is going to undergo a BIG change

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and WJCU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2007
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 2
Shakespeare
From: Eric schaffer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Award-Winning Story on a University of Maryland Festival on the Bard

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Japan-Nationalism
From: Steve Herman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Rising nationalism in Japan worries Asians

Bought by WETA and WGCU


  • Added: May 14, 2005
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Biography of 100,000 Square Feet
From: Benjamin Temchine
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How does a public space fail? Can good intentions separated from reality border on negligence?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KPFA, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KALW, WZBC and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2005
  • Length: 32:00
  • Purchases: 9