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Then They Came for Me
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Matthew Hockenos
Most of us are familiar with the Nazi concentration camp confession, “First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out because I was not...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Richard Cahan
In 1942, the government rounded up more than one hundred thousand Japanese living in the U.S. They were incarcerated for the duration of the war.

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constitutional Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt, author of “Allegiance”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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“It may well be that the Senate Republicans would be better off confirming some moderate Obama nominee to the Supreme Court now, rather than having...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
Are we winning the war on drugs? Don Winslow, author of “The Cartel”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Don’s 19th thriller may be fiction, but it’s the truth about our longest war, the war on drugs, especially in all the ways it effects Mexico. To le...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:55
  • Purchases: 1
Joseph Kanon and "Leaving Berlin"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Author of seven post-World War II novels, Joe Kanon takes us back to Berlin, a once grand city now 80% destroyed in the late 1940s. In this book e...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 09:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Tet Offensive
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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William Ingalls new book tells the story of what one year in Viet Nam as a combat engineer was like. Based on 500 color slides taken by the author,...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Vet's Block
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Anthony Mattia came home from Iraq as a highly decorated soldier, but the trauma he experienced in combat is putting his own freedom in jeopardy.

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
Smartphone App Warns Israeli Citizens if Missiles are Headed Their Way
From: A. Randall Wenner
Caption: Iron Dome App, Credit: iTunes
A new smartphone app developed by an American college student and his colleague uses up-to-the minute data from the Israeli Defense Force to warn I...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 1
Shortcuts to War & Peace-The Red Line
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Better Living Through Chemistry
Barack Obama draws a red line in regards to Syria & chemical weapons and this program reflects the tension during the past few weeks mixed with pre...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:31
Human Textures - Nir Rosen & Marianne Leone Cooper
From: Open Source
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Even as we watched transfixed as the protests in Egypt and Tunisia pushed the region's political scene into new waters, Nir Rosen stayed (will stay...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Death of the Liberal Class, Life of Our Inner Sky - Chris Hedges & Damion Searls
From: Open Source
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This hour brings politics with Chris Hedges and poetry with Damion Searls. Chris Hedges' new book recounts The Death of the Liberal Class. And the ...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
A Few Reams of Freedom - Noam Chomsky & C.D. Wright
From: Open Source
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We're talking politics and poetry with Noam Chomsky and C.D. Wright. Noam Chomsky is on an upbeat about American views on war and imperialism, and ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
National Debt
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Women at the Tulle Lake War Relocation Camp, circa 1942. , Credit: Bob Bobster.
Two survivors of Japanese American internment describe how they went from being seen as model citizens to being seen as the enemy. In the story of ...

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  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 9
Our American "Empire" with controversal Harvard historian Niall Ferguson -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Contrarian historian Niall Ferguson says the US is an empire -- in denial! And that we'd better get our act together!!

  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 19:21
Something To Fight For
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A father and his military son reflect on their anti-war activities.

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
No Peace, No Work
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Longshoremen plan to close West Coast ports on May 1 to lead widespread labor protests against the Iraq war.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:58
We Will Not Be Silent
From: Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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Protesting a war can be confusing, is it worth it?

  • Added: Apr 09, 2008
  • Length: 04:47
Red Crystal Palace ~ 4: Who will be the next president?
From: Fereshteh Toosi
Series: Red Crystal Palace
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RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Red Crystal Palace ~ 2: When will the war be over?
From: Fereshteh Toosi
Series: Red Crystal Palace
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RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:26
Kevin Phillips lecture
From: KUOW
Series: Speaker's Forum
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kevin Phillips, former Republican strategist and author of "American Theocracy," talks about President Bush's mental health, his religious beliefs,...

  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
U.S. Army turns over Patrol Base Razor to Iraqi Army
From: Eric Pahon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Package about turnover of American Patrol Base ?Razor? near Samarra, Iraq to Iraqi Army.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:14
The After-Effects of War
From: WFUV
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Soldiers in Iraq are suffering a higher rate of traumatic injuries than soldiers in previous wars.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:29
Clearing Their Heads
From: WFUV
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Research shows one in ten soldiers returning from Iraq suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It's symptoms include anxiety, depression, night...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
War Stories from the Homefront
From: WFUV
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Veterans returning from Iraq are facing a new set of post-war challenges.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 30:02
Alan Dershowitz on the doctrine of preemption, the Hezbollah and the 'war on terror' -- on ThoughtCast
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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The controversial Harvard Law professor, author and celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz talks about the doctrine of preemption, the Israeli-Hezbollah ...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, WNED Buffalo, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 15, 2006
  • Length: 57:20
  • Purchases: 4