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In a Game of Chicken with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, GOP Legislators Pass Somewhat Competitive Redistricting Maps in Effort to Avoid Truly Fair Maps
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
In a Game of Chicken with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, GOP Legislators Pass Somewhat Competitive Redistricting Maps in Effort to Avoid Truly Fair M...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Feb 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Monroe Doctrine Centenary - It's Our Hemisphere
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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The Monroe Doctrine on its 200th birthday. Messy American politics in 1823, messy American politics in 2023. And, Cambodia’s Great Lake, the Tonle ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2023
  • Length: 58:39
Whistle Stops: The 1948 Presidential Campaigns
From: Lester Graham
Caption: President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the inaccurate headline: Dewey Defeats Truman., Credit: public domain
2023 is the 75th anniversary of one of the biggest political upsets in American political history (although the documentary does not mention the 75...

Bought by Iowa Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, Michigan Radio, KUOW, and WAMU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 5: Conclusion - What We’ve Learned
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Over the past few episodes, we introduced you to the idea of what Shifting the Narrative is and what it looks like in gun sense, the war on poverty...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 15:01
Episode 4: On The Death Penalty - The Unexpected Messenger
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Over the past decade, support for the death penalty has plummeted. In this episode, we look at why this happened and how one unexpected messenger, ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 35:11
Episode 3: On Guns - Bridging the Divide on Stage
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Gun violence is an issue that divides many Americans. But a theater company in New York set out to build a bridge by helping people with firsthand ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 31:30
Episode 2: On Poverty - The Power of The Camera
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Fifty years ago, the Poor People’s Campaign took over a portion of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Their aim: change how Americans understand ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 37:10
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Live Together - the Bigger Picture
From: Mike Hally
Series: Learning to Live Together - Conflict and Peace-building Northern Ireland
Caption: A ptotest over flying the UK flag on Belfast City Hally, Credit: Mike Hally
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 09:18
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Live Together - Problems facing the Peace-builders
From: Mike Hally
Series: Learning to Live Together - Conflict and Peace-building Northern Ireland
Caption: A paramilitary mural in a loyalist housing estate, Credit: Mike Hally
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 07:53
Gilbert King reads from his Pulitzer-winner, Devil In The Grove: Thurgood Marshall, The Groveland Boys, and The Dawn of A New America (5/20)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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100-second module, from our weekday readings for May. Before becoming the first African American on The Supreme Court, Marshall risked his life in ...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
Clay Risen reads from The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for The Civil Rights Act (5/8)
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2014
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One of our weekday 100-second modules for May: Author Clay Risen reads a compelling passage from his new book of the same title. This is the 50th a...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
From the National Press Club: Sheila Bair
From: National Press Club
Caption: Sheila Bair, Credit: NPC
The outgoing FDIC commissioner gives her final speech at the National Press Club. She discusses the financial crisis that occured during her time a...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 53:57
From the National Press Club: Dr. Edward Miller, Dean and CEO Johns Hopkins Medicine
From: National Press Club
Caption: Dr. Edward Miller, Credit: NPC
Dr. Miller addresses a National Press Club luncheon about health reform and caring for low income and Medicaid patients.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 54:51
From the National Press Club with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
From: National Press Club
Caption: Kathleen Sebelius, Credit: NPC
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks about health care reform at the National Press Club.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 54:02
Coal and Climate – We Shall Remain
From: Eric Mack
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Just in time for the global climate summit in Copenhagen and the debate on a climate and energy bill in Washington, this half hour special from Hig...

Bought by WFHB, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KGNU Community Radio, KGLT and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Dixie Chicks: Taking the Long Way
From: Joyride Media
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One-hour music intensive documentary details the making of Taking the Long Way -- the Dixie Chicks' first studio CD since a political statement mad...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, WEOS and more


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 7
Passaic On Strike!
From: New Jersey Historical Commission and NJN Public Radio
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In 1926, 16,000 Wool Workers Strike for nearly a year in New Jersey

Bought by WVTF, KBRP Community Radio, Iowa Public Radio, KLCC, KZYX and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2006
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 10
RN Documentary: Adams in Amsterdam Part 2 – Dearest of Friends
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Second in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Am...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
RN Documentary: Adams in Amsterdam Part 3 – The Two Republicks
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Third in series of programs about John Adams’ 1780 trip to the Dutch Republic seeking support and recognition of the fledgling United States of Ame...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
RN Special Broadcast on International Law
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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At the request of WBUR, Radio Netherlands has prepared a 60-minute broadcast on International Law pegged to fast moving developments this week in W...

Bought by KVNF, WUFT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WUAL


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 59:11
  • Purchases: 4