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The Struggle for Libya’s Future
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Reese Erlich brings us a special report from Libya on the chaos that remains in the wake of the overthrow of hated dictator Muammar Gaddafi. While ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Police Tape: From Rodney King to Aiyana Jones
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Police filming students during the anti-cuts demonstration in London, Credit: Cleaner Croydon
It’s been 20 years since four white police officers were cleared of unlawfully beating Rodney King in Los Angeles. But we might never have heard of...

Bought by WCSU-FM and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
COINTELPRO 101 (Part 2)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted m...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ghost Schools
From: Seattle Globalist
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Primary education is compulsory in Pakistan, and the country has a large public school system. But many of these schools are just marginally functi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 2
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
Part 3: Living With Dioxin Delays
From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays
Caption: Mitch Larson lives in Saginaw's Riverside neighborhood, which saw a large dioxin removal project last year. His home is on the banks of Tittabawassee River., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee talks with residents about living with Dow and dioxin.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:38
Part 2: Foot Dragging Produces Dioxin Delays
From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays
Caption: The southeast corner of the Dow Chemical plant, from the vantage of Midland's Whiting Overlook Park, which features an homage to and history of the company and its founder., Credit: Shawn Allee
Residents are asking why it's taken so long to clean up the dioxin. Shawn Allee looks for an answer.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
Part 1: A Long History of Dioxin Delays
From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays
Caption: Valdus Adamkus, Credit: This photograph was produced by Agência Brasil, a public Brazilian news agency.
Shawn Allee meets a man who took the Dow and dioxin issue to Congress years ago and is shocked it hasn't been dealt with.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:40
Hazelton: How Mayor Lou Barletta Helped to Divide this small working class Pennsylvania town
From: Melissa Townsend
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In 2006 Mayor Lou Barletta cracked down on Latino residents new to the predominantly white working class town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Many new L...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 11:46
Threats to Mexican Lawmakers
From: Lorne Matalon
Series: The Mexican Army, Drug Cartels and US Aid
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Cartels Threaten Mexican Lawmakers

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 02:31
Plan Mexico
From: Lorne Matalon
Series: The Mexican Army, Drug Cartels and US Aid
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Should the US Give Military Assistance to Mexico ?

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:35
Rural Issues: Alternate Fuels and Presidential Campaigns
From: WILL
Series:
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The future of the ethanol industry is examined through the candidates' energy policies

Bought by KOSU, KRZA, and KBIA


  • Added: Sep 09, 2008
  • Length: 44:26
  • Purchases: 3
First Peoples of the Duwamish
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South
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Life on the Duwamish, Segment 2

Bought by KLCC and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 2
Stealth Campaigns--Short Version
From: Center for Public Integrity
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An Examination of the Independent Committees Seeking to Shape the Presidential Race

Bought by WKMS


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Greg Palast, Santa Fe Apr 29 07 with poet Coral Bernal
From: Cultural Energy
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Greg Palast speaking on his book "Armed Madhouse"

  • Added: May 04, 2007
  • Length: 59:21
The Progressive
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
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A high school student publishes an anonymous lefty newsletter . . .

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Sep 06, 2006
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
Part One: the case for change
From: KUOW
Series: School Ready: changing early learning in Washington state
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the state and private funders are poised for change

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:12
Looking for Democracy: Cambodia: Imposed Democracy
From: BBC
Series: Looking For Democracy
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Examining democracy in Cambodia.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUHB


  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 22:29
  • Purchases: 2
Katrina, Race, and High School
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Responds to Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina stirred up a national dialogue about racial inequality and prompted Blunt's Bly Lauritano-Werner to take a look at some of the di...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KZYX, PRX Remix, KSFR, KTNA and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 04:15
  • Purchases: 6
Downing Street Memo: Constitutional Laywer Says Grounds for Bush Impeachment
From: Jim Williams
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Constitutional lawyer John Bonifaz says Downing Street Memo contains evidence indicating President Bush committed impeachable offenses in the month...

Bought by 2SER FM 107.3 and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2005
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 2
Our Energy Future: The Strategic Initiative of Our Era
From: Meg O'Shaughnessy
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This prescient piece, recorded in January 2005, deserves a listen today at a moment when the United States can choose to break with the Oil Economy...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WXXI Rochester, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KDNK, and KAOS


  • Added: Jan 29, 2005
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 5
The Home-State Record: Carol Moseley Braun
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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In-depth look at Illinois' perspective on Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWMU St. Louis, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Home-State Record: Wesley Clark
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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In-depth look at how Wesley Clark's peers see the candidate's leadership record.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWMU St. Louis, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
The Home-State Record: John Edwards
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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In-depth look at the North Carolina perspective on Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

Bought by WZBC, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWMU St. Louis, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 4
The Home-State Record: Dick Gephardt
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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In-depth look at the Missouri perspective on Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWMU St. Louis, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3