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Caption: Chinatown in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
Why is it when there is tension between two countries, the fear always seems to end up at the dining table.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
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Covid-19 has transformed jails and prisons into death traps. How are some communities jailing less people in the first place. After someone is arre...

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  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Anna and Brian (last names not disclosed) prepare to attend a re-open rally in Salem, Oregon on May 2, 2020, Credit: Kate Kaye
Hundreds convened in the rain this Saturday at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Families with kids mingled amid attendees strapped with semi-auto...

  • Added: May 03, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
Caption: An Oregon petition signature sheet, Credit: Oregon Secretary of State
COVID-19 is a problem for the 50 initiatives, referenda and referrals that still technically could end up on the ballot in Oregon in November. To g...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 04:57
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Helen Scott’s book tracks the way productions of the play reveal the politics of each successive age – how to some Prospero is the benevolent mage ...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Sandip Roy spoke with James Crabtree about his new book "The Billionaire Raj."

  • Added: Feb 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: Queen Elizabeth I playing the lute
This week's edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features great music that was created during times of political turmoil from the 16th Century to 20t...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 50
Caption: Joseph Narendra Muhammad, Credit: Sandip Roy
There are protests in many cities all over India with signs saying No NPR.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: best of making contact
We look at our favorite shows from 2019. From Artificial Intelligence, to the stigma around women's periods, from guns and restraining orders to th...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Verificado 19 Mexico City, Credit:  Kane Lynch, illustrator
In the aftermath of a disaster, information can mean the difference between life and death. After the earthquake hit in Mexico City, it wasn’t just...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
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Spring break for political elites with a sprinkling of nomination on top.

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 33:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Legend says whoever sees the Demon Cat of Capitol Hill is cursed. Fina Mendoza, the 10-year old daughter of a congressman, just saw it. Can she sav...

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  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:56:10
  • Purchases: 2
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Many things divide a country, but it’s the overlooked, personal slights, that hurt the most.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
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The World’s Largest Methanol Refinery, the first half-hour of this episode of Holding the Thin Green Line, follows the efforts of activists in Taco...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 56:54
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At the 2019 Progressive Strategy Summit members of Congress and progressive change makers came together to build a movement that won’t only win bac...

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  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Today’s show focuses on the history of radio in Angola – as an instrument for Portuguese settlers, the colonial state, African nationalists, and th...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2019
  • Length: 58:15
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30 years ago, 1989 was a historic year, that changed Europe. The highlight was the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th, 1989 This three part se...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 21:05
Caption: Barbara Dane at the Newport Folk Festival
This documentary shines a light on one of America’s most extraordinary musicians and activists, Barbara Dane. This is a woman who lead the way in c...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WKMS, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 01:56:41
  • Purchases: 3
Caption:  Claudia Riedener has lived in Tacoma since 1998, and is co-founder of the grassroots environmental group Redefine Tacoma., Credit: (photographer unknown)
Special for Climate Week: Barbara Bernstein’s story of communities in the Pacific Northwest of the United States who are fighting mammoth fracked g...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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As the cost of insulin continues to skyrocket patients are dying from trying to ration their medication. It's an extreme example, but not unusual -...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jialing Zhang, San Francisco, CA 4/15/19, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jialing Zhang talks freedom, control, and the myth of the spoiled generation.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2019
  • Length: 14:21
Caption: Michael Gene Sullivan and Lizzie Calogero in Treasure Island, 7/4/2019, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michael Gene Sullivan talks validation, necessities, and the myth of meritocracy.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2019
  • Length: 26:24
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Some observations on the 4th of July (parts one through four)

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 13
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On today's program we honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs through the lens of the documentary film, AMERICAN REVOLUT...

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  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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One of the most common forms of trafficking is labor trafficking. In this episode, Re:Work Radio brings you the story of Lester Ramos and his journ...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1