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Special Report: Deciding the Fate of Democracy in North Carolina
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this special report, we examine anti-democratic election law and a legal case — Moore vs. Harper — which is to be decided this term by the US Su...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Dispatch 370 - Something Funny's Going On
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Faruqui and Khamra's twitter headings
Something funny happened on the way to the comedy club in India but no-one is laughing.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Texts Not Jails! Before and After Covid-19 via 70 Million
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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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...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rally to Re-open Oregon Amid COVID-19 Lockdown Draws Fringe Militia and Families
From: Kate Kaye
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
Pandemic Forces Oregon Ballot Initiatives to Spend Far More than Planned
From: Kate Kaye
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
Ban NPR!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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
The Best of Making Contact
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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
Resistance: The Ballot and The Bullhorn
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From no, I won't to yes, we will. It’s official, over a hundred women, more women than ever, were voted into Congress including New Mexico’s Deb Ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: How Puerto Ricans are restoring power to the people through Mutual Aid
From: Tom Llewellyn
Series: The Response
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After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, a group of activists formed a community kitchen to help feed those in need. That community ki...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
EP 3 — Betrayal and Solidarity in Greece
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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In 2015, Greece held a referendum to free itself from a debt crisis. We traveled to Athens to bring you an on-the-ground exploration of the afterma...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Question of Character
From: Mitchell Borden
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In Tisbury, voters recently drew battle lines and took sides as they headed to the polls to say yes or no to Question 1. It was a question that man...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 2016 Democratic Convention Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join the Political Junkie for special coverage of the 2016 Democratic National Convention from Philadelphia! Ken Rudin hits the convention floor to...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
Hindu Sena Loves 'The Donald'
From: KALW
Caption: Donald Trump & Shalabh Kumar
Whether or not Trump makes it to the White House he's already proving very useful to those who were until dismissed as the fringe.

Bought by WDBM and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 2016 Republican Convention Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join the Political Junkie for special coverage of the 2016 Republican National Convention from Cleveland! Ken Rudin hits the convention floor to he...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
Getting Out
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Nationally, American prisons release more than 650,000 people into society every year. That’s equivalent to the entire population of Memphis or Bos...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
"WHERE IT'S AT: I'VE GOT TWO CONVENTIONS AND A JOBS REPORT"...TOLD THRU NARRATION, MUSIC AND SOUNDBITES
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A "newsical" analysis and roundup of both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions... plus the spin war to come over the closely watche...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 56:02
Do You Hear The People Sing - entire song
From: Lauren Peterson
Series: Madison protests
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At 1:00 p.m. on the 13th day of protests in Madison, Wisconsin, hundreds of singers and instrumentalists suddenly burst into song. The "Les Miserab...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2011
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Without Comment: The First 100 Days-Week Six"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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Without Comment is a 13 week series looking at the first 100 days of the Barack presidency.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
"WITHOUT COMMENT"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment"
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"Without Comment" was a mini-series produced during the Democratic Primaries and begins with the final battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Ob...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 01:02:45
Election Day 2008 NewsDub
From: Matthew Fidler
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A Vox Pop musical piece from polling places around the Bay Area

  • Added: Nov 04, 2008
  • Length: 03:21
President Change: What's Hope? What's Reality
From: Brian Sussman
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Fast-forward to January 2009. A new President is in the Oval Office. How will he ? or she ? grease the wheels of official Washington to get an age...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 32:03
The Home-State Record: Carol Moseley Braun
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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"
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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