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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

News 2.0: The Future of News in the Age of Social Media- Part One

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media

Caption: Feb. 12, 2009 plane crash near Clarence, N.Y., as photographed by citizen journalist "Traceur Zero" for CNN's iReport, Credit: Courtesy CNN

Two one-hour CBC Radio programs about changes to our understanding of 'journalism' now that anyone can create, report and publish news.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KQED, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP and more

Added: Sep 29, 2009
Length: 52:14
Purchases: 7

Undark

From: Jenna Hammerich

Glow. Green. Light. Radium. Even the words are beautiful.

Bought by Remix Radio and CKMO

Added: Sep 01, 2009
Length: 30:13
Purchases: 2

Washington Execution: Victims' Families

From: KUOW
Series: State of Execution

Surviving family members in capital murder cases often endure years of legal appeals.

Added: Dec 16, 2008
Length: 07:57

Hazelton: How Mayor Lou Barletta Helped to Divide this small working class Pennsylvania town

From: Melissa Townsend

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

Plan Mexico

From: Lorne Matalon
Series: The Mexican Army, Drug Cartels and US Aid

Should the US Give Military Assistance to Mexico ?

Added: Sep 29, 2008
Length: 04:35

Surviving on the Duwamish

From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South

Life on the Duwamish, Segment 5

Added: Jul 04, 2008
Length: 08:53

Learning from Dakar's School of the Road

From: Emma Jacobs

Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX

Added: Jul 04, 2008
Length: 06:43
Purchases: 2

Great Lakes Danger Zone?

From: Center for Public Integrity

A report on a suppressed study about environmental hazards in the Great Lakes region.

Added: Mar 10, 2008
Length: 05:29

The War Card

From: Center for Public Integrity

An investigative report about 935 false statements made by top Bush Administration officials.

Added: Mar 10, 2008
Length: 06:38

How European Immigrants Became White

From: Phillip Martin
Series: The Color Initiative

How some immigrants once considered non-white became white

Added: Feb 13, 2008
Length: 06:02

How Many Cows Now?

From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho

As factory farms grow bigger, they get harder to regulate. Just try counting cows on a mega-dairy.

Added: Jan 16, 2008
Length: 05:35

In the Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. in Europe

From: Phillip Martin
Series: Standing Up To Hate in Europe

A German activist describes how MLK influenced her life and her life-long struggle against right-wing extremism.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WHFR, Radio Catskill, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more

Added: Jan 12, 2008
Length: 07:20
Purchases: 19

Why Teens Drink

From: Alaska Teen Media Institute

Chris takes a look at what kids think about drinking, since no one else seems to listen.

Bought by WXLV-FM

Added: Aug 30, 2007
Length: 04:18
Purchases: 1

A Burden to be Well: Sisters and Brothers of the Mentally Ill

From: Karen Brown

Sound-rich documentary about the effect of mental illness on "well" siblings

Bought by KPVL, PRX to iTunes, WCQS, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ and more

Added: Jun 26, 2007
Length: 29:30
Purchases: 6

I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn

From: Lu Olkowski

A former heroin addict realizes that he wants to help other addicts kick their habits. The problem is, he wants to do this using a hallucinogenic d...

Bought by KUOW, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Jun 16, 2007
Length: 16:30
Purchases: 3

Suspicion at the Dog Park

From: Neille Ilel

What happens when someone's violent past becomes public knowledge?

Added: Jun 13, 2007
Length: 05:49

Sprawling of America

From: The Environment Report

Hour-long documentary on the costs and causes of urban sprawl.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WRPI, KXOT Public Radio, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio and more

Added: Jun 01, 2007
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 18

Greg Palast, Santa Fe Apr 29 07 with poet Coral Bernal

From: Cultural Energy

Greg Palast speaking on his book "Armed Madhouse"

Added: May 04, 2007
Length: 59:21

Treating the Rainbow Nation: AIDS in South Africa

From: WFUV

A look at the complex challenges facing those battling AIDS in South Africa

Bought by WSKG, 90.5 WSNC, and KQED

Added: Oct 24, 2006
Length: 57:11
Purchases: 3

Urban Homesteaders

From: Karen Brown

A young Massachusetts family lives off the land -- in the middle of a crime-ridden inner-city.

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, KTNA, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Nature Podcast and more

Added: May 26, 2006
Length: 05:38
Purchases: 6

Looking for Democracy: Uganda: No-Party-Democracy

From: BBC
Series: Looking For Democracy

Examining democracy in Uganda.

Bought by KUHB

Added: Nov 22, 2005
Length: 22:30
Purchases: 1

Katrina, Race, and High School

From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Blunt Responds to Hurricane Katrina

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