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Two and one-half minute commentary on the 1964 Civil Rights Act and its effect on women over the next 50 years.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Jun 26, 2014
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 soccer World Cup many are questioning the economic, environmental, and social cost of this sporting mega-event....
Bought by KMXT
- Added: May 24, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A Vietnamese proverb says: “when eating a fruit, think of who planted the tree.” Taking that sentiment a step further, how often do we consider the...
- Added: May 23, 2014
- Length: 28:00
In 2010, the US Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting political donations. That is, so long as the...
- Added: Apr 27, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
“Natural” gas may sound like a clean alternative to foreign oil, but natural gas extraction utilizing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) increases the...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 28:00
He is one of the best known Indian writers writing in English these days. But Vikram Seth is a very private man. But Dec. 11, 2013 changed all that.
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Feb 03, 2014
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
They may not have made it to the Superbowl- but the “Washington Football team” has gotten a lot of attention this season- not so much for their per...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In this compilation of archive interviews from 1988 and 1996 along with part of a previously unaired 2004 recording, we look back at the life of Am...
- Added: Jan 23, 2014
- Length: 29:00
According to the latest statistics available, one teen or child is killed with a gun every 3 hours 15 minutes, many by their peers. It's time for ...
- Added: Jan 22, 2014
- Length: 02:30
Drone attacks. Black sites where prisoners are tortured. Guantanamo is still in operation. As we enter the 6th year of Barack Obamas presidency, I...
- Added: Jan 14, 2014
- Length: 29:00
The founder of Tehelka, an indian magazine known for investigative stories on violence against women is involved in it's own rape controversy.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 26, 2013
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
The Pismo Beach City Council, San Luis Obispo, California, opens its weekly meetings with a prayer. Now they’re being asked to stop.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 25, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
What India's latest space mission to Mars can tell us about the difficulties in reconciling the aspirations of the "haves" and the "have nots."
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 02:23
What a suicide attack in Tiananmen Square can tell us about the Chinese government's struggle with dissent.
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 02:07
What’s the difference between free trade and fair trade? If you want to learn more about “food sovereignty,” and how global trade policies affect l...
- Added: Oct 10, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Labor Day was created in the 19th century by the unions, to celebrate the economic achievements of American workers. But if we look at the 21st ce...
Bought by KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Aug 28, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 3
Two and one half minute commentary on why House Republicans took their 40th meaningless vote to repeal Obamacare before getting out of town for a 5...
- Added: Aug 06, 2013
- Length: 02:30
How much doe we know about the food we eat?
- Added: Jul 24, 2013
- Length: 27:59
An interview with investigative journalist, bestselling author, and economist Greg Palast, on the economic crisis in Greece.
- Added: Jun 23, 2013
- Length: 25:22
- Added: Apr 20, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Program for the week of April 7, 2013
- Added: Apr 06, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Added: Mar 30, 2013
- Length: 29:00
African-Americans have endured more than 246 years of slavery, 100 years of racism and segregation. The trauma from that experience continues to im...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Jan 31, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
As we look for a solution to global energy problems and a way out of the climate crisis- some are turning to dams and hydroelectric power as a sour...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 18, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Cathy Byrd talks with Spanish artist Antoni Muntadas about the multi-media projects he's been creating globally since the 1970s.
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 14:20
