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Burn Wild Episode 1
From: Dylan Haskins
Series: Burn Wild
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Episode 1 of 2 of Burn Wild. Journalist and writer Leah Sottile presents the story of two of America’s most wanted fugitive environmentalists. F...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WKSU, and Oregon Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 52:31
  • Purchases: 3
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 2
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Three years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. We bring you a Haymarket Books talk by Ma...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Edge of Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In her new film, The Edge of Democracy, director Petra Costa tells the story of how Brazil went from a rising star among free nations to a democrac...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Panther Cubs
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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We don'y just plant the seeds so we can eat the fruit. We plant the seeds so the fruit will be there for generations.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Unprecedented Crime: Peter Carter and Climate Science Denial
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Peter Carter and Elizabeth Woodworth, Unprecedented Crime
Climate Scientist Peter Carter calls out the villains who are destroying Earth.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 11, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 2
Hell Yeah: Queer and Radical Performance Art
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Karen Finley performing "We Keep Our Victims Ready" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis., Credit: Walker Art Center
In the 1990s, queer performance artists like Karen Finley (pictured) created radical, experimental and often politically risky work. These artists ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
California Innocence Project: Evidence - episode 6
From: KHSU
Series: California Innocence Project
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The associate director for the California Innocence Project talks about the importance of working to address issues of evidence retention and prese...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Justice in Engineering Education
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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The SXSW Education conference and festival in 2017 highlighted equity, fairness, and justice as a major theme. How does this apply to engineering ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 43:03
US - Saudi Coalition: Bringing Peace or War?
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
Caption: Roots of Conflict Promotion
Exposing the War on Yemen

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 51:51
213: You Had To Be There / 214: Mad As Hell, 10/21/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "You Had To Be There" - A new generation rediscovers pleasure palaces of the past, abandoned movie theaters and concert halls. What are t...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Reclaiming Humanity From Commodification and Bureaucratization
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Daina Ramey Berry
A historian and a journalist speak about the devaluation of human life past and present in America.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Speed of Sound: Ryan Bingham
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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If a true modern day cowboy exists, Ryan Bingham is that. Sure, you can hear it in every gravely note that comes out of his mouth, in every note o...

Bought by KUCB, KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 3
The Personal Side of the DREAM Act
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Carlos Padilla Speaking at a DREAM Project Rally
An interview with Carlos Padilla, an undocumented student, and his mentor Roberta Lindeman.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:47
  • Purchases: 1
MIW #2 Elisabeth Bolaza - Sex Educator and Activist
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Elisabeth Bolaza on MIW, Credit: Allegra Bandy
Making It Work Radio Season 1-Episode 2 with Elisabeth Bolaza, Sex Educator and Activist

  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 22:46
What the Truth Costs: A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The truth can be our moral antidote, our moral medicine, the vitamin that- yes, if someone is trying to tell us that nine dollars and something is ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:23
Robin Steinberg on Conversations with Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Robin Steinberg is founder and executive director of The Bronx Defenders, which represents people in the criminal and civil courts who can't afford...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:47
Hunger in America
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Hunger in America - Ross Fraser – Director of Media Relations for Feeding America tells us about the startling truth of Hunger in America. In the m...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
WIN Labor Report: December 9, 2013
From: Workers Independent News
Caption: The Voice for Working People
News from Detroit, Connecticut, and DC.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
How Americans Make Race
From: Hold That Thought
Series: American Identities
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Whether looking at the 1920s or 2013, people's behavior and attitudes toward race are often influenced by factors beyond their own experience and c...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2013
  • Length: 15:45
Food Sleuth Radio, Michele Simon Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Michele Simon, JD, MPH, public health lawyer, discusses her report: “Food Stamps, Follow the Money: Are Corporations Profiting From Hungry American...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
A war at home: a soldier’s mission against PTSD
From: KALW
Caption: Jeremy Profitt
For some soldiers, post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, really is a four-letter word. A PTSD diagnosis means you may need treatment for the res...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KHNS


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 5
Looking at you looking at me: surveillance protest art
From: KALW
Caption: Former San Jose State Professor and artist Hasan Elahi, founder of “Hiding in Plain Sight”
Descendants of immigrants and refugees from countries in the Middle East and South Asia often find a hard time living in the post 9/11 United State...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1
Germany After World War II
From: With Good Reason
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New research examines how postwar German history textbooks addressed the traumatic events of the Second World War.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, and WRPI


  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Coming Out
From: War News Radio
Caption: Former service members discharged under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell protest in front of the White House., Credit: Photo courtesy of the AP
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Oct 22, 2010
  • Length: 29:00