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Hazelton: How Mayor Lou Barletta Helped to Divide this small working class Pennsylvania town
From: Melissa Townsend
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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
Divine in Jazzer Newsom
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
Series: Divine Expression Through Jazzers
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The agony and angst of a self examined life of a politician, lawyer and jazzer.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2008
  • Length: 09:37
A Morning with Baltimore City's Juvenile Warrant Task Force
From: Mary Rose Madden
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Baltimore City Police head out to find kids wanted by the police...but meet the kids' mothers instead.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:56
Stories from the Street
From: With Good Reason
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Creating a dialogue with people who are homeless may be the first step to understanding how to help effect change.

Bought by KVSC, WSKG, and KGOU


  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 3
KERA Commentary: Holiday Conflict
From: KERA
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The personal price we can pay at holiday time for our political opinions.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Little Black Train
From: Nora Harrington
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Five Conversations on Death

  • Added: Dec 09, 2007
  • Length: 26:22
The Feminist and Her Daughter
From: Karen Brown
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A prominent feminist from the 60s and her grown-up daughter have an intimate conversation about family, work, politics, and the very different choi...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
Grandpa
From: Lu Olkowski
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A father and son have a contest to take the best pictures of their dying grandpa, the result is an up-close portrait of death.

Bought by KUOW, PRX Remix, KUT, KVNF, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: 08:47
  • Purchases: 6
The End of Homework
From: Deb Krumholz
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Discussion with author and educator Etta Kravolec about her research on the effects of homework on children

  • Added: Aug 16, 2007
  • Length: 26:32
A View From (almost) the Bridge--a commentary by Nanci Olesen
From: Nanci Olesen
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three minute reflection about arriving home from the wilderness to the bridge collapse in Minneapolis

Bought by WKMS


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 1
What are we ever going to do with all these gay people?
From: SCAD Radio
Series: Interesting Point with SCADRadio
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An unconventional idea on homosexuality.

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jul 15, 2007
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 2
A Burden to be Well: Sisters and Brothers of the Mentally Ill
From: Karen Brown
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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
Morning Stories, Common Ground
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Morning Stories expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a significant...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
Morning Stories, From the Street
From: WGBH Radio Boston
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Morning Stories expands on and samples from WGBH's popular Morning Stories podcasts, which contain stories from everyday people about a significant...

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 22, 2007
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Hospice Chronicles
From: Long Haul Productions
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Long Haul Productions follows two hospice volunteers as they visit their first patients.

Bought by Raven Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, KERA, WVPE and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
The Oppressed Majority
From: Voices of Our World
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Our guests are Mary Hudson and Jenny Holland, wife and daughter of Jack Holland, the author of ?Misogyny: The World?s Oldest Prejudice.?

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 09, 2006
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
I'll Quit Cutting When You Quit Smoking
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Excerpts from the diary of a girl who insists that self-mutilation is saving her life.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Leaving the Mountains
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Growing up in rural Appalachia Machlyn Blair didn't think he would have much in common with teenagers from other places. But the current immigrat...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WGXC, WMNF, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2006
  • Length: 01:36
  • Purchases: 11
Youth and Sexism
From: KPFT
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Youth explore the issue of sexism.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:58
Urban Homesteaders
From: Karen Brown
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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
Coming Home
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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Coming Home features stories from the hearth of gay America

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KQED, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 26, 2006
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Consistency
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Who are we if we live in multiple ethical worlds?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Rx Problem
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Prescription drugs, especially oxycontin, has been a growing problem in southeastern Kentucky. Its not a problem most people want to talk about it...

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Minimum Wage and Mining
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Series: Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky
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When faced with the prospect of working for minimum wage many mountain youth in eastern Kentucky choose to work in the mines rather than try to scr...

Bought by WGXC, WEKU, WXLV-FM, WXLV-FM, and WKMS


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 5
Open Letter to the President
From: Sidney Wildesmith
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WILD SIDE NEWS Host Sidney Wildesmith directs an open letter to President Bush

  • Added: Dec 30, 2005
  • Length: 06:20

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