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Carl Hoffman is a journalist who has written for many publications.

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 20:57
Caption: The Voice for Working People
News from Detroit, Connecticut, and DC.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
Caption: Professor Beth E. Richie
In her new book, Professor Beth E. Richie addresses the issue of marginalized communities throughout America, and the unique risk they harbor for B...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: James Gustave Speth
Average Americans are painfully aware of the challenges we face as a nation – joblessness, failing schools, declining health, intractable poverty, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Listen back as KUT’s Rebecca McInroy talks about what it means to be “American” with UT Anthropology Professor John Hartigan, The Department Chair ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 01:01:51
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
In the last five years the world has seen two devastating spikes in the price of food, and according to journalist and professor Frederick Kaufman,...

Bought by KZYX and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Golden Holocaust cover, Credit: jacket design by Jackie Drooker
The CIGARETTE is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. Few discoveries have been so consequential. So begins the work by his...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
Caption: Philip Warburg
In his book, Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability, Philip Warburg takes us behind the scenes of ...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 28:48
Caption: Wendell Potter
From Wendell Potter’s Blog: “Since I walked away as head of communications at a top health insurance company in May of 2008, I've worked tirelessly...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:50
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The euro was once thought to be a symbol of peace and prosperity in post-World War II Europe. As the sovereign debt crisis continues, are we watchi...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WBEZ, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 3
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:29
Caption: Iraqis prepare an election poster, Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Apr 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear about the growing humanitarian and political crisis in South Sudan.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2010
  • Length: 07:43
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Will Wright asked experts about the chronic want for models of color on the runways and in ads.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Dec 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 1
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How the Democrats rode Sputnik to the White House in a campaign that forever changed science, technology and academia in America.

Bought by KUT, KUHF, WXXI Rochester, Spokane Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear about a Sudanese woman journalist who was arrested for wearing pants in public–and refused to plead guilty.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
Caption: Iraq War veterans carry Tomas Young up the Capitol steps in Washington DC, Credit: Kevin McKinney / Mobilus Media
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Apr 17, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
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Surviving family members in capital murder cases often endure years of legal appeals.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 07:57
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Marnia Lazreg teaches sociology at Hunter College. Her newest book Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad looks at the French-...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Feb 26, 2008
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
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A long feature on where millions of Oakland Port revenues go and why the ailing City of Oakland doesn't receive a penny of it.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 11:04

  • Added: Sep 15, 2004
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Sep 15, 2004
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3