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Sasha Abramsky, a California-based journalist and author, explains why the recent measure to legalize marijuana in California, which polls showed m...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 38:22
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The revolving door between the federal government and its favorite contractors sets up abuses.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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The US has been hemorrhaging high-paying manufacturing jobs since the 1959s.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
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When there aren’t enough hours of work to go around, why not share them? That’s the premise of “shared-work” programs in seventeen states around th...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 07:10
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Despite Obama’s words of support of small business, experts say some aren’t relying on government, but more and more on community groups and micro-...

Bought by WCSU-FM, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 3
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We look at how the unemployed are getting creative about making ends meet, from starting their own businesses to work-sharing.

Bought by WCSU-FM and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We take a look at the Police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Discover how a curious pathologist turned into an expert on death and challenged our ideas of life and self-determination.

Bought by WNIN, WHRV, Iowa Public Radio, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 55:55
  • Purchases: 4
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How are Haitians who live outside of the devastated country learning about the fate of their loved ones? And how are they coping? Numa Perrier, a H...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: supporters at the Somerset County Courthouse 12/14/09, Credit: Chris Goldstein
John Wilson faces first degree felony charges usually used against cocaine kingpins. Now he faces up to 35 years in state prison for having 17 mari...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 29:31
Caption: Robert King Wilkerson spent 29 years in solitary confinement., Credit: Terry Foss
In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years ...

Bought by KMUZ, KOSU, KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Oakland protestors lay in the position Oscar Grant was in when he was killed, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
Who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong—the police chief or the people? Cities across the country are creating civilian oversig...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
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William Greider talks about a new moral order for capitalism, drawing from his new book COME HOME, AMERICA: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promis...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2009
  • Length: 29:37
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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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The "Without Comment" series began last April with a look at the Democratic primaries using only sound bites from politicians, political pundits an...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 16:35
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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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Produced from Nader's "Open the Debates Super-Rally" in Denver during the Democratic National Convention

  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:30
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Congressman Frank discusses a bill he is sponsoring to remove Federal Penalties for Marijuana

  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 08:51
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The bestselling author and Charles Manson Prosecutor makes the case.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2008
  • Length: 01:00:21
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A look at BLM round-ups of wild horses and whether they are necessary

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 17:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Counting the toll of the small arms trade

  • Added: Aug 28, 2007
  • Length: 55:00
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New, more productive security policy for grabs

  • Added: Jul 10, 2007
  • Length: 06:13
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What happens when someone's violent past becomes public knowledge?

  • Added: Jun 13, 2007
  • Length: 05:49
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A global panel of journalists/experts discusses President George W. Bush's Jan. 10 address to the nation regarding U.S. policy in Iraq.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2007
  • Length: 28:30