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Episode 120: The Tunnel
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In the late 1800s, North Carolina was trying to build a railway system through the Western part of the state. In December of 1882, something went w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 20:27
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 119: He's Still Neutral
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Dan Stevenson has lived in Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood for 40 years. He says crime has been an issue for as long as he can remember, but he isn...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KSFR


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 32:34
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 116: Jessica and the Bunny Ranch
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In our last episode we spoke Cecilia Gentili, a trans Latina who worked for many years as an undocumented sex worker. Today, we get two more views ...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 38:34
Episode 113: Hostage
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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One summer in 1973, two men robbed a bank in Stockholm. They held four people hostage for six days. Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist Nils Bej...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 26:51
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 111: Silvon Simmons
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“My first instinct, to be honest, was they shot this guy and now there’s a coverup.” -Liz Riley, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County P...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 31:22
Alice Sheppard and STREB: Beauty, Risk, Mobility, and Inclusion
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This week, dance as world-changing movement with two artists who expand our ideas about beauty, risk, mobility, and inclusion. Wheelchair dancer an...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Selling the Sights (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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-In the early 19th century, Americans began to journey away from home, simply for the sake of travelling, giving rise to a new cultural phenomenon:...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KXCV, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
Selling the Sights (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In the early 19th century, Americans began to journey away from home, simply for the sake of travelling, giving rise to a new cultural phenomenon:...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, KAZU Seaside, Calif., C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 11
Healing Displacement (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-The American healthcare system can be tough to navigate. But it’s even more challenging when you’ve just arrived in the United States from a war-t...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WLIW, WVAS and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Talkin' Hurricanes (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. In the years since, as residents have come and gone and rebuilt their lives, a lot has changed about the...

Bought by WCNY, WLPR , KICI Iowa City, KUAF Public Radio, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 14
Talkin' Hurricanes (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. In the years since, as residents have come and gone and rebuilt their lives, a lot has changed about the...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WLIW and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Light Rail Art, Hidden In Public
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: "Small Kindnesses: WEATHER PERMITTING" by Janet Zweig, Credit: Metro Transit
Sometimes public art so seamlessly blends with its environment, it can go unnoticed. KFAI's Matthew Schneeman takes us on a short sonic tour of und...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 05:55
Episode 102: Ride-Along
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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We spend the day in a police car in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 30:50
Reviving the Giant Oysters (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Fossils give away the secrets of the past, but they can also tell the future. Rowan Lockwood is taking a closer look at the fossils of giant oyster...

Bought by KXCV and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
San Francisco Mime Troupe's Treasure Island -- Michael Gene Sullivan Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Michael Gene Sullivan and Lizzie Calogero in Treasure Island, 7/4/2019, Credit: Andrea Chase
Michael Gene Sullivan talks validation, necessities, and the myth of meritocracy.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2019
  • Length: 26:24
Democracy: Past, Present... and Future?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Don't remember the past? Does that mean you're condemned to repeat it? What does our country's past tell us about our present— and how can it help ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 26, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Welcome to Surviving California
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Series: Surviving California
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A limited series podcast produced by graduate students at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern Calif...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 01:15
Treating America’s Opioid Addiction: Part 1
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The Narcotic Farm and the Promise of Salvation

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 32:11
American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's program we honor the life and legacy of civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs through the lens of the documentary film, AMERICAN REVOLUT...

Bought by KALW, WVAS, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: May 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Water is Life: Tradition and transition in the Navajo Nation
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Terrascope Radio Major Features
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About 30% of residents of the Navajo Nation don't have access to running water, and even for those who do, much of the water is contaminated with u...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and WDBM


  • Added: May 15, 2019
  • Length: 21:55
  • Purchases: 2
Minnesota Native News: We Are Still Here
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: The crowd listens as the American Indian Month kick off event begins., Credit: Melissa Townsend
It’s American Indian Month in Minnesota! This week on Minnesota Native News we take you to the kick off event in Minneapolis and we hear about the...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KVSC, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KMSU and more


  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 11
American Terrorism (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-In 1979, members of the KKK shot and killed five labor and civil rights activists in Greensboro, North Carolina. The killings still reverberates i...

Bought by WNCU, KWMU St. Louis, WMMT, WCNY, WGTE Public Media and more


  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 19
American Terrorism (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-In 1979, members of the KKK shot and killed five labor and civil rights activists in Greensboro, North Carolina. The killings still reverberates i...

Bought by KRZA, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Kansas Public Radio, KRDP, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: May 03, 2019
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 12
Re:Work Radio: Trafficked, the Journey of Lester Ramos
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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One of the most common forms of trafficking is labor trafficking. In this episode, Re:Work Radio brings you the story of Lester Ramos and his journ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Our Walmart (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Walmart claims to provide employment and low prices, but does it do so at the social cost of low wages, anti-union activity and squeezing suppliers...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, Harford Community Radio, KRDP, WYAP and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8

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