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One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Kevin Carlson ringside at Monday Night Raw., Credit: Tradeoffs/Leslie Waker
As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospit...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 27:55
Lost in Immigration
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Some things are temporary.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Rural Aging Population
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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The phenomenon of an aging population is reshaping the demographic landscape globally, with its impact being profoundly felt in rural areas. Unlike...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2024
  • Length: 04:26
Essay | http://wprnPublicRadio.com The Neglect Of Rural America
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Mainstream media’s neglect of rural America is a multifaceted issue with deep-rooted causes and significant consequences. First and foremost, the e...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 14:33
Oceans of Energy
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Tapping Earth’s largest source of clean energy -- its oceans. Ocean waves, tides and heat. A massive resource. Then, there’s salt gradient energy. ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2023
  • Length: 53:57
Environmental Whistleblower with Kyla Bennett
From: Doug Wood
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PEER's Kyla Bennet talks about her whistleblowing experience at EPA and how it changed her life.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
Preparing Doctors for Climate Change with Dr. Jay Lemery
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Dr. Jay Lemery of the University of Colorado talks about how a new generation of physicians needs to be trained to address the unique public health...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:17
The Monsanto Saga with Carey Gillam
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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The sordid story of the corrupt Monsanto corporation, which created a highly toxic, cancer-causing pesticide and then developed GMO crops that were...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:32
The Invisible Third Party of Reform
From: Jenna Spinelle
Series: When the People Decide
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By design, ballot initiatives require coalitions that cross party lines to secure the votes needed to win. Some campaign organizers view this rule ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 35:48
Bastard Nation Finds Its Voice
From: Jenna Spinelle
Series: When the People Decide
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An online community of adoptees fight for their birth records in 1990s Oregon - framing the issue around civil rights instead of parent/child relat...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 35:25
America, Fast Forward
From: Jenna Spinelle
Series: When the People Decide
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In the words of one expert, California has “gone crazy for propositions.” In this episode, we tell the story of one of the state’s most notorious b...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 30:41
Inside Big Health Insurers' Side Hustle
From: Tradeoffs
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America’s largest health insurance companies moonlight as obscure middlemen, managing billions in health care spending for many of the country’s bi...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 26:58
Syrians Reflect on Ten Years of War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The Syrian people are caught in the crossfire and have essentially lost their country. A decade of war has killed an estimated 600,000 people and d...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Ponder #5: Little America Revisited
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
Since World War II, there have been countless American GIs stationed at military bases all over Germany. Sylvia Cunningham and Monika Müller-Kroll ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
Landshark Office Park
From: Evan Jacoby
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The Ellis Act lets California landlords evict rent-controlled tenants. Supporters call it an important tool for repurposing land, but opponents fea...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 12:25
  • Purchases: 1
S02 E02 - Dreaming in America
From: The Facing Project
Series: The Facing Project
Caption: The Statue of Liberty - Tokyo, Japan - Travel photography, Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Milo.
The American Dream . . . Fact or fiction? For those who come to the U.S. undocumented as children, the future can seem uncertain.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Cities Declare Climate Emergency
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Two men address their fear of climate change by getting their cities to declare a climate emergency and commit to rapidly lowering emissions.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, KICI Iowa City, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Free Lyfts
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Sebastopol's free electric bus
Rural bus systems turn challenges into strengths by going fare free.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WFHB, KRZA, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 10, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Classical Music pieces from the Colonial Consort
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Series: American Vilage - Celebrate America!
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Short interviews and classical music selections performed by the Colonial Consort during their dress rehearsal for the July 4 Celebration at Americ...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 09:19
RDD: Meet a Muslim
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this week's episode of The Rough Draft Diaries you'll meet Adam Smidi, a volunteer and one of the organizers of Unified Eid - an initiative to b...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: La Conexión
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're headed to BG to meet Beatrice Maya of La Conexión, a resource of representation for the Latino and Immig...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: Color and Culture
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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We’re headed back to the non-profit world with this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries. You’ll meet Taylor Burciaga executive director of the Sofia...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2018
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
Josina Lott Living
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries you'll meet Michael Malone, the executive director of Josina Lott Residential and Community Services. This non...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: The Beach House
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week The Rough Draft Diaries starts a two-part conversation on The Beach House Family Shelter in Toledo, Ohio. This week Haley will speak with...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: Habitat for Humanity
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet the Executive Director of Maumee Valley's Habitat for Humanity, Michael McIntyre.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1