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Caption: Breathing: American Sonnets in Gulf of Maine Books window, Credit: Susan Cook
Some years back The House of Representatives' healthcare bill denied maternity care and denied health insurance to 18 to 25 year olds. Back then...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Leaning back...he asked "Who rules the world?", Credit: Susan Cook
Censorship of anti-war statements is now and always has been a threat to our nation's stability and the world's safety.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 07:10
Caption: Taking my time..., Credit: Susan Cook"
As Nancy Pelosi gets ready to hand-deliver the Articles of Impeachment to Mitch McConnell in Kentucky at his home when she gets there from her home...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:51
Caption: Memorable words from 2019: "We'll be in total coordination with the White House... , Credit: Susan Cook
Auld Lang Syne for 2019: Fitbits, Cerebellum and Walking My Impeachment Articles Back Home!

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 04:38
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The theme for this episode of "Speakeasy with Denene" is black.

Bought by High Plains Public Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Maybe sometime in the night when the wind blows..., Credit: Susan Cook
Greta Thunberg, in her UN Climate Change speech called on threatened loss of the loved, in her view, the environment to bring action on climate c...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2019
  • Length: 05:17
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Author Steve Bergsman talks about his new book, I Put a Spell on You: The Bizarre Life of Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Prairie Public, KMUW, GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 8
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A new exhibit at the Holocaust and Human Rights Center in Maine called "Finding Our Voices: Ending the Silence of Domestic Abuse" opened just befo...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2019
  • Length: 09:31
Caption: Man on tracks, Credit: Stan Smith
A pastor in West Virginia tries to help a homeless encampment.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 09:56
Caption: Their "First Dance" was to the Country-Western song "Count on Me".
Those who sign on for white water rafting trips, fishing and hunting day trips are hoping to find a few hours or so of Great Abandon, an experience...

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2019
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: An uninformed New York Times reporter didn't know termination reasons are already recorded..., Credit: Susan Cook
A conviction of a protester outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic brings up the question: when will the severity of the violence that follows fr...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2019
  • Length: 08:49
Caption: ..intention for good..., Credit: Susan Cook
Sustaining intention for good means we understand that permission for violence makes a gun what it is: a creator of violence. At a Maine vigil, th...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2019
  • Length: 06:46
Caption: ...finding moral ground..., Credit: Susan J. Cook
Moral Development thinkers of the 1960's and 70's helped make sense of those polarized times. The "moral" twist of these times is often reduced to ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2019
  • Length: 07:35
Caption: When you wish..., Credit: Susan Cook
As Mr. Mueller testifies before Congressional Committees, a look back and forward to Democracy's dimming light.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:08
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The 54th anniversary of the Moon Landing reminds some of us that violence toward women and girls is still minimized.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 06:29
Caption: "...Irrelevant...how'd you get to be irrelevant...", Credit: Susan Cook
Attention Evangelicals! What if Jesus holds the Second Coming down in San Joaquin- you all stuck on the other side of the W--- that You Know Who ju...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 05:21
Caption: "There should be a way so that everybody could know everybody.", Credit: Susan Cook
On the Fresh Air episode, "For Facebook Content Moderators, Traumatizing Material is a Job Hazard", a Silicon Valley journalist plumbed Facebook's ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 08:21
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The World Pieces Expedition hops on the bus and takes a ride to Detroit. Host Jason Kladiva takes listeners on his bus journey but discovers the v...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 06:49
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Civil Disobedience means maintaining civility- a new lesson from Peace activists protesting at a Naval Destroyer christening and the Police Who Ar...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2019
  • Length: 05:35
Caption: June 2019 Pride Month marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. In "Stonewall 50" WFUV News explores the events leading up to the night of June 28, 1969 and the past five decades of the LGBTQIA+ movement., Credit: Photos: AP Images, Creative Commons; Collage: Valeria Villarroel
The Gay Liberation Movement is widely recognized as having begun nearly fifty years ago in New York City. On June 28, 1969, patrons at a gay bar ca...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:01
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: HCFA-1500 Forms are Required, Credit: Susan Cook
When women exercise reproductive choice, are her reasons for doing so protected as a private communication between a provider and a patient?

  • Added: May 31, 2019
  • Length: 06:47
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Legislators in Maine and across the country debate now bills to limit Reproductive Rights. Their limited or completely absent knowledge of the dep...

  • Added: May 25, 2019
  • Length: 07:09
Caption: "The Arc of the moral universe is long but it moves toward justice."., Credit: Susan Cook
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry today asks if Alabama's long history of lack of compassion toward people of color now appears again in their lack of...

  • Added: May 20, 2019
  • Length: :54
Caption: Boddhisaatva Vow
A Buddhist teacher talking about Compassion told the story of the leader ripping open his vein to feed a starving stranger. Bodily acts coming out...

  • Added: May 18, 2019
  • Length: 08:09
Caption: DoD Deputy Shanahan said the Pentagon didn't think they'd pass an independent audit and they didn't..., Credit: Susan Cook
Fifty-four cents of every federally appropriated dollar goes to the Defense Department budget. Exactly where, the Pentagon auditors find "impossibl...

  • Added: May 10, 2019
  • Length: 08:36