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A Monumental Change, Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: State Senator Jennifer McClellan, Credit: Charles McGuigan
This is part 1 of A Monumental Change about how the brutal murder of George Floyd has propelled the entire country forward toward a more perfect Un...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 26:48
A Monumental Change Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Rose Simmons
How the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers led to an ever-expanding ripple of protests across the country and...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 27:51
The Crime of Punishment
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Virginia State Penitentiary
The Virginia State Penitentiary in its early years was considered an extremely progressive prison. That didn't last long. Not long after it opened...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2019
  • Length: 27:05
The Dispossessed, Part 8; People Without a Nation, Chapter 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Chickahominy Pow Wow
Although American Indians in Virginia now enjoy both state and federal recognition--that came fairly recently. For many years American Indians didn...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 27:52
Deconstructing the Death Penalty
From: Raborn Johnson
Caption: The lethal injection room at San Quentin State Prison, completed in 2010., Credit: CACorrections (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)
Come with us as we deconstruct popular understandings of the death penalty through the stories of lives caught up in the web of state-sponsored kil...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Global Warming
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
When it comes to formulating an opinion on global warming, would you be more inclined to believe an MIT professor who has studied climate change or...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2009
  • Length: :58
  • Purchases: 1
No Parallel Between Hitler and Bush
From: The humble Farmer
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Americans do not think like Europeans

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: :55
Why Fight A War That Cannot Be Won?
From: The humble Farmer
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Why would a leader destroy a country he claims to love?

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 1
A Side Benefit of Unemployment
From: The humble Farmer
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Unemployment is handy when there is no draft

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: :20
Whom Do You Hate Today?
From: The humble Farmer
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Fear and hatred are good for big business

  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 02:01
Learning Results
From: The humble Farmer
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If you don't study you might end up like me did

  • Added: Aug 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:52
If It Is "Ominous" in Russia, What Is It Here?
From: The humble Farmer
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Maine Public Radio once existed to educate and entertain Maine people

  • Added: Jul 07, 2008
  • Length: :35
I Have A Plan
From: The humble Farmer
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How to get out of doing something that you should do.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 20, 2008
  • Length: :51
  • Purchases: 1
Do You Open Your Egg On the Big End
From: The humble Farmer
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There is no philosophy insignificant enough but what some people will fight to defend it.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: :54
  • Purchases: 1
Eliot Spitzer and Witch Burning
From: The humble Farmer
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Is our generation just as irrational as the one that burned witches?

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1