PRX - Pieces for Tone: This American Life-esque

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This piece is an exploration of the experience of children of immigrants.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 07:04
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23-year-old Tim Cronin is running for Town Councilor At-Large in Weymouth, Massachusetts and he has a secret he doesn't want anyone to find out.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Miho Aida wanted to tell unheard stories about the outdoors. So she set out on a bicycle to promote her documentary about the people who live in th...

Bought by KRZA and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 2
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Gary Hankins is recruited from the air force during the Vietnam War to become a D.C. police officer.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 15:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Discussion on the lingering history of racist ideology in the Americas and beyond.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:02
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This week The Rough Draft Diaries chats with Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:48
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, we return to Baldemar Velásquez and the FLOC, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. An organization created to...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The River Is Wide today offers a musical tribute to the 2016 Republican primaries to the tune of "Tonight" from the Broadway musical "West Side Sto...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 01:22
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In NYC, African-Americans make up nearly 26% of the population but make up less than 4% of the NYC Fire Department. For the past 150 years, the cit...

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  • Length: 01:00:01
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The Cutting Edge presents Mary Helen Washington, author of “ The Other Blacklist” which shows how the government targeted African- American as wel...

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  • Length: 01:02:17
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Dave Ages led construction of an insulated bunkhouse to allow volunteers to live year-round at the Unist'ot'en pipeline blockade. He talked to Liz ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2014
  • Length: 15:28
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The Cutting Edge looks back at the life of singer/songwriter/activist Pete Seeger, featuring interviews, performances from the celebration of Seege...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 57:26
Caption: Janet Peck and her partner of 33 years, Carol Coughlin, hold hands after the legalization of same-sex marriage in Connecticut in 2008., Credit: Chion Wolf
In the next hour, you’ll hear an exclusive interview in which America’s most famous opponent of same-sex marriage announces that he has changed his...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 44:26
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Chris Rock's latest documentary Good Hair addresses the complexities of black women's hair in our society with humor. Dr. Althea Prince, a professo...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 23:04
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
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Darlene Thomas is the Mayor of St. Mary's Center, a senior resource center and homeless shelter in Oakland, California. The Bay Area has seen a lar...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2007
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Big dreams on a shoe-string budget: American optimism, or pure nonsense? WKNO producer Sarah Ledbetter takes a poke at our myths about the minimum ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUZ, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2007
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 3