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Specters of Attica: Reflections from Inside a Michigan Prison Strike
From: Making Contact
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On the 45th anniversary of the Attica prison uprising, hundreds imprisoned inside Michigan’s Kinross Correctional Facility refused to report to wor...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
California Innocence Project: Seeking Clemency - episode 8
From: KHSU
Series: California Innocence Project
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The director of the California Innocence Project discusses the power of clemency and pardons - from historical roots to current expressions of this...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
Sound Ecology Mountain Beaver
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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The mountain beaver is an important part of ecosystem health. Research Ecologist Bill Zielinski wrote this segment about this little-known mammal.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, KRZA, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 4
Sound Ecology: Ospreys
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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Ospreys are the world’s most widespread raptor, found near water everywhere except Antarctica. Naturalist Ken Burton wrote this segment about the ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 3
Shaky Ground: When, Where and How Big?
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Current digital networks and analytical techniques have vastly improved our understanding of earthquakes. Data is processed within minutes of a ...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shaky Ground: Defining Epicenter
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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On this segment of Shaky Ground, Geologist Lori Dengler takes on the word epicenter. Depending on magnitude, the "dot on the map" may or may not b...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shaky Ground: Energy Release
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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Small earthquakes really don't do much for stress release - but they do facilitate healthy discussions about preparedness. Dr. Lori Dengler share...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Animal's Day Off
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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School cafeterias across the nation are improving their students' health and their futures by serving more plant-based meals.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KICI Iowa City, WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KFOI Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:08
  • Purchases: 6
California Innocence Project: Freeing the Innocent - episode1
From: KHSU
Series: California Innocence Project
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Justin Brooks, co-founder of the California Innocence Project, discusses the origins of this effort to free unjustly incarcerated people.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 01:58
Life is Like a Musical
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Author interview with Tim Federle whose self help book Life is Like a Musical compares connects lessons learned as a professional in the theater t...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #120: Life Un-DACAmented
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Unless Congress acts to save the DACA program, the last permit will expire on March 5, 2020. This week on Life of the Law… we share Luis’s story an...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 33:45
What Does Colorism Look Like In Seattle?
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media Podcasts
Caption: RadioActive youth producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija. Ibraahim says 'when you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised.', Credit: Esa Tilija
"When you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised." RadioActive Youth Producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija explore the world of colo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:18
Jesus Was A Communist
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Roman Montero
Biblical Scholar shows that the early Christians were communists.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jul 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sound Ecology: Martens and Fishers
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights two small mammalian predators of the Pacific Northwest: the marten and the fisher.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:57
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Paul R. Wylie - 266
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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In January of 1870, the 2nd Cavalry of the U.S. Army slaughtered most of the people in a Blackfeet Indian (Piegan) camped near the Marias River in ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
John Salhus
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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A conversation with contemporary Artist John Salhus

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Elijah Ramos
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Elijah Ramos is a 20 year old father to a 10 month old baby girl. He is a new father and has used home visiting to help him become a better parent....

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
Message from Senator Martin Heinrich
From: Generation Justice Admin
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New Mexico's Congressional delegation participated in the Mental Health Town Hall including Senator Martin Heinrich. Here is a message from Senator...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 04:54
Syracuse Community Leaders Fight to End Poverty
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: These are the six components of the Anti Poverty Initiative. Each component is designed to help people in the community more efficiently by targeting their specific needs.
This is a story about how leaders of charities and organizations that help people in poverty, are joining together to help lower poverty. A couple ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 03:42
Minnesota's Tango band, Mateo’s Rogue Tango
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Scott Davies, Credit: Dan Corrigan
Scott Mateo Davies is a career ethnic musician, with great interests in certain styles of the Spanish world. Recently he told Phil Nusbaum abiut se...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:08
Mateo's Rogue Tango Brings the Tango to the Loring Pasta Bar
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Scott Davies, Credit: Dan Corrigan
The Tango. It’s old, but contemporary, too. It’s exotic, but really it’s a social dance form. And it’s for experts and beginners. And Mateo’s Rogue...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:05
Dan Goleman and Chuck Wolfe Discuss What Makes Coaching Work
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: The Science & Art of Coaching
Short segment discussing key aspects of coaching leaders and other individuals. Dan discusses the philosophy and theory behind coaching and Chuck t...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2015
  • Length: 04:59
The Write Question - Jeremy N. Smith - 221
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Jeremy N. Smith talks about his book Epic Measures, the true story of a 20-year, 500-scientist, $100-million moonshot attempt to track and quantify...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio, KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Micro-lending helps local entrepreneurs
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Financing a business plan or personal project usually means taking out a bank loan, but for many immigrants, there's another alternative. KFAI's Al...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:39
Sound Advice for Helping Young Women Going to College #3
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Sound Advice for Young Women
Two young women, Victoria and Carolyn, who are about to go off to college share their goals, hopes and concerns and get sound advice from Gail Syri...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 52:30