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Top of Mind - Starting Over After Life in Prison
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Nearly half of people who leave prison will end up back behind bars. Why don't they stay out? And how would their lives be different if no criminal...

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - What is Race?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Is race real? Two researchers say biological race is a myth, but that racism is very real.

Bought by KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
New Beginnings
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I got shot two times, and i walked out of Shock Trauma three hours later. It was made clear to me that my work wasn't done.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Masterpiece in the Mire
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Each day starts off at ground zero. Based on my motivation, it'll either be mundane or it'll be a masterpiece.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2019
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 2
Patapsco Mart
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I smile, even when it hurts.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Michael Anderson
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I opened the door and tried to push him out. That’s when he fired the first shot.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
Clayton Williams
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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See all these blankets and quilts and stuff? I got enough in here to keep me warm.

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 1
Bridge of Hope
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Our mindsets are not just similar, but almost like we’re reading from the same book… and actually we are.

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #119 - Live Law Detroit: Transition and Transformation
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Look around. Change is happening. People you know and people you pass on the street are in transition. They are transforming their lives. Unless yo...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:10:04
Gerard
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Man creates his own conditions.

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #114: Inside San Quentin - To Be Heard
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Troy Williams and scholars Rebecca McClennan, Keramet Reiter, Ashley Rubin, and Heather Thompson drove about an hour away to San Quentin State Pris...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 48:26
Sir Floyd
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
Caption: Sir Lister Floyd, Jr. on 1100 Ward Street, Credit: Wendel Patrick
We meet Sir Lister Floyd, Jr. on the 1110 block of Ward Street

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #89: Live Law Philadelphia - Beyond the Walls: Prison Positive
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Odessa Summers
For 22 years, Philadelphia FIGHT has hosted an entire month of free workshops, trainings, and outreach about HIV and AIDS. This year, Life of the L...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:58
Life of the Law #88: Clemency
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Since 2014 the department of justice and President Obama have been working to right the wrongs of the war on drugs. Through Clemency, Obama has com...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 15:28
Using White Privilege To Fight Racism: A Young Activist's Dream
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2015
Caption: Anelise Moon-Schruder, 24, is part of the white anti-racist movement., Credit: Paul Kiefer
Anelise Moon-Schruder, 24, is part of a movement of white people who are coming together to reflect on their privilege. As a young woman raised in ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
The Sounds of Gentrification
From: Dan Gordon
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Washington D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood has been a historically black, working-class community. Now, as property values in D.C. are climbing, a wa...

Bought by WCSU-FM, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 3
Killing is the New Fighting
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
Caption: Youth Radio reporter Ayesha Walker., Credit: Youth Radio
In an age when handguns are bought and sold for less than twenty-dollars on urban street corners and the price of a human life sometimes seems even...

Bought by PRX Remix and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 2
The "N" Word: It Represents Hatred
From: Radio Rookies
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Rookie Reporter Veralyn Williams reports on the use of the N-word.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, YouthCast, WBEZ, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2007
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 6