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9: Beverly Parenti & Hediana Utarti, Bringing Hope Within Reach for Immigrants and Inmates
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Beverly Parenti, The Last Mile
Human trafficking is estimated to be in the millions--yet only a fraction of it is reported. And taxpayers spend $60,000 per person, per year on in...

Bought by KKRN, KWMR, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: May 20, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
In Grandma's House
From: Jesse Rhodes
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When his prejudiced grandmother catches him playing with an African-American boy at school, a young Chinese immigrant faces a dilemma: how can he s...

  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
Episode 40: We Know A Subconscious Habit Of Yours (Code Switching)
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive Monthly Podcast
Caption: RadioActive reporters Antonia Dorn and Kadian Vanloo
There’s no such thing as a normal you. Do you talk to your boss the same way you talk to your dog? Probably not. This is called code switching.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:57
Fallen Heroes of 2014
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Yuri Kochiyama, Credit: Bob Hsiang
Hundreds of social justice advocates and organizers passed away in 2014, leaving their work behind as their legacy, but often also leaving an irrep...

Bought by WNJR and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dealing With Diabetes
From: Capital Public Radio
Caption: Carolyn Jackson in dialysis, Credit: Andrew Nixon/Capital Public Radio
November is American Diabetes Month and this award-winning program tells first-person stories from the Type 2 diabetes epidemic. Health Care Report...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM, KPVL, 90.5 WESA, WEZU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 54:03
  • Purchases: 8
Everyone's A Little Bit Racist
From: Janean Jorgensen
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
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Vaudeville and Broadway songs that are incorrect in these times

Bought by 89.1 Trapper Radio KNWT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920 and more


  • Added: Oct 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 6
Latitude News Podcast #3 - Black in China
From: Latitude News
Caption: Jo Bai and her fellow English teachers in Yuyao, China.
Jo is African American. Jo lives in Yuyao, China. Jo gets a lot of attention.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 13:14
  • Purchases: 1
Gamun-Pyul
From: Radio Rookies
Series: Radio Rookies: Flushing 2010
Caption: Rayon Wright with K-Pop Artist JYP
18 year old Caribbean American, Rayon Wright, sets out to be a K-Pop producer.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 08:27
  • Purchases: 3
Does Race Matter? A GVSU Panel debates
From: Kristen Balagtas
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Five experts discuss race relations in the U.S.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
The Mixed Race Promise
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Commentary about the hopes of Mixed Race people and the Presidential race.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KCUR, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 08, 2008
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 5
My T-shirt Says it All
From: Jacob Fenston
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Three T-shirt designers use the garments as a way to fight racism, communicate cultural identity, and mourn friends whove passed away.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jul 08, 2008
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
Crash, Race and Taiwan
From: Phillip Martin
Series: The Color Initiative
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Learning about race relations in the U.S. from the Oscar-Award winning CRASH.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 07:05
  • Purchases: 1
Dice-K's Red Sox Debut
From: KCUR
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Japanese media and fans follow Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's every move.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 23:03
HEART-to-HEART Pgm III: Respecting Diversity
From: Claire Schoen
Series: HEART-to-HEART: Caring for the Dying
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Respecting Diversity looks at the influence of culture, race and religion on dying; how the assumptions behind "good end-of-life care" do not nece...

Bought by KMXT, WETA, Audible, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KALW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:45
  • Purchases: 5
Culture of the Mind
From: Hana Baba
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at the country's first and only group of "Ethnic Psychiatry" wards.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 11:12
Don't Take The Colors Apart
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Amerasian Playwright Velina Hasu Houston learned early on to have pride in her identity through her African American father and Japanese mother.

Bought by KVSC, WESM 91.3 FM, KUER, KVSC, KUT and more


  • Added: May 17, 2004
  • Length: 26:09
  • Purchases: 17