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Life in war torn regions of Afghanistan are bad enough for the communities but it can become even more hopeless when the water runs out.

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 06:01
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Protesters Demand G20 Nations Do More to Address Climate Change; U.S. Conf...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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How is climate change going to affect national security and the work of our armed forces? On today’s show, Admiral Lee Gunn shares his perspective ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 25:12
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Water conflict is nothing new. We have been fighting wars over the most valuable resource on the planet since thousands of years B.C. In this episo...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:43
Caption: Gaza seaport, Credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Seaports have long been places of commerce and trade: hubs connecting land and sea in an import/export exchange that contributes to regional, natio...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:09
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Obama Administration Rejects Adopting Nuclear Weapons No-First Use Pledge;...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: U.S. Human Rights Groups Press Obama to Grant Snowden Presidential Pardon;...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Turkey Invades Northern Syria and Attacks U.S.-Backed Kurdish Rebels; “Alt...

Bought by WRIR, XRAY.fm, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Schoodic Point, Credit: Kim Carpenter on Flickr
Acadia National Park is located along the coast of Maine. Gus worked at Acadia as a Park Ranger and in this edition of Gus' Wild Side, he recalls a...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 05:17
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: After a Week of Tragic Violence, Americans Remain Divided on Issues of Pol...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: ACLU Sues for Bureau of Prisons Documents on Approval of CIA Torture Site;...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Migrants and refugees aboard a Turkish fishing vessel as they arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing part of the Aegean Sea. October 2015., Credit: Reuters | Fotis Plegas G
Record numbers of migrants are taking to the seas to escape political strife, sectarian conflict and war, crossing the Aegean and Mediterranean sea...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 04:23
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: New Documents Reveal U.S. Drone Program's Deadly Flaws; Privatization of P...

Bought by WRIR, WMUU-LP, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: As Military Situation in Afghanistan Deteriorates, U.S. Could be Drawn Bac...

Bought by WRIR, WMUU-LP, and KMUD


  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Air raid sirens were designed to alert the public of incoming enemy attacks during World War II. But 50 years ago--during the worst tornado outbrea...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:52
Caption: "Yoram" aiming at one of his soon-to-be crow victims.
Every summer tourists flock to the beautiful beaches of Eilat, Israel. But in the past thirty years, a new kind of tourist has made its way down so...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 12:49
  • Purchases: 2
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Severely wounded in the "First Iraq War," author Robert C. Vallieres bravely reads from his eloquent book, Wounded Warriors: A Soldier's Story of H...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
Caption: The Euphrates River, Credit: NASA | by Robert Simmon, using Landsat data/EarthObservatory
Sectarian conflicts in the Middle East have been ongoing for what seems like forever. The latest violence in Syria and Turkey brought Peter Neill t...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:03
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Saudi Arabian Monarchy Linked to ISIS and Other Islamist Terrorist Groups; Pennsylvania Groups Mobilize to Stop Fracking Near Schools; Will Massive...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
Veterans Say New U.S.-Led War in Iraq and Syria Will Only Inflame Region's Ethnic Violence; Great March for Climate Action Activists Demand the Wor...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
Renewed U.S. Intervention in Iraq Won't Solve the Nation's Many Internal Ethnic Conflicts; Activists Gear Up for Historic New York City Climate Cha...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

Bought by MPR News Stations, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and The Story


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 3
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In this month’s show, we examine three issues that build on the relationship between environmental stresses and conflict. First, we examine the imp...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 40:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The ten most water-stressed countries in the world – gosh, it sounds like a bad Buzzfeed article - are all in the Middle East or North Africa. Yeme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hussein Aladdin and Iman Ali arrived in the US in 2010 as refugees.  Aladdin has been living with lung cancer since 2009 but is unsure if it was caused by the environmental degradation from the recent wars in his home country., Credit: Photo: Ashley Murray
Hussein Aladdin is an Iraqi refugee who settled in Pittsburgh with his wife Iman Ali and their three sons. He is now managing lung cancer and memor...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 04:18