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Raising the Minimum Wage: Don't Stop Now!
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that the new minimum wage should now be raised to at least $9.50 an hour.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 04:26
Getting a Clue
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Beatrice Murch mulls over the differences and similarities of two cultures

  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 09:36
Stephanie Coontz: Marriage Today Ain't So Bad
From: KUOW
Series: Speaker's Forum
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Woe is me. Marriage today just isn't what it used to be. Isn't that the truth? Nope! Not true! Historian Stephanie Coontz knows the facts. Marriage...

Bought by KCUR


  • Added: Aug 01, 2007
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Motherless Mothers - An Interview with Hope Edelman
From: Rachel Levin
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Hope Edelman discusses her follow-up book to NY Times Bestseller Motherless Daughters

  • Added: May 11, 2007
  • Length: 19:31
Creating an Old Fashioned Summer in a Fast-Paced World
From: Deb Krumholz
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Author Mimi Doe talks about using summer as an opportunity to help our kids slow down the pace of their lives

  • Added: May 01, 2007
  • Length: 23:52
Farmworkers Need More Federal Help -- Now!
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary notes the great need for President Bush to provide much more relief to the thousands of farmworkers who've been struggling to meet...

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Mar 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Sick Workers and Kids Need Our Help
From: Dick Meister
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This commentary notes the great need to provide paid sick leaves to the millions of American workers who can't afford to take time off even if they...

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: Jan 25, 2007
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
Birthdays, Volunteering, Defining Age
From: Ron Kauffman
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Senior LifeStyles Update - 3 short segments

  • Added: Apr 27, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
Teaching Kids to Kill
From: Dick Meister
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Hunting interests have stepped up their efforts to recruit youngsters to join adults in killing for the sport of it.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:26
Tsim Txom: Domestic Violence in Hmong Society
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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A look at domestic abuse in Hmong culture

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 01, 2006
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Peaceful Parenting - Parts 1 + 2 / 2 half-hours / (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Two stand alone half hours in the Peace Talks Radio Series, each featuring an expert, Victor LaCerva (Pictured) and Ruth Beaglehole, on how parents...

Bought by KUNM, WPSU, KGNU Community Radio, and WGDR


  • Added: Oct 17, 2005
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 4
Different Colors, Same Family
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Three Maine families describe the joys and challenges of transracial adoption in the whitest state in the country.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, WMPG, WFUV, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 6
No Child Left Unrecruited
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the military's devious, expensive and escalating attempts to recruit high school juniors and seniors.

Bought by WUSF


  • Added: Mar 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Alaskan Native Culture
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
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Raymomd claims his birthright and shares his personal journey and native history.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2004
  • Length: 20:40
One Heart for Kids
From: Don Fass
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A yearly 60-minute special on the unmet needs of youth here and around the world

  • Added: Jun 08, 2004
  • Length: 59:00
A Cook's Notebook: Plum Pudding
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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Good plum pudding is out there (and so is really bad plum pudding)

Bought by KZUM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Dec 17, 2003
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 3
Peace Talks Radio: Seeking Peace on Earth- The Peace Talks Radio 2003 Special (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A series of interviews with people whose life's work is resolving conflict peacefully in different environments. From the first season of Peace Ta...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2003
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 8