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Many foster children live in several homes during a short span of time. All of the disruption has been correlated to poor academic performance.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:26
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Happy Independence Day! Today is the 236th birthday of the United States, and following long-established American tradition, lots of us are going t...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
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We'll focus on the needs of families who have the least amount of resources and are most under attack. Guests will include Jessica Aranda, with So...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 28:45
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Police departments in Minnesota and across the nation are seeing a connection between the sluggish economy and an increase in dom...

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2012
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 1
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More than 330,000 California children are being raised by someone other than their parents, according to a report released today. Children in thes...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:29
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Seguro de salud accesible para niños

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
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On a previous episode of "Culture Clique", Kaltheen Forney, Executive Director of the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota gave us information ab...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 23:45
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of "Culture Clique" Kathleen Forney, Executive Director of the Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota gives us information about de...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 53:37
  • Purchases: 1
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It’s called a gang injunction. A controversial crime tool strategy that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last reso...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 13:36
Caption: Valencia and her mother, Charlene, Credit: MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
For fourteen years, a singular event has shaped Valencia McMurray's life: her mother, Charlene Sanders, was violently attacked by her father when s...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2011
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Did you know that according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, 16 of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the sta...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1
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This is a 30 second PSA that confronts the dangers of peer pressure and brings them to light

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: :29
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This week on Culture Clique Dr. Aurea Osgood assistant professor of Sociology at Winona State University asks the question "What about Dad?" in he...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 39:12
  • Purchases: 1
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Part One of a recap of some compelling moments from an online gathering of 75 diverse peacemakers from around the globe in 2010.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KPIP-LP, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Ddepression or schizophrenia are a particular problem for refugee populations in the United States. They often come from war torn nations, fresh fr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPVL, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 4
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Decades after Roe v. Wade, many young people still lack the resources to make informed choices about sex. On this edition, a discussion about comp...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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A look into how struggling communities around the U.S. are meeting each others needs, without charity, or even exchanging a dollar.

Bought by WCSU-FM and KUNM


  • Added: Dec 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Navy Sec'y Ray Mabus at the National Press Club, Apr. 30, 10, Credit: Terry Hill
Secretary of the Navy and former Mississippi governor, Ray Mabus at a National Press Club luncheon on April 30.

  • Added: May 15, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: supporters at the Somerset County Courthouse 12/14/09, Credit: Chris Goldstein
John Wilson faces first degree felony charges usually used against cocaine kingpins. Now he faces up to 35 years in state prison for having 17 mari...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2009
  • Length: 29:31
Caption: The right to Die, Credit: unknown
In this audio piece the audience visits the Netherlands and listens to a way of dying in dignity. We tell the story of how the Dutch may have found...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2009
  • Length: 24:45
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Why can't the U.S. negotiate a domestic solution to health care? Individuals are certainly responsible for their health. A wealthy society can also...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: Children's Aid Society hosts a summer camp for youth every summer called Play Street. The economic downturn has put social services like this in jeopardy.
A new survey by the Human Services Council and Baruch College found that nonprofits across NYC face a severe crisis, as public/private funding cont...

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Sep 02, 2009
  • Length: 06:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mike Niman's Book: "People of the Rainbow"
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUAC, KSFR, and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
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Thousands of Nepali speaking refugees from Bhutan are coming to North America. Correspondent Adelaide Chen takes us on a journey with these new arr...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Caption: Georgine DiMaria 4/20/09 Philadelphia, Credit: C. David Freitag
MS Patient Charles Kwiatkowski and Miss NJ 2006 Georgine DiMaria speak about their personal experience and advocacy for medical marijuana in New Je...

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  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1