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Mining's Toxic Legacy
From: KVMR
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Historic Legislative Hearing on the Toxic Legacy of the Gold Rush

  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 13:50
Active Voice Radio 3-5-08: Dr. Mitch Earleywine- A Parent's Guide to Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
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Dr. Mitch Earleywine offers a realisitic approach to marijuana education for parents in his new book.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 29:31
The Clot Thickens
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The latest air pollution discovery reads like a murder mystery. Thousands died from strokes and heart attacks within 24 hours after jumps in partic...

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Short Wave: Teen Sex
From: Radio Rookies
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Fifteen-year-old Xavier Stovall takes a close look at teen sex.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:12
How Obama Will Implement His Health Plan
From: PRX
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Obama says "Washington politics" resulted in failed health care reform

Bought by KNKX


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
Obama Advocates Against Clinton's Mandated Health Coverage
From: PRX
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Here Obama outlines his arguments for a non-mandated health plan.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 15:30
Barack Obama Overviews His Health Care Plan
From: PRX
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Barack Obama gives an overview of his health plan.

Bought by KQED, PRX PromCom, and KNKX


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 14:32
  • Purchases: 3
Blue Highways Day Trip #1 - The REAL Health Care Crisis
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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There's lots of talk about the health coverage crisis - but the real crisis is that there aren't enough doctors to go around - a report from North ...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
Overview of Hillary Clinton's "American Health Choices"
From: PRX
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Senator Clinton gives an overview of her "American Health Choices" program which allows/forces Americans (and legal immigrants to a lesser extent) ...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2008
  • Length: 11:07
Hillary Clinton Responds to Critiques of her Health Plan
From: PRX
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Senator Clinton responds to several criticism of her plan which include: "government-run" "socialized medicine" and huge public expenses. Clinton c...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2008
  • Length: 13:50
Clinton Discuses Race, Wealth, and Children in Health Care
From: PRX
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Clinton address several issues facing unique groups when it comes to health care: 1) children and SCHIP, 2) tax-deduction exclusions for wealthy pa...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2008
  • Length: 12:47
The Water Walker
From: Seattle Globalist
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A day in the life of an Ethiopian woman who walks hours each day fetching water.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 3
Solving the Homeless Youth Problem Takes a Unique Approach
From: Adam Vaughn
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Usual approaches to solving homelessness do not work for youths who are find themselves homeless.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:45
Washington State's Plan B Battle: A Precursor to the Supreme Court
From: Adam Vaughn
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In Washington State a battle over consitutional rights surrounding Plan Ba rages on. This is currently on a one-way road for the Supreme Court.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2008
  • Length: 03:41
Seattle's Homeless Jungle
From: Adam Vaughn
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Many of Seattle's homeless choose to live in a notorious wooded area called the Jungle.

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2008
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 1
Boat Drinks (give me five)
From: ken girardey
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A look at friendship and mortality between a guitar player and a horn player.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 23:22
Lucy and the Bike Girl
From: Hillary Frank
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Lucy can never meet her best friend in person because it might cut her life expectancy in half.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2008
  • Length: 10:27
  • Purchases: 5
Dumped Tires Land on Doorsteps
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: The finished product
Re-purposing dumped tires combats poverty, vacant lots, and environmental degredation

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 2
Still Talking About Sex
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The first African American U.S. Surgeon General, Joycelyn Elders, remains an outspoken advocate for health related policies. This is a speech given...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
BIRTH
From: Thin Air Media
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A one-hour public radio documentary about the practices and perceptions of birth in America.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KUAF Public Radio, CHSR-FM 97.9, WYAP, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 31
Surrounded by Lights
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Spend a day with Amy, a single mother, as she works to fulfill the promise she made to her daughter two years ago.

Bought by KGLT and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
A Square Meal, Regardless
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The American health care system offers few solutions for people who want to die at home, especially when family lives far away. This sound-rich st...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Connecticut Public (WNPR), HowSound, The Story, SALTcast Podcast and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 7
Two Weeks
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Laurie Williams (aka Crow) is preparing to die in the next two weeks.

Bought by HowSound, SALTcast Podcast, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 3
Saying Goodbye. . . Again
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A collection of the voices and sounds from the display of the AIDS Quilt in Portland, ME during National AIDS Day.

Bought by WFUV


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 1
Remembrance
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Remembrance of a friend and learning about Japanese funeral rites

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jan 31, 2008
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 1

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