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Driven by a critical lack of skilled technicians, a group of largely German-owned manufacturers in Chicago have launched a new apprenticeship progr...
- Added: Dec 05, 2018
- Length: 35:03
In this week’s show: Alexandria – where the past and present collide -
With more than five million inhabitants, Alexandria is Egypt's second lar...
- Added: Aug 30, 2018
- Length: 30:00
Doctors usually treat heroin addiction with methadone, but it doesn’t work for everyone. So what do you do? At a small clinic in Vancouver BC, they...
- Added: Mar 08, 2017
- Length: 48:30
France has been under a “state of emergency” since November, raising questions about the appropriate balance between security and civil liberties.
- Added: Jun 08, 2016
- Length: 25:50
Eastern Market Corporation in Detroit interviewed by Romy on location! Learn about one of the oldest open-air farm markets in the United States a...
- Added: May 11, 2016
- Length: 40:45
The Aleppo Codex is a thousand year-old manuscript that medieval scholars declared an accurate biblical text. It has been worshiped, pillaged, salv...
- Added: Mar 09, 2015
- Length: 17:18
Winner of a Silver Trophy at the New York Festival 'World's Best Radio Awards' 2014, this startling but ultimately uplifting documentary is about t...
- Added: Sep 01, 2014
- Length: 27:55
Journalist Gianluca Tramontana takes you through the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, introduces you to their people, examines their history and explores...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 15, 2014
- Length: 01:00:13
- Purchases: 1
In Bellevue, Washington a group of women meet once a month to discuss their cultural differences and similarities. The conversations are transformi...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 08:43
- Purchases: 1
An investigation into the stuff that makes anything digital actually possible: rare earth minerals. Host Benjamen Walker uncovers the dark story be...
Bought by KALW, KVMR, KUT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Apr 11, 2013
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 4
Latitude News Podcast #7 — From War on Drugs to legal weed, where will the U.S. lead the world next?
From: Latitude News
A short, strange history of marijuana in the U.S., Mexico and everywhere else
Bought by KUT
- Added: Feb 01, 2013
- Length: 15:06
- Purchases: 1
Islam and Mormonism — not exactly a perfect pair? Actually, these two religions have a striking similarity: both are marginalized in American socie...
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 13:10
How a small community of gold miners in the Colombian jungle is fighting to turn a toxic industry into a green and global market.
- Added: Jul 07, 2011
- Length: 34:24
Narcissists and Sociopaths have always been among us and yet recent research brings us new understanding of just what these serious emotional disab...
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 47:10
Primary education is compulsory in Pakistan, and the country has a large public school system. But many of these schools are just marginally functi...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WBEZ
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 06:45
- Purchases: 2
April 16, 2009 - On any given day, 30,000 people are being held in detention centers across the country. With plans to expand the Northwest Detenti...
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 08:36
A reflection on English language accents in Britain and elsewhere.
Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, CKMO, and KVSC
- Added: Jul 21, 2009
- Length: 29:58
- Purchases: 3
The price of rice is the price of life in Vietnam: the country is now the second largest exporter of rice in the world. But one out of every seven ...
- Added: Jun 26, 2009
- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 14
Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street
Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX
- Added: Jul 04, 2008
- Length: 06:43
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Dec 03, 2007
- Length: 04:04
A look at the complex challenges facing those battling AIDS in South Africa
- Added: Oct 24, 2006
- Length: 57:11
- Purchases: 3
Exploring conflict in the modern world through the stories and experiences of the Irish Troubles
- Added: Jul 09, 2006
- Length: 10:52
A teenage girl originally from Sierra Leone struggles to understand her immigration status in the U.S.
Bought by The Story, Space Gallery, KUOW, WXLV-FM, WBEZ and more
- Added: Jun 01, 2006
- Length: 10:12
- Purchases: 7
The Problems with importing priests as a stop gap to the priest shortage (59, 54, 29 minute versions)
Bought by KUNM and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Mar 27, 2006
- Length: 01:02:38
- Purchases: 2
After supporting the war of ideas against communism, Radio Free Europe /Radio Liberty have been mobilized to support the war on terror.
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Feb 01, 2006
- Length: 29:29
- Purchases: 1
