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Lake Ontario and Montreal are flooded. Can this dam help?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Tom Piekunka has stacked sandbags along his property line in hopes of keeping the rising water at bay., Credit: Veronica Volk
Flooding continues for a second week along Lake Ontario – and there’s no end in sight. Many residents – and New York’s governor – say the solution ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 09, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6
Lessons learned -- and missed -- from a deadly water crisis
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Operators monitor Wellington's raw water, water going to residents, and tap water from the town treatment plant., Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Before water contamination emergencies hit Flint, Michigan, a crisis in Canada became deadly. When E. coli invaded the drinking water in Walkerton...

Bought by WCPN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 5
Part 1: The road back to Jerusalem
From: Steve Ray
Series: Christian China and the end of times
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In part one of our "China's road to Jerusalem" series, we set the the stage for the inevitable collapse of the west as we know it.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 12:22
Africa's Beating Heart (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The daffodils are blooming, days are getting longer, and gardeners are feeling those familiar twinges of excitement. At the same time, about eight ...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Letters to The Dead
From: Terence Mickey
Series: Memory Motel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the United States, the obituary article is reserved for the famous, to remember their greatest achievements and notable struggles.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 30:47
Because we are all immigrants
From: Leslie Griffy
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The international arrivals area of San Francisco International Airport filled with chanting, singing protesters and lawyers volunteering their serv...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 02:02
Homeowners fear damage from new Lake Ontario regulations
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: In 1973 waves crashed over Zieres' family's breakwall and flooded their home., Credit: Provided
INTRO: There’s a simmering controversy on the northern border of the United States -- it’s all about water. For the first time in over fifty years,...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 5
Pilot Episode 1: Soccer and the American Dream
From: WNIN
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Latin America's second major religion and the launch of our river of the American Dream.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 09:59
The Mosquito Crusader
From: Jake Smith
Caption: Fred L. Soper crossing a bridge to investigate an area where yellow fever occurred, Credit: Photo by Wilbur A. Sawyer courtesy National Library of Medicine
Eighty years ago, one man set out to eradicate the mosquito that now causes Zika virus—and it sullied his reputation forever.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 12:08
  • Purchases: 2
The New Cold War: U.S. Hegemony and Russian Backlash with Dmitry Orlov
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Dmitry Orlov
Dmitry Orlov joins us again. He is the author of Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects, The Five Stages of Collapse: Sur...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jun 19, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 1
Presidential Election Review with Brad Friedman of The Bradblog and The Bradcast
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Brad Friedman
Brad Friedman of The BradBlog and The Bradcast radio show joins us again to help make sense of these primary elections and electoral politics in th...

  • Added: May 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:45
Thomas Tighe and Direct Relief: Mobilizing to Provide Medical and Emergency Care
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Thomas Tighe, president and CEO of Direct Relief, to learn about the organization's work with maternal and pe...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 52:04
  • Purchases: 1
Sri Lanka's War Widows and the Road to Reconciliation
From: Adam Bemma
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Sri Lanka's civil war lasted 26 years. It cost the lives of an estimated 100,000 people and devastated the north and east of the island nation. In ...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:38
Mind Control in the 21st Century with Dr. Robert Epstein
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Dr. Robert Epstein
Unspun delves into methods of mind control in the 21st Century with Dr. Robert Epstein, Senior Research Psychologist at the American Institute for ...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 58:14
Unspun More Cynical Than Alex Scrivener of Global Justice Now
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Alex Scrivener
Unspun sits down with Alex Scrivener, Policy Officer at Global Justice Now in London. They recently released a report, Gated Development – is t...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 1
Former FBI Agent, Coleen Rowley Talks About 9/11 Intelligence Failures and GWOT
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Coleen Rowley
Former FBI Special Agent and whistleblower, Coleen Rowley, joins us to discuss the greatest intelligence failure in American History. She had a fr...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 57:42
Dr. Douglas Jackson and Project C.U.R.E.: Empowering and Equipping Medical Professionals Worldwide
From: Arch Street Press
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Tune into our Innovate interview with Dr. Douglas Jackson, president and CEO of Project C.U.R.E. Learn how Project C.U.R.E. delivers medical suppli...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 57:18
Dissecting American Capitalism with Prof. Richard Wolff
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Richard Wolff
Unspun takes a look at the dirty underbelly and the not-too-bright future of American Capitalism with Prof. Richard Wolff. Prof. Wolff is currentl...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 57:35
We Talk the Thermodynamics of Civilization with Professor Tim Garrett
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Tim Garrett
Professor Tim Garrett of the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, joins us to discuss the thermodynamic implications of our ene...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering the Green Zone with Euphrates Institute Founder Janessa Gans Wilder
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Janessa Gans Wilder
Janessa Gans Wilder was a CIA analyst stationed in the Green Zone during the first couple of years of U.S. occupation of Iraq. After 21 months work...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:39
Unspun Wrestles the Methane Monster with Jennifer Hynes, Climate Researcher
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Jennifer Hynes
Jennifer Hynes, Climate Researcher, environmental activist and blogger joins us, as we talk about her two very popular videos, The Arctic Methane ...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 1
Unspun Discusses Economics with James K. Galbraith, Internationally Respected Economist
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: James Galbraith by Fougere-lor
We talk with James K. Galbraith, scholar and internationally respected economist. He is recently returned from working with the former Greek Fin...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2016
  • Length: 59:07
Unspun Ringside With Paul Beckwith, Climate Researcher, At COP21 - Paris
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Paul Beckwith
Paul Beckwith, engineer, physicist, climate researcher, talks with us from COP21 Climate Summit in Paris. He has been reporting back on his blog: ...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2015
  • Length: 58:10
Peter Seidel and Gary Gardner Tell Us There is Still Time to Deal with Climate Change
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Peter Seidel
Dr. Doug Craig, Climate of Change Blog, co-hosts on Unspun as we discuss how much time we have before the catastrophe of Climate Change is upon us ...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
Unspun Discusses the Secret TPP Trade Deal with Kathryn Johnson, Advocate for Fair Trade and Human Rights
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Kathryn Johnson
Kathryn Johnson joins us to discuss the recently divulged Trans Pacific Partnership, TPP. Kathryn is the Policy Impact Coordinator with the Office...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:23
  • Purchases: 1

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