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Over the past decade, support for the death penalty has plummeted. In this episode, we look at why this happened and how one unexpected messenger, ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 35:11
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Fifty years ago, the Poor People’s Campaign took over a portion of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Their aim: change how Americans understand ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 37:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frederick Price, convicted of the murder of Mary Fridley Price in 1916.
The plain, uninteresting Mary Fridley Price. Not the sort of girl anyone would notice—except now she'd gone and leapt over a cliff to save her poor...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 18:43
Caption: SFHS Innovation Academy youth producers
Students at Santa Fe High School’s Innovation Academy discuss high school culture, the effects of technology on education, the challenges of media ...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 27:54
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We’re joined by Scott Herring, author of <em>The Hoarders</em>, a cultural history of the recent DSM-5 diagnosis of Hoarding Disorder. We talk abou...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:36
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Beauty pageants promote the fantasy of the ideal woman. But for 35 years, the Miss Subways contest in New York City celebrated the everyday working...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:26
  • Purchases: 2
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The camera, exposing social problems or becoming one?

Bought by WRIR, WRPI, Spokane Public Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 4