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Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Twenty four hours or so have passed since a portrait of the older Atticus Finch as a bigot, complaining about the integration of “Negroes” into th...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:07
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A conversation with The Innocence Project's Deirdre Enright, perhaps best known to fans of the super-popular podcast Serial as the legal sleuth que...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
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When prisoners act out, they get put in solitary confinement-- the penal version of 'go to your room and think about what you've done.' But for the...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 28, 2015
  • Length: 24:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The fourth Simmer episode features the second part of the documentary "Telling Our Own Stories: Wally Bowen on Creating a Democratic Media," plus a...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
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Shirley Sneve talks about Native American Public Telecommunications which shares stories of Native American people on television and radio.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
With the election season over, the next phase of elected politics has settled on our plates like a bowl of jello. How can you tell when the age-old...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
Caption: An old clutch replaced might work better..., Credit: Susan Cook
In politics, arrogance can be hired, purchased or -in volunteer organizations- a gratuity that comes with volunteer labor.- or elected. In Maine ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In the 1950’s and 1960’s American citizens and the stalwart among them who were brave enough to run for political office had to learn to live with...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
Caption: Laura Poitras, San Francisco, CA 10/21/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Laura Poitras talks irony, leaps of faith, and being nominated for the Homeland Security Watch List.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 18:35
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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has introduced his administration’s marijuana prevention campaign to deter underage consumption. The theme of t...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
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In mid-July, federal and state agencies launched a month-long marijuana raid on the Yurok Reservation in northwestern Ca. At the request of the tri...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2014
  • Length: 07:04
Caption: Tia Lessin & Carl Deal, Credit: Andrea Chase
Carl Deal and Tia Lessin talk loopholes, dark money, and unexpected ironies.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2014
  • Length: 25:20
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Errol Morris’s movie The Unknown Known is the provocation this week: cinema sequel to the Oscar winning documentary on Robert McNamara and Vietnam,...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2014
  • Length: 58:34
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Those who grew up in the era of Richard Nixon knew a time when "The Kingdom" took an especially frightening aura of power and glory. One speaking t...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
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They're defying the trajectory forged by their parents and returning as journalists to a part of the world that told their families they'd never be...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 12:16
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The parades and camaraderie of the Fourth of July celebrate freedom. This nation-wide celebration doesn't mean that the freedoms we have can’t be...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
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Radio Curious visits with journalist Will Parrish, who sat in a tree for a week to protest development of a highway bypass in Willits, Ca.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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Secret recordings have been a headache for some high-profile politicians. Many question the morality of the practice, especially when the media get...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Immediately after the bombings on Marathon Monday in Boston, media reported that a Saudi man was being being questioned by authorities. Some state...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 19:56
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Why is the gay rights movement so threatening to some that it leads to moral panic?

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, KSKQ, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 20
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Co-Host Peter Kreten welcomes Sister Nancy Houlihan, R.S.M. to the program. Sister Nancy is a Sister of Mercy and teacher at Mother McAuley high sc...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:35
Caption: Wally Bowen
Documentary on the life and work of media reform activist Wally Bowen, founder and executive director of the Mountain Area Information Network (MAI...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 47:43
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Is there still a place for political unity among African-Americans?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KSKQ, WRNC-LP, WHFR and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
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On this election season edition of Peace Talks Radio, an assessment of the problem of incivility in political discourse - and some ideas on how to ...

Bought by KUOW, KVSC, and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 3
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On this election season edition of Peace Talks Radio, an assessment of the problem of incivility in political discourse - and some ideas on how to ...

Bought by KUHF, WUFT, KUOW, KUOW, KBRP Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 13