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New Orleans' Friendly Bar
From: WFUV
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A visit to a local New Orleans bar reveals stories of Katrina's lingering effects.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 05:28
Edge of the Rez, Hour Two
From: KNAU
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Edge of the Rez is a documentary exploring what happens when cultures converge in the towns neighboring the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations in ...

Bought by KUT-HD, KUER, WGBH Radio Boston, KPFA, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Edge of the Rez, Hour One
From: Geoff Norcross
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A documentary exploring the lives of Native American and non-Native people who live in Northern Arizona towns neighboring the Hopi and Navajo Nations

Bought by KRZA, KVNF, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WNJR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Culture Loss
From: SCAD Radio
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Coatal Residents Struggle to maintain their cultural heritage after Katrina

  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: 02:45
The Forgotten
From: SCAD Radio
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Tim Bui of Gulfport, MS tells his story of Katrina.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Dec 25, 2006
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Half Way - Bus Station
From: WKNO
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The Half Way - Station in Jackson, Tennessee is the oldest operating terminal in the U.S.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Depaving: Trading the Sidewalk for the Seedling
From: Radio Anyway
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One Northampton, Massachusetts resident chooses, for reasons both practical and philosophic, to remove her asphalt driveway and restore green space.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
The Military Honor Guard (long version)
From: Charles Lane
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A look at the history and tradition of the military funeral.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KGOU, WRVO Public Media, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUAC and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2005
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 12
Labor needed for post-Katrina rebuild
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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A news story describing how the labor shortage is a major problem in hurricane-devastated Louisiana despite the astronomical unemployment rate.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
Bringing home the bones
From: Allan Coukell
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Indigenous people re-bury their stolen ancestors

Bought by KLCC, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KSUT, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 5
Consuming Desire
From: Todd Melby
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Enter the world of passionate collectors and compulsive shoppers to find out why people spent money on objects they don't need.

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WGBH Radio Boston, Marfa Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: May 25, 2005
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 6
UPDATED RELEASE: Security Check: Confronting Today's Global Threats
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Updated NON-Collaboration version of the documentary "Security Check: Confronting Today's Global Threats."

Bought by KSKA, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUOW, 90.5 WSNC, and WVPE


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 5
Guyanese at Home and Abroad
From: WFUV
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A report on the economic and emotional toll of Guyanese immigration.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
Labor Express for 2-20-05
From: WLUW
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This is the Feb. 20th 2005 episode of Labor Express in full.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2005
  • Length: 58:21
Labor Express for 2-13-05
From: WLUW
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This is the Feb. 13th 2005 episode of Labor Express in full.

  • Added: Feb 26, 2005
  • Length: 01:04:11
RN Documentary: Adrift in Sri Lanka
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Marijke van der Meer was a tourist in Sri Lanka when the tsunami hit and recorded her experiences in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

Bought by Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Jan 27, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
RN Documentary: On the Rampage - Zimbabwe's youth militia
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Zimbabwe in Crisis
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The Zimbabwean government is giving military training to children and young people to intimidate the country's opposition.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
RN Documentary: Innocent Targets: The Children of Northern Uganda
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Uganda
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Stories from northern Uganda about children who have been abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army or who live in fear of being captured by the rebels.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 05, 2004
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
Gays in the Military - 10 Years of Don't Ask Don't Tell
From: Dave Adox
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Gay service members talk about life in the military under the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy

  • Added: Mar 29, 2004
  • Length: 04:18
Columbia Remembered...Atlantis, Go For Launch
From: Central Florida Public Media
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WMFE-FM's Pat Duggins looks back at the Columbia Disaster and ahead to the planned mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis

Bought by KPIK-LP, WUAL, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5