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Caption: The Cannon Point neighborhood is like nowhere else., Credit: Google Maps
Cannon Point is a one-block stretch in Broward County, Florida, with the highest concentration of mental health assisted-living facilities in the s...

Bought by PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUT, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Harry Markopolos has written a book about his futile decade-long effort to expose Bernie Madoff and the world's largest Ponzi scheme.
Harry Markopolos tried for nearly ten years to expose Bernard Madoff and the world's largest Ponzi scheme, but it didn't do any good. Why didn’t a...

Bought by KPIK-LP, Remix Radio, KUT, KUOW, and EconomyBeat Podcast


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 5
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The health-care debate is focused on quantity: how many people – and how much care they will get. But perhaps quality, rather than quantity of care...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Imerman Park sits on the flood plain of the Tittabawassee River.  Signs along the trail warn visitors about dioxin contamination in some of the park's soil., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee looks at a dioxin and soil study and how the science might influence other clean-ups around the country.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
Caption: Fish advisories dot the banks of the Tittabawassee and  Saginaw Rivers.  Various forms or pollution, including historical dioxin pollution from Dow Chemical, have led to warnings to avoid certain species of fish and limit consumption for them.  Pregnant w, Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee finds old dioxin pollution from a Dow chemical plant poses a health risk today.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Mitch Larson lives in Saginaw's Riverside neighborhood,  which saw a large dioxin removal project last year.  His home is on the  banks of Tittabawassee River., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee talks with residents about living with Dow and dioxin.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:38
Caption: The southeast corner of the Dow Chemical plant, from the vantage  of Midland's Whiting Overlook Park, which features an homage to and  history of the company and its founder., Credit: Shawn Allee
Residents are asking why it's taken so long to clean up the dioxin. Shawn Allee looks for an answer.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
Caption: Residents are warned by Dow to 'enter at their own risk', Credit: Vincent Duffy
A Preview of the series "Dioxin Delays" by the Environment Report

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
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Prisoners sentenced to death in Washington State have a choice of lethal injection or hanging.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 06:58
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Surviving family members in capital murder cases often endure years of legal appeals.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 07:57
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Examining how unpopular wars are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 08:00
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Examining how social safety nets are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:09
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Mexican Army Mission in Sinaloa and Durango States

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 05:28
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Police wrestle with solutions for St. Louis gang problem

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Almost 20 years later, a once controversial program is helping to stymie AIDS infections in IV drug users

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Memphis is the #1 destination for Amtrak's City of New Orleans. If a gaping sinkhole is not fixed, Amtrak may discontinue service.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
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There's lots of talk about the health coverage crisis - but the real crisis is that there aren't enough doctors to go around - a report from North ...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:01
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As factory farms grow bigger, they get harder to regulate. Just try counting cows on a mega-dairy.

  • Added: Jan 16, 2008
  • Length: 05:35
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How can we get kids outside?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
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story of Riverhead, New York, a community that's trying to turn its closed landfill into marketable resources

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 04:54
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A new lending product offers quick cash for the holidays but comes with a hefty price tag

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Feature on Human Trafficking and the International Sex Trade

  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 13:00
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A new inquiry into a notorious murder case that asks: Were the wrong men convicted of this crime?

Bought by Audible and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 59:26
  • Purchases: 2
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An investigation of abuse and overcrowding in immigrant detention centers

  • Added: Aug 04, 2004
  • Length: 07:42