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This special edition of "The Cutting Edge", looks at the trial, resistance and execution of Troy Davis, who was convicted of the killing of an off-...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 56:30
Caption: Wade Wipperling
Wade Wipperling tells how a stack of unstable bales of hay fell on his head, breaking his neck.

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Sep 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Susan Gray and Liam Carroll
Liam Carroll was a stock broker for Morgan Stanley and was working at the South Building of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11th when it was struck...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2011
  • Length: 59:10
Caption: Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the National Press Club, Sep. 6, 2011, Credit: Al Teich
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, assessed the state of U.S. security in the 10 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks at a National Pre...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
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What's the harm in using anti-feminine taunts, like "You play ball like a girl!" to motivate athletes?

Bought by KMXT and WEKU


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Was the occupation of the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin a resurgence of organized labor in the United States, or the last gasp for unionized ...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Cristel Martinez came to America from the Dominican Republic with a dream to become a music producer. But the only music she hears in school, says ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGXC, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 3
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Shayla Torres dealt with a lot of violence in her last school, where she was a peer mediator. Here, the 17-year-old junior recalls one especially c...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, and WGXC


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 3
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A brief conversation between my girlfriend and I on May 21, 2011, the alleged date of the rapture.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 22:17
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
We need to move forward to find a cause for Autism without fear to question and innovate and just maybe get closer to understanding what we're deal...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 12:41
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This edition of Radio Curious is again about Richard W. Johnson Jr., publisher of a group of newspapers in Mendocino County, California, called Men...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Messages from Japan, Credit: Eleanor Graf
Danny Katz is a Japanese-American who grew up in the USA, but who now lives and works in Tokyo. After the big earthquake and tsunami, he made the d...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Messages from Japan, Credit: Eleanor Graf
Miki Pyle lives in South Portland, Maine. Over 5,000 people in her hometown died during Japan's last major earthquake. Seeing how the Japanese peop...

Bought by KZYX and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Shinji Ishikawa as intern at Blunt Youth Radio
When the earthquake hit, Shinji Ishikawa was at work on the 13th floor at the large trading firm he works for in Tokyo. He never expected the destr...

Bought by KZYX and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 02, 2011
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Little Haiti Commemorative Mural, Credit: Mark Diamond
Artist WOLF SENATUS describes participation in Little Haiti Earthquake Anniversary Mural.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:25
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The Great Recession officially ended in Jun 2009 but the American workforce is still suffering from its traumatic effects.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Ben Bernanke, Credit: NPC
The Chairman of the Federal Reserve talks to a National Press Club audience about the challenges facing the U.S. economy.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2011
  • Length: 53:58
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Talking politics at the Waldo Flea Market in Waldo, FL Nov 2, 2008

  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:56
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An examination of Steve Barnes' wrongful conviction and eventual exoneration.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 56:00
  • Purchases: 1
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As the Federal Reserve finally reveals secrets of its massive, trillion-dollar bailout of the world's financial system, it's time to ask if the Fed...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Rents have always been high in New York; but since 1994, so called ‘Quality of Life’ policing, and business friendly development strategies have de...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 17:01
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Seeing a bully in a new light.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:45
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The US has been hemorrhaging high-paying manufacturing jobs since the 1959s.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
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Scientists believe the earth is in the midst of the 6th mass extinction of species now, due to human-induced causes.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00