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Vancouver Olympics: Part 2 – Civil Liberties & The Deal with the Devil_SHORT
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: Protest @ Vancouver Olympics, Credit: CBC News
A look at how the British Colombian government has enacted Olympic-related legislation to quell protest and dissension. Critics claim these new by...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Chris Goldstein interviews Steve Bloom: eBay pulls High Times and CBS says no to NORML
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Pot Culture book
Back issues of High Time magazine were pulled from eBay and CBS turned down a Times Square advertisement from NORML: Chris Goldstein interviews Ste...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 13:54
Vancouver Olympics: Part 2 – Civil Liberties & The Deal with the Devil_LONG
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: Olympic civil liberties suppression, Credit: UBC
A look at how the British Colombian government has enacted Olympic-related legislation to quell protest and dissension. Critics claim these new by...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2010
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 1
Vancouver Olympics: Part 1 - Aboriginals & Canada's Dirty Secret_SHORT
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: No Olympics on Stolen Native Land, Credit: http://6nsolidarity.wordpress.com
Many of British Columbia's aboriginal groups say the Olympics have allowed the government to take their land in the name of the Olympic Games. The...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 05:01
Vancouver Olympics: Part 1 - Aboriginals & Canada's Dirty Secret_LONG
From: Adam Vaughn
Series: 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics
Caption: No Olympics on Stolen Native Land, Credit: http://6nsolidarity.wordpress.com
Many of British Columbia's aboriginal groups say the Olympics have allowed the government to take their land in the name of the Olympic Games. The...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 06:14
  • Purchases: 1
I (G)Love Haiti: Numa Perrier
From: My Lens Media
Series: Home from Home
Caption: Numa Perrier
How are Haitians who live outside of the devastated country learning about the fate of their loved ones? And how are they coping? Numa Perrier, a H...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Time Banking -A Community's Route Around Poverty
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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One East Oakland neighborhood decided to try a different economic model in their community. Time Banking.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
Marijuana And The Mendocino Sheriff
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The laws around the control of marijuana and medical marijuana usage are many and complex. How we find our ways through this maze and understand th...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: :24
Behind the DOJ Medical Marijuana Memo
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Oaksterdam: Medical Marijuana, Credit: Chris Goldstein
Chris Goldstein interviews the Director of Government Affairs at Americans for Safe Access about her meeting with Department of Justice Officials. ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2009
  • Length: 29:32
A T-Rex Named Sue
From: Kara Sautter
Caption: Sue at the Stearns County History Museum, Credit: Minnesot Public Radio
A cast of the largest and most complete T-Rex ever found has traveled to the Stearns County History Museum in Saint Cloud, Minnesota.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 04:22
Hands of Stone: A Creation of Character
From: Ryan Schleicher
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An overview of the character perception of Tom Schleicher, the valued qualities that make up his character, and whether those valued qualities are ...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 04:56
In Defense Of Mendocino County Tomorrow And Measure A
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The executive director of "Mendocino County Tomorrow", Robin Collier, known locally for her skills in making excellent cheese cake, is the guest on...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 31:44
Jumping Parties: Principles or Pragmatism
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Senator Specter is now a Democrat. Was his decision to switch parties principled, pragmatic, or just expedient?

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Active Voice Radio: Marijuana is Safer
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Marijuana Is Safer
An interview with Paul Armentano on his new book Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We driving People to Drink?

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Aug 12, 2009
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 1
Medical Marijuana - New Jersey moves bill, New Mexico's active program
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: NJ Assembly Medical Marijuana hearing 6-4-09
Actuality Audio from the NJ Assembly health committee hearing on medical marijuana 6-4-09 and interview with New Mexico Drug Policy Alliance on the...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
Belfast, A Decade After Peace
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
President Barack Obama's newly appointed Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, is perhaps best-known for his work in Northern Ireland. Youth Radio vi...

Bought by Vocalo.org, WMNF, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3
Recent College Graduate For Hire
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This year more than other years, a college degree is no guarantee of a job. Commentator Emma Jacobs of Youth Radio graduated spring 2009 from Colum...

Bought by WMNF and Topics Education


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 2
Medical Marijuana at the National Constitution Center
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Georgine DiMaria 4/20/09 Philadelphia, Credit: C. David Freitag
MS Patient Charles Kwiatkowski and Miss NJ 2006 Georgine DiMaria speak about their personal experience and advocacy for medical marijuana in New Je...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
Grateful Dead/The Dead parking lot (natural sound only)
From: Brad Horn
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A sound collage from the parking lot of The Dead's show in Albany, New York in April 17, 2009.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:28
Drug Czar's Office Gone to Pot and Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An essay discussing a recent review ordered by Congress of the ONDCP and an interview with Howard Wooldridge of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:31
The Parents We Mean To Be - Harvard psychologist Richard Weissbourd
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Award winning Harvard Psychologist Richard Weissbourd interviews about his new book: THE PARENTS WE MEAN TO BE: How Well-Intentioned Adults Undermi...

Bought by KSFR and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Essay: Thank You Kellogg's and Goodbye
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kellogg's pulled their support for Michael Phelps and American cannabis consumers have called for a boycott.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:21
Fred Friendly: Propaganda-Words and Actions, Contexts and Consequences
From: Murray Street Productions
Caption: Arthur Miller with panelists, Credit: Jonathan Guyer
A panel of international journalists, politicos, academics and legal experts consider propaganda in the context of a hypothetical struggle between ...

Bought by KQED, WGBH Radio Boston, KUT-HD, KCUR, KWGS and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
Hollywood's Depression Mentality
From: Linda Blake
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The impact of the flailing economy on the story-lines coming out of Hollywood.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Unquiet History 8
From: Matthew Battles
Series: Unquiet History
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African spirits in 18th century America

Bought by Listenwise and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 2

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