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Call 311 about tents? Here’s what homeless people and advocates say happens
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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What happens in San Francisco if you call the authorities about a tent encampment in your neighborhood? We're told they will be offered shelter and...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Has Medicaid Managed Care Delivered On Its Promise?
From: Tradeoffs
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Letting private insurers offer Medicaid coverage was supposed to lower costs and improve care. We dig into the research on Medicaid managed care.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 22:32
  • Purchases: 1
For the first time, the VA is helping some veterans with PTSD get service dogs
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army veteran Scot Pondelick said Venus, his PTSD service dog, has helped him feel more comfortable spending time in public and around groups of people., Credit: Chris Haxel / American Homefront
Congress has mandated a pilot program that will pay to train service dogs and place them in veterans' homes.

Bought by KCUR, WRFA-LP, KMXT, KUT, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 5
In hot real estate markets, buyers using VA mortgages can have a hard time competing for homes
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Real estate agent Leslie Alford said the housing market near Ft. Riley, Kansas has been "crazy" this year,” with “a whole lot less houses for sale, a whole lot more competition for them, and higher prices.”, Credit: Courtesy Leslie Alford
Troops and veterans sometimes are hurt by misconceptions about VA mortgages, or they encounter sellers who don't want their home to go through a VA...

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
Amazing Grace For Our Partisan Times: Sarah and Beth, Creators of Pantsuit Politics
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Amazing Grace For Our Partisan Times: Sarah and Beth, Creators of Pantsuit Politics
Is it possible to have grace-filled conversations during these ingracious times of ours? After 500 episodes heard by hundreds of thousands of lis...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:42
Chuck Johnson is the Dean of Montana Politics
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Today's guest is legendary Montana political journalist Chuck Johnson. During Chuck’s forty-five year reporting career he covered twenty-two Montan...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 3
A study shows PTSD carries a stigma for veterans - regardless of whether they suffer from it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America erected this window display in New York City as part of a 2015 PTSD awareness campaign., Credit: IAVA
Fewer than 20 percent of veterans suffer from PTSD, but most Americans think the disorder is far more common.

Bought by KRPS, KLCC, KCUR, KPBS, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 7
An Ode for Saleem
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Saleem Kidwai, Credit: Sharif Rangnekar
Sandip Roy looks at the influence of Salem Kidwai who, in his understated way, helped the gay movement in India.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
A Plant By Any Other Name....
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: the McDonald's P.L.T.
Impossible, McPlant or zingers and crispers, whatever you call them they’re all big business. Sandip Roy takes a bite of plant-based meat products.

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
20 Years Falling
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The view from Robert Clark's studio in Brooklyn, Credit: Robert Clark
After 20 years in Afghanistan Sandip is left with the tragic ghosts of memory.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
The Texas Abortion Ban, Vigilante Justice and Frankie Valli's Love for Human Connection
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...wide river as ever..., Credit: Susan Cook
The Supreme Court decision to ignore the inhumane aspects of the Texas Abortion law reminds us to look to the places where human connection is val...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 08:17
'He just wanted to serve his country': A widow mourns one of the last troops to die in the Afghanistan war
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Alena Knauss stands in the laundry room of her North Carolina home, which she's been renovating and re-tiling. She placed the initials "R" and "A" in the tile for herself and her husband Ryan, who was killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan August 26. , Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
More than 2,400 U.S. service members were killed in the Afghanistan war. The Pentagon said Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Knauss - who died from injuries ...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, and KCUR


  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 4
Same As It Ever Was
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Anti-Cholera inoculation in Calcutta in 1894. Picture from the  Wellcome Collection. , Credit: Courtesy Chinmay Tumbe
There are many conversations to have concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, but pandemics were common not too long ago. Maybe we should pay attention in...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Arlington National Cemetery is filling up, so the Army may limit who can be buried there
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Kathi Dugan, 73, retired from the Navy after 30 years. Her parents are both buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but Dugan may not be able to join them if the Army proceeds with a plan to cut eligibility for in-ground burials., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
Many former troops consider an Arlington burial their final veterans benefit. But space for in-ground burials is getting scarce, so some vets may b...

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KPBS, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
Woking up to Backlash: New York Times Contributing Writer Thomas Edsall on Reason & Responsibility in Polarized Politics
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Woking up to Backlash: New York Times Contributing Writer Thomas Edsall on Reason & Responsibility in Polarized Politics
“The rise of the conservative movement on the right and the decline of liberalism on the left have been a preoccupation of mine for 40 years or mo...

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 39:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Women of Afghanistan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: "Nightmare" by Shamsia Hassani, Credit: Shamsia Hassani
With all the talk about the women and girls of Afghanistan, Sandip wonders if it was ever really about them at all.

  • Added: Aug 23, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Do Good For Evil, My Grandmother Used to Say
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: There's a quote from the Bible I've taken to lately..., Credit: Edgar Cook
There are many many examples of malice these days. And then there are the opportunities to do good.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2021
  • Length: 03:28
Kabuliwalas
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Poster for "From Kabul to Kolkata" photography exhibition
Even though the touching stories in books and delicious kebabs in tiny restaurants are part of our enjoyment of “diversity,” they are also a remind...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Killers of the Flower Moon
From: Public News Service
Series: The Yonder Report
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The Daily Yonder and Public News Service are teaming up to deliver a weekly fast-paced 3-minute newscast highlighting the vibrant, resilient spirit...

Bought by KGLP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Cancel Curry
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Curry, three ways, Credit: Sandip Roy
While “curry” may be a lazy umbrella term for the thousands of Indian dishes that go by that name, Sandip considers the difficulty in cancelling it.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
No, you don't become a zombie
From: Anne Hoffman
Series: Off Mic from Philly Audio Diaries
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For 19-year-old Bianca Murray, when news of the FDA’s approval of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines broke, feelings of confusion and apprehension we...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2021
  • Length: 15:08
Tahoe Housing Havoc
From: Erin Breen
Caption: For sale...but how much?, Credit: Erin Meehan Breen
group discussion of Covid caused housing problems in Tahoe and solutions in the works.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:01
Are the Olympics Worth It? Athletes and Historians Weigh In
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode, we take a look at what it takes (and costs) to host the world’s largest sporting event during a global crisis. We hear from...

Bought by Classic107.3, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tiny Home projects are expanding, offering homeless veterans independence and security
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The first Veterans Community Project campus in Kansas City, Mo. features 49 tiny homes for homeless veterans. The organization hopes to have similar villages in eight cities by the end of 2022., Credit: Chris Haxel / American Homefront
In cities nationwide, groups addressing veteran homelessness by replacing the traditional shelter model with tiny homes.

Bought by WTIP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KJZZ and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 7
The role of public health agencies in community well being, with Andy Wessel
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the role of the public health department - from obvious activities, such as educating the public about COVID-19 - to ac...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:30

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