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:30 Secondhand Smoke PSA
From: Rachel Cohen
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This PSA is about the dangers of secondhand smoke and its effects on children.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 01:04
Remembering A Slain Trooper
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Trooper DeLaittre's remains guarded outside the funeral service , Credit: Emilie Ritter
Montana's youngest Highway Patrol officer to ever die in the line of duty was remembered in his hometown...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
From: War News Radio
Caption: Protesters demonstrating against the military’s don’t ask don’t tell policy on Capitol Hill. , Credit: Photo courtesy of the AP.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:02
The State of Women in Afghanistan
From: War News Radio
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From "Endless Summer" 8/13/2010: War News Radio reports on the status of women in Afghanistan, how they have come to be marginalized in most aspect...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 08:05
Documenting Exile
From: War News Radio
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From "Passing Time" 7/2/10: War News Radio reports on a new documentary about Iraqi refugees.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 10:36
Madoff Whistle-Blower: ‘No One Would Listen’
From: Curt Nickisch
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
School on Wheels
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
Caption: school on wheels logo, Credit: www.schoolonwheels.org
School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 3
BART Slaying Gives Oakland Rocky Start in '09
From: Youth Outlook
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On New Years, most people were dancing and drinking a little too much champagne. Among the thousands of people celebrating that night was a young m...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jan 14, 2009
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
Aid for the displaced begins as humanitarian crisis deepens in DR Congo
From: UNICEF
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Over the last two months, more than 250,000 people have been forced to flee fighting between the Congolese army and a rebel group

  • Added: Nov 06, 2008
  • Length: 04:15
The Most Unfair Thing I've Ever Seen
From: Zachary Barr
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The U.S. Army wants to expand a training area in SE Colorado, and it may use eminent domain to acquire thousands of acres of private ranchland. If...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Violence on the US Mexico Border
From: Lorne Matalon
Series: The Mexican Army, Drug Cartels and US Aid
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Cartel Affect on El Paso, Texas and Juarez,Mexico

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 06:43
Devastation in Myanmar
From: UNICEF
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UNICEF Officer in Charge in Myanmar describes devastation

  • Added: May 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
Physician Depression-Part 3
From: KUOW
Series: Troubled Doctors: Addiction and Depression in Medicine
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Examines depression in physicans

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 2
The Intervention-Part 2
From: KUOW
Series: Troubled Doctors: Addiction and Depression in Medicine
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Treating medical professionals

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 2
13 year old Iraqi girl in Basra struggles amidst violence
From: UNICEF
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13 year old Khadeeja speaks from Basra about the difficulty of education

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 02:11
Virginia Tech Marching Band Plays an Amazing Grace
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Virginia Tech Marching Virginians have been honoring the victims of the April 16 shootings, including one member of their own, with a special a...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Warzone Economics
From: Adam Allington
Series: Front Line: Missouri Soldiers in Iraq
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U.S. Army Civil Affairs is tasked with compensating Iraqis for accedential death and destruction.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Navigating in Nebraska
From: Lawrence Lanahan
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Two years ago, 166 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans ended up in Omaha, Nebraska. Two years out, one man is trying hard--perhaps too hard...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT-HD


  • Added: Dec 10, 2007
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 2
WWOZ Street Talk-The Slow Road to Recovery in New Orleans East
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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Winn Dixie recently opened in New Orleans East and while the rest of the area is slow to rebuild, residents are at least able to make groceries. I ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2007
  • Length: 05:58
Teen Vox Pop: Why Teens Are Still Driving Drunk
From: Curie Youth Radio
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A disturbing look at the surprising reasons we still get into cars after drinking.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 23, 2007
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Simplify Me When I'm Dead
From: Miranda Diboll
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How the media simplify a life though obituaries or even just a few simple lines.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
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
Voice of the Troubles: 25th Anniversary of the Irish Hunger Strike (Cutaway)
From: Charles Lane
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Exploring conflict in the modern world through the stories and experiences of the Irish Troubles

  • Added: Jul 09, 2006
  • Length: 08:23
A Parents Story of Perinatal Hospice
From: Miles Eddy
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A parent faces making informed decisions when their unborn baby has an uncertain outcome due to a life threatening heart defect.

  • Added: May 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:58