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The Nakba: 75 Years On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Palestinians fleeing from their villages as Israeli troops approach on October 30, 1948., Credit: David Eldan, National Photo Collection of Israel, Government Press Office, under the digital ID D275-120
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or the "catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers both to the events starting in late 1947 when Zionist ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 1
CBC S 1 E 4: Minneapolis, The Supply Chain
From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts
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Mistakes were made in keeping PPE and other essential medical supplies available for health care and emergency workers during the pandemic. Are we ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
Goodbye My Tribe (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Goodbye My Tribe
The author of Goodbye My Tribe: An Evangelical Exodus chronicles his journey away from his fundamentalist religion.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WYAP, KMUN, WFHB, WJCT and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Why We Believe What We Believe (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Why do people believe weird things? That’s what Jason Hart wants to find out. He delves into the psychology behind ghost encounters, anti-vaccine ...

Bought by WCNY, KSFR, WFHB, WRST-FM Oshkosh, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 14
Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Does the radiation emitted by our cell phones harm us? A study that found cell phone radiation can cause changes to our cells. -Expanding the don...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 10
Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Does the radiation emitted by our cell phones harm us? A study that found cell phone radiation can cause changes to our cells. -Expanding the don...

Bought by WJCT, WSGE, KVSC, KISU, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 15
Our Walmart (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Walmart claims to provide employment and low prices, but does it do so at the social cost of low wages, anti-union activity and squeezing supplier...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WRGY, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
The Human Ecosystem (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Sudden meat allergy is real and it’s caused by tick bites. The latest research shows a link between the allergy and heart disease. -CRISPR gene-...

Bought by WCNY, 'The Sea', KKRN, KMUN, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Immigration Stories (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Immigrants to the United States share their personal stories of how they journeyed from Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, a...

Bought by WCPN, KXCV, WGZS, WNMU-FM, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Immigration Stories (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Immigrants to the United States share their personal stories of how they journeyed from Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, ...

Bought by WYAP, RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WCNY, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2019
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 17
Immigration Stories (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Immigrants to the United States share their personal stories of how they journeyed from Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, a...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WVAS, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Interstellar Visitations
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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If Oumuamua is a "scout," then for what cosmic army? And other dealings with strange things in the skies.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jan 21, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spirituality in Millennials (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-"Spiritual but not religious" is an increasingly popular tagline for the millennial generation. The millennial approach to spirituality is more ab...

Bought by WCNY, KUHF, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRGY, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 10
Brand Survival in the Trump Era (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-With the country deeply divided, brands whose livelihoods depend on appealing to the entire population companies can't afford to take sides and mo...

Bought by WJCT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), WFHB, KRDP and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Music That Mends (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Former jail inmates find redemption in writing about the traps and turning points on their paths to imprisonment. David Coogan, editor of the coll...

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, WSGE, WVAS, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2018
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 10
Should activists run for Congress?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7th) and Baltimore activist Dominique Stevenson discuss activism, political involvement and why leaders...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 31, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Pains of Recovery (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-It's been more than six months since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Residents are still feeling stressed by the storm and its aftermath. ...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Harford Community Radio, KEDT, WTJU and more


  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 12
A Scar on the System
From: WNIN
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When Bloomington, Indiana, psychologist Albert Fink crashed his car and confessed to police that he had falsified a mental evaluation in a criminal...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
#5 Period Piece
From: Side Effects Public Media
Series: Sick
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Lisa De Bode got curious about how homeless women deal with menstruation, so she wrote a story on it. Then, things started to change. Plus, Jake l...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2016
  • Length: 16:50
  • Purchases: 1
The Dangerous Drug Culture At Electronic Dance Music Festivals
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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Electronic Dance Music is one of the fastest growing genres in the music and concert industry. This very profitable industry has become linked to d...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 05:35
The Little Band That Could (news feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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As the New Year approaches, Col. John Brodie is working tirelessly with the Virginia Military Institute's Regimental Band to prepare for their upco...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #42 – In The Name Of The Father
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The Scottsboro Boys are infamous — nine black teenagers falsely accused and convicted of raping two white women. Last year, the state of Alabama f...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 23:08
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #80- An Architect's Code (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #88- The Broadcast Clock
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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What makes public radio tick.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 6
Time Zones: a World History
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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Time zones reflect a history of our changing politics, commerce, and technology.

Bought by Listenwise and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 2