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War Diaries: From Kyiv to Tripoli
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Audio documentaries from the front lines

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Neil Harris Jr.
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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Around 2015, a young man who called himself Stephen showed up in Manhattan's Riverside Park. Locals noticed him sitting on the same park bench day ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 20:54
Are We A Democracy Or A Republic?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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Is the US a democracy or a republic? And why do we only have two dominant political parties?

Bought by Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:32
  • Purchases: 1
Gerrymandering
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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The line between fairly splitting a state into voting districts, and purposely grouping voters to give one party an advantage.

Bought by WKSU and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
How Secure Are Our Elections?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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A wave of recent legislation across the country promised to make our elections "more secure." Where did this suspicion of our voting process come f...

Bought by Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 1
Disinformation, Misinformation, and Propaganda
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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In preparation for the upcoming election, we’re going to talk about lies, manipulation, and confusion.

Bought by WHFR and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 2
Special Report - Power Grids Under Attack: The Threat is Domestic Terrorism – Not Drag Artists
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Last December, an attack on two electrical substations in Moore County, North Carolina left 45,000 households and businesses without power for up t...

Bought by Radio Catskill, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
70 Million - Highway Robbery: How a Small Town Traffic Trap Became A Legal Black Hole
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sandra Harris, photographed in her home. , Credit: Amarr Croskey
On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a small town in Alabama, where an eager new police chief, unsuspecting m...

Bought by WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 12
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
Caption: Birtukan Kebede shows of wheat landrace grains, Credit: David Kattenburg
War is not healthy for children and other living things, so the Sixties saying went. It isn’t healthy for Planet Earth’s climate system either. The...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:16
Special Report: Deciding the Fate of Democracy in North Carolina
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this special report, we examine anti-democratic election law and a legal case — Moore vs. Harper — which is to be decided this term by the US Su...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Push to Bring Medicaid Behind Bars
From: Tradeoffs
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People leaving jail and prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death. This week, why policymakers from deep blue California to so...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 26:10
¿QPM? S7 Ep. 5 Latinos & Health Care Rights
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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During the pandemic, Cleveland officials and local health care providers took too long to get translators for Spanish speaking COVID-19 patients. T...

  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 19:19
¿QPM? S7 Ep. 3 Latinos & Education
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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We go back to Schuyler, Nebraska to learn whether educational equity is being achieved there. We found that while changes are happening, more is ne...

  • Added: May 29, 2022
  • Length: 15:35
Medical Apartheid and the COVID-19 vaccines (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The world is struggling to contain COVID-19, as variants continue to emerge in countries where the virus is spreading unchecked, killing thousands....

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
But Next Time, Episode 3: Rising Waters
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jaime is speaking to members of the National Low Income Housing Coalition about the 12 Moms initiative., Credit: But Next Time
In cities around the globe community organizers and direct service agencies are often the first line of response when a climate fueled natural disa...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Why A Major Immigration Law Might Be Unconstitutional
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Emily Green tells us the story of Edgar Lopez, a grandfather of four who was killed trying to make his way back hom...

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Making Sense of A Disaster in Haiti
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we feature an audio diary from an English teacher living in Les Cayes, Haiti. Then we speak with former US Ambassador to Haiti, Pa...

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


  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Making Sense of a Growing Refugee Crisis
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, journalist Hana Baba talks with former refugee Maryan Hassan and author Ty McCormick, whose new book "Beyond the Sand and Sea" tel...

Bought by Classic107.3, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Yemen's Hunger Ward
From: Mateo Schimpf
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After more than five years of civil war, Yemenis are bracing for what could be the worst famine the world has seen in decades. Hunger Ward, a new d...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 17:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
Big Tech and Democracy: What Went Wrong
From: Mateo Schimpf
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As we race towards a particularly contentious presidential election in the US, we look at the influence of social media on our democracy. And, as p...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Farmworkers Risk Smoke, Heat, And COVID-19 As California Burns
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From Santa Rosa to Salinas, farmworkers are harvesting as California burns. Workers are risking heat, smoke, and COVID-19 to pick grapes and harves...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 10:51
  • 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
Covid in the Country
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Is being rural a pre-existing vulnerability in this crisis? Equipped with a mask and a selfie stick, Laura Flanders reports (from a responsible dis...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Texts Not Jails! Before and After Covid-19 via 70 Million
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Covid-19 has transformed jails and prisons into death traps. How are some communities jailing less people in the first place. After someone is arre...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1