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Today’s show is straight from the headlines of the May/June issue of The Chicago Reporter and their cover story on questionable gun cases that resu...
- Added: May 06, 2011
- Length: 50:06
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 1
During the turmoil of the last few weeks, Turkey’s been held up as a model of a democratic Muslim country. But Turkey’s got problems of its own. J...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 1
In India, 40% of the population lives on less than $2 a day. To pay for food and other essentials, people have to come up with out-of-the-ordinary...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and HCC Radio The Dragon
- Added: Feb 25, 2011
- Length: 02:39
- Purchases: 2
The Providence based Manton Avenue Project works to train young children in playwriting. The final result of the project is a full-fledged play pe...
- Added: Dec 28, 2010
- Length: 07:49
For decades, most images coming out of Afghanistan have been of war and the damage it causes. The war there continues, but a well known novel by Af...
- Added: Dec 17, 2010
- Length: 05:37
Almost half the population of Haiti can’t read or write. January’s earthquake destroyed 80% of the schools in and around Port-au-Prince. So, many...
- Added: Oct 22, 2010
- Length: 05:35
In Sudan, 20-years of civil war between the Arab Muslim north and the Christian African south has left two million dead. Both sides used child sol...
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 05:35
UNICEF Pakistan Program specialist Dr. Mohammed Rafiq just returned from a visit to flood- affected areas in Peshawar. He spoke with UNICEF Radio...
- Added: Aug 04, 2010
- Length: 04:09
Mexico is reeling from a recent explosion of drug violence. The last few weeks have been some of the deadliest since President Calderon began his ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WBEZ
- Added: Jul 02, 2010
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 2
We talk with KAXE Members Sharon and Jim Duit, former MN residents and proud KAXE members now in Hot Spring Village in Arkansas. They had shredded ...
- Added: Jun 21, 2010
- Length: 14:06
We’re not hearing that much about Haiti these days. Oil spills and car bomb plots have taken over the headlines. But we’re keeping our eye on Hai...
- Added: May 07, 2010
- Length: 03:09
China quake relief continues despite cold, altitude and other obstacle
- Added: Apr 21, 2010
- Length: 06:30
Reporter Laura Spero lives in New York City, but she travels to Nepal every year. There, a single winding road connects Nepal’s capital, Katmandu,...
Bought by KVNF
- Added: Apr 16, 2010
- Length: 03:58
- Purchases: 1
This time Peace Talks Radio considers two men – Greg Mortenson and Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti (Hah-ROH-Tay)- who firmly believe that the path to rel...
Bought by WHRV, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio
- Added: Apr 06, 2010
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3
Stimulus money aided in the creation of the Germantown, Ohio Head Start program which opened in February helping to create new jobs and giving chil...
- Added: Feb 24, 2010
- Length: 02:56
A study out this week shows that joblessness among low-income workers has reached a staggering 30%. So it’s no surprise that the number of homeles...
Bought by KZYX and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 05:13
- Purchases: 2
From: UNICEF
UNICEF emergency communications specialist Jennifer Bakody recently visited Haitian earthquake survivors in the Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo D...
- Added: Feb 12, 2010
- Length: 04:35
How do you explain the tragedy in Haiti to your 5-year-old?
- Added: Jan 28, 2010
- Length: 03:26
Thousands of children in Haiti’s capitol city, Port au Prince, beg on the streets to survive. Most street kids are invisible to those passing by. ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Dec 10, 2009
- Length: 04:33
- Purchases: 1
A few days ago, Israel proposed a ten-month freeze on settlements in the West Bank. But Palestinians say that’s not enough. They want the freeze ...
- Added: Dec 04, 2009
- Length: 04:12
From: UNICEF
Filipino 6th grader Louie Mangali shares his experience of the recent flooding and its aftermath
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: 03:14
Shawn Allee talks with residents about living with Dow and dioxin.
- Added: Nov 06, 2009
- Length: 03:38
Bomb blasts in Ramadi a few days ago killed 19 people, and injured 80 more. It’s a sobering reminder that violence in Iraq continues to wreak havo...
- Added: Oct 16, 2009
- Length: 05:25
13-year old Mamadou Barry had to strike out on his own at an early age. Unlike other kids, Mamadou has no parents sacrificing for his future. He’...
- Added: Sep 25, 2009
- Length: 02:19
