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Documenting an Invisible Island
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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For more than a century, it was almost impossible to find out much about people buried on Hart Island. But in 2008, that all changed — thanks in la...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 17:56
The “Veep”
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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Alben Barkley served in Congress for close to 40 years and was Harry Truman’s vice president from 1948-1952. Though he wanted to be President himse...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 4
What a Jobless Recovery Looks Like
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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A stand-alone segment of the Planet Warning Series. Reports on the jobless "recovery" that the US has been moved into from the Great Recession.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
50 Years of Tax Cuts Benefit the Very rich
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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Revised edition. A report shows that the last 50 years of tax cuts benefited the very rich but left the middle class without improvement.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 01:59