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A Citizen's Guide to the Difference Between the Truth and "Gotcha" in "Gotcha politics"
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
If Woodward and Bernstein and Ben Bradlee had gone for the “gotcha” instead of the truth, the cost would have been the truth. The integrity that ...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:45
A Curse on Time Warner
From: Nathan Callahan
Series: The SoCal Byte
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Why the Dodgers Will Lose

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:19
"Miracle/Lyrical/Skeptical (told through narration, music and soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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Just when you thought it was safe.....republicans start talking about making demands in return for raising the debt ceiling again..or else.... do s...

Bought by KMXT and WOUB


  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
WIN Week in Review
From: Workers Independent News
Caption: The Voice for Working People
News for December 2-6th.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
Boston Marathon Bomb Attack ( Updated Sat. April 20 Version)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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A review of the terror attack.. and subsequent events including Thurs. overnight police firefight with suspects, Boston lockdown Friday, suspect i...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 1
130316 Jamie Calls George Bush
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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He insults me every week so I call and confront him. Then music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. From the golden age a Amer...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:54:08
"Guns and B(i)tter: The Gun Violence Debate Intensifies as Pres. Obama Starts His 2nd Term ( told thru narration, music and soundbites)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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The gun violence debate...how it's being portrayed by the politicians.. the gun lobbyists...and the media

  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 57:42
After the Newtown School Shooting UPDATED TO INCLUDE NRA REACTION ( Maybe the Basic Rules of Journalism Need to Change, too)
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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A look at the issues...and the coverage of those issues...raised by the Newtown shootings...told thru narration, music and soundbites...now updated...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2012
  • Length: 57:58
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for Week of Sept. 26, 2012
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:51:49
  • Purchases: 1
Miracle in Gray and White
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
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Neighbors investigate an apparition.

Bought by The Story and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
When Journalism is Neither Fair or Accurate
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Who gets to be in the media and who doesn’t? That’s the topic of Radio Curious in a conversation with Jeff Cohen, co-founder of FAIR-Fairness and A...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Remembering Christopher Hitchens, 1949 - 2011
From: Simon Marks
Caption: Christopher Hitchens, 1949 - 2011, Credit: Feature Story News
A sound-rich obituary honoring the life and works of the late Christopher Hitchens, who died on December 16, 2011. Suitable for news magazines an...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
"The 'Hollywoodization' of Network TV Evening Newscasts, 2011"(Updated/Remixed}
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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This program explores the infusion of "infotainment" values into the network evening newscasts..and is written, produced and hosted by an award win...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 59:55
Richard W. Johnson: His Philosophy and Optimism
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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This edition of Radio Curious is again about Richard W. Johnson Jr., publisher of a group of newspapers in Mendocino County, California, called Men...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Oliver Stone Discusses new movie "South of the Border"
From: National Press Club
Series: From the National Press Club
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Oliver Stone and members of his research team for the movie discuss their latest work that focuses on several South American and central American C...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 53:57
Ballot Battles
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi election official checks the seals on a ballot box at a polling station after the polls closed for special voting in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. The polls opened Wednesday for members of the Iraqi security forces, detainees and hospi, Credit: The Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
News 2.0: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media- Part Two
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media
Caption: Feb. 12, 2009 plane crash near Clarence, N.Y., as photographed by citizen journalist "Traceur Zero" for CNN's iReport, Credit: Courtesy CNN
Two one-hour CBC Radio programs about changes to our understanding of 'journalism' now that anyone can create, report and publish news.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KQED, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 53:07
  • Purchases: 7
News 2.0: The Future of News in the Age of Social Media- Part One
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media
Caption: Feb. 12, 2009 plane crash near Clarence, N.Y., as photographed by citizen journalist "Traceur Zero" for CNN's iReport, Credit: Courtesy CNN
Two one-hour CBC Radio programs about changes to our understanding of 'journalism' now that anyone can create, report and publish news.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KQED, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 52:14
  • Purchases: 7
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
KERA Commentary: Six Degrees of Obama and McCain
From: KERA
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How the "six degrees of separation" concept is playing out in political campaigns.

  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 03:06
FearTV
From: WAMU
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This piece examines possible fear-mongering by the media.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
New Orleans: Demoltion by Neglect
From: Richard Simon
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Six Goucher College students head down to New Orleans to learn more about the recent demoltion of public housing

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
TPMtv: CNN: All Hail McDifferent!
From: Veracifier
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TPMtv: CNN: All Hail McDifferent!

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:12
TPMtv: Bush DOJ Scandal, Update #1
From: Veracifier
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TPMtv: Bush DOJ Scandal, Update #1

  • Added: Jun 25, 2008
  • Length: 03:38
7 Dirty Words -GeorgeCarlin RIP
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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George Carlin's 7 Dirty Words - RIP Mixes (clean)

Bought by XRAY.fm, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KGLT, Marfa Public Radio, and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2008
  • Length: 21:02
  • Purchases: 5