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Caption: Negotiator Sue Williams
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll take a look at hostage negotiations. From criminal kidnappings to political pawns, hostage taking is a ...

Bought by KUNM and WPSU


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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How effective have nonviolent resistance movements been to effect social and political change, compared to armed violent uprisings? This time on P...

Bought by KISA Digital Studios, KRZA, Aspen Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Today, Dr. Gary Slutkin's effort to treat violence like an infectious disease and a conversation with former U.S. intelligence officer Ray McGovern...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Samuel "Jesse" Smith, Credit: Katy Gross
Samuel "Jesse" Smith was so determined to defend his country after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, he lied about his age to get into the Marines....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 3
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On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
Caption: Tatiana McBraun, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Tatiana McBraun, a political science major at San Jose State, told KQED’s Lillian Mongeau she feels too much security can be a bad thing.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: :33
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Under rules codified at the 1961 Vienna Convention, diplomatic missions are generally considered inviolable. But with the murder of Libya Ambassado...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee takes up the new defense budget on Tuesday, and an issue that's sure to come up is the Navy's...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:35
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Libya's civil war is over, but many victims of the Qaddafi regime are still violently meting out justice to their former oppressors. Will this just...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 02:06
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News and features on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: The Iraqi Student Project aims to get Iraqi students into American colleges and universities., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: May 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Two Afghan boys sit together in their village that was suffering from a shortage of food and water, Monday July 29, 2002 in Qiqay, 32 kilometers (20 miles) southeast of Khost, Afghanistan., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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An Iraq vet and a policy expert pull apart the promises on war.

Bought by KDNK, Remix Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 27, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 4

  • Added: May 13, 2008
  • Length: 57:18
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A study on new peacebuilding actions within the Pentagon.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
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News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Nov 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A story about Muslims in the American military-including a WWII vet who lobbied the government to designate Islam on military dogtags.

Bought by Raven Radio and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 2