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Women Rising 31: Nuclear Weapons Abolitionists
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: 8/9 Nagasaki Day Protest at Livermore Labs, Credit: photo by The Resource Center for Nonviolence rcnv.org via Twitter @RNCV1
Women Rising Radio takes us inside the movement for nuclear disarmament, to meet the women on the frontlines of the fight for a future free of nucl...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WXDU, XRAY.fm, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
1981 Memorial Day Flood in Austin
From: Erika Aguilar
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A short radio documentary about the 1981 Memorial Day Flood in Austin, Texas that killed 13 people.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2016
  • Length: :00
Rural Pinetops Disconnected from Internet Thanks to Telecom Monopolies
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
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Last week, Wilson’s City Council voted to halt Greenlight Internet service to the community of Pinetops, North Carolina. City leaders, faced with t...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
StoryCorps: Vaughn Allex and Denise Allex
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Vaughn Allex and Denise Allex
A former airline employee discusses the aftereffects of knowing he checked two 9/11 hijackers onto the plane that was flown into the Pentagon.

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Climate change threatens birds migrating along Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Andrea Patterson inspects a common yellowthroat in order to determine its age and sex during the banding process., Credit: Veronica Volk
Some of the migratory songbirds that pass through the Great Lakes region are already on the move, but their migratory patterns are shifting due to ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WCPN, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 6
Is 20-Something Too Late For A Guy To Get The HPV Vaccine?
From: Side Effects Public Media
Caption: Jake Harper, 29, is Side Effects Public Media's resident hypochondriac. His newest health anxiety stems from the human papillomavirus, or HPV., Credit: Brian Paul/Side Effects
A generation of young men missed out on the HPV vaccine. Now, Side Effects Public Media's 29-year-old correspondent wonders if that’s putting him a...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
12,000-pound lighthouse moves to new home
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Port Clinton lighthouse moves by barge, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Hundreds gathered Tuesday to watch the Port Clinton lighthouse make a half-mile journey down the Portage River to a new home on Lake Erie. The 120-...

Bought by WXXI Rochester and WBFO


  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:18
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Law #89: Live Law Philadelphia - Beyond the Walls: Prison Positive
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Odessa Summers
For 22 years, Philadelphia FIGHT has hosted an entire month of free workshops, trainings, and outreach about HIV and AIDS. This year, Life of the L...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:58
A House Built on Sand
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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There’s a very robust debate going on right now as to exactly how much sea level rise we’re in for, and the Cliffs Notes version is that it’s betwe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
NEXT Episode 2: A Roof Over Your Head
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A new, regional news program from The New England News Collaborative, hosted by John Dankosky.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Vermont Public


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 2
KILLING THE COLORADO -- Jeffrey Friedman Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Jeffrey Friedman talks water, politics, and surviving civilization.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 08:07
Bizarre video attacks pesky bug in Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: In the video, the spiny water flea is depicted as an aggressive military general.
There are a lot of invasive species vying for the public’s attention, especially in the Great Lakes. So researchers trying to raise awareness about...

Bought by WCPN and WBFO


  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Artist paddles the Erie Canal from Buffalo to NYC
From: Great Lakes Today
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Well known artist and adventurer braves the urban waterways in New York in search for art. Her project called Tide and Current taxi takes her on a ...

Bought by WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 4
Groups work to preserve Great Lakes watershed
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / A glimpse of the Jackson Falls property in the Town of Aurora. The land is a part of a big push to protect areas in the Great Lakes watershed. , Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Conservationists along the Great Lakes corridor are continuing their efforts to keep the lakes clean, by protecting its watershed from development.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: Jul 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 5
Shipwreck discovered off the coast of Lake Ontario
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo of the recently-discovered Royal Albert., Credit: Jim Kennard
On Wednesday, a group of New York-based underwater explorers announced they discovered a mid-nineteenth-century shipwreck that's been hiding in the...

Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and WCPN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 4
Hawking Campaign Swag: How I spent my summer vacation
From: Leslie Griffy
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Selling campaign hats, t-shirts and buttons is big business. The guys behind the sales are having summer adventures - and their politics may surpri...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
#737-A hilarious visit to a superstore
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Classic piece. Marc, host of Money Matters describes his visit to Costco. A must listen. Too funny!

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Jun 25, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #85: Live Law New Orleans - A Scholar's Life
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Host Osagie Obasogie, Credit: Riverview Photography
This week we take you to New Orleans, for stories told by legal scholars about what life's like as a legal scholar.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:41
CDC's Medical Detectives
From: Philip Graitcer
Caption: EIS Badge, Credit: CDC
As the Zika virus spreads throughout the Western Hemisphere, dozens of medical epidemiologists are following its course and developing strategies t...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:31
Life of the Law #84: Liberité & Securité
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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France has been under a “state of emergency” since November, raising questions about the appropriate balance between security and civil liberties.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 25:50
An unlikely friendship transforms the gun debate
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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In the mid-90’s, Dr. Mark Rosenberg was leading gun violence research at the CDC. Republican Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey, the NRA’s so-called '...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 37:50
  • Purchases: 3
Still Alive: One Man's Battle with Opiate Addiction
From: Chris Harland-Dunaway
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One young man's near-death fall from a cliff, and the power of Straight Edge punk music, helped him escape prescription opiate addiction. His story...

Bought by WDBM and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2016
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 2
Is Drone Training Really Necessary For People To Become A Drone Pilot?
From: Zhiyan Zhong
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This is a story discussing the need for taking drone-flying training in order to be a drone pilot. In the story, you will hear a major drone traini...

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:19
Slut Walk
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
Caption: Students at Syracuse University march around campus holding signs and chanting.
A piece about college students standing for change and ending rape culture.

  • Added: May 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:26
Where All The Old Clothes Go
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
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Unwanted and old fabrics often get thrown away, but they have a large value to the environment and local communities when they are recycled.

  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:15

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