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May 8th’s primary election is approaching! Whether it’s on paper or on a screen, logistical problems seem to follow elections wherever they go. Our...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 09:14
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The final bill of the 2012 requiring Governor Mitch Daniels’ action was signed this afternoon. Daniels signed SEA 1into law - a bill worked on by B...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
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The 2012 Indiana Legislative session is coming to a close, with 27 bills already signed into law. However, stacks of legislation are still being de...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 07:40
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The Bloomington Peace Action Coalition is organizing a protest against a potential war with Iran. David Keppel, a member of BPAC and co-chair of th...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:54
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Joe Carraro describes how even from the start, the Department of Homeland Security was created with the intention of grabbing more power for the go...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:08
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Joe Carraro asks: If the Republicans are so sure of their ideas, why are they so afraid to debate them with President Obama and the Democrats?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 01:50
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Joe Carraro proposes that if Congress is really representative of the people, then its members will give up its overpaid salaries and benefits and ...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 07:46
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Joe Carraro discusses the fall of Merrill Lynch, the Wall Street firm he worked for as a stockbroker. He compares the greed and ineptitude of Thain...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:09
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
NEPOTISM HAPPENS EVERYWHERE AT ALL LEVELS SO THAT EVENTUALLY EVERYONE BECOMES INVOLVED EITHER IN ITS PERPETUATION OR ITS COVER-UP. IT'S PREVALENT I...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 09:16
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
State Senator Joe Carraro meets State Senator Barack Obama. His impression back then plays true to today.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:32
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Obamacare was a program put together by and for special interests, without eliminating any of the inefficiencies and corruption that are already pr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 08:58
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
The definition of a Recession has changed from many years ago. It started during George W. Bush's second term and will continue until all the reso...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 03:37
Caption: Ian Masters
Conversations with two women--one a 17-year-old journalist in Alexandria and the other an established novelist/author in Cairo--to explain the situ...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
Caption: Ian Masters
William Cohan talks about the soon-to-be-released report arguing the economic collapse was preventable; former ATF Gerald Nunziato on gun laws; Sam...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 53:58
Caption: Ian Masters
The chair of American University in Cairo's Political Science Department on events in Egypt; veteran journalist Charles Peters on Obama; historian ...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
Caption: Ian Masters
Jonathan Alter talks about Obama's presidency at year 3; Columbia University Professor Kimberly Marten on Chechnya and Russian bombings; Jane Hamsh...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
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Simon Johnson, author of 13 BANKERS, analyzes about banks in American economic life. John Feffer discusses "Arab Democracy Now!" Ted C. Fishman t...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 54:59
Caption: Ian Masters
Craig Aaron of Free Press discusses the NBC-Comcast deal; Gordon Chang analyzes US-China relations as Hu Jintao arrives in Washington; Amy Wilentz ...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 53:58
Caption: Ian Masters
"The State of the Dream 2011 - Austerity for Whom?"; Obama's Afghanistan policy; Congress and lobbyists

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 53:55
Caption: Ian Masters
Analysis of the following subjects: Tunisia; foreclosures; MLK Day; the military-industrial complex

  • Added: Jan 16, 2011
  • Length: 54:56
Caption: Barack Obama, Credit: Gig Greenwood
Family and friends who knew Barack Obama when he was growing up in the Aloha State share their insight about how Hawaii helped shape his character ...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Dec 22, 2008
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Barack Obama in Hawaii, Credit: George Waialeale
Family and friends who knew Barack Obama when he was growing up in the Aloha State share their insight about the presidential candidate and how Haw...

Bought by PRX Election Podcast and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
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Many Chicagoans know Barack Obama's neighborhood of Hyde Park as a special niche in the city, its history, and its politics.

Bought by Vocalo.org, KRUA, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX PromCom


  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 4
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Shareef Cousin was wrongly convicted and sent to death row for over a decade.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, 90.5 WSNC, and KTNA


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 3
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we need accurate mirrors of inaccurate appraisals

  • Added: Nov 27, 2006
  • Length: 01:09