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Briefly Patriotic - Idol Gives Death
From: Paul Day
Series: Briefly Patriotic
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Billy Bob Neck on the Idol Gives Back charity drive

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 01:06
Teen Vox Pop: If I Were President
From: Curie Youth Radio
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What would a sixteen-year-old do with all the power?

Bought by WTIP, Radijojo World Children's Radio Network, KOOP, WEKU, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2007
  • Length: 02:18
  • Purchases: 6
Congress Unites for Wetlands
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems in the world. But since European settlers first arrived on American shores, more than half of the...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Billy Bragg
From: WXPN
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Musician Billy Bragg reflects on writing songs about politics and love.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 3
A Musician's Life: Michael Franti
From: WXPN
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Singer, songwriter and activist Michael Franti reflects changes in his approach to music making over the years.

Bought by KUSP and KUT


  • Added: Oct 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 2
Freedom
From: Joan Schuman
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Part of the audio sketch series Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:05
Journalist Impersonations (#163)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What's the story when the government impersonates a journalist?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Collective Irresponsibility (#158)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Blame the system and absolve yourself.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ethical Spies (#153)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What makes some spying ethical, and other spying not.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Surveillance of Teachers (es#151)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Students aren't the only ones being tested.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KPFT, KWCW, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
A False Dilemma (#150)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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When is a choice not a real choice?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WMPG, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Save Trestles Beach
From: Philippe Boucher
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How a plan for a toll-highway would destroy the Yosemite of surfing

  • Added: Jan 28, 2006
  • Length: 04:07
A bribe is a bribe (es#148)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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When is a bribe not a bribe?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KDNK


  • Added: Jan 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
I am Not Homeless
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem by Highway Poet J. Barrett Wolf

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
The Appendage Police
From: Barrett Wolf
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Biker Poetry by J. Barrett Wolf, Highway Poet

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:36
Talking Bumper Stickers (#137)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Should license plates have messages?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Responsible Response to Hurricane Katrina (#134)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Sometimes we have a duty to complain

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nationalism and Patriotism (#129)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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How is our nation motivated or hindered in its actions when motivated by one versus the other?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KWCW


  • Added: Sep 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Balance of Power (#127)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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When should states acquiesce to the federal government, and when should they instead claim separate authority?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Zinn - Government
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Historian Howard Zinn says that governments break laws regularly.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
James Baldwin - West
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author James Baldwin reflects on the history of United States’s foreign policy. (1963)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
Paul Tillich
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Theologian Paul Tillich talks about the ultimate danger of nuclear weapons. (1961)

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :55
  • Purchases: 2
Dean Rusk - Weapons
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk justifies the American build-up of arms. (1961)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
Howard Zinn - People
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Historian Howard Zinn suggests how civil disobedience effects the public consciousness. (1974)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
Eleanor Roosevelt
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt gives voice to her concern about the governments in possession of nuclear weapons. (1961)

Bought by XRAY.fm and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2

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