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Future Docs 5: Are We Training Enough New Doctors?
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Resident Brian Drolet examines a patient's burned arm., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
The nation spends billions of dollars every year training future doctors. But health care experts worry we’re still not training enough doctors to ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 06:07
William Jennings Bryan: The Speech That Changed Politics
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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At the 1896 Democratic Convention, Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party and won him the nomination. His “Cross of Gold” speech is known t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 7
The “Veep”
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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Alben Barkley served in Congress for close to 40 years and was Harry Truman’s vice president from 1948-1952. Though he wanted to be President himse...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 4
Protesting the Romney/Ryan Budget: Nuns on the Bus
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Sister Simone Campbell, captain of the "Nuns on the Bus" tour protesting the Romney/Ryan budget, and Executive D...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:37
Without Comment: The First 100 Days-Week Six"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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Without Comment is a 13 week series looking at the first 100 days of the Barack presidency.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
Buy American Doesn't Apply to Renewable Energy
From: Paul Brandus
Series: Green Energy Brief
Caption: Editor in Chief Paul Brandus, Credit: Niko Markun
...“America has been asleep” - President Obama wants to double renewable energy production by 2012. But the United States lacks a manufacturing bas...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 08:28
Washington Execution: The Mechanics of an Execution
From: KUOW
Series: State of Execution
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Prisoners sentenced to death in Washington State have a choice of lethal injection or hanging.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 06:58
Washington Execution: Capital Cases and the Law
From: KUOW
Series: State of Execution
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Death penalty cases are extremely complex and costly to pursue.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 06:41
Obama and McCain's stances on America's electrical infrastructure
From: Blueprint America
Series: Blueprint America: The presidential candidates on infrastructure
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How Obama and McCain propose fixing America's fraying electrical system.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
Obama and McCain's stances on America's transportation infrastructure
From: Blueprint America
Series: Blueprint America: The presidential candidates on infrastructure
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sens. Obama and McCain stances on transportation

  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: 02:23
Rust Belt Series: Manufacturing
From: WYSO
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How the Presidential candidates are addressing problems in the manufacturing industry.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2008
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Two Jobs, Still Not Making It
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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A 21-year-old woman describes the difficulty of paying the bills while working at a deli and Wendy's. What do the candidates have to say about that?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
What To Do in Iraq
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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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
Feet In Two Worlds: La Ruta del Voto Latino - Espinola
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
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La Ruta del Voto Latino: Marcia Espinola in Siler City, N.C.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:59
Dirty Politics
From: Center for Public Integrity
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An investigation into opposition research and presidential campaigns

Bought by PRX Election Podcast


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Dirty Politics--Short Version
From: Center for Public Integrity
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An investigation into opposition research and presidential cmapigns.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Immigration 2007-2008
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A year of in-depth immigration stories produced by NPR's Latino USA.

Bought by KUNM, KXOT Public Radio, KUT-HD, Marfa Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: May 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Deployment Guessing Game
From: Adam Allington
Series: Front Line: Missouri Soldiers in Iraq
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U.S. Army Reservists navigate a variety of unknowns

  • Added: Mar 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:52
Warzone Economics
From: Adam Allington
Series: Front Line: Missouri Soldiers in Iraq
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U.S. Army Civil Affairs is tasked with compensating Iraqis for accedential death and destruction.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
President Change: What's Hope? What's Reality
From: Brian Sussman
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Fast-forward to January 2009. A new President is in the Oval Office. How will he ? or she ? grease the wheels of official Washington to get an age...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 32:03
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - Journalism
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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3 generations discussing how journalism has developed

  • Added: Sep 07, 2007
  • Length: 59:59
PRI's Michael Arnold on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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PRI's Michael Arnold: the 12th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Jan 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
Why Single Payer, Part 6: The Single Payer System
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The problems in healthcare have gone beyond just tweaking the current system to a point where we really have to look at infrastructure issues, and ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2006
  • Length: 07:44
Why Single Payer, Part 5: The Flow of Medical Information, the legal system, and medical school.
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Emergency rooms don't have access to a patient's primary healthcare information. This, as well as the cost of a healthcare education, adds to the ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2006
  • Length: 05:35
Why Single Payer, Part 4: Emergency Rooms and Prevention
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As access to healthcare becomes increasingly difficult, emergency rooms are becoming the primary health service for a lot of people.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:47