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Larry Jameson
From: Brian Bahouth
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I walked the Truckee River Trail through downtown Reno this past Saturday and recorded an interview with a man selling cds and playing a drum. Lar...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:29
Modi the Magnificent
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Boy in Modi mask
Sandip Roy takes in the theater of Modi's first large scale political rally in New Delhi.

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #60, Leslye
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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For our sixtieth (but far from the last) episode, we speak with Leslye Obiora, PhD, a person committed to community and women’s equality. Law profe...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
The Legendary Archie Shepp
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Archie Shepp
A look at the career of the legendary saxophonist

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Governing the Occupation
From: Frances Harlow
Caption: The Occupy Maine encampment in Portland's Lincoln Park., Credit: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://katrinaherzogphotography.com/" target="_blank">Katrina Herzog</a>, courtesy of the Salt archives.
Dispatches from Occupy Maine's consensus process.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
Life After War
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
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Refugees coming to the US have just a few months to find a job and a place to live. And they are 10 times as likely as the general population to su...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
Why Ohio is ready to go
From: Obama for America
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Supporters in Ohio got up bright and early last weekend to show President Obama that they're ready to go. Listen in to find out what inspired a few...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
“The more that I do, the more it's going to help”
From: Obama for America
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Volunteers in New Hampshire explain why they're pitching in to re-elect President Obama, and how independent-minded voters across the state are put...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
Pro-Putin, Anti-Putin
From: Julia Barton
Caption: Alexander Yellin., Credit: Julia Barton
Thousands of protesters gathered in the months before the re-election of Vladimir Putin as Russia's president. Putin’s supporters and detractors bo...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #47, Kara
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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It’s another episode of The Mikie Show! I know, we were all hoping I’d say that. Well, I did. Join us as we speak with Kara Hartzler, an attorney w...

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #39, Whit
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Episode thirty-nine! Just had to say it, hope you don’t mind. We speak with Whit Patten, a man who grew up on a farm in the country (he had to boar...

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #36, Liz
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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This episode we speak with Liz Tilley, a soon to be PhD in Family Studies and Human Development. Her focus is on awareness and prevention of teen p...

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  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #35, Ned
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with newsman/publisher Ned Creighton. He drinks a lot but that’s okay, he’s in the news business. Nah, I’m kidding. He is a gre...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
All You Need is a (Separation Barrier)
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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From Baghdad to Western Sahara, an alphabetic listing of the world’s prominent separation barriers builds a wall of its own.

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering "I Have a Dream"
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: Julian Bond (right) at the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs, with other members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee., Credit: Julian Bond
We know what history books say about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech - but what about the people who were there?

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 28
The Mikie Show #28, Manu
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Join us as we speak with Manu Mallikarjun. A former derivatives trader who changed course and is making a documentary I hope we all get to enjoy. ...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Crawford Texas After the Bush Years
From: KUT
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Crawford, Texas became the adopted home of George W. Bush during his presidency. But the small town west of Waco has undergone some big changes si...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:25
Detention in the City of Destiny
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: GEO Guard at the Northwest Detention Center, Tacoma., Credit: Alex Stonehill
In 2004 a new detention center opened on the tideflats below downtown Tacoma. Owned and operated by a private corporation, it houses up to a thousa...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 1
Seattle's Ellis Island
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Between Worlds/Behind Bars
Caption: Many Uch at the Airport Way Detention Facility., Credit: Eroyn Franklin
An imposing brick building on Airport Way at the edge of the International District housed detained immigrants from 1931 to 2004. It was once known...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 1
Poetic Port of Entry
From: Eve Abrams
Caption: Meena 3
Meena means "port of entry" in Arabic -- a fitting name for the journal of poetry, art, and literature produced in the ports of New Orleans, Louisi...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
Giving Women The Vote
From: Sandra Sleight-Brennan
Caption: Votes For Women!, Credit: Library of Congress
2010 was the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave American women the right to vote. Women got the vote, in part, because of a promise ...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 9
Creative Commutes
From: David Schultz
Caption: Slugging at the Pentagon is just one of the ways people in the Washington region develop their own methods of avoiding traffic-clogged highways., Credit: David Schultz/WAMU
Traffic congestion in the D.C. region is at an all-time high. That's forced many to get creative with their commutes.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
New Trail Blazes Through Private Lands
From: Todd Bookman
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A new multi-use trail has opened in Peterborough, New Hampshire, linking downtown to the top of Pack Monadnock Mountain. Establishing a path to the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Gentrification on Logan Circle
From: Big Shed Audio
Caption: Logan Circle Neighborhood - Washington, DC, Credit: (Google Maps)
Profile of a DC neighborhood in transition by 8th grade students and teachers from The Cesar Chavez Public Charter School in Washington, DC.

Bought by KUT, YouthCast, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 18:56
  • Purchases: 3
Paradise with a Key: The Politics of New York’s Community Gardens
From: Jenny Shalant
Caption: Two Coves Community Garden, Credit: Magali Regis
Growing tomatoes on city land can be a messy pursuit in the Big Apple, even before you get your hands in the soil.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2009
  • Length: 23:17