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A health insurance executive has a crisis of conscience
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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What happens when the executive spin doctor for one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country confronts the consequences of his spin...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 32:37
  • Purchases: 1
Reno plans to learn from early start cannabis sales
From: Brian Bahouth
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Nevada voters approved Ballot Question 2 last November by a 54 to 46 percent margin, and according to the initiative, the Nevada Department of Taxa...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 08:47
Life of the Law #110: In Studio San Quentin: Unequal Protection
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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What does color of skin have to do with equal access to justice in America? The Equal Protection Clause, part of the 14th Amendment to the Constitu...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2017
  • Length: 48:40
A Nation of Immigrants, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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America has a long, long, long history of embracing immigrants one day, generally because it needed them for economic reasons, a variation of slave...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 1
A Question of Character
From: Mitchell Borden
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In Tisbury, voters recently drew battle lines and took sides as they headed to the polls to say yes or no to Question 1. It was a question that man...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
Change the World by Ending Human Trafficking
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Justin Dillon
Social Entrepreneur, Justin Dillon discusses his book, "A Selfish Plan to End the World: Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: May 27, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Prison Justice and Transit Justice
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Laura Everett
The problem of outsourcing of education and mental health services in prisons to evangelical Christian ministries and the challenge transit violenc...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Journalism Students Are More Motivated Than Ever Under Trump Regime
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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Throughout President Donald Trump's campaign and first 100 days as president, he has continuously bashed the news media. Now, the journalists of t...

Bought by KISU and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Riffs, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Ramadan
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Ramadan Tent Project 2016, Beaverton, Oregon
Xavier theologian brings theology down to earth and university students bring Ramadan to their community.

Bought by KWIT, KUNM, KPIP-LP, and WETS


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
Episode Three: "Stories Someone Told Me"
From: Troy Public Radio
Series: Carried Home: Alabama Authors and The Pulitzer Prize
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This episode's stories come from some of Alabama's Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists: Rick Bragg who wrote about the Susan Smith murders and the O...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2017
  • Length: 25:00
FINDING OSCAR -- Ryan Suffern Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ryan Suffern, San Francisco, CA 4/20/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ryan Suffern talks hope, mystery, and starting at the end.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 21:25
The New Morality
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Eden Collinsworth
What is right, wrong, good, bad? A discussion of morality in changing times.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KZYX, and WETS


  • Added: Apr 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 3
FOR HERE OR TO GO -- Rishi Bhilawadikar and Rucha Humnabadka Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Caption: Rucha Humnabadka and Rishi Bhilawadikar, San Francisco, CA 3/16/17 , Credit: Andrea Chase
Rishi Bhilawadikar and Rucha Humnabadka talk uncertain status, short-sighted policies, and real American values.

  • Added: Apr 01, 2017
  • Length: 16:22
CRIES FROM SYRIA -- Evgeny Afineevsky
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Evgeny Afineevsky, San Francisco, CA 3/16/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Evgeny Afineevsky talks reconstructing history, getting to Assad, and why he wants Congress to see his film.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 25:31
Life of the Law #105: In Studio: Heroin Town
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Want to know how heroin treatment centers in Canada, the Affordable Care Act, President Trump’s new budget, and Henrietta Lacks all fit into one co...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
Mapping Lambert's Point (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When urban universities expand, working-class neighborhoods are often the first casualty. We take a look Lambert's Point, the Norfolk, VA community...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #103: In Studio: Radio Silenced
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Senior Producer, Tony Gannon, and Post Production Editor, Kirsten Jusewicz-Haidle, Credit: Nancy Mullane
What do radio silence, the FCC, net neutrality, President Trump's first solo press conference, and Richard Wagner have in common? Welcome to In-Stu...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 53:16
  • Purchases: 1
World Peace
From: Brooklyn College Radio
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Is world piece that unattainable? Five young people express their views on the issue.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 07:06
Paris: Responses to Terror, and the Experiment in Mixite
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Paris is in flux. How are Parisians-native and immigrant, still dealing with terrorist attacks? If mixite, or social mixing, provides an answer, wh...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Ryan Adams
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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We’re closing out the 2nd season of The Speed of Sound with one of the greatest artists of our time, Ryan Adams. His albums of heartache have been ...

Bought by WKMS, WOUB, KSUT, WLPR , KRCB 104.9 and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 6
The Speed of Sound: Elbow
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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I’m a huge Elbow fan. Love every record they’ve put out. Guy Garvey’s voice, the cinematic quality of their songs, lyrics, and movements, it all hi...

Bought by WOUB, KSUT, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 4
The Speed of Sound: Chuck Prophet (2017)
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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If it comes down to one man to save rock and roll, my money's on Chuck Prophet. His most recent run of albums harkens back to the purest form of th...

Bought by WLPR and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Speed of Sound: Josh Ritter
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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Before Josh Ritter heads back into the studio to start recording his next album, he’s road testing new material in front of a fanbase always eager ...

Bought by WKMS, WOUB, WLPR , and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 4
From Kremlin to Kremlin (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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We may be in a period of historic closeness between Russia and the United States, but there was a time when hundreds of African-American scientists...

Bought by KENW, Radio Newark, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 16: Amy And The Animals
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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It was November 9, 2016. Amy was worried about the new political landscape. But some unusual encounters at work gave her fresh perspective.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KUER, and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 11:36
  • Purchases: 3

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