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The Conservative Case Against the Death Penalty

From: KUER
Series: More To Say

Doing away with the death penalty is usually thought of as a liberal cause, and the arguments are often about the morality of executing someone, or...

Added: Feb 09, 2018
Length: 16:26

Getting Into Vietnam (promo)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

In the first episode of a new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the self-image of Ameri...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis and WLPR

Added: Nov 08, 2017
Length: :30
Purchases: 2

Getting Into Vietnam (hour version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the se...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, Troy Public Radio, KOSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WPCA-LP and more

Added: Nov 08, 2017
Length: 53:57
Purchases: 14

Getting Into Vietnam (half hour version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series

In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the se...

Added: Nov 08, 2017
Length: 29:00

Loki_Sacred Ground

From: Kimberley Little White Owl Lambert
Series: The Water Protectors: Killing the Black Snake #noDAPL

Standing Rock Water Protector Loki explains the Sacred Ground at the Front called Turtle Island

Added: Dec 01, 2016
Length: 01:10

Episode 5: In and out of the biggest mental health facility in Los Angeles

From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block

Caption: LePriest Valentine, Credit: George Lavender

Meet LePriest Valentine, who kept winding up in the only sanctuary he could find after getting out of jail: Skid Row.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Oct 25, 2016
Length: 07:30
Purchases: 4

CHOICE/LESS 101: Candice

From: Jennifer Stanley
Series: CHOICE/LESS

Caption: Candice Russell in her home in Irving, Texas. , Credit: (Jenn Stanley//RH Reality Check)

In this first episode of CHOICE/LESS, we hear from Candice, an activist, Texan, and Latina who will argue in front of the Supreme Court on March 2 ...

Added: Mar 01, 2016
Length: 21:50

A Student's Two Lives

From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning

Teachers give academic and (most importantly) life advice to students. This is the story of a teacher, Melanie Mac, who is way out of her depth in ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix

Added: Nov 27, 2015
Length: 07:48
Purchases: 2

Neill Franklin: The Drug War in Baltimore

From: Elias Schutzman

Veteran police major and executive director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) Neill Franklin discuss his journey from being Drug War en...

Added: Sep 30, 2015
Length: 15:06

War Widows

From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

In our everyday lives we often see veterans wearing their hats designating where and when they served. What we never see, from any war, is the wido...

Added: Sep 15, 2015
Length: 01:00:01

The Ghosts of Fire Island

From: Myke Dodge Weiskopf

Caption: The Invasion of the Pines on Fire Island, Credit: Mike Fisher

For most of the 20th Century, New York's Fire Island was virtually the only place on Earth where gay men and lesbians felt safe to live and to love...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and Wild Planet Radio

Added: Nov 25, 2014
Length: 25:00
Purchases: 3

OOC4: Dick Cates

From: Jake Harper
Series: Out of Context

A candidate for Wisconsin's 51st Assembly district remembers his son, Peter, who brought so much joy into his life.

Added: Jun 20, 2014
Length: 08:19

Studs Terkel: Born to Live

From: The WFMT Radio Network

Born to Live is Studs Terkel’s remarkable Prix Italia-winning audio collage program (produced with Jim Unrath) that first aired in 1962 and serves ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WWNO, WCQS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Added: May 09, 2014
Length: 56:45
Purchases: 9

Helen Morley: A Blessed Nuisance

From: Grant Buhr

Helen Morley was an unsung hero in a relatively unknown battle – the grassroots fight for mental health care in Chicago. Her deficits were often he...

Added: Apr 18, 2013
Length: 06:20

Our Bodies, Our Stories: Reproductive Health Behind Bars

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Woman in Handcuffs, Credit: Thisisbossi

Pregnant women in America’s prisons are being shackled to their beds; others are being sterilized. Correctional institutions claim the policies are...

Added: Mar 13, 2013
Length: 29:00

Permission to Speak

From: Anna Sussman

Caption: Former Political Prisoner Win Maw plays a guitar he made in prison

As Burma transitions from dictatorship to democracy, hundreds of political prisoners have been freed after decades behind bars. In this story, eigh...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KALW, KUNM, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Added: Mar 13, 2013
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 4

Voice of a Young Voter: A Former Foster Youth Driven to Fix the System

From: KQED
Series: From the West Coast: Voices of Young Voters

Caption: Kashawna Williams, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED

Kashawna Williams, an administrative justice major at Ohlone College in Fremont, Calif., and a former foster youth, discusses her drive to fix the ...

Added: Nov 02, 2012
Length: :43

Never On Sunday: The Hidden World Of Elena Fonseca

From: Samuel Robinson

The story of Elena Fonseca, a remarkable women from Montevideo, Uruguay. Elena was a diplomats wife who lived in a number of countries before retur...

Bought by PRX Remix

Added: May 25, 2012
Length: 10:01
Purchases: 1

A Shortcut Back Through The 20th Century

From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts

A unique audio retrospective...A Shortcut Back through the 20th Century is an impressionistic glance back at the last one hundred years, featuring ...

Added: Jan 01, 2011
Length: 59:36

SURVIVORS: Solitary Confinement in America's Prisons

From: Claire Schoen

Caption: Robert King Wilkerson spent 29 years in solitary confinement., Credit: Terry Foss

In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years ...

Bought by KMUZ, KOSU, KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio and more

Added: Aug 13, 2009
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 8

Please Don't Say My Name: Burmese refugees at risk in Malaysia

From: karen zusman

Malaysia is a country that does not distinguish between illegal migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. What's worse, refugees from Burma have recen...

Added: Aug 10, 2009
Length: 01:00:00

Making Contact: Survivors of Solitary Confinement

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Tens of thousands are in solitary confinement in American prisons which according to the United Nations is torture. Producer Claire Schoen met nine...

Bought by CKMO