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Chile's 9-11 (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Chilean wind ensemble "Grupo Raiz" in the early 1980s. , Credit: www.hollynear.com
In 1973 a military junta toppled Chilean president Salvador Allende. We tell the story of a group of Chilean exiles who transform their experience ...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Human Terrain System
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2010
  • Length: 08:35
Bandit Barriers Signal Gentrification in Oakland
From: Abbie Fentress Swanson
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A story about how those thick Plexiglas walls come down in an Oakland, California neighborhood as more white folks move in.

  • Added: May 08, 2010
  • Length: 07:00
Action Speaks! - What Now? 1993: The creation of Hilary Clinton's Taskforce on Healthcare
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Action Speaks! - Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial a...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WRIR, KVNF, WRPI, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 6
Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896 to 2009
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Keith Plessy, descendant of Homer Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson, great, great grandaughter of Judge John Ferguson, both litigants in the 1896 Supreme ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Peace Lessons in Water Negotiations / Peace Talks Radio (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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While some have predicted that "water will be the next oil" as the resource that countries will start wars over, the fact is that over centuries no...

Bought by KUOW, RadioFreePalmer, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
HUMANKIND: Universal Health Care
From: Humankind
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A Cambridge couple, both MDs and Harvard Medical faculty, have devoted their lives to researching and advocating universal health care. Provocative.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and WCQS


  • Added: Sep 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 3
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
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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
Caption: Hakeem Shaheed
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


  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
India Rising
From: The Stanley Foundation
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A special documentary program from the Stanley Foundation, KQED Public Radio and KUT Austin.

Bought by KWIT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WYSO, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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
"WITHOUT COMMENT: THE FIRST 100 DAYS"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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The "Without Comment" series began last April with a look at the Democratic primaries using only sound bites from politicians, political pundits an...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 16:35
"WITHOUT COMMENT"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment"
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"Without Comment" was a mini-series produced during the Democratic Primaries and begins with the final battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Ob...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 01:02:45
Interview with Governor Martin O'Malley-Hour Two of the 6th Annual Annapolis Political Summit
From: Center for Emerging Media
Series: 6th Annual Annapolis Political Summit
Caption: Governor Martin O'Malley and Marc Steiner at the 6th Annual Annapolis Session
Marc Steiner interviews Governor Martin O'Malley at the 6th Annual Annapolis Summit.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2009
  • Length: 57:43
An Interview with Zackie Achmat: A World AIDS Day Special Report
From: The Stanley Foundation
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An interview with leading South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 20, 2008
  • Length: 11:40
  • Purchases: 1
"The Truth About Money" Episode 11 John Sakowicz & Jay Johnson interview James K. Galbraith
From: Jay Johnson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Truth About Money with John Sakowicz & Jay Johnson

  • Added: Oct 03, 2008
  • Length: 57:14
Peace Talks Radio: Changing Minds During Election Season (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Insights into the mind-changing process that targets the undecided or conflicted voter from two authors who've written books about changing minds a...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WVIK, KUOW and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Interview- Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) on HR 5843, An Act To Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Congressman Frank discusses a bill he is sponsoring to remove Federal Penalties for Marijuana

  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 08:51
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
NPR My Source Spots
From: Amanda Burdick
Series: NPR My Source Spots
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NPR My Source Spots are testimonials by NPR listeners sharing why public radio is important to them and relevant in today's society.

  • Added: Jul 14, 2008
  • Length: 13:35
Pushing Prescriptions
From: Center for Public Integrity
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A record year for the pharmaceutical lobby

  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:48
Brazil Tackles Old Challenges with New Responses
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Kristin McHugh examines programs designed to reduce crime and poverty in some of the poorest neighborhoods of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 07:37
"Brazil Rising" - A Documentary Special
From: The Stanley Foundation
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David Brown takes listeners on a personal journey across the country, exploring Brazil's view of itself, its neighbors, and the world.

Bought by KUT, WNCU, WYSO, Yellowstone Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: May 05, 2008
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21
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