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Echoes of a Coup
From: Scene on Radio
Caption: Echoes of a Coup art, Credit: Zaire McPhearson
One-hour special (59:00 with 5-minute news hole), Echoes of a Coup, telling the story of the only successful coup d'etat in U.S. history -- the 189...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WNYC, WUNC, WYPR, WFDD and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 25
How the Story of Vincent Chin Still Inspires Calls for Asian American Justice
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We revisit a 2021 interview with filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña about her documentary, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” and then speak with her and activist...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
What does it take to be a cop in Oakland?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The 168th class of the Oakland Police Academy, Credit: Kyung Jin Lee
After years of struggle, the Oakland Police Department is finally getting some positive news. Crime rates are down in all major categories, includi...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:24
Precious Bodily Fluids
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Host Brian Balogh talks with historian Andrew Case about the supposed Communist conspiracy that lay behind the fluoridation of water in the mid-20t...

Bought by Radio Newark, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 10:21
  • Purchases: 4
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America' , Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WZEN.org


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America', Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Nice White Lady
From: Robin Amer
Caption: Hillary Swank as the "nice white lady" of Freedom Writers.
In their comedy skit "Nice White Lady," the ever edgy Mad TV pokes fun at movies like Stand and Deliver, Freedom Writers, and Dangerous Minds, in w...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 15, 2010
  • Length: 07:43
  • Purchases: 1
Home Off the Range
From: Amy Marsh
Caption: Canon City Mustangs, Credit: Amy Hadden Marsh
Feature story about BLM wild horse and burro holding facility at Canon City, Colorado, and why there are over 2,000 mustangs and burros there.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:58