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Active Voice Radio Special- New Jersey Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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We speak with activists and an MS patient who testified before the Senate Health Committee.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:31
Active Voice Radio Essay: The Racial Bias of Marijuana Prohibition Enforcement
From: Chris Goldstein
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Is Marijuana Prohibition Enforcement Institutionalized Racism? 85% of all the possession arrests in New York City and Philadelphia are mirrors to G...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:50
Active Voice Radio Essay: The American Marijuana Market
From: Chris Goldstein
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22-60 Million pounds of marijuana grown domestically in 2007, worth from $50-$230 Billion, serving 25-80 million consumers. This massive market rem...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1
Show Me The Way
From: Miles Eddy
Caption: Mary Van Pelt, Credit: Miles Eddy
Invisible social barriers and the contrast between physical disabilities and psychiatric disabilities.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
Job Discrimination
From: Miles Eddy
Caption: Mary Van Pelt
Psychiatric Survivor and Human Rights Activist, Mary Van Pelt, speaks about job discrimination, holes in the Americans with Disabilities Act, and t...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:37
Native Americans-opposing Pigs & demonstrating S.P.I.R.I.T
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: NAMAPAHH First People's Radio Show
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This program features interviews with two different women from two different regions in the United States, both who are standing up or their Native...

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
West Wing Moment
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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William's been a political junkie since he was a preteen.

Bought by WMPG, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, and PRX Election Podcast


  • Added: Jul 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
Working-Class Voters Demand a Fair Deal
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Working-class voters are demanding a lot from political candidates.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
"A Thousand Kites"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We learn about a Thousand Kites, a media-arts initiative designed to spark a national dialogue about the criminal-justice system in the U.S. throug...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
NAMAPAHH First People's Radio: Manifest Destiny & The Doctrine of Discovery
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: NAMAPAHH First People's Radio Show
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An on air conversation and voyage through Western History and American Indian Law with Professor Robert J. Miller.

Bought by KWIS 88.3 FM


  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
STUMP
From: Dina Weinstein
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Candidate Allyson Schwartz woos elderly Hispanic voters

  • Added: Nov 21, 2007
  • Length: 03:28
CANDIDATE
From: Dina Weinstein
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This is a candidate profile.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2007
  • Length: 03:01
Red Crystal Palace ~ 4: Who will be the next president?
From: Fereshteh Toosi
Series: Red Crystal Palace
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RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

Bought by The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Active Voice Radio 8-31-07 - Johnathan Mooney- The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
From: Chris Goldstein
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Author Jonathan Mooney joins us to discuss his newest book The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WXXI Rochester, and KSFR


  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
WWOZ Street Talk-Silence is Violence
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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A look at some of the initiatives started by Silence is Violence, which strives to address the crime and social issues facing New Orleans

  • Added: Aug 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:46
The Lame Democratic Congress
From: Robert Abele
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The U.S. Congress now has the blood of Iraqi innocents on their hands

  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: 04:15
Jim Miller pushes his wife's wheelchair across New Jersey for Medical Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
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Cheryl Miller died in 2003 working to gain medical marijuana access in NJ, her husband Jim continues her work.

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 26:00
Mayor Bill Bell
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Passionate Citizens
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Producer Emmanuel Watson discovers Durham NC's mayor Bill Bell is an R.Kelly fan

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Molly Ivins Remembrance
From: KUT
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A look at the life of Molly Ivins.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2007
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 2
Faith In Dialogue
From: Voices of Our World
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Journalist John Allen, contends that the media is poisoning the climate for real dialogue by playing into our worst prejudices.

  • Added: Jan 11, 2007
  • Length: 28:01
Teen Coverage of the World Can't Wait Protest
From: Youth Mic
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Youth Mic reporter Natalie Montalvan covers the World Can't Wait Protest

  • Added: Jul 10, 2006
  • Length: 05:56
This I Believe - Andrew Sullivan
From: This I Believe
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Although born in England, Andrew Sullivan finds his beliefs in America?s Declaration of Independence.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, KUER, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 10
The Story of the SRA-Bylaw (DRAFT)
From: Megan Hall
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Behind every law there's an intention. There's a response to a problem. Here's the problem-

  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 39:32
Michella and Michelle Vendiola Protest Minute Men-Peace Arch, WA Oct'05
From: Robin Carneen
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Minute Men on Our US-Washington State & BC Border Interviews

  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 04:10
Collective Irresponsibility (#158)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Blame the system and absolve yourself.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2