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The first weekend of fall concludes with Ian Hunter, Richard Butler & The Psychedelic Furs dancing with the 1% and President Gas, while Alan Price ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 55:58
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Our castaway is Michele Arcand. A poet, activist and one of the driving forces in the Portland independent music scene. Michele is sui generis. ...

  • Added: May 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:22:59
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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
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Among the leading causes of homelessness in single adults is mental illness. Study after study reiterates that up to a quarter of all those sufferi...

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: May 24, 2012
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Boulder lawyer Beth Klein talks about human trafficking in Colorado. She defines 'human trafficking' and describes the magnitude of the problem in...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 24:03
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A documentary exploring the effects of being a refugee on identity and personal relationships.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 51:59
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On Valentine's Day, more than 400 students and parents from across Pennsylvania held a rally for public education at the State Capitol. This action...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Thirty-three years ago, the assassinations of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone sent shock waves throughout the city an...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious brings you an archived interview with Maria Stewart, as portrayed by scholar, Sandra Kamusakiri. Stewart was a free black woman who l...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
This weekend’s Moyers & Company starts with a compelling Bill Moyers Essay: Is it fair for parents to opt out of vaccinations for their children on...

Bought by KRDP, WMNF, WGCU, WRIR, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 20
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Whitney Jones tells his story of losing faith and finding new ways to connect with the world around him.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KFAI Minneapolis, HowSound, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 14:10
  • Purchases: 5
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Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and other revolutionary movements across the world, the Occupy Wall Street movement has just entere...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 24:26
Caption: John Haynes, a Protestant, from Sydney, Australia, was cut out of three wills for marrying Helen, a Catholic, in 1962, Credit: John and Helen Haynes
Mixed marriages - family fatwas and ruptured romance due to religious bigotry in Australia, told through compelling personal stories. Winner, GOLD ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 53:20
Caption: Jay Ipson in front of the Virginia Holocaust Museum., Credit: John MacLellan
Jay Ipson, the youngest Holocaust survivor living in Virginia today, lived in an underground lair for six months during the Nazi occupation of his ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:14
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This special edition of "The Cutting Edge", looks at the trial, resistance and execution of Troy Davis, who was convicted of the killing of an off-...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 56:30
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On Arranmore - one of the few inhabited islands off the Donegal coast - fishing has sustained a population for generations. Now, as the fishing ind...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 39:35
  • Purchases: 1
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In this news feature, Arts and Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack visits with Justin Michael, Executive Director of the Green Band of St. Clou...

  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 27:00
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A short story from a Egyptian perspective who lives in The USA and visited his parents in Egypt just before The Revolution on January 25, 2011.

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
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Part two of “The Journey: From the Third World to Middle America” by KVSC News Director Chris Duffy takes a look at the Somali population in St. Cl...

  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 31:47
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Part one of “The Journey: From the Third World to Middle America” by KVSC News Director Chris Duffy takes a look at the Somali population in St. Cl...

  • Added: May 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:25
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Sen. Chris Larson addresses a crowd on the capitol square in Madison, WI

  • Added: Mar 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
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Rally to renew federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 10:10
Caption: The streets of Abidjan, Credit: Carol Spindel
Writer and radio commentator Carol Spindel visited the Ivory Coast last November as the country took a step towards democracy with a historic elect...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Julian Bond (right) at the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs, with other members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee., Credit: Julian Bond
We know what history books say about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech - but what about the people who were there?

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, WTIP, KRCB 104.9, WHFR and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 28