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When it was first published in 1890, Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" appeared as a much changed version of the original text. Now, for ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
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The U.S. gives more money in foreign aid than any other country in the world. Researchers have just launched a web database that allows people to ...

Bought by KENW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
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The database AidData allows the public to see where foreign aid money goes and to what purpose.

  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Hannibal who? The story of an all-but-forgotten man who WOULD HAVE BEEN President after Lincoln's assassination, likely changing our lives.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
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Can corruption be legitimized by common usage, legal process, or subsequent legislation? Should old crimes go unpunished by legislative amnesty? Or...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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News and features on American conflicts abroad.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Dr. Clarence Lusane is author of The Black History of the White House., Credit: Rebecca Sheir
Hint: It doesn't have a whole lot to do with paint swatches...

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


  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 03:19
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Rising sea levels, Credit: marineinsight.com
The oceans are slowly rising due to ice melt and the warming of the waters. And at least one east coast city has hired a Dutch firm to evaluate op...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
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The true story of the first state to sponsor a rock concert ... nicknamed "the Governor's Pot Party"... and what became of that governor.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Dec 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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An interview with Minnesota Journalist Jay Weiner, of MinnPost, about his new book, "This Is NOT Florida: How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate R...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 19:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Patient Transfer Vehicles. They look like ambulances but they're not. Riding in one can land you in the wild wild west of unregulated care. 'Risky ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 30:50
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Private First Class Bradley Manning is currently our nation’s most notorious whistleblower–the man many believe was behind Wikileak’s largest discl...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:51
Caption: A new member of the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad on June 14th, 2010., Credit: Phote courtesy of AP.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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How do we make the big decisions in our lives? Who to vote for?-or who to choose as a life mate or form an opinion about politics or war? Most of ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 58:01
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Howard Zinn’s productive insights into history came to an end with his death in January 2010. This edition of Radio Curious shares a previously not...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:34
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In the continuing saga of marijuana politics in Mendocino County we visit with Sheriff Tom Allman to talk about what has happened since our last vi...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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There is a lot of discussion about hope in this time of the pending election for president. Francis Moore Lappe, author of "Diet for a Small Planet...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
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Should teachers be paid based on what they teach or what their student learn? Hear Randi Weingarten's answer to this question as well as her though...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 09:38
Caption: NORML - The Money Tree
NORML, The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws purchased an ad on the CBS Super Screen in Times Square. The 15 second animation ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2010
  • Length: 29:30
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:27
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Getting to the bottom of why Washington, D.C.'s building tops... are so low.

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 3
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From interrogating Japanese prisoners of war to working as an anti-war activist, Ukiah California resident Charles Fogg has led a varied and fascin...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 28:16
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Recorded on January 20, 2009, the day Barack Obama became President of the United States, Radio Curious visited again with Congressman Sam Farr, wh...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
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The laws around the control of marijuana and medical marijuana usage are many and complex. How we find our ways through this maze and understand th...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: :24
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Susan Crane is a serious political activist of an unusual form. Instead of lobby the powers that be, she has taken a hammer to beat on weapons of m...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:28