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A look inside California’s toughest prison
From: KALW
Caption: Watchtower at Pelican Bay State Prison, Credit: Rina Palta
If you’re convicted of committing a felony in California, you can end up in many kinds of prisons. Steal a lot of money in a Ponzi scheme – you mig...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 2
Drug felons take fight for food stamps to the capitol
From: KALW
Caption: Frankie Fardella, a former drug offender, lobbies to lift the lifetime ban that makes drug felons ineligible for food stamps
You may have heard by now that California’s prisons are overcrowded. Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California must decrease its priso...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
Researchers Call Oil Spills and Climate Change a Devastating Combination
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:36
Fearing Facebook
From: War News Radio
Caption: 1st Battalion, 8th Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Credit: Balazs Gardi
News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 10:42
Medical parole gets its first hearing
From: KALW
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Last week, a new law debuted that’s supposed to save the state millions of dollars a year. The new law, passed last year, is called “medical parole...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
Returning veterans transition from combat to campuses
From: KALW
Caption: Randolph Martinez is a member of the Veterans Alliance club at the City College of San Francisco. , Credit: Laura Flynn
As veterans return to school to take advantage of the new GI Bill, many have found that campuses often aren’t ready to handle the administrative de...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 04:55
Concerts at the White House
From: Richard Paul
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A look at concerts in the Kennedy White House, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, Delmarva Public Media, WLPR , KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 08:14
  • Purchases: 13
JFK and the Arts
From: Richard Paul
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A look at changes in art policy during the Kennedy Administration, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, WABE, Delmarva Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 08:25
  • Purchases: 11
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Parallel Crisis
From: International Crisis Group
Series: Crisis Group Podcast
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A new Crisis Group report examines how the dysfunctional administration of the larger of the country’s two entities has paralyzed its decision-maki...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2010
  • Length: 07:30
Tent City
From: Eliza Ridgeway
Caption: Tent City resident Lantz Rowland has camped at religious sites across the greater Seattle area., Credit: Eliza Ridgeway
Religious Seattle residents are taking an in-your-face approach to housing the homeless.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2010
  • Length: 15:01
Self Help
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Afghan girl carries water to her Kabul home., Credit: Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Silenced
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi man reads a newspaper in Baghdad., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jan 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Overtreatment: How health care makes us sick
From: Nathanael Johnson
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The health-care debate is focused on quantity: how many people – and how much care they will get. But perhaps quality, rather than quantity of care...

Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 12, 2009
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 5
Colorado’s Medical Marijuana Laws Put State in Legal Limbo
From: Grace Hood
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Earlier this week, a Colorado judge overturned a State Health Board ruling that narrowed the definition of who can supply medical marijuana.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:42
Parental Rights
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Michelle Kulstad and her lawyers, Credit: Helena Independent Record
Landmark decision in favor of parents -- of any sexual orientation

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 02:03
Assisted Suicide
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Montana Supreme Court, Credit: Emilie Ritter
The Montana Supreme Court will weigh in on physician assisted suicide.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Health Reform Part 3 - Who Benefits from Massachusetts Public Programs
From: Karen Brown
Series: Health Reform in Massachusetts
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Who benefits from the greatly expanded public health programs, and who doesn't.

  • Added: May 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:28
Health Reform Part 2 - The Individual Mandate in Massachusetts
From: Karen Brown
Series: Health Reform in Massachusetts
Caption: Gary Cloutier, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
How the Massachusetts public is responding to the law that requires them to buy health insurance

  • Added: May 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:35
Health Reform Part 1 -- How Massachusetts' health reform was passed
From: Karen Brown
Series: Health Reform in Massachusetts
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A look back at how Massachusetts' landmark health care law was passed -- setting the stage, making compromises, moving forward.

  • Added: May 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:40
Men in the Sun
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi Palestinian family at a camp on the Syrian-Iraqi border., Credit: Associated Press / UNHCR
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: May 01, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Pen to Paper
From: War News Radio
Caption: An American civilian writes to a soldier in Iraq., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Insurance Scams in Massachusetts
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Gary Cloutier, small business owner, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
An unfortunate byproduct of the health insurance mandate in Massachusetts -- the marketing of health plans that don't add up.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Taking Flight
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi pilot inspects his aircraft after a graduation ceremony in Kirkuk., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Bullets to Ballots?
From: War News Radio
Caption: A training session for poll workers in Baghdad., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00