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Caption: Gabrielle Giffords Vigil 1/9/11, Credit: David T. Anderson
The January 8, 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona has ignited a fiery discussion about the shooter's cultural context. Some have claimed that Jared L...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2011
  • Length: 09:03
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A former makeup artists to presidents and network anchors, Lillian Brown describes her career in getting public figures ready for their closeups.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Chilean wind ensemble "Grupo Raiz" in the early 1980s. , Credit: www.hollynear.com
In 1973 a military junta toppled Chilean president Salvador Allende. We tell the story of a group of Chilean exiles who transform their experience ...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Introducing the first nurse practitioner in the country to perform abortions for Planned Parenthood.

  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 12:34
Caption: Crowds at the Plaza de Mayo, Credit: Walter Murch
March 24th is Truth and Justice Day, a national holiday in Argentina.

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Apr 01, 2010
  • Length: 09:51
  • Purchases: 1
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ATMI Reporter Aviva Hirsch asks her group mates from Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (AYEA) what it will take to get a tax through the assembly.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
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A plea for individualizing treatment plans, incorporating all appropriate treatments

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 05:39
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
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In 2006 Mayor Lou Barletta cracked down on Latino residents new to the predominantly white working class town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Many new L...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 11:46
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Why are so many sixties radicals so passionate about Obama?

Bought by WDCV, Jenka Soderberg, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 01, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
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His fourth year in the competition, Q says this piece is about contradiction in American society. Q Cole is 19 years old and a member of WordPlay,...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:38
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Professor of Politics Asma Barlas discusses her experiences as a Muslim and her research regarding women and Islam

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 27:00
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Politicians, media, celebrities... the list goes on and on of people who abuse the story-telling power of a microphone. Maine Township is from Mai...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 1
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this is a story i wrote last spring about changing my name and being gender-queer

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2006
  • Length: 09:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, and other consequences of war and violence can last for many years after the battle has ended.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 28:02
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First-time voter Autumn Campbell from Jeremiah, Kentucky hopes that her vote really counts this year, because she has a list of issues that she wan...

Bought by WSCS-FM


  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Attorney and NPR listener Michael Mullane believes upholding the law is vital to being an American.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 3
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Human trafficking has become the world?s third most lucrative illegal commercial activity, generating an estimated $8 billion dollars a year in pro...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2006
  • Length: 28:00
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Zoe Cordes Selbin interviews the drummer of the political band Anti-Flag about music, politics, touring, and much more.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
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From Huck Finn, Iranian-born writer and teacher Azar Nafisi learns to believe in the power of empathy.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:39
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Ghada Kanafani, Palestinian Poet in Exile

Bought by WYSO and KUNM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2006
  • Length: 20:05
  • Purchases: 2
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Political conservative news and commentary

  • Added: Jan 18, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:00
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A brief history of farmworker's theater, told by Luis Valdez.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, and KALW


  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 4
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Aysar interviews one of the Deheisheh refugee Camp survivors of the 1948 Naqba (Catastrophe).

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Ashraf interviews Um Sameeh, his grandmother, who tells the story of her experience during the 1948 Nakba.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: May 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1