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Episode 9: Bird insurrection
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard and his daughter Margaret investigate the bird insurrection, while humans attack the U.S. Capitol and President Trump is impeached for the ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2021
  • Length: 11:47
StoryCorps: Helen Merrill and Elizabeth Hartley
From: StoryCorps
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At 91, Helen Merrill has never missed a presidential election. She sat down with her granddaughter to remember her mother, Blanche, who rose from h...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 02:53
The Fina Mendoza Mysteries
From: Kitty Felde
Series: The Fina Mendoza Mysteries (Audio Drama)
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Legend says whoever sees the Demon Cat of Capitol Hill is cursed. Fina Mendoza, the 10-year old daughter of a congressman, just saw it. Can she sav...

Bought by KUNM and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:56:10
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps OutLoud: Sean Sala and Fernando Zweifach Lopez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Sean Sala and Fernando Zweifach Lopez at their StoryCorps interview in San Diego, CA on January 5th, 2013., Credit: Luis Gallo for StoryCorps.
Sean Sala and Fernando Zweifach Lopez talk about organizing the first-ever military contingent in a Pride parade during the final days of Don’t Ask...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
Aging Isn't a Problem, Ageism Is
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Someone turns 65 every 8 seconds in this country, and as our elderly population grows, so does the need to build an economy around our future selve...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KDNK


  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Amor Towles, Author of "A Gentleman in Moscow"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Hear Bob Kustra talk with Amor Towles about his novel "A Gentleman in Moscow"

  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
76: Special Super-sized Episode!
From: The Mortified Podcast
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Need relief from all the juvenile antics of campaign season? This election themed episode is your antidote to the political tantrums featuring stor...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2016
  • Length: 56:04
Pat Humphries and Sandy O of Emma’s Revolution
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Emma's Revolution
Interview: Pat Humphries and Sandy O of the Emma’s Revolution, who were interviewed at the Western Worker Labor Heritage Festival, talk about thei...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Show #8: Too Young to Vote, but Not to Volunteer
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Weekday High Podcast '08
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Today's show is about getting involved. First, Kat Beame interviews young people involved with Darcy Burner?s Congressional campaign. Then, Ann Kan...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
My Bi-partisan Family: A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: My Bipartisan Famiy, Credit: Susan Cook
I have a bi -partisan family. Maybe you do too. It makes understanding politics all the more difficult because sometimes people don’t agree. When ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:19
Small Town Pride
From: Jennifer Jerrett
Caption: 2012 Moab Pride Visibility March, Credit: Moab Pride
Red state, rural America isn't exactly the first place that pops into your mind when you think about pioneering LGBTQ pride movements.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Radio Catskill, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2013
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 9
When Elvis Met Nixon
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
Caption: Richard Nixon, Sonny West, Jerry Schilling and Elvis Presley, Credit: Photo courtesy of Jerry Schilling
The story of Elvis Presley's visit to the Nixon White House in 1970, told by a man who was there, Elvis' confidante Jerry Schilling.

Bought by PRX Remix, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:15
  • Purchases: 4
I Went Down to Occupy Tucson
From: City High Radio
Caption: The Producer: Karla T
Fourteen-year-old Karla Torres wanted to join a revolution and change the world, but after a few weeks at Occupy Tucson, she began to wonder if she...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 04:34
Moyers & Company Show 107: Where Movies End and Politics Begins
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
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
Interviews with two (very) young activists
From: Lauren Peterson
Series: Madison protests
Caption: The test of a true Madison kid is that they can use the word "rotunda" in a sentence without batting an eye., Credit: Photo: Jessica Carrier
Edited interviews with Maddy, age 11, and Lucy, age 9, upon their return to school in Madison this week after six days of protesting

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
Pepper Fluke
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Passionate Citizens
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Pepper Fluke is a Durham, NC based artist credited with saving the historic Carolina Theatre

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
Never Too Young
From: Carolyn Crane
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Thirteen year old activist Maya Danaher--daughter of Medea Benjamin and Kevin Danaher--shares her views about democracy, the state of the nation, a...

Bought by WMUB


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1