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Will Chinese Dollars Elect our Next President?
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Will Chinese or Iranian dollars determine the outcome of our next presidential election?

  • Added: Feb 14, 2010
  • Length: :48
Coolidge And the Crash of 1929
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Thanks to Coolidge and his friends, subsequent presidents have learned the danger in giving banks a free rein.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2010
  • Length: :55
Our Senators Have a Great Health Care Package
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
It is necessary to offer great perks to our friends who serve in Congress

  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: :54
Jailed for Starting a Dog Fight
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A man went to jail for starting a dog fight.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2010
  • Length: :34
The Cat Came Back
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
We get email that encourages us to "Vote the bums out."

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:01
Homely Politicians
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: m, Credit: Janice Lang
homely politicians are the wave of the future

  • Added: Feb 02, 2010
  • Length: 01:18
A Misplaced Sense of Moral Responsibility
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Where but in American could a man start a war that kills a million or so people and not be castigated as much as another man who cheats on his wife?

  • Added: Feb 01, 2010
  • Length: :28
The Supreme Court Decision
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The good thing about the recent Supreme Court decision is that now corporate dollars will buy legislators from both parties. Because everyone wil...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2010
  • Length: :33
From The Bottom of The Heap
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Martin Luther King, Thoreau, Voltaire, Bertrand Russell, Thomas More, Oscar Wilde, Solzhenitsyn, Ghandi and hundreds more went to jail.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Yak Dung
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A Chinese plane filled with yak dung crashed in Tibet this morning.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2009
  • Length: :21
The Clean Election Fund
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Clean Elections is touted as a practical, proven reform that puts voters in control of elections.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2009
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
Sarah Palin Book Signing
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One of my friends saw Chase Whiteside’s Youtube piece called Sarah Palin Book Signing as “[e]vidence that our educational system has tanked.”

  • Added: Dec 12, 2009
  • Length: :33
The State We're In: Labor Day Special 2008
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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Labor Day: The Right to Work

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
How To Write A Best Seller
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Involve yourself in an authentic human drama and put it in a book.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:07
A Double Standard
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Does what now passes for morality have anything to do with a person’s ability to excel in his profession?

  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
Opposition to the Bailouts
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Have you noticed that all of a sudden there is a lot of opposition to the bailouts?

  • Added: Feb 24, 2009
  • Length: :16
City to Debate Animals
From: The humble Farmer
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The headline said "City to Debate Animals."

  • Added: Jan 30, 2009
  • Length: :21
He Will Be Vindicated By History
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
He started a war that killed many Americans

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Jan 22, 2009
  • Length: :31
  • Purchases: 1
The State We're In Special: Human rights defenders
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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In this special edition of The State Were In, we speak to human rights defenders from across the globe, including Uzbekistan, Burma, Congo Brazil a...

Bought by KQED and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 2
Obama Will Make Friends With Our Enemies
From: The humble Farmer
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A woman told me that Obama would make friends with those who would destoy our country.

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
No Parallel Between Hitler and Bush
From: The humble Farmer
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Americans do not think like Europeans

  • Added: Nov 05, 2008
  • Length: :55
Doublethink in Political ads on Television
From: The humble Farmer
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In the land of political ads, two plus two can equal five

  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:24
Why Fight A War That Cannot Be Won?
From: The humble Farmer
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Why would a leader destroy a country he claims to love?

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 1
I'm Glad I'm Not Running For President
From: The humble Farmer
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A commentary on childhood friends

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1