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What is the likely outcome of the violent clashes in Ukraine? Does the U.S. and the West have a moral imperative to intervene and, if so, how? Spea...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2014
  • Length: 32:30
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Host Peter Onuf speaks with Harvard historian Anne Braude about the intersection of Spiritualism with 19th century social reform movements.

Bought by Radio Newark and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 21, 2013
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Oakland Police Department, Credit: Credit under CC license from Flickr user vision63
In every police department, there’s a special division just for policing the cops. Its responsible for investigating all officer misconduct, includ...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:45
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50 years after the March on Washington, syndicated columnist Reverend Byron Williams makes the case that 1963 was the pivotal year for American cul...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Average Americans are painfully aware of the challenges we face as a nation – joblessness, failing schools, declining health, intractable poverty, ...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
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PHOENIX - President Obama has received a bump in support from Latino voters as a result of recent events. That's one finding of a new poll taken in...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:19
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CHINOOK, Mont. - Border control powers under the Department of Homeland Security would be expanded under a bill approved by the U.S. House of Repre...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:09
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BILLINGS, Mont. - Montana's primary election is Tuesday, and it's expected that turnout will be higher than it was in 2010.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 01:14
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Alamo, TX – To mark the beginning of hurricane season (June 1), Rio Grande Valley community leaders and immigrant-rights organizations are holding ...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:52
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MADISON, Wis. - The most expensive and contentious election in Wisconsin history is a week away. Mike McCabe, who heads the non-partisan Wisconsin ...

  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 01:37
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RALEIGH, N.C. - Nonprofits in North Carolina are gathering today in Raleigh to prepare for the tough budget talks ahead, after severe cuts last yea...

  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 01:38
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CHICAGO - The Violence Against Women Act has been renewed twice with bipartisan support since originally passed in 1994, but this year's reauthoriz...

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  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois lawmakers have less than two weeks in this session to do something about approximately $8 billion in overdue bills. Th...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:31
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LANSING, Mich. - The Violence Against Women Act has been renewed twice with bipartisan support since originally passed in 1994, but this year's rea...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:02
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GILLMAN, Colo. - It's the single largest source of toxic waste in the U.S., and some worry that loopholes in the Clean Water Act could allow the mi...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
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When one in six Arizonans is on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), it's big news when a congressi...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
Caption: Reporter Kenny Malone spent Christmas Morning at Shalom Manor, an assisted living facility just west of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. , Credit: Kenny Malone/WLRN Staff
I met Paul Encin on Christmas Morning at Shalom Manor, a 35-bed assisted living facility just west of Fort Lauderdale. Paul suffers from Paranoid S...

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


  • Added: Oct 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 3
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:03
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 09:22
Caption: Hundreds who have overdosed are rememberd at an April State House rally. , Credit: Tinker Ready
Massachusetts is using a nasal spray to prevent fatal heroin overdoses.

  • Added: Oct 15, 2010
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: Kennedy challenging university students to serve the Third World., Credit: University of Michigan
This compelling documentary explains how a John F. Kennedy challenge to college students ultimately became the Peace Corps. It explores Kennedy's...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Interlochen Public Radio, Michigan Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WYSO and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 14
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During the great depression, the federal government established a safety net of poverty programs. But some say, the government’s way of determining...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2009
  • Length: 05:34
Caption: Canon City Mustangs, Credit: Amy Hadden Marsh
Feature story about BLM wild horse and burro holding facility at Canon City, Colorado, and why there are over 2,000 mustangs and burros there.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2009
  • Length: 03:58
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Whether they're prompted by ice storms in Kentucky or hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, during electrical outages, many Americans turn to portable g...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 04:51
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1