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Labor & the Democrats: A Winning Combination?
From: Dick Meister
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Unions have launched one of labor's biggest political campaigns ever in behalf of their Democratic Party allies.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 02:39
Lower Manhattan Diaries
From: WFUV
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Three New Yorkers reflect on 5 years since the 9/11 attacks in audio diary form.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
9/11's Hidden Toll
From: WFUV
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Five years after the 9/11 attacks, the death toll among first responders is still climbing.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:27
Stories from the NYPD
From: jrudolph group
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An audio history of the New York Police Department

Bought by WNYC, WFUV, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WGBH Radio Boston, and WAMU


  • Added: Aug 25, 2006
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 5
Students' Rights: Then and Now
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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In 1969 the Supreme Court found that students "do not shed their constitutional rights...at the schoolhouse gate." Today, most schools retain the r...

Bought by KUOW, WXLV-FM, KOOP, WXLV-FM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 5
Alan Dershowitz on the doctrine of preemption, the Hezbollah and the 'war on terror' -- on ThoughtCast
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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The controversial Harvard Law professor, author and celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz talks about the doctrine of preemption, the Israeli-Hezbollah ...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, WNED Buffalo, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 15, 2006
  • Length: 57:20
  • Purchases: 4
Appreciating Wildfire Fighters, Meto Vega
From: Miles Eddy
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Rural Colorado overwhelms wildfire workers with an outpouring of gratitude rarely seen.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:05
An Exceptional Summer
From: WSKG
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A report on the summer satellite program in Harpursville, NY for at-risk children created by a community partnership

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 1
An Artist in Social Action
From: KVMR
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Michael Franti of Spearhead raises $25,000. for prison program

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Jul 20, 2006
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Softer Iron Triangle
From: Hana Baba
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The most dangerous city in California actually has much more to offer

  • Added: Jun 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:54
George Bush, the Next Eliot Ness?
From: Dick Meister
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Passage of the constitutional ban on same-sex marriages sought by President Bush could make him an Eliot Ness, chasing violators as Ness chased vio...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:25
After the Dumpster
From: Elizabeth Chur
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Drowning in stuff, a hoarder discovers how to let go of some objects.

Bought by KVMR, WDBM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 7
Cyber Crime
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Cyber Crime's impact on the average computer user can be expensive

  • Added: Jun 08, 2006
  • Length: 04:08
Evergreen Interview with scientist, ecologist & cancer survivor SANDRA STEINGRABER
From: Out of Bounds
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber discusses her personal journey from cancer survivor to an investigation of cancer and the enviornment which resulted in her ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
Dead Man Walking Play Project Show
From: Miles Eddy
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The Dead Man Walking Play Project in Alamosa, Colorado engages the local community about a national issue; the death penalty. Includes reactions f...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 28:30
Canary in the Datamine
From: Merle Kessler
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Living life in the datamine.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:01
Get Zach To Where You Once Belonged.
From: Merle Kessler
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Moussaoui verdict and us, in Ian's opinion.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 01:52
Dead Man Walking Play Project News Summary
From: Miles Eddy
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Dead Man Walking Play Project engages local community about the death penalty while Broadway version is written. Sister Helen Prejean attends open...

  • Added: May 30, 2006
  • Length: 05:57
The Film that Exposed a Memorial Day Massacre
From: Dick Meister
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A once-suppressed newsreel showing Chicago police chasing, killing and wounding strikers and their families on Memorial Day in 1937 played an impor...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KFAI Minneapolis, and KPFT


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 3
When a Parent Calls Collect
From: KUOW
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A look at men parenting from prison.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 1
Going Public Part IV
From: KUOW
Series: Going Public
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A look at the forthcoming Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle

  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
Going Public Part II
From: KUOW
Series: Going Public
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A look at the history of Seattle's pioneering public art program

  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
Going Public Part I
From: KUOW
Series: Going Public
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An overview of memorable public art in Seattle.

  • Added: May 15, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
Commentary: Lie Detectors Lie
From: Dick Meister
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Although increasingly used by the CIA, FBI and other agencies and private employers, so-called lie detector tests are highly unreliable and serious...

  • Added: May 07, 2006
  • Length: 02:57
The Story of the SRA-Bylaw (DRAFT)
From: Megan Hall
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Behind every law there's an intention. There's a response to a problem. Here's the problem-

  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 39:32

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