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LiveHopeLove
From: Pulitzer Center
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Writer and Poet Kwame Dawes explores HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, produced by Outer Voices, in association with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KBRP Community Radio, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 22
Condor Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A condor refuge recovers after a wildfire, and volunteers prepare for a dramatic release.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 2
Why Don't Kids Learn Science Anymore?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Despite high-tech hubs like Silicon Valley, California's science literacy is in steep decline.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Hayward Fault
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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The big quake is coming

  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 04:47
How to ID a Bullet
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What if every bullet could tell you who fired it?

Bought by WABE and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 2
Waiting for California's High Speed Rail
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Getting from San Francisco to LA in two-and-a-half hours -- and a $10 billion ticket price

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 08:08
Wildlife CSI
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Using DNA to catch wildlife poachers

Bought by WABE, Listenwise, New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNF, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 5
Sea Lion Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
Drugs in the Drinking Water
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Many of us drink tiny doses of drugs like ibuprofen and birth control pills with each glass of tap. Should we care?

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Trans-Identites Part 2: Mario's Story
From: Tina Antolini
Series: Trans-Identities: A Community Comes Out in Western New England
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From his earliest memory, Mario knew he wasn't in the right body.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:24
Trans-Identites Part 1: Robyn's Story
From: Tina Antolini
Series: Trans-Identities: A Community Comes Out in Western New England
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Born male, Robyn says she always felt she belonged with the girls, instead of the boys.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
DIY Green Building
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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On the frontiers of green building

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Disappearing Plants
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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For plants, global warming means move or die.

Bought by WABE, KZYX, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sea of Plastic
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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"The toilet bowl that never flushes"

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
Black and African
From: Making Contact
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African immigrants are the fastest growing segment of the black population in the U.S. On this edition, we meet Mauton Akran, a Nigerian immigrant ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, XRAY.fm, WCSU-FM, and WNCU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
on the Borderline: Surviving Genocide in Burma
From: Gael MacLean
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Narrated by Sonja Smits, this documentary is a rare look at life inside the refugee camps and a compassionate story of transforming despair into hope

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 41:51
George Carlin Tribute -"7 Dirty Words" The Extended Remix
From: Peter Bochan
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George Carling-His Life, Times and The 7 Words...Remix

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 20:29
Designer Biofuels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How do you make fuel from plants?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
Sewage Happens
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Think your city has a sewage problem? You haven't seen the half ot it.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
A California Story: Redwood Trees vs Solar Panels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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When it comes to solar planels, is tree planting a crime?

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Do Carbon Offsets Work?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How can you tell if a carbon offset is just hype?

  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
Secret Asian Woman
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Secret Asian Woman is a brief personal history of Mixed Race in America.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KUOW, KUNM, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Feb 14, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
THE COLOR OF NIGHT
From: Phillip Martin
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Race and the Sexual Politics of Nightlife in Chicago

  • Added: Feb 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
A Square Meal, Regardless
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The American health care system offers few solutions for people who want to die at home, especially when family lives far away. This sound-rich st...

Bought by Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), Connecticut Public (WNPR), HowSound, The Story, SALTcast Podcast and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 7
Paper or Plastic?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's better for the environment?

Bought by KZYX and KLCC


  • Added: Dec 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 2