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On this episode of Audacious, follow an American high school student studying in Sarajevo. You’ll hear what she felt, what she learned, and how she...
- Added: Feb 24, 2024
- Length: 50:00
The Belvedere Hotel is in the heart of New York City’s theater district. Many of its guests come to see the sights, take in a show. But there are a...
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 07:55
This week we continue delving into community-rooted disaster relief in California. From building mutual aid networks, to translating emergency mess...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A new film tells how New Yorkers, led by Frances Goldin, won a 50-year housing struggle against developer Robert Moses.
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, WNYE, and KDNK
- Added: Jul 28, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 4
There’s a tiny town just north of Minneapolis that is entirely surrounded by Columbia Heights. It's called Hilltop. In a way, Hilltop was forced in...
- Added: May 02, 2023
- Length: 07:56
Urban beekeeping is forging new paths in Detroit. Nicole Lindsey and Timothy Paule Jackson of Detroit Hives are generating a lot of buzz working to...
- Added: May 09, 2022
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 2
In early January, Medicare took an unprecedented step to restrict patients’ access to the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 ...
- Added: Jan 20, 2022
- Length: 22:47
This week’s guest is Abe Streep, author of Brothers On Three, a chronicle of the Arlee Warriors boys basketball team’s amazing run of state champio...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Nov 11, 2021
- Length: 26:21
- Purchases: 3
Today on Making Contact, we present the film Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible. The film takes us on the transformational journey of w...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Feb 01, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A deep exploration of the urban-rural divide and how one group is trying to bring both sides together
- Added: Nov 22, 2020
- Length: 28:19
Change - Neddy Smith is a professional musician and CEO at NedGJean International. He composes and writes his music, not only in a traditional styl...
- Added: Jul 10, 2020
- Length: 02:25
Change - Dr. Hassan Tetteh is a board-certified surgeon specializing in thoracic surgery, critical care, heart and lung transplantation, research a...
- Added: Jul 08, 2020
- Length: 01:27
Change - Doreen Bazile is a social worker. She sees many different patients with distinct needs and issues, regarding spirituality and religion, fa...
- Added: Jul 08, 2020
- Length: 01:24
Perseverance - Robert D. Siano, Esq. has practiced law for over thirteen years and is an experienced attorney that handles matters involving entert...
- Added: Jul 07, 2020
- Length: 01:42
Lisa from San Antonio and Austin describes how she has been involved in politics since she was a kid, and how she is especially involved now. She ...
- Added: Sep 04, 2019
- Length: 11:31
Michelle from Bastrop County discusses increasing political participation among rural Texans. She wants better government representatives who meet...
- Added: Aug 23, 2019
- Length: 04:07
A rural pocket of Northern California is seeing some of the highest rates of suicide in the state. This project explores the mental health crisis i...
- Added: Sep 21, 2018
- Length: 01:05:14
After interviewing his two challengers, Rob MacClanahan questions El Dorado Supervisor Ranalli, even though he's not there...
- Added: Jun 03, 2018
- Length: 02:09:21
Glenn Boyd was convicted of a crime he did not commit. This episode of the California Innocence Project features another story about a bad identifi...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 05:00
On this episode of the California Innocence Project, Guy Miles shares his story about a bad identification leading to wrongful conviction -- and 18...
- Added: Feb 07, 2018
- Length: 04:59
Traditions. We all have them. Some good and, well, some not so good. Think for a minute. When you were a kid, what were your holiday traditions? Do...
- Added: Dec 28, 2017
- Length: 38:11
2017 has been a terrible year for tens of thousands of people. Fires in northern California and record-setting torrential hurricanes and floods in ...
Bought by KVNF
- Added: Nov 14, 2017
- Length: 20:31
- Purchases: 1
Often times a book can become just another piece of furniture in your home. But when your home is a prison cell, a book can be an open door.
- Added: Aug 08, 2017
- Length: 11:41
On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll meet people challenging polluters in their own backyard, not to push hazardous industries into another nei...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR
- Added: Jul 23, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Predominantly white towns that border large American Indian reservations can be racially charged places. It is difficult for residents to face the ...
Bought by KSFR, WHRV, and KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Mar 09, 2017
- Length: 57:25
- Purchases: 3