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Criminalized Survival
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Activist, Kim Dadou Brown, Credit: Daniel A. Nelson
In this episode, Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson talk with us about their documentary, And So I Stayed. This award-winning film centers three...

Bought by WUWM, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Whose Economy? An Equitable Economy For All
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What is a citys economy for? New York Citys economy has been very good at piling up private wealth and building tall buildings but its done less we...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KDNK


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Cooperation and Cooperatives vs Authoritarianism in Spain
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From the Basque region in the north, to Barcelona on the Mediterranean, Flanders speaks with contemporary co-op worker-owners who explain how the h...

Bought by KDNK, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
A SUDDEN LOSS - A Memorial To Lives Lost To COVID-19 (59:00 / 54:00 / 29:00/ plus optional 2nd hour)
From: Paul Ingles
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Popular public radio hosts, past and present, read short eulogies to just some of the tens of thousands lost to the coronavirus pandemic in the las...

Bought by Hawaii Public Radio, MPR News Stations, KAAD-LP, Boise State Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 42
New Beginnings
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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I got shot two times, and i walked out of Shock Trauma three hours later. It was made clear to me that my work wasn't done.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Bridge of Hope
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Our mindsets are not just similar, but almost like we’re reading from the same book… and actually we are.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 1
Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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Originally released as a B-side, so many deejays began playing Gloria Gaynor's “I Will Survive” that the record company reissued it as a single. It...

Bought by PRX Demo Station, KPIK-LP, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 8
Live from the USS Bataan - at Sea
From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon
Caption: Helicopter Landing, Credit: Richard A. Solomon
Arriving on a Super Stallion Helicopter in the Atlantic Ocean, Richard Solomon meets the crew of the USS Bataan (LHD-5) and is granted behind the s...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
Episode 6: Anchor Dreams - The Passion of Scoop Nemeth
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
Caption: Brian "Scoop" Nemeth, Credit: Noel Black
In this episode of Wish We Were here, we tell the story of Brian "Scoop" Nemeth, a man with high-functioning autism whose singular goal in life is ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:05
Love or Fear: The Great American Think-off
From: Evan Johnson
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This piece lets listeners follow along as The Great American Think-off asks America to answer the question "Love or Fear: Which Motivates Us More?"...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
Love or Fear: The Great American Think-off DEMO
From: Evan Johnson
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(NOTE: The full length piece is now available) This piece lets listeners follow along as The Great American Think-off asks America to answer th...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
Telling Our Own Stories: Wally Bowen on Creating a Democratic Media
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Wally Bowen
Documentary on the life and work of media reform activist Wally Bowen, founder and executive director of the Mountain Area Information Network (MAI...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 47:43
All Available Boats: Harbor Voices From 9/11
From: David Tarnow
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The response of the New York maritime community to the events of September 11, 2001.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRGY, KHNS, WLRN and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
See Jane Do: Mother's Day for Peace and Social Justice
From: Elisa Parker
Caption: CODEPINK Mother's Day for Peace Vigil, Credit: Jesse Locks, See Jane Do
The stories of everyday women doing extraordinary things for peace at the largest Mother's Day peace vigil in Washington D.C. Special guests includ...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 56:10
  • Purchases: 1
Humankind: The Green Economy
From: Humankind
Caption: VAN JONES, founder of Green for All, Credit: Courtesy Richard Hume, Experience Life magazine
Environmental visionary Van Jones, former White House special adviser for green jobs, is featured

Bought by Vermont Public, KBBI Alaska, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KWIT, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
Barack Obama-The Remix
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
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Barack Obama-The Campaign for President

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KUER, KUCB, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WMNF and more


  • Added: Dec 02, 2008
  • Length: 54:17
  • Purchases: 25
The Alutiiq Masks - Sharing HIstory
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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details the long-sought return of the Alutiiq Masks from France to Kodiak. AK.

  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 06:09
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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American icon Nina Simone in words and music

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WFUV, WKMS, KNKX, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 54
Finding Solid Ground 2008
From: Eve Troeh
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One-hour documentary **UPDATED for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Bought by WVAS, WMNF, WRVO Public Media, KMUN, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 55:36
  • Purchases: 8
Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady
From: KUT
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This is an edited version of the award-winning documentary that was produced for KUT in 2001. 'Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady' chronicle...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WEKU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KFSK


  • Added: Jul 12, 2007
  • Length: 56:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Beauty of Madness: The Art of the Mentally Ill
From: WFUV
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Meet a community of people with mental illness who are redefining themselves through art

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Portraits of our Elders
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Stories of growing old with grace.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WGDR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Out on the Streets
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Award-winning stories of queer kids abandoned by their parents to the streets.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WAMU, WGDR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 4
Interview with Grayson Capps
From: WUSM
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Interview with Hyena recording artist Grayson Capps from New Orleans, LA

  • Added: Oct 12, 2005
  • Length: 29:44
The Enchanted Highway, Part II
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: The Enchanted Highway/3 part series
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A radio documentary profiling artist Gary Greff’s attempt to save his dying Great Plains hometown by building giant metal sculptures along a lonely...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 23, 2005
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 2