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Special: Housing is A Human Right
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Before 2020, America was already in a housing crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic, high unemployment, and a recession have only made things worse. A reco...

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 1: America's Urban-Rural Fault Line
From: Elia Powers
Series: Areas of Agreement
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A deep exploration of the urban-rural divide and how one group is trying to bring both sides together

  • Added: Sep 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:37
The End of the American Frontier Myth, Greg Grandin
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode, Laura interviews author and Yale historian Greg Grandin about his new book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border W...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Randall Fuller, author of "The Book That Changed America"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Randall Fuller who's written an historical take on how Darwin's Theory of Evolution ignited leaders and thinkers in the US in...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Wishes of the Dead
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Our lives are controlled by the invisible hand from the grave. Death does not prevent people from influencing the world with their wealth, but such...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 46:43
Life of the Law #79: Sterilized
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Virigina State Colony for the Feebleminded
Beginning in 1907, states in the US began to forcibly sterilize over 60,000 Americans -- people considered by scientists to be “unfit” -- the menta...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 22:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Lower 9th Ward Lives On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Robert Green, Lower 9th ward resident, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
We visit the Lower 9th Ward Living Museum, to learn how some are trying to preserve the lessons and legacies of the past. And we talk to a residen...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 13:31
  • Purchases: 1
Life of The Law Episode #58: Oswald Is Still Dead
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Lee Harvey Oswald was murdered before he could stand trial for the assassination of JFK. But that hasn’t stopped people from trying to get him into...

Bought by PRX Remix, KPIK-LP, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jun 08, 2015
  • Length: 20:21
  • Purchases: 3
The 100 Year Legacy of the Big Burn
From: Amanda Loder
Caption: The Aftermath of the 1910 Big Burn, Credit: US Forest Service
Evergreen Documentary: About a hundred years ago, one of the largest wildfires in US history taught Americans to fear flames. The Big Burn of 1910...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
Going Local: The Ins And Outs Of "Washingtonian-ness"
From: Rebecca Sheir
Series: The Newcomer's Guide to Washington
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Paris has its Parisians, Boston its Bostonians. What does it take to be/become a Washingtonian?

  • Added: May 18, 2010
  • Length: 07:04
Looking Back To Look Forward: Health Care
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how health care is being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 09:17
How European Immigrants Became White
From: Phillip Martin
Series: The Color Initiative
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How some immigrants once considered non-white became white

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 06:02
In the Spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. in Europe
From: Phillip Martin
Series: Standing Up To Hate in Europe
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A German activist describes how MLK influenced her life and her life-long struggle against right-wing extremism.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WHFR, Radio Catskill, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2008
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 19
Sectional Strangeness
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Peculiarities of United States land surveying.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Venice At 100: A Touch of Eden
From: KCRW
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We celebrate Venice California's 100th Anniversary with a look at some historical highlights.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Feb 25, 2005
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1
Reconstructing Providence: Adaptive Reuse, Urban Revitalization, & Neighborhood Change
From: Robin Amer
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Artists vs. developers vs. the city. The adaptive reuse of historic mill buildings in Providence, and all the controversy that's come with it.

Bought by Central Florida Public Media, WMPG, and WZBC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2004
  • Length: 49:32
  • Purchases: 3
The Creative Remix
From: Benjamen Walker
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a lawyer free exploration of the remix in music, art and literature.

Bought by KVNF, WCFM, KUOW, WBEZ, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2004
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 8