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Family court judges routinely grant full custody to a parent after a child alleges they’re abusing them. That’s because they believe the other pare...
- Added: Feb 17, 2023
- Length: 29:30
California is in the early days of one of the most ambitious initiatives ever to address Medicaid patients’ social needs in hopes of improving thei...
- Added: Sep 26, 2022
- Length: 30:48
Republicans say they hate debt. So why did they push for a tax bill that would add almost two trillion dollars to the country’s tab? Only one Repub...
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 42:50
Wildfire victims rebuild all solar, all electric homes with help from their community energy program. Hear one family's story, learn what makes a h...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer and more
- Added: Oct 13, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 6
The 2016 elections are over but what did we learn from the results? Over the past 11 months, Life of the Law’s team of reporters, editors and schol...
- Added: Nov 21, 2016
- Length: 55:48
The 2016 elections are over but what did we learn from the results? Over the past 11 months, Life of the Law’s team of reporters, editors and schol...
- Added: Nov 21, 2016
- Length: 59:57
If you have the money, getting out of jail can be straightforward. If you don't, you're going to need some help.
Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Oct 25, 2016
- Length: 07:25
- Purchases: 3
Never before has a sitting justice on the Kansas Supreme Court not won a retention election. But as we all bear witness, 2016 is a different sort o...
- Added: Oct 19, 2016
- Length: 18:42
In 2011 the FBI’s National Gang Intelligence Center released their Gang Threat Assessment, which listed Juggalos as a “loosely affiliated hybrid ga...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 22:45
In the U.S., juries are often seen as democracy in action. Twelve men and women are asked to hear an entire case, and ultimately, decide another pe...
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 23:13
In real life, the business of jury selection is a 400 million dollar industry. So in a world of high priced jury consultants what does a jury of ou...
- Added: Nov 03, 2015
- Length: 24:42
At disciplinary hearings in prison, inmates are not guaranteed the right to an attorney. In fact, they aren’t allowed to have one at all.
- Added: Aug 03, 2015
- Length: 21:22
Resources are pretty sparse down here in the Bootheel. No single town has every service to meet the homeless community’s needs. The apartments at S...
- Added: Jun 03, 2015
- Length: 06:24
Amateur sleuths armed with their own laptops, public information and a lot of spare time are working alone and in groups to crack criminal cases. S...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KVNF, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 24, 2015
- Length: 32:30
- Purchases: 4
Climate change is here affecting weather conditions and sea levels. In India it's also having a more surprising influence on the country's tigers. ...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Apr 05, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Life of the Law and Destination DIY team up to examine the legal grey area occupied by the sharing economy. How are cities grappling with these inc...
- Added: Nov 25, 2014
- Length: 20:51
- Purchases: 2
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Aug 14, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Richmond, California is one of the lowest-income communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s also one of the most toxic. On this edition, we’ll...
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Across the nation in dozens of communities, veterans are being diverted to special courts for crimes they've committed after and in large measure b...
- Added: Dec 21, 2012
- Length: 03:43
Host Rich Fish tells you what you need to know about Green Dot MoneyPak, a popular new way to pay bills and recharge prepaid debit cards. But when ...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 04:37
Host Richard Fish crashes your wedding party with a warning about the artificially inflated costs of getting married. If you’re gonna say "I Do" ma...
- Added: Jun 27, 2012
- Length: 04:59
Host Rich Fish runs us through the most common complaints received by the office of the Indiana Attorney General. That's on a new edition of our co...
- Added: Apr 18, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Host Rich Fish says the tornadoes that ripped through Southern Indiana last Friday are sure to bring a wave of storm chasing scams. That's on a new...
- Added: Mar 07, 2012
- Length: 04:53
Host Rich Fish says home financing is sometimes a house of cards but the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can help you stack the deck.
- Added: Feb 29, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Was mainstream media in cahoots with government forces in the lead up to the Iraq War? In his film, “The War You Don’t See,” Australian journalis...
- Added: Sep 06, 2011
- Length: 29:00
