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The Day After
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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Wondering 'what if' on the day after the election--November 2004

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:46
Toilet Paper Scrap Chronicles Civil Rights Ordeal
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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A six-foot piece of jail-grade toilet paper from 1963 captures Civil Rights struggle

Bought by WABE, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUOW, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 7
Movie Madness
From: Merle Kessler
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Terrorism and the Movies: Connection?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:30
Commentary: Just Say No to Patriot Act
From: KRCC-FM
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Why Congress should not reauthorize the Patriot Act

  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 04:58
In Praise of the Intentional City
From: Brian Wright
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This is a commentary calling on cities of all sizes to grow intentionally

Bought by WSHU and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 2
The Thrill of the Unmarked Car
From: Dick Meister
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We're all driving billboards -- for free.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2005
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 1
Merrie Spaeth CPB Commentary
From: KERA
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commentary regarding House Committee vote on CPB funding

Bought by KRCC-FM and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 2
Is Peace Possible In The Middle East?
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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dennis ross examines the rise of anti-american radicalism in the middle east.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:52
Great Lakes Management:conflicts And Cooperation.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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dr. peter loucks talks about water management on the great lakes.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Jun 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 1
Ethics: The Foundation Of Corporate Governance.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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A successful CEO looks at business ethics.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
A New Compact For Sustainable Development
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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John F. Turner says the environment needs protection, but that care must also be taken to protect the rights of land owners.

Bought by Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Perpetual War, Perpetual Power
From: Craig Barnes
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Craig Barnes explores the Republican formula for perpetual war and the need for Democrats to restore America's traditional values of law, fairness ...

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
Nitpickery
From: Merle Kessler
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Authoritarian v. Totalitarian: a rose by another name....?

  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
Mumsy's Grief
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Radio's Outfront
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Elsaida Douglas deals with the shooting death of her son.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:45
  • Purchases: 1
Vows
From: Catherine Girardeau
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An exploration of wedding vows that combines personal essay with documentary form.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KPFA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 2
My Body My Temple
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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Women writers reading their own works about how breast cancer affects their body image

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KLCC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 30, 2005
  • Length: 04:04
  • Purchases: 4
1995 Anne Waldman - Simulacrum (Not a Real Life, Cheap Imitation)
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Waldman in a strong political performance of her poetry

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Menace As Great -- or Greater -- Than Steroids
From: Dick Meister
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Smokeless tobacco is threatening the health of major league baseball players and millions of others.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
National Poetry Month Commentary
From: Brian Beatty
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A humorous look at the rhyming, if not cruelest, month.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WKMS, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 3
Will Pizza Carry a Union Label?
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on unionizing pizza delivery drivers.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2005
  • Length: 03:32
Me and My Monkey
From: Steven Tagle
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This long audio essay explores primate research and the conflict that exists between treating monkeys humanely and treating them like humans.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2005
  • Length: 18:25
The eX Files
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2004
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The eX Files ? stories of gay divorce.

Bought by WCPN, KUT-HD, KQED, and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 4
A Memento of War
From: Dick Meister
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Lessons learned from a grotesque necklace of human teeth.

  • Added: Dec 08, 2004
  • Length: 03:19
Harmful, Undeserved Punishment
From: Dick Meister
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Ex-convicts are unfairly denied voting rights.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2004
  • Length: 02:47
Towards a bland Islam
From: Merle Kessler
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Islam needs Unitarianism

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 01:41
  • Purchases: 1