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Fahrenheit High on Fourth of July
From: Carl Hammerschlag
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The 911 Commission, George W & Michael Moore

  • Added: Nov 03, 2004
  • Length: 03:37
Graham Shelby on Public Assistance
From: KUT
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Graham Shelby is surprised to find himself seeking public assistance to help support his three new babies.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2004
  • Length: 02:26
Iraq Fatigue
From: Richard Rene
Series: Here's Looking at You/USA From London
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Societal Fatigue in following the war in Iraq

  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:52
See Me Feel Me Touch Me Shave Me
From: Merle Kessler
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Barbers are on the wane. Hell in handcart, etc.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 01:27
Another Lousy Day
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A critically-acclaimed story detailing one man's quest to find the author of two diaries from 1960 and 1961 that he found in a thrift store.

Bought by PRX Remix, Remix Radio, WYBC, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 17:36
  • Purchases: 4
Movin' Out the Bricks
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first priva...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KGNU Community Radio, Vocalo.org, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 8
House of Pain
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series
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Public housing residents scramble to figure out where to go next when their Chicago public housing high-rise is slated for demolition. It's all p...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
Mom's Good Move
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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Peg Collison documents her move from San Mateo, California - where she'd lived for almost 35 years - to a retirement community in Davis, California...

Bought by WCBU and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 37:09
  • Purchases: 2
When All Else Fails
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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"When All Else Fails" is a first-person account of a man undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), formerly known as electroshock (Award Winner:...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 21:19
  • Purchases: 2
Learning to Live: James' Story
From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series
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The story of an ex-felon's transition from prison to the free world. James, who narrates, is 38 and has been in and out of prison all his adult lif...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUER, RadioFreePalmer, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 11
Infected By Optimism? Never!
From: Merle Kessler
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Lionizing Reagan and Clinton Curdles Ian's Spirits

  • Added: Jul 13, 2004
  • Length: 01:37
Taking the Pledge
From: Merle Kessler
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Against the Pledge of Allegiance

  • Added: Jul 13, 2004
  • Length: 01:32
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition - To Have Lawyers
From: Merle Kessler
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Lawyers weigh in on torture. Ian cringes.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2004
  • Length: 01:52
Kill or Be Killed
From: Richard Rene
Series: Here's Looking at You/USA From London
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The bottom line realities of being a soldier

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 07, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bowling with Charlton Heston
From: Richard Rene
Series: Here's Looking at You/USA From London
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Look at the Lunacy of the NRA and Gun use in the UK and USA

  • Added: Jul 07, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
Politics Up-Close and Personal
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A campaign staffer's perspective on the impact of Howard Dean's presidential campaign

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WZBC


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2
PART 5: We Were Considered Expendable
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Downwinder about experiences of radioactive fallout in the 1950s

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 4
PART 4: The Family List
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Elmer Picket lost fourteen of his family members to cancer

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 4
PART 3: A Patroitic, Non-Questioning Population
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Downwinder talks about how her brother died from nuclear fallout

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 4
PART 2: The Son of a Bitchin Bomb Went Off
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Sheep farmer experience Dirty Harry nuclear test

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, WZBC, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 5
PART 1: When the American Dream turned into a Nightmare
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Downwinder affected by the radiocative fallout from test at Nevada Test Site

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 4
Crossing the River Lethe
From: Laura Jackson
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Coming to terms with my aging mother's dementia.

Bought by WKSU and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Spin Room
From: Raquel Maria Dillon
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postcard from the post-presidential debate spin room

  • Added: Apr 23, 2004
  • Length: 04:52
Area-Code Chic**
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Could my dorky new cellphone area code be a secretly trendy thing?

  • Added: Apr 07, 2004
  • Length: 03:29
Stuck on a Word
From: Patricia Priest
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In this offbeat essay the commentator examines her newfound habit of cursing, a feeble but oddly satisfying response to these Orwellian times.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2004
  • Length: 03:31