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The revolving door between the federal government and its favorite contractors sets up abuses.
- Added: Sep 20, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Scientists predict fish stocks worldwide will collapse by mid-century unless drastic changes are made to humankind's impact on the oceans.
- Added: Sep 20, 2010
- Length: 02:00
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 28:56
When there aren’t enough hours of work to go around, why not share them? That’s the premise of “shared-work” programs in seventeen states around th...
- Added: Aug 12, 2010
- Length: 07:10
Despite Obama’s words of support of small business, experts say some aren’t relying on government, but more and more on community groups and micro-...
Bought by WCSU-FM, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Aug 12, 2010
- Length: 09:00
- Purchases: 3
The Big Dig, the Bay Bridge, the Chunnel...
Why do transportation projects go so spectacularly over budget? There's a simple explanation - this doc...
Bought by The Neighborhood and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 26:38
- Purchases: 2
We look at how the unemployed are getting creative about making ends meet, from starting their own businesses to work-sharing.
Bought by WCSU-FM and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 03, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
When we run out of ways to deal with a troubled child, often that child ends up in prison. In Illinois, thousands are incarcerated every year. We i...
- Added: Apr 28, 2010
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 3
Dick Armey, the former House Majority Leader, speaks about conservatism at the National Press Club.
- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 54:01
[HOST INTRO] The ethical treatment of farm animals is a growing concern for many Americans. And that puts states with relatively few animal cruelt...
Bought by KISU
- Added: Mar 02, 2010
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 1
An agricultural renaissance has taken root among the Taos Pueblo people in New Mexico. Sustainable agriculture is returning, after years of unheal...
Bought by KQED
- Added: Nov 13, 2009
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Tom Thomas, a lifetime resident of Picher, Oklahoma, is one of very few staying in the town even after it closes.
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 03:48
Three of the world’s most bustling cities … what makes them tick, and what their citizens are doing to improve life on the street.
- Added: Feb 28, 2009
- Length: 29:55
In Venezuela, slogans are supposed to influence how the people feel about their president.
Bought by CKMO
- Added: Jan 13, 2009
- Length: 09:43
- Purchases: 1
