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How Can Municipal Government Promote Economic Democracy?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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New York, NY...its a city with close to 100 billion dollar budget every year and 1 deputy mayor with some pretty creative plans for how to spend it...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 02, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Untold Story of the Richard C. Wilson St. Cloud Community Outpost
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits and then revisits the Rich...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:54
2019-01-20 We're Doomed – Now What?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Can changing our consciousness hold off the climate apocalypse? When we think about the enormity of climate change and what it’s doing to our plane...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KZYX, WLPR , KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
Communities Over Commodities: How to Get There?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Housing affordability and power by design? This week on the show, Monique George of Picture the Homeless and Gianpaolo Baiocchi from NYU's Urban De...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of the Attempt to Memorialize Ruby Cora Webster by Renaming Building 51 on the St. Cloud State University Campus
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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About ten years ago, the Herberger School of Business on the campus of St. Cloud State University moved to its current location in Centennial Hall,...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 31:09
Cure Violence with Founder Gary Slutkin MD. Epidimiologist with a Health based Vision to end the Epidemic of Violence
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Cure Violence is guided by clear understandings that violence is a health issue, that individuals and communities can change for the better, that c...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Arts Advocacy Day in Minnesota!
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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March 17th is Arts Advocacy Day in Minnesota. Laura Seter and Holly Alcott make up the staff of the Region 2 Arts Council in Bemidji. They’ll be he...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 10:19
Anishinaabenaajimon: The Conversation Process
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Truth and Reconciliation about race cannot happen during a single event. That’s the premise of this week’s Anishinaabenaajimon: Minnesota’s Tribal ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and WGZS


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Camino de Santingo
From: WXAV 88.3FM Chicago
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Host Peter Kreten welcomes to the Program Sister Kathy Thornton, RSM. Sister Kathy is a Sister of Mercy and recently completed the Camino de Santin...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 30:19
Amputees
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on amputee issues over the ages

  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Keeping Nelson Mandela
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
After Nelson Mandela was freed from the life sentence he was serving in prison, he often spoke about refusing bitterness toward his captors. But h...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
Telling Our Own Stories: Wally Bowen on Creating a Democratic Media
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Wally Bowen
Documentary on the life and work of media reform activist Wally Bowen, founder and executive director of the Mountain Area Information Network (MAI...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 47:43
Healing Arts, Healing Hearts: Lily Yeh in China
From: A World of Possibilities
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At a time of increasing turmoil and despair, artist Lily Yeh takes her work out of the white-walled galleries of high culture and into the streets ...

Bought by WZEN.org, KPVL, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
"A Second Wind: Elders Act for Justice" Margaret Gordon
From: Making Contact
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect pos...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:30
A Second Wind: Elders Act for Justice
From: Making Contact
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect pos...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 08:54
Finding Solid Ground 2008
From: Eve Troeh
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One-hour documentary **UPDATED for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Bought by WVAS, WMNF, WRVO Public Media, KMUN, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 55:36
  • Purchases: 8
THE OPEN ROAD with PICO IYER
From: The Tibet Connection
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Senior Producer for The Tibet Connection Christal Smith talks to author Pico Iyer about his latest book, 'The Open Road'

  • Added: Jun 11, 2008
  • Length: 18:24
The Beauty of Madness: The Art of the Mentally Ill
From: WFUV
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Meet a community of people with mental illness who are redefining themselves through art

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Brand New Day - Graduation Day for Homeless Mothers
From: Mary Rose Madden
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Eight women graduate from a program that has showed them self-sufficiency skills...

Bought by KPFA


  • Added: May 14, 2007
  • Length: 11:28
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Seeking Peace On Earth-The 2006 Peace Talks Special (59:00/54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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During the season when hopes for Peace on Earth are expressed, spend an hour hearing from people whose life's work is pursuing peace in different w...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, WNYC and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 16
Carlos and Deborah Santana
From: Commonwealth Club of California
Series: Commonwealth Club of California-Weekly Public Affairs Radio Program
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A conversation with Carlos and Deborah Santana

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Physics of Peace
From: Bernadette Cahill
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How to bring Peace into your Life and the world

  • Added: Sep 19, 2006
  • Length: 04:55
This I Believe - Dr. Charles Johnson
From: This I Believe
Series: Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe
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Dr. Charles Johnson speaks about race, equality and religion.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and KCUR


  • Added: Jun 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
Out on the Streets
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Award-winning stories of queer kids abandoned by their parents to the streets.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WAMU, WGDR, and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 4
How Did You Know When You Knew?
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2001
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How Did You Know When You Knew?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 31:14
  • Purchases: 1