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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Min...
- Added: Feb 20, 2013
- Length: 01:15
A growing movement is demanding the United States do away with the death penalty. In 2012 voters had the chance to vote to replace California’s dea...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Dec 13, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
We bring you voices from Pakistan of families destroyed by drone strikes. And we hear from Medea Benjamin and other activists working to build a g...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Aug 21, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Guys Like That."
The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 02:10
Interactive, realistic, pro-war video games have become part of American culture. But protestors and artists are finding ways to turn the virtual ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 29:01
The US has the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country. At the Maine State Prison, inmates are being taught skills to care for their ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 07:26
- Purchases: 2
Award-winning producer, Dred-Scott Keyes takes us through an audio journey of the events and issues which led to the death of Trayvon Martin, the 1...
- Added: Mar 28, 2012
- Length: 58:30
In his new book, former federal prosecutor Ken Ballen reveals the personal and emotional secrets of Islamic terrorists.
- Added: Dec 18, 2011
- Length: 28:58
"Breaking the Cycle: Free Yourself From Sex Addiction, Porn Obsession and Shame" is a new book by counselor George N. Collins
- Added: Dec 01, 2011
- Length: 28:58
When Rafael Losno was growing up, he attended Catholic school in Oakland. He spoke three languages. He played sports and had a girlfriend. And he f...
- Added: Oct 31, 2011
- Length: 01:40
Two generations of veterans cope with PTSD—looking to heal themselves and heal the world. Featuring S. Brian Wilson, author of “Blood on the Tracks”
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 10
For fourteen years, a singular event has shaped Valencia McMurray's life: her mother, Charlene Sanders, was violently attacked by her father when s...
Bought by WGXC
- Added: Aug 14, 2011
- Length: 09:54
- Purchases: 1
Is Maine immune to a deadly bat disease?
- Added: Jun 02, 2011
- Length: 07:10
- Purchases: 2
Cannon Point is a one-block stretch in Broward County, Florida, with the highest concentration of mental health assisted-living facilities in the s...
Bought by PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUT, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 04, 2011
- Length: 07:51
- Purchases: 5
- Added: Apr 21, 2011
- Length: :30
Author T.J. English looks at NYC in the late 60's and 70's and the tense relationship created between the police and NYC's growing communities of c...
- Added: Mar 24, 2011
- Length: 52:09
So-called ‘quality of life’ policing may temporarily decrease crime, but it has harsh consequences for innocent people caught up in the frenzy of a...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Nov 30, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Revised edition. A report shows that the last 50 years of tax cuts benefited the very rich but left the middle class without improvement.
- Added: Sep 15, 2010
- Length: 01:59
- Added: Jul 30, 2010
- Length: 28:58
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Added: Jun 18, 2010
- Length: 08:35
This is an interview with the head of the English Dept. at Virginia Tech. Her book is the back story to the Seung -Hui Cho murders which occurred o...
- Added: Apr 13, 2010
- Length: 27:44
- Added: Jun 22, 2009
- Length: 06:08
- Purchases: 1
This piece looks at something bigger than "amazonfail".
- Added: Apr 19, 2009
- Length: 05:16
Commentary on the recent decision in Kansas to restrict library books.
- Added: Feb 22, 2009
- Length: 02:47
- Added: Mar 28, 2008
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 1
