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Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
This is a sonnet written for Antoinette, the school receptionist at the school in Georgia where a man stood outside, then fired a high powered wea...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:03
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Topic 1: A study of Rwanda rescuers. Topic 2: Water quality in the United States. Topic 3: The hamburger's true origins.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: After Emily Baxter interviews someone about getting away with a crime, she takes a photo that reflects the person's character and story., Credit: Emily Baxter/weareallcriminals.com
Ever committed a crime? Were you caught? Arrested? Maybe not. Between a quarter and a third of all adults in America were caught and arrested. Now ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 14:44
  • Purchases: 2
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Laws that required cops to live in the cities they patrolled were common in the early 1900’s and still exist in the United States today. However, s...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Some people police their yards. Some people police their streets. And some people get together to police their neighborhoods. If you've ever been p...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:04
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Q&A with Norman Solomon of the Institute for Public Accuracy on the trial of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling. Solomon is observing the court pro...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:59
Caption: U.S. Supreme Court building, Credit: Adam Groffman via Flickr. Licensed under Creative Commons
A news report from Nell Abram in Tampa on Williams-Yulee v. the Florida Bar.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
Caption: New Bedford Harbor, Credit: Derek Hawkins (cc)
New Bedford Harbor ranks among the worst harbors in the country for surface oil spills. Harbor officials and environmental groups can’t even agree ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 06:50
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The Constitution does not say "We, the Brand Consumer". It says "We, the... thinking , questioning, remembering, mind-changing, advocating and yes...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:55
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Interview with Sheri Strickland, President of NCEA, discussing concerns with education reform in 2011.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:35
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KSJD's Melissa Betrone talks with new Montezuma-Cortez School District Superintendent Alex Carter about his background, his views on education, and...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 22:46
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In the spring of 2011, KSJD talked with high school and middle school students from Southwest Open School, Cortez Middle School, and Montezuma-Cort...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 09:23
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Hoping to stem a high school dropout crisis, one Texas superintendent is luring many students back to school by giving them a taste of college cour...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira, Y-Press
Priya Mirmira, age 15, spoke with 18-year-old inmates who were serving time for gun charges. She learned about their attitudes toward guns, how the...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
Caption: Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility, Pendleton, IN, Credit: Andy Yang and Priya Mirmira
In a 2009 survey by the CDC, nearly 1500 Indiana high school students said they had carried a gun for at least one day during the previous 30 days....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2012
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mattie Loyce, a student at Northeastern U.
Mattie Loyce is a student at Northeastern University. She showed up at Dewey Square in Boston with marching protesters from her campus. They briefl...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:57
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Talking politics at the Waldo Flea Market in Waldo, FL Nov 2, 2008

  • Added: Jan 13, 2011
  • Length: 05:56
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
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Cheryl Miller died in 2003 working to gain medical marijuana access in NJ, her husband Jim continues her work.

  • Added: May 21, 2007
  • Length: 26:00
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Interview Excerpt from Excessive Police force documentary

  • Added: Oct 03, 2004
  • Length: 08:33