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God is Not Our Co-Pilot
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the irrational insistence of the religious majority that ours is "one nation under God."

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Oct 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
Local Schools Tackle No Child Left Behind
From: KRCC-FM
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School officials talk about NCLB

  • Added: Sep 28, 2005
  • Length: 06:21
Teaching History
From: Talking History
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Interview focuses on the teaching of history in today's classrooms, commentary examines what we learn from history,

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
Teaching History
From: Talking History
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Jacquelyn Hall, Professor of History at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill discusses teaching history in schools with host Bryan Le Beau and...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Music Will Help New Orleans Rebuild
From: WTMD
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A Commentary on Music and New Orleans

Bought by WNCU, WUAL, KTOO, KTOO, KVNF and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2005
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 6
Gas Well Clean Up Worries
From: KRCC-FM
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Environmentalists and gas drillers debate reclamation

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
Part One: Introduction to VegOil
From: Cynthia Shelton
Series: VegOil Fuel: the Unsung Alternative
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Introduction to the six-part series exploring straight vegetable oil (VegOil) as a fuel

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:21
  • Purchases: 1
Commentary: Just Say No to Patriot Act
From: KRCC-FM
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Why Congress should not reauthorize the Patriot Act

  • Added: Jul 25, 2005
  • Length: 04:58
In Praise of the Intentional City
From: Brian Wright
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This is a commentary calling on cities of all sizes to grow intentionally

Bought by WSHU and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 2
Youth Take Action against Violence in Belize
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Youth Activist Marleni and others work hard to end violence in Belize through the youth-led movement Xchange

Bought by KZYX, AIFM, and WYSO


  • Added: May 18, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 3
The Death Penalty interview with Stuart Banner
From: Talking History
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Interview on the death penalty, regular features on history in the news and site of the week along with commentary on the centennial celebrations i...

  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
Paternalism
From: Talking History
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Interview with David Leverenz on the transformation of the image of the role and image of the father. Raymond Geselbracht comments on the relations...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
No Turning Back
From: Talking History
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Interview with Estelle Freedman, author of No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women. Commentary: Spinning the Casualties: ...

Bought by KQED and KUHB


  • Added: Mar 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Santa Fe Community Reacts to Beatings of Gay Men
From: Jim Williams
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Two gay men were beaten early Sunday morning in Santa Fe, New Mexico; one remains in critical condition; the community is reacting.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Mar 03, 2005
  • Length: 05:34
  • Purchases: 1
National Poetry Month Commentary
From: Brian Beatty
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A humorous look at the rhyming, if not cruelest, month.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WKMS, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 3
Harmful, Undeserved Punishment
From: Dick Meister
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Ex-convicts are unfairly denied voting rights.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2004
  • Length: 02:47
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
Killing for Fun
From: Dick Meister
Caption: dick meister
A commentary on the barbarity of hunting.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2004
  • Length: 02:33
King Joe Harris
From: Patrik Angstrom Poore
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Interview Excerpt from Excessive Police force documentary

  • Added: Oct 03, 2004
  • Length: 08:33
Stencil Pirates
From: Adam Allington
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Street artist Josh McPhee talks about the versitility of stenciling

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, PRX to iTunes, WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
The Parents of PFC Nick Spry
From: Zachary Barr
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Beverly Fabri and Irving Spry eulogize their son, Nicholas Spry, who was killed in Iraq on Febuary 15, 2004. Nick was 19 years old.

Bought by WMPG and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2004
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
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
The New WWII Memorial In DC
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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Interview with architect about the memorial

Bought by WDNA, Public Interactive, KCLU, KTOO, and KRCL


  • Added: May 25, 2004
  • Length: 27:09
  • Purchases: 5
The Earth Chroniclers
From: David Kattenburg
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First in a series of narrationless documentaries on Earth and its environment

Bought by KGOU and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2003
  • Length: 55:32
  • Purchases: 2
"More Civil Liberties, Less Fear"
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: "Democracy, American-Style"
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"Anees" (sp?) from Brooklyn says post 9/11 democracy lacks civil liberties

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 21, 2003
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

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