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A new center supporting documentary film production and research has been established at Indiana University's Media School.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:45
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In my state the Governor has decided that any childless adult who owns more than $5000 in cash or leisure vehicle assets cannot receive food stamps...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:32
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Tonight we discuss the groundbreaking graphic novel series,March, an engaging and award-winning first-hand account of Congressman John Lewis’s life...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:17
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Do service-sector workers represent the future of the U.S. labor movement? Mid-twentieth-century union activism transformed manufacturing jobs fro...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:11
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United 173 crashed six miles short of the runway at Portland, Oregon. It had run out of fuel. Ten people were killed. How could that happen?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 08:42
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So, here we are, August 4th, 2015, and I’m asking "Is a Woman A Person?" You laugh, no, scoff at me for asking this. Of course!, you say. But are w...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 58:41
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The so-called religious freedom laws Republican candidates seek are fig leafs for discrimination against gay couples.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Doug Storm is joined by Scott Horton, attorney and contributing editor at Harper’s Weekly, author of the recent book, The Lords of Secrecy: Th...

  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:02:00
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Well, in my state we have a remarkable example of corporations having their way with state legislators to pass a bill that- in the long run did not...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:46
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The Harlem Renaissance Era of the 20’s, the "New Negroes" who had begun to express themselves in a variety of cultural and social spheres- W.E.B. ...

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  • Length: 01:00:18
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David was caught in the cycle of recovery and relapse, until the tragic loss of his friend to herione overdose made him see his way to get clean an...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Fourth grade girls know the truth's power., Credit: Susan Cook
I heard Jill Abramson , the former executive editor of the New York Times say recently that since the George W. Bush administration, there have be...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:51
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Host Doug Storm is joined by David Delaney from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Steve Myers from the School of Informatics and Comp...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:40
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Political amnesia comes on when political polarization begins as it has with President Obama’s recent executive order about immigration. So, Presi...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
With the election season over, the next phase of elected politics has settled on our plates like a bowl of jello. How can you tell when the age-old...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
Caption: An old clutch replaced might work better..., Credit: Susan Cook
In politics, arrogance can be hired, purchased or -in volunteer organizations- a gratuity that comes with volunteer labor.- or elected. In Maine ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
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John Holloway author of “Crack Capitalism” and “Changing the world without Taking Power” speaks of the role of the individual in perpetuating a sys...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:50
Caption: Toby Hawkins
This piece was produced for the 2nd Annual KCRW 24-Hour Radio Race, by Vanessa Lowe and Kent Sparling. It made it to the top ten finalists out of ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:09
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Interview with Carlos Sanchez, former County Jail Inmate. Interview conducted by Jackie Serrato for 96 Acres. Audio produced by Vocalo's Ayana Cont...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 20:35
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Interview With Jennifer Gonzalez, Girlfriend Of A Cook County Jail Inmate. Interview conducted by Hugo Antunez for 96 Acres. Audio produced by Voc...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 08:20
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Host Doug Storm welcomes guests Alyce Miller, Dave Rollo, Sandra Shapshay, and Lisa Sideris for Part II of our discussion about the Griffy Lake Nat...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 54:34
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The public officials and the political candidates who shape public discourse through the impulsive and shallow convey far more about their ethics t...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
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The Cannabis Consumers Union began operation in Denver on July, 22, 2014. CRN’s Brian Bahouth spoke with Larisa Bolivar, founding president of the...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2014
  • Length: 08:57
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The Philadelphia city council voted (13-3) to decriminalize possession of marijuana on the 19th of June, and for the month following the vote there...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Length: 09:44
Caption: Brushawn Fletcher at Green City Growers., Credit: Brian Bull, WCPN.
An ex-felon and former car salesman works two jobs to rebuild his life and hopefully some day reunite with his daughter.

Bought by KUER, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 3