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Copenhagen: America & Africa in Climate Decline
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
Caption: Paul Kingsnorth
The Copenhagen mess. Guest Paul Kingsnorth says civilization IS climate change. Nobody wants to change Western comforts. Opens with a digest of alt...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sex Education
From: Big Shed Audio
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Teenagers talk about the realities of their sex lives and what they've figured out this far.

Bought by KZYX and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 2
A Fred Friendly Seminar: Minds on the Edge
From: Murray Street Productions
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Cokie Roberts hosts a panel of international journalists, politicos, academics and legal experts consider mental illness in the context of two chal...

Bought by KMUN, WRVO Public Media, WTIP, KXOT Public Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2009
  • Length: 57:28
  • Purchases: 7
Active Voice Radio Essay: Obama, Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Seattle HempFest 06, Credit: hempfest.org
On 3/26/09 President Obama delivers a snub to millions of Americans who wanted to ask him about ending marijuana prohibition.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
  • Length: 07:25
How the Media Portrays Beauty
From: Youth Mic
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Mic asks people what they think about how media portrays beauty.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:21
"WITHOUT COMMENT: THE FIRST 100 DAYS"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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The "Without Comment" series began last April with a look at the Democratic primaries using only sound bites from politicians, political pundits an...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 16:35
Elevate this!
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists are studying a new emotion: elevation. Ian heads straight for the basement.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
  • Length: 02:03
None Dare Call It a Depression
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ian scratches his head at whatever it is we're going through. Apparently, we're broke. Welcome to my world.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 1
Long Distance Love in Los Angeles - Shorter Version
From: Karen Fritsche
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In Southern California, everything depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there? Whether it's where you work, where you eat, or wher...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 04:44
Long Distance Love in Los Angeles
From: Karen Fritsche
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In Southern California, everything depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there? Whether it's where you work, where you eat, or wher...

Bought by KSFR, KPIK-LP, KUT, PRX Remix, KRUA and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 7
Sex Without Condoms is the New Engagement Ring
From: Youth Radio
Series: Youth Radio's the Best of "What's the New What?"
Caption: Youth Radio Reporter Pendarvis Harshaw., Credit: Ayesha Walker
Youth Radio's Pendarvis Harshaw says that for a lot of his friends, the transition from having sex with a condom to sex without, is seen as a symbo...

Bought by WMNF and WMNF


  • Added: Dec 05, 2008
  • Length: 03:03
  • Purchases: 2
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story
From: Joyride Media
Series: Black History Month Specials
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American icon Nina Simone in words and music

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WFUV, WKMS, KNKX, KPSQ-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 54
DNC08: Lackluster Protests in Denver
From: Anil Mundra
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Behind the protest hype at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver

Bought by PRX Election Podcast


  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 02:50
  • Purchases: 1
Neighborhoods suffer as a result of gang violence
From: Adam Allington
Series: Block by Block: Street Gangs in St. Louis
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Communities are devided block by block as gangs compete for territory

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
Treated Sewage as Drinking Water?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We may be able to get drinking water from treated sewage -- and water shortages could eventually force us to rely on this option.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Dare to Dream
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A look at race relations at a Maryland high school.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 05:34
Weird Beliefs
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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Weird beliefs are incredibly common in religion, and also incredibly useful.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 1
Muhoney: Case Number 3604
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
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Murder in Chicago, 1919; Prohibition; Gangs; Surprises in Genealogy Research

  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:40
Letters from the Outside
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Getting letters in jail is part of what keeps Randy going. Here he shares some from his friends in Texas.

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
The cleavage of Hillary Clinton
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ms. Clinton's cleavage stirs controversy. What's wrong with us?

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Viva La Controversy!
From: Voices of Our World
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As one of the most outspoken critics of the war in Iraq and the Bush administration, British Parliament member George Galloway has made a name for ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 28:01
Holocaustic Substance
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A move to deny Holocaust deniers.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 01:58
THE POLITICS OF FOOD: WHAT WE EAT AND WHY IT MATTERS
From: Commonwealth Club of California
Series: Commonwealth Club of California-Weekly Public Affairs Radio Program
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Panel discussion on the politics of the Food Industry

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, KTSW 89.9, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRIR, and KZYX


  • Added: Nov 16, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 5
Angels and Demons
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
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A docu-play about two couples and their experience with domestic violence.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2006
  • Length: 46:53
  • Purchases: 1
Get Zach To Where You Once Belonged.
From: Merle Kessler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Moussaoui verdict and us, in Ian's opinion.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 01:52

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