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This year, Louisville, Kentucky has been marking the anniversary of a touchstone event of the Civil Rights era.
- Added: Dec 02, 2014
- Length: 05:49
North Beach Citizens is a community-driven, non-profit organization located in San Francisco, California, that addresses the needs of local homeles...
- Added: Dec 02, 2014
- Length: 02:39
"Impulse Under the Influence" examines campus rape culture and how easy access to alcohol exacerbates the incidence of sexual abuse.
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- Added: Nov 18, 2014
- Length: 55:07
- Purchases: 1
In her new book: “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate”, Naomi Klein argues that while it’s too late to stop climate change, we can ...
- Added: Oct 21, 2014
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
A church in New Orleans uses its facade to keep the city's high murder rates in the public eye.
- Added: Sep 09, 2014
- Length: 11:59
More than 150,000 people sign up for the US military every year. Their reasons for joining vary widely, from those hoping for financial help throug...
- Added: Sep 02, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
**A MUST-HEAR EPISODE FOR ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN FERGUSON, MO.**
Nick visits the town of Ferguson, MO in the aftermath ...
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- Added: Aug 27, 2014
- Length: 54:59
- Purchases: 1
Artist and Chicago native, Maria Gaspar, interviews neighbors to uncover their opinions about what it means to live next to one of the largest pre-...
- Added: Aug 26, 2014
- Length: 13:37
KGNU's Veronica Balderas Iglesias brings us the story of Robert Mitton, a man from Denver with a failing heart who would like the option of choosin...
- Added: Aug 12, 2014
- Length: 06:44
Jamie is pregnant and has nowhere she can go. She finds herself at Saint Andre Home, a modern day home for unwed mothers, where she awaits her four...
- Added: Jun 15, 2014
- Length: 07:31
How does the process of birth impact new motherhood? Is it a rite of passage or a medical event? Next time on Well Woman Radio we’ll hear from Pam ...
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- Added: May 08, 2014
- Length: 29:35
- Purchases: 1
Manufacturing methamphetamine is a crime that impacts an entire community. Learn about the realities of meth addiction from the authorities that b...
- Added: May 05, 2014
- Length: 08:33
People 50 years or older now make up the majority of HIV and AIDS cases in San Francisco. Since HIV emerged in the 1980's, treatments have improved...
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- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 08:14
- Purchases: 1
This is a story of one city, one global company, one mother and one American dream.
- Added: Feb 07, 2014
- Length: 24:58
For Jamaisse Payne, the grocery store is a math problem. She’s got a baby boy due in a few weeks, so she says she’s shopping and eating for two. Sh...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 06:56
In this episode we feature an extended conversation between Generation Justice Fellow Pauly Denetclaw and professor and activist Roberto Dr. Cintli...
- Added: Dec 17, 2013
- Length: 57:53
During the Wendy Davis Filibuster the nation was glued to their radios and television sets to see the outcome of this now historic moment. Wendy wa...
- Added: Nov 26, 2013
- Length: 02:20
“Our Hallowed Ground - The Love Balm Project”is a series of performances based on testimonies of Bay Area mothers and grandmothers who have lost ch...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 07:07
A lot of things make San Francisco a unique city -- and one is the sheer number of dogs. There are more dogs than there are children. Something li...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 07:55
Community policing has been the official police philosophy in Oakland since 1996. Rather than police simply responding to crime after it happens, c...
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 07:59
Host Alfred Bundy talks to two ladies who are the best of friends, doctors helping Children.
- Added: Aug 11, 2013
- Length: 06:23
After serving time, finding food, a job and a place to live with a criminal record can become an almost impossible task. On this edition, Women bu...
- Added: Jul 18, 2013
- Length: 28:56
Reporter Capri Sparks explores the phenomenon of gentrification in her New York neighborhood, East Harlem.
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 04:55
Can trauma be healed with architecture and design? Eric Molinsky looks how Columbine, Aurora and Virginia Tech have changed.
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- Added: May 03, 2013
- Length: 09:42
- Purchases: 1
When tragedy strikes a 16-year-old Muslim girl, her neighbor, Helene Newberg, is inspired to run in this year’s Boston marathon for her. And like e...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 12:46
