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The struggles of undocumented youth in the US often fly under the radar of the mainstream media. But with the tools of creative expression and the ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
A discussion of the international refugee picture and the refugee experience in the American Midwest, including personal stories of life as a refug...
- Added: Apr 16, 2013
- Length: 01:54:25
The growth of the ex-gay movement in the last two decades gave rise to hundreds of therapy programs aiming to change people’s sexual orientation. B...
Bought by KISU, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KSFR, KVSC, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more
- Added: Apr 03, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 7
Co-Host Peter Kreten airs a panel discussion with Professor Cyndi Kamp of Saint Xavier University, Professor Jehanzeb Niaz nephew of Ghaffer Khan, ...
- Added: Mar 20, 2013
- Length: 28:17
Pregnant women in America’s prisons are being shackled to their beds; others are being sterilized. Correctional institutions claim the policies are...
- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Inspired by the campaign to end South African apartheid, Palestinians are leading an international campaign to put economic and political pressure ...
- Added: Feb 21, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Recently a colleague of mine, Dr. Marc Brackett, has been named as the leader of the new Center of Emotional Intelligence which will begin operatio...
- Added: Feb 04, 2013
- Length: 55:09
There's a battle going on for the soul of Kensington Market in downtown Toronto...
- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 22:00
A growing movement is demanding the United States do away with the death penalty. In 2012 voters had the chance to vote to replace California’s dea...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Dec 13, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This election felt divisive and strident and the feelings today are those of the victors and the losers, joyous and excitement for those that won, ...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 49:10
Through the voices of mental health care consumers/activists, this story briefly explores some of the impacts of, and responses to, the closing of...
- Added: Oct 07, 2012
- Length: 21:19
I talk to legislator/poet Bill O'Neill -- nicknamed the Sagebrush Lizard by republicans at the Roundhouse
- Added: Oct 01, 2012
- Length: 29:02
The US dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. Three days later, Nagasaki also fell victim. On this edition, w...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KALW, KSFR, WVTF, RadioFreePalmer and more
- Added: Jul 25, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 8
The US has the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country. At the Maine State Prison, inmates are being taught skills to care for their ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 07:26
- Purchases: 2
John D. Shearer is an artist from Indiana that won his battle over a rare form of brain cancer. His multi-media show entitled “I’m Too Young For Th...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 09:37
Among the leading causes of homelessness in single adults is mental illness. Study after study reiterates that up to a quarter of all those sufferi...
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 07:50
- Purchases: 1
Boulder lawyer Beth Klein talks about human trafficking in Colorado. She defines 'human trafficking' and describes the magnitude of the problem in...
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 24:03
The development of Interstate 69 through Indiana is divided into six sections from the Indiana/Kentucky boarder up to Indianapolis. This week, the ...
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 12:13
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
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
In the last decade in Indiana, about 130 murders were committed by teens, and 79 percent of those involved a firearm. After a Y-Presser lost her co...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 15, 2012
- Length: 03:37
- Purchases: 1
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next ...
- Added: Feb 27, 2012
- Length: 29:00
This weekend’s Moyers & Company starts with a compelling Bill Moyers Essay: Is it fair for parents to opt out of vaccinations for their children on...
Bought by KRDP, WMNF, WGCU, WRIR, WGBH Radio Boston and more
- Added: Feb 24, 2012
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 20
Tiny Spark takes a look at a seemingly good idea - international adoption - and explores its unintended consequences: corruption, fraud and child t...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 19:35
- Purchases: 1
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...
- Added: Oct 25, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
