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How much water do we use?
From: William S. Hammack
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A look at how a typical American uses water - a large percentage of which is imported from outside the US!

Bought by Real Estate Today


  • Added: Oct 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
William Penn Tried her for Witchcraft
From: The humble Farmer
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Margareta Matsson was the only person ever tried for witchcraft in Pennsylvania.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 01:38
Would You Run For President
From: The humble Farmer
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People who wouldn't run for the office had their reasons.

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: :31
Charlton Heston, Union Hero
From: Dick Meister
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Although he became a staunch conservative in his later years, actor Charlton Heston had earlier been a union leader and one of Hollywood's most out...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2008
  • Length: 02:37
Saving The Sierra
From: Catherine Stifter
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3 stories of rural America where unlikely allies have found common ground in dealing with urban development pressures

Bought by KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, WCBU, WVIK, KUER and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Good Soldiers All
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary about the supporting roles played by me and my teen and pre-teen buddies on the World War II Home Front.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
NASA and the FOI
From: Larry Burriss
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Commentary about NASA, safety and the FOIA

  • Added: Oct 28, 2007
  • Length: 02:15
CL 2006 Taylor Branch "Miracles and myths from the King era."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Historian and Martin Luther King biographer Taylor Branch talks about the civil rights movement.

Bought by WDSE, WSKG, WRPI, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KSJD


  • Added: Jan 03, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
How To Go Head-to-Head With O'Reilly on The Factor
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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advice from personal experience about how to get the last word

  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:48
This I Believe - Newt Gingrich
From: This I Believe
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Former Congressman Newt Gingrich uses the lessons of history to build his beliefs for the future.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:27
This I Believe - Studs Terkel
From: This I Believe
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Acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel believes when it comes to action, there is strength in numbers.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM, KZYX and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 7
Out on the Rez
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2002
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Out on the Rez: Stories From Gay Native America

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KWCW


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Map of The Sea
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An award-winning documentary on the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery and its resounding effects on the local community.

Bought by HowSound, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland and more


  • Added: May 04, 2006
  • Length: 14:57
  • Purchases: 8
Red-Speak, Blue-Speak: Why Conservatives and Liberals Fail to Communicate
From: Janis Jaquith
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A personal essay illustrating George Lakoff's theory that what's moral for US is immoral for THEM

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Ethics: The Foundation Of Corporate Governance.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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A successful CEO looks at business ethics.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
A New Compact For Sustainable Development
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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John F. Turner says the environment needs protection, but that care must also be taken to protect the rights of land owners.

Bought by Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Menace As Great -- or Greater -- Than Steroids
From: Dick Meister
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Smokeless tobacco is threatening the health of major league baseball players and millions of others.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 04, 2005
  • Length: 02:58
  • Purchases: 1
Will Pizza Carry a Union Label?
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on unionizing pizza delivery drivers.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2005
  • Length: 03:32
Harmful, Undeserved Punishment
From: Dick Meister
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Ex-convicts are unfairly denied voting rights.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2004
  • Length: 02:47
PART 5: We Were Considered Expendable
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Downwinder about experiences of radioactive fallout in the 1950s

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 4
Socrates of Athens
From: Barry Vogel
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"First person interview" with Socrates of Athens.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2003
  • Length: 29:00