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John Carlos Frey on America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: John Carlos Frey, Sand and Blood, book cover art, Credit: John Carlos Frey
On today's program, John Carlos Frey, author of Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border, explores increased militarization at th...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
S02 E02 - Dreaming in America
From: The Facing Project
Series: The Facing Project
Caption: The Statue of Liberty - Tokyo, Japan - Travel photography, Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Milo.
The American Dream . . . Fact or fiction? For those who come to the U.S. undocumented as children, the future can seem uncertain.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Don't Let Them See You Bleed: PERIOD
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Today's show examines the feminist movement through the lens of period activism. We will look at aspects of women’s health and social justice that ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
“Germs” and “Invaders”
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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How does a soldier start bombing his own country? This is the question Houda asked her cousin after he was discharged from mandatory military servi...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
Minnesota Native News: A Report from the Recent Native American Journalism Association Conference
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News, reporter Melissa Townsend tells us about the 35th Annual Native American Journalists Association Conference hos...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, KQAL, KMSU, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 8
Dennis Flannigan, Retired Pierce County Councilmember, WA State Rep, Secretary of Point Defiance Aids Project, and a Pioneering Community Leader with many credits, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Dennis Flannigan
Interview by Gary Kanter: Dennis tells his story of how he became an activist who made things happen from the West Coast to the East Coast.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
New Media, Old Problems: Buzzfeed, Vox, and Vice Unionize
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The media layoffs are here. It's new media’s sky-is-falling moment. Instead of the promised golden age, we're seeing rolling cutbacks and massive l...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mike Elliott, former Burlington Northern Train Engineer
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Mike Elliott
Interview by Ken Winkes: Mike Elliott provides the ending to the what finally happened to him after blowing the whistle.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 08, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Drew Philp
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Drew Philp, author of “A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City," talks with WTCM NewsTalk 580 radio host Ron Jol...

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Mike Elliott, former Burlington Northern Train Engineer, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Mike Elliott
Interview by Ken Winkes: Mike continues his story about his concern for train safety that lead him to become a whistle blower and put his own caree...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
RDD: Marc and the Commission
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're talking to Marc Folk, the executive director of Toledo's Arts Commission, a nonprofit organization found...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 06:12
  • Purchases: 1
Turning the Ship Around: Two Native Physicians Talk about Improving Native Health in Minnesota
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
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Reporter Melissa Townsend sits down with Dr. Arne Vainio and Dr. Mary Owen to talk about the rising rates of diabetes in Native communities and oth...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WTIP, and WGZS


  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 3
Protecting and Defending Civil Rights
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with civil rights lawyer, Barbara Phillips, who is also a contributing writer to the anthology "Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Mar 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Stay Tuned
From: John Messmer
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Use this message between hourly or 30 minute radio programs.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: :03
Bob Burnett, Writer for the Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Common Dreams, and Progressive Populist
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Bob Burnett
Interview by Ken Winkes: Bob, who is a writer, technologist, environmentalist, and much more, chats about his concerns, where the country is going...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 27:51
Lane Anliker, Organizer for SEIU Local 1199NW and Karla Castillo, Lab Assistant
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
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Interview by Mark Lowry: Lane and Karla explain what is going on at the hospital in Bellingham, WA and what is up with non-profit hospitals in gene...

  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:01
Hali Hammer, an award winning singer-songwriter and activist
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Hali Hammer
Interview by Gary Kanter: Hali explains her new Progressive Majority Creative Network Website and Facebook page that connects musicians with events...

  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:12
Beyond Choice: Organizing for Reproductive Justice
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Loretta Ross, Credit: Speak Out
Loretta Ross, co-founder of SisterSong breaks down the reproductive justice framework; and Tina Reynolds, co-founder and Chair of Women on the Rise...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, XRAY.fm, WRIR, and WXDU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Cost of War: A Reflection on the United States and Iraq Conflict
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War present at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, GA. , Credit: Photo by flickr user Brooke Anderson.
Almost 4,500 American soldiers and more than 100,000 Iraqis have died since the start of the Shock and Awe campaign. Fourteen years later, we asses...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, XRAY.fm, and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Gordon Zurn, Financial Secretary for USW Local 12-591, & Les Leopold, Director of The Labor Institute and author of Runaway Inequality, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Gordon Zurn & Les Leopold
Interview by Ken Winkes: Gordon and Les discuss what inequality is, how it happened, and what to do about it.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:13
Kent Stanford, President of the Washington Public Employees Association, UFCW 365
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Kent Stanford, WPEA
Interview by Lori Province: Kent discusses what public employee do, their qualifications, dedication, and the quality of their work.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 27:51
The Write Question - Seth Kantner - 269
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Seth Kantner talks about growing up in rural Alaska -- 100 miles above the Arctic Circle -- and the essays in his collection 'Swallowed by the Grea...

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Women, Health, and Prison: Part One
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week is our introduction to the topic of women, health, and prison. We speak with some prisoners from the Indiana Women's Prison about their e...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 1
Karl de Jong, Activist, Labor and Democratic Leader, and Grassroots Organizer
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Karl de Jong
Interview by Gary Kanter: Karl discussions the importance of voting and much more.

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Keth McCafferty - 265
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Keith McCafferty talks about and reads from the fifth book in his Sean Stranahan mystery series, Buffalo Jump Blues. He also talks about real-life ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4