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Oh, Give Me a Home | Episode 3 | Born Free
From: Auricle Productions
Series: Threshold
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Many cattle ranchers view wild bison as a threat to their livelihoods. But some think cattle and bison can coexist. On episode three of Threshold, ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, Prairie Public, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
RDD: Dr. Paat.
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Dr. Richard Paat is a healthcare physician who is not just making an impact at his local practice in Maumee but around the world. Tune in to find...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 06:09
StoryCorps Griot: Fred Davie and Robert Sanchez
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Fred Davie (left) and Robert Sanchez (right)
A social worker who now helps others who are making the transition from prison talks with his mentor about their first meeting inside Sing Sing pri...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WEZU, and Public Radio for All


  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 3
Families and Prison: Part Two
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week’s episode is the second installment of our Families and Prison series. We speak with April, a formerly-incarcerated mother who works with...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:39
Humankind Special - The Power of Nonviolence: Healing the Trauma of War
From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials
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Produced by David Freudberg in association with WGBH/Boston. This Humankind special, "Healing the Trauma of War" tells the deeply moving stories of...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WCPN, WWNO and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Episode 3: Lost weekends
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: Betty Peters, known as Mama Betty, shuttles jail visitors along the last mile of the journey. , Credit: George Lavender
Thousands of Los Angeles County prisoners are housed in Pitchess Detention center. For visitors, the journey to the jail can take all day. The clos...

Bought by PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 1: Life on a million dollar block
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
Caption: Kelly Cotton walks through the Westmont neighborhood with her kids, Credit: George Lavender
One small neighborhood of Los Angeles accounted for thousands of bookings into county jail over a five year period.

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 3
Demographic Danger: A Look at Maternity Wards and Segregation in Israel
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Faces, Credit: Shaina Shealy
Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem was founded on a promise to serve all patients with the same, excellent care. This week, against the backdrop of mil...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Members of the 1% navigate cross-class relationships
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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In parallel but separate tales, Michelle and Abe inherited immense wealth at a young age. For many years, they didn't talk about it, or know what t...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
Sexual Violence & Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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A conversation about Sexual Violence and the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Events in Northern Minnesota

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 12:49
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #89: Live Law Philadelphia - Beyond the Walls: Prison Positive
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Odessa Summers
For 22 years, Philadelphia FIGHT has hosted an entire month of free workshops, trainings, and outreach about HIV and AIDS. This year, Life of the L...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 01:01:58
Minnesota Native News Special Edition: Responding to the Opioid Crisis in MN Native Communities
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News Special Editions
Caption: In 2015 More American Indians in MN Died of Drug Poisoning than in Any Other State. , Credit: MN Department of Human Services, May 2016
For over a decade, the prescription pain killer and heroin abuse crisis has had a hold on communities across the U-S. Opioid overdoses tripled betw...

Bought by KMSU, WDSE, WGZS, KFAI Minneapolis, KKWE Niijii Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2016
  • Length: 59:22
  • Purchases: 14
Episode 18 - Crenshaw - Katherine Applegate
From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids
Caption: Markel, Jhandira, and Amelia
Sometimes, you just need a friend. Even if he’s imaginary, like the gigantic purple cat named Crenshaw. That’s the name of Newbery Award winning wr...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 21:36
Mrs. Winona County on Crohn's and Colitis
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: KQAL's Teri Tenseth visits with Mrs. Winona County, Nicole Brennan, Credit: Doug Westerman
On this episode of "Culture Clique" we visit with the current reigning Mrs. Winona County. She will share with us details about her competition thi...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 12:47
E04 / Feed Me
From: Sarah Hoyles
Series: Pet Sounds
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Hear why and how Pet Food Banks are helping to keep companion animals fed, healthy and home.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 15:28
Gambling Nearly Killed Me
From: Matt Hill
Series: The Modern Mann
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What was your first bet? Matt Zarb-Cousin remembers his - because it led to a cycle of addiction that saw him flutter away over £10,000 in the book...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 23:27
Nicklesville Pushes Seattle Towards Acceptance of Tent Cities
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Nicklesville, Credit: Sara Bernard
Seattle is one of the only cities in the nation to have passed an ordinance formally sanctioning tent cities. A lot of that success can be chalked ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 2
#1: Annalise, Here We Are
From: Nadia Abuelezam
Series: Palestinians Podcast
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In our first episode of Palestinians Podcast, we hear from Annalise Raziq, a storyteller from Chicago Illinois. Annalise describes her struggle wi...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 35:57
Episode 10: After the Evangelical Vatican
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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In this episode, we ask how Colorado Springs' evangelical Christian community has changed in the decade since former New Life Church Pastor Ted Hag...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
Life of the Law #73: Live @ San Quentin
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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**This piece cannot be aired prior to December 25, 2015.** On Saturday night, Dec 5, 2015 inmates, returning inmates, volunteers, officers, and s...

Bought by KUER, KQED, XRAY.fm, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KWMR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2015
  • Length: 56:41
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 2015 Remembrances Special (PROMO)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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SPECIAL NOW AVAILABLE -- Please purchase and download the program files from the PRX piece linked in the description below.

Bought by WCQS and KISU


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Mutual Support: We do it Together
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Al Sasser
We hear about systems of mutual support; where peers coping with similar struggles like HIV, mental health issues and surviving prison step into th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Journalist Eric Arnold talks with Stanley Nelson, director of the documentary film: The Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution.

Bought by KMUN, KALW, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WRKF, WFHB and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 23
LIVE LAW 11: Love Persists
From: LIVE LAW
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“When I was incarcerated, I had no intention of falling in love. I wasn’t looking for it...Then one day our hands touched.”

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:56
LIVE LAW 10: Prison Break
From: LIVE LAW
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“After 22 years [of working in criminal justice], I didn’t think there was anybody that could tell me anything more about how broken the criminal s...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 13:10

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