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Should Congress Pass the Secure the Border Act?
From: Open to Debate
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In response to a surge in migrants and asylum seekers at America’s borders, the Secure the Border Act of 2023 aims to enforce stricter limitations ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Part 2 of The Pandemic Inside: Covid-19 and Prisons
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Joseph V. Conte Facility., Credit: Broward County Sheriff’s Office
In a two-part series, we look at how COVID-19 has torn through prisons and how organizers are trying to push state and local governments to release...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Mar 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dan Bazile: People Will Be People
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Dan Bazile, Credit: Shefik
Revolution - In March 2004, Dan Bazile joined the news team at WNYT (a television affiliate of NBC), where he anchors "Weekend Today". Prior to tha...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2020
  • Length: 02:04
Opposing Children's Detention Centers - Marina from the Rio Grande Valley
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Marina is a pediatric nurse from Austin and the Rio Grande Valley who deeply opposes the detention centers for children crossing the Texas-Mexico b...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 26:01
The American Tapestry of Immigrants - Ana in Austin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Recent violence in El Paso made Ana in Austin reflect on immigrants in America. She talks about what she has learned living and working at the bor...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 17:17
  • Purchases: 1
Tim Cronin's Bid For Town Councilor At-Large
From: Emily Schario
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23-year-old Tim Cronin is running for Town Councilor At-Large in Weymouth, Massachusetts and he has a secret he doesn't want anyone to find out.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 20, 2019
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
The Arrival: Trump's Travel and Refugee Ban- Encore
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: empty flight, Credit: Diego Cupolo, creative commons
This week, we begin with the story of a woman who was in flight to the US when President Trump signed his first travel ban. We later hear about how...

Bought by WRIR and WVAS


  • Added: Jul 13, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Cyclical Confinement: Homelessness and Incarceration
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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In this episode, we speak to people with experience with both homelessness and incarceration. Often, there is a cyclical relationship between these...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:50
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
Life of the Law Episode #60: The Bear
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Bounty hunters are kind of like human bloodhounds. They’re dogged. They won’t stop until they get who they’re looking for. Frank Abramovitz is a bo...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2015
  • Length: 20:22
Voices of Young Voters: Oregon's Mallory Livingston, Michael Fussell, Karisa Mueller and Hayley Hoffman
From: KQED
Series: From the West Coast: Voices of Young Voters
Caption: Voices of Young Voters
Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:48
Voices of Young Voters: Oregon's Anne-Marie Eiguren, Shanel Swan, Spencer Swearingen and Julia Rabadi
From: KQED
Series: From the West Coast: Voices of Young Voters
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Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
The Interviewer Interviewed
From: Civic Commons
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Dan Moulthrop is used to asking questions. Now he gets to answer them.

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 28:31
The Power and the Pulpit
From: Civic Commons
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
Husband and Wife preach the Gospel at different churches, whose members get to heaven sooner?

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 28:31
The Occupiers: Corrie Garnet
From: Annie Shreffler
Series: The Occupy Movement: Protester Profiles
Caption: Corrie Garnet, Credit: photo by Annie Shreffler
Corrie showed up at the original meeting to plan Occupy Boston with a sign that read "I am a nurse without healthcare. I am the 99 percent."

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 3
Chile's 9-11 (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Chilean wind ensemble "Grupo Raiz" in the early 1980s. , Credit: www.hollynear.com
In 1973 a military junta toppled Chilean president Salvador Allende. We tell the story of a group of Chilean exiles who transform their experience ...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
Barack Obama's Hawaii Roots: How Hawaii Helped Shape His Values
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Barack Obama in Hawaii, Credit: George Waialeale
Family and friends who knew Barack Obama when he was growing up in the Aloha State share their insight about the presidential candidate and how Haw...

Bought by PRX Election Podcast and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
Affordable Housing Changes in central Pennsylvania
From: ComRadio
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Mobile home renters worry affordable housing options just don't exist for them in central Pennsylvania anymore

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1