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Breaking the Psychological Chains of Slavery (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Breaking the chains of slavery, Credit: empirical_perception
African-Americans have endured more than 246 years of slavery, 100 years of racism and segregation. The trauma from that experience continues to im...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
In the Shadow of the Wall: From Gaza to Arizona
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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From Palestinian farmers to shootings at the US and Mexico border; living in the shadow of the wall.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Systems Citizens
From: Terry Fernsler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Planning should include the influence of driving forces.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2013
  • Length: 20:12
Recycling Reinvented with Nestle Waters' VP of Sustainability Michael Washburn
From: Green Connections Radio
Series: Green Connections Radio
Caption: Michael Washburn, Vice President of Sustainability for Nestle Waters
What is "Recycling Reinvented"? Nestle Waters' VP of Sustainability Michael Washburn explains this innovative, ambitious, cross-industry initiative...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 26:04
Michelle Alexander on the New Jim Crow (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Michelle Alexander, Associate Law Professor at Moritz School of Law and Author of "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness." , Credit: http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Talking Taxes
From: Terry Fernsler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Without a rational tax policy, nonprofits, and their beneficiaries, will suffer even more.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2012
  • Length: 20:06
Charity Traded for Taxes
From: Terry Fernsler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some extremists want to provide incentives for the wealthy to donate more to charity while cutting their taxes.

  • Added: Nov 22, 2012
  • Length: 12:20
Corporate Thanksgiving Greetings
From: Terry Fernsler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Wal-Mart strikes and Hostess bankruptcy

  • Added: Nov 22, 2012
  • Length: 17:36
OFF THE GRID: FROM PERSONAL GRIEF TO PUBLIC PURPOSE
From: Voices of Our World
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On this edition we take a look at the Zack Chambers Emergency Services Foundation, whose aim is to develop first-response emergency services in two...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can pregnancy test dispensers in public restrooms help prevent fetal alcohol syndrome?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Jody Allen Crowe, longtime educator and founder of Healthy Brains for Children, joined Buck Benson of WTIP recently to talk about the prevalence of...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 20:58
Occupy the Economy - Dr. Richard Wolff - Part Two
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Richard D. Wolff author of Occupy the Economy. Dr. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emer...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 1
Occupy the Economy - Dr. Richard Wolff - Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents: A two part interview with Dr. Richard D. Wolff author of Occupy the Economy. Dr. Wolff is Professor of Economics Em...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 1
Greg Palast - Billionaires & Ballot Bandits - Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Greg Palast - investigative reporter for BBC television. Greg discusses his latest book Bil...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:43
  • Purchases: 1
Greg Palast - Billionaires & Ballot Bandits - Part Two
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Greg Palast - investigative reporter for BBC television. Greg discusses his latest book Bil...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:36
  • Purchases: 1
Surveillance by unmanned aircraft...is our privacy at stake?
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently released a report on the growing domestic use of unmanned aircraft for surveillance. Chuck Samue...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2012
  • Length: 27:44
Stop and Frisk—How’s NYC Police Union criminalizes New Yorkers
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Similar to prison guards, police unions advocacy for their members has helped perpetuate cycles of criminalization and incarceration that plague Am...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 09:17
California’s Prison Guard Union-How a ‘Model’ Union Rose to Power
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Support, or opposition from a prison guard union can make or break a campaign for office. The most powerful of them all is the California Correcti...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 11:30
Undue Influence: the Power of Police and Prison Guards' Unions
From: Making Contact
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Police officers and prison guards hold tremendous political sway. Their advocacy for better pay, more power, and more jobs has been a major factor ...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Greg Palast - Lessons from Fukushima - Part Two
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Lessons from Fukushima - A two part interview with Greg Palast, BBC investigative journalist and former lead investigator in government nuclear pla...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 1
Greg Palast - Lessons from Fukushima - Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Lessons from Fukushima - A two part interview with Greg Palast, BBC investigative journalist and former lead investigator in government nuclear pla...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Olympic Games: Who Wins?
From: Making Contact
Caption: Torch Blocked at Downtown East Side, Credit: AMANDA ZEIDERS / Pittsburgh Indymedia
The Olympic Games have grown into a multibillion dollar industry. But with that growth comes concerns about the negative effects of the event on t...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, Marfa Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Anton Treuer: Everything You Wanted To Know About Indians But Were Afraid To Ask
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
Caption: Anton Treuer: Everything You Wanted To Know About Indians But Were Afraid To Ask
Anton Treuer recently spoke at the Bemidji Public Library about subjects addressed in his book "Everything You Wanted To Know About Indians But Wer...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 40:35
  • Purchases: 1
Population Control or Population Justice?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Bangledeshi woman and child, Credit: Flickr user: nomanson
Shrinking the world’s population is one way to curb global warming, according to some environmentalists. To make that happen, women need more contr...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Robert Reich
From: Mark Dowie
Series: On The Fly
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Dowie catches Dr. Robert Reich before he leaves his office en route to record his weekly perspective with Market Place. He says things he probably ...

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Jun 09, 2012
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
Jason Berry
From: Mark Dowie
Series: On The Fly
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Few reporters, and even fewer Catholic reporters have spent as much time and effort investigating the Roman Catholic Church as Jason Berry. In 1987...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2012
  • Length: 30:35