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What difference can a play make? Ask Angola Prison
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2020, the authorities at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (better known as Angola, for the former plantation on which it stands) shut down a pla...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Women Warriors: Climate Revolutionaries highlights activist Greta Thunberg
From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: Women Warriors - The Voices of Change podcast series
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The September 20th 2019: Women Warriors — Voices of Change multimedia concert performed by Orchestra Moderne NYC, under the direction of Amy Anders...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:40
What's Your Kid Packing for Campus?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The NRA won the gun control debate long ago. So with the right to bear arms no matter the consequences firmly established in U.S. law and psyche o...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Failing Our Youth: An Inadequate Foster Care System
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Nicole Rocke and daughter., Credit: Leticia Miranda
This show takes a look at issues within the foster care system in the U.S. from the high rate of teen pregnancy to the alarming use of psychiatric ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
#23 MIW Christian Calinsky - Body Piercer and Homeless Youth Advocate
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Christian Calinsky on MIWq, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, your show host, this episode of Making it Work, Christian will share his journey from being a homeless youth to becoming a ca...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dan & Jan Stuckey
From: The Summit
Series: Recovery Minutes
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Dan and Jan Stuckey are helping their son in his recovery by starting the ARCHway instistute.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2015
  • Length: 01:00
Disability Awareness
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Victor Torres, Credit: Generation Justice
We spoke with Generation Justice’s inspiring Victor Torres about some of the challenges he faces as a student with a disability.

  • Added: Feb 04, 2014
  • Length: 24:18
Kid on Kid Shootings: Time for Prison
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
According to the latest statistics available, one teen or child is killed with a gun every 3 hours 15 minutes, many by their peers. It's time for ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Eight Years in Solitary Confinement Part One & Two
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses incarceration and solitary confinement from the prisoner's perspective with Steven Czifra, a 38 year old undergraduate stud...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:02
Hello Scottsville 2
From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Caption: Lia and hannah from the Heinrich-Roller Schule berlin
Listen to children from Berlin,Germany and Scottsville U.S "Skype" with each. The topics are; daily life, global envoirmental problems and the r...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
The Bad Kids by Marvin Gutierrez
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His seventh year in the competition, Marvin says this piece is about his love of graffiti. Marvin Gutierrez is 16 years old and a member of Kuumba...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:56
Human Costs of Prescription Drugs
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Commentator Natasha Watts asks listeners to consider the real costs of the prescription drug addiction epidemic in communities across the country.

Bought by WITF and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 14, 2008
  • Length: 02:10
  • Purchases: 2
Violence or Non-Violence?
From: Phillip Martin
Series: Standing Up To Hate in Europe
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European anti-racism activists using violence and non-violence to counter Neo-Nazis and anti-immigrant policies.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jan 12, 2008
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Education of Teens: An Interview With Shelby Knox
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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Zoe Cordes Selbin interviews the comprehensive sex education activist Shelby Knox, of the documentary "The Education of Shelby Knox".

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 06:56
Make Your Voice Heard-Vote Now!
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Why should you vote? Eastern Kentucky youth speak out on how your vote can make real change.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 17, 2006
  • Length: :36
  • Purchases: 1
Joey Interviews a Cutter
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Incarcerated Youth Speak Out
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Joey from the Long Creek Youth Development Center (LCYDC) interviews a cutter.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KDNK, Remix Radio, WMPG, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Dec 17, 2003
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 5
Oakland Scenes: Snapshots of a Community
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Radio chronicles life in Oakland, California, where an alarming number of youth homicides has weighed heavily on the community.

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KRUA, Hearing Voices, KGLT and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2003
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 12