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Seeking Peace on Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special (2012) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Inspiring and engaging highlights from episodes of Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. Young women fro...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Seeking Peace on Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special (2012) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Inspiring and engaging highlights from episodes of Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. Young women fr...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUNM, KWMR, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
The Right of Voting
From: Terry Fernsler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Voting against our interests, but why voting is important

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 13:27
Bryan Welk: Leech Lake Tribal College Ulumnus Profile
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Ojibwemowin
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Before attending Leech Lake Tribal College Bryan Welk knew he wanted to work in Law Enforcement in Cass County. Bryan talks about how getting his e...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 2
Read (listen) all about it--books that change lives
From: Civic Commons
Caption: Noelle, Luke and Dan
Summer books, some are life changers.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:35
Veterans Turning Towards Peace (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Conversations with two U.S. Military Veterans who have chosen different paths for peaceful action in the years following their military service. F...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 3
PPT S1, Episiode 1
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
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Host Randy Cohen speaks with TV show legend Dick Cavett and author Jane Smiley.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Rules Will Be Different
From: Melissa Robbins Allison
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For one recount lawyer in Florida, the political became personal in the wake of the 2000 presidential election. Todd Elmer takes us behind the sce...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 2
Alternatives To Violence in Prison (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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A look at the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) which has been going into prisons to offer non-violence workshops to prisoners with the intent...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
How 200 Ailing Pelicans Changed One Man’s Life
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
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The BP oil spill triggered an outpouring of volunteer energy. Concerned Americans lay boom, picked up tar balls, and performed mundane tasks like a...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Hondros
From: War News Radio
Caption: Chris Hondros in Libya, Credit: John Moore (Getty Images)
News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:57
A Brisbane teacher’s uncertain future
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As the school year draws to and end around the Bay, school districts are struggling with finances. Take Brisbane. It’s a small district – only two ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 06:49
Transgender community faces potential loss of clinic
From: KALW
Caption: Lyon-Martin Medical Director Dawn Harbatkin examines a patient at the struggling clinic., Credit: Photo courtesy of Lyon-Martin
This piece looks at what it means to be transgender through a profile piece, and also explores transgender health disparities through the frame of ...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 14:13
  • Purchases: 1
Legislators and Educators
From: Littleglobe
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Patrick Chavez, of Chimayó, New Mexico, interviews Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish and attends a legislative youth summit while seeking the realit...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 10:13
Bringing Peace To Prison (from Peace Talks Radio)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and non-violent conflict resolution, features Jane Davis of HOPE-HOWSE which stands for "Help Other Pe...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Finding Our Bootstraps: Americans Deal With Recession
From: Michigan Radio Economy Special
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How people are finding the strength and situations that get them through economic hard times.

Bought by WVTF, KGNU Community Radio, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 14
An Open Letter to Doctors and Patients
From: KVNF
Series: Mystics Almanac
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A plea for individualizing treatment plans, incorporating all appropriate treatments

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 05:39
This I Believe - TJ Turner
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Soldier TJ Turner believes fighting the war on terror should include restoring hope in children.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Peter Keane
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Law professor Peter Keane believes even the worst criminals deserve to have someone on their side.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Seeking Peace on Earth: The Peace Talks Radio Special (2008) [59:00/54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Seeking Peace on Earth: The Peace Talks Radio Special reminds listeners that there ARE people who are actually pursuing peace and offering ideas ho...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WGDR, KXOT Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Troy Chapman
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Tending a stray cat helped convicted murderer Troy Chapman realize that everyone wants to be needed.

Bought by WSLR, WEZU, WEZU, KUOW, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 30, 2008
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
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
crystal meth. a home made drug.
From: Christian Lerch
Caption: PRX default Piece image
feature documentary about the everday life of methamphetamin users in the USA and the Czech Republic (german language)

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 45:58
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Kenneth Feinberg
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Lawyer Kenneth Feinberg believes people's lives should be valued equally, not based on their wealth.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WEZU, and WEZU


  • Added: May 27, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
Should I Stay or Should I Go (To the Prom)
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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It's considered by many to be a rite of passage, but Blunt reporter David Barber-Callaghan isn't sure whether he wants to go to his senior prom. In...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, and YouthCast


  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 3