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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 11, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Single-Payer System Would Be More Effective in Managing Pandemics; Julian ...

Bought by KMXT and WKPW


  • Added: Mar 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
John Carlos Frey on America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: John Carlos Frey, Sand and Blood, book cover art, Credit: John Carlos Frey
On today's program, John Carlos Frey, author of Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border, explores increased militarization at th...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
S02 E02 - Dreaming in America
From: The Facing Project
Series: The Facing Project
Caption: The Statue of Liberty - Tokyo, Japan - Travel photography, Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Milo.
The American Dream . . . Fact or fiction? For those who come to the U.S. undocumented as children, the future can seem uncertain.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Symbols of Resistance Part One: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chicano Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: film cover art, Credit: Freedom Archives
Our radio adaptation of the film Symbols of Resistance: A Tribute to the Martyrs of the Chicano Movement, offers a reflection on the untold stories...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 31, 2019
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Puerto Rico’s Uprising Demands Fundamental Change Beyond the Resignation ...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Jul 31, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Why A Father Fears His Son’s Mental Illness Could Lead To Deportation
From: Side Effects Public Media
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When José moved his family to the U.S. from Mexico nearly two decades ago, he had hopes of giving his children a better life. But now he worries a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 26, 2019
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for June 12, 2019
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Retreats From Mexico Tariff Crisis He Alone Created; June 15 Nation...

Bought by WKPW and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dana Frank on the Long Honduran Night
From: Making Contact
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June 2019 marks ten years since then President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted in a military coup. In this program, Dr. Dana Frank, author ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
In Between, Here and There – A First Generation Conversation
From: National Immigration Forum
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José Olivarez is a poet, educator and performer. He co-hosts the podcast “The Poetry Gods” and his debut collection, “Citizen Illegal,” received wi...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 12, 2019
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
Joke’s On Us – Insights from Satirist Lalo Alcaraz
From: National Immigration Forum
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Lalo Alcaraz is a nationally-syndicated cartoonist, writer and producer based in Los Angeles. He is the creator of the first politically-themed La...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 12, 2019
  • Length: 25:19
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 10, 2019
From: Scott Harris
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump-Appointed Federal Judges Overturning Worker, Women’s, Consumer, Env...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Elena
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Immigrant Voices
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Elena from El Salvador was excited to come to the United States but found her predicament for her and her son difficult. Not knowing any English, s...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
Alejandro
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Immigrant Voices
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Meet Alejandro. He discusses why he came here, the difficulties of finding meaningful work, his involvement with his community and his love for his...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Immigration Stories (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Immigrants to the United States share their personal stories of how they journeyed from Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, a...

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WFHB, WVAS, Harford Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Devon Peña — the art of decolonizing...everything.
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes talks with professor Devon Peña.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stopping the Gentrification Train
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Evans Station Lofts
Making neighborhoods sustainable makes them desirable and rising prices push old residents out. Community land trusts in Denver CO and Burlington ...

Bought by WFHB, KGNU Community Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jan 10, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
70 Million - Reform Activists and a New DA Find Common Ground
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A bail bonds agency welcomes business next door to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. A federal judge recently ruled the county’s bail practices unconstitutional. , Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
70 Million reporter, Ruxandra Guidi, chronicles how activists and reformers are succeeding in cutting the jail population, diverting drug arrests, ...

Bought by WVAS and KQED


  • Added: Dec 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
WorldCanvass: The Politics and Impact of Immigration (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass begins its tenth season of internationally focused discussions with “The Politics and Impact of Immigration.” Arguments over reasonabl...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 25:33
WorldCanvass: The Politics and Impact of Immigration (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass begins its tenth season with "The Politics and Impact of Immigration.” Arguments over reasonable and desirable immigration legislation...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 41:31
2018-09-02 Carbon Captives
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Fossil fuels have helped bring people out of poverty around the world, and many people working in the industry are proud of their contribution. Wil...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, NPR Now, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Andrea Doll, Human Rights Activist, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Andrea Doll
Interview by Ken Winkes: Andrea examines human rights in Guatemala from firsthand experience.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:01
Mantener la calma / Keep calm
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: LA ESTACION EN GUARDIA
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Como mantener la calma, que hacer y que contestar ante los agentes de inmigracion / how to maintain calm, what to do and how to answer to an ICE of...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2018
  • Length: :30
2da parte que hacer si un familiar es detenido / 2nd part what to do if a fam member is detain
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: LA ESTACION EN GUARDIA
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Lawyer Ezequiel Hernandez gave us more advice of what to do and know in case a family member is detain. / El abogado Hernandez nos da mas consejo...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2018
  • Length: :30
Episode 28: And Crown Thy Good with Brotherhood
From: Steve Leveen
Series: America the Bilingual
Caption: multi-lingual
“We have ground rules,” said Amjad, an Arab American speaking about his family of five, “and the ground rules say in public places we don’t speak a...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2018
  • Length: 18:52
Michele Stelovich, President of the NWWCLC, & Edgar Franks, Organizer for C2C
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Michele and Edgar
Interview by Lori Province: Edgar and Michele discuss agricultural and food workers with a focus on Sarbanand Farms in Whatcom County.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2018
  • Length: 28:08

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