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A Citizen's Guide to Updating Your Truth

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook

"Updating your truth" is a term not much used these days. We read that somebody "denied", "vetoed", "denounced", "maintained", "refused to consider...

Added: Jun 15, 2013
Length: 04:07

Where Mean Spiritedness Hides- A Citizen's Guide

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Spirits are invisible, never caught in the flesh, imaginary presence usually. Children think they hide under the bed, in dark places, the darkness ...

Added: Dec 28, 2012
Length: 01:48

Ban the Box! The Campaign for Post-Prison Employment

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

It’s not even the crime that counts sometimes. It’s that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history. Chec...

Bought by WCSU-FM

Added: Mar 06, 2012
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 1

Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2011 Year in Review

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...

Bought by KHNS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMUN

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

Frac-Sand Mining and Winona County, Minnesota

From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know

On this edition of "Don't Cha Know" Jim Gurley stops by KQAL to talk about Frac-Sand Mining and what it has to do with Winona County, and Winona Mi...

Bought by KPVL

Added: Nov 23, 2011
Length: 31:52
Purchases: 1

INTO THE ABYSS -- Werner Herzog

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Werner Herzog, San Francisco, CA 11/5/11, Credit: Andrea Chase

Werner Herzog on respect, justice, and the Culture of Death.

Added: Nov 20, 2011
Length: 12:52

The Power and the Pulpit

From: Civic Commons

Husband and Wife preach the Gospel at different churches, whose members get to heaven sooner?

Added: Nov 20, 2011
Length: 28:31

World Journey w/ John Mark Scott

From: S. Chip Wallace

Caption: John Mark Scott, Credit: W & J Directory

John Mark Scott and special guest Robert Dodge interview Joshua Stacker and Andrew Tabler both W & J Alums who have spent time in the Middle East

Added: Apr 18, 2011
Length: 36:48

LOBBYISTS PAY CONGRESS

From: Joseph Carraro
Series: THE AVERAGE JOE

Lobbyists have corrupted both major political parties to give us the current health care and financial systems we have, and why we have never had t...

Added: Apr 12, 2011
Length: 06:46

STIMULUS WASTE

From: Joseph Carraro
Series: THE AVERAGE JOE

Senator Joe Carraro as The Average Joe showing how the government wasting Stimulus money that was supposed to improve the economy and create jobs b...

Added: Apr 07, 2011
Length: 06:59

The Mission to End Prohibition

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: a man standing in a field of marijuana, Credit: www.treehugger.com

A former undercover narcotics officer, and a leading drug reform activist, examine the roots of America’s current drug policy, and suggest how we m...

Added: Oct 27, 2009
Length: 28:56

HUMANKIND: Universal Health Care

From: Humankind

A Cambridge couple, both MDs and Harvard Medical faculty, have devoted their lives to researching and advocating universal health care. Provocative.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and WCQS

Added: Sep 08, 2009
Length: 01:00:30
Purchases: 3

School on Wheels

From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features

School on Wheels is a non-profit program located in Los Angeles which pairs volunteer tutors to homeless students.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and CKMO

Added: Mar 11, 2009
Length: 03:09
Purchases: 3

Fred Friendly: Propaganda-Words and Actions, Contexts and Consequences

From: Murray Street Productions

Caption: Arthur Miller with panelists, Credit: Jonathan Guyer

A panel of international journalists, politicos, academics and legal experts consider propaganda in the context of a hypothetical struggle between ...

Bought by KQED, WGBH Radio Boston, KUT-HD, KCUR, KWGS and more

Added: Dec 15, 2008
Length: 58:30
Purchases: 6

Washington State's Plan B Battle: A Precursor to the Supreme Court

From: Adam Vaughn

In Washington State a battle over consitutional rights surrounding Plan Ba rages on. This is currently on a one-way road for the Supreme Court.

Added: Feb 16, 2008
Length: 03:41

Fox and OJ

From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media

there are limits beneath which public taste will not descend

Added: Nov 25, 2006
Length: 01:01

Al Jazeera in English in America

From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media

a vote for Al Jazeera in English

Added: Nov 25, 2006
Length: 01:21

Rebuilding NOLA

From: WFUV

The audio diary of a Habitat for Humanity volunteer in New Orleans.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Aug 22, 2006
Length: 03:08
Purchases: 2

News Dub - South Dakota's Abortion Law

From: Matthew Fidler

Street Opinions on SD's new Abortion Law

Added: Mar 16, 2006
Length: 01:28

Going in the Wrong Direction

From: Judah Bruce Leblang

A commentary about Alito, Corretta Scott King and Civil Rights

Added: Feb 08, 2006
Length: 03:10

Cultural Imperalisim and the Press (es#147)

From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking

Is enforcing American standards about not buying positive news coverage a form of cultural imperalism?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio

Added: Jan 11, 2006
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 2

Is Capitalism Failing Middle America?

From: Craig Barnes

While the Bush administration and the courts promote free markets, farmers, ranchers and consumers are suffering, making one wonder for whom modern...

Bought by WBFO