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We present the documentary, She's Beautiful When She's Angry, a reflection on the rise of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, bet...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Explore thought-provoking perspectives and insights on the pandemic with host Dr. Sam Dubé and special guest Laura Einsenhower.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:56:22
Caption: Back in Guatemala, María and her niece have returned to an environment where they say their lives are in danger, Credit: Grecia Ortiz.
The Trump administration has issued numerous policies to systematically dismantle asylum as a legal right. They're also locking up asylum seekers f...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Johann Hari author of Lost Connections and Chasing the Scream
Johann Hari discusses his book, "Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression—and the Unexpected Solutions."

Bought by WCPN, KMUN, WETS, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Mosier Fire , Credit: Image by: Paloma Ayala
On this encore edition of Making Contact, we present the final installment in a two-part series on the pressure to transform a region of iconic lan...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Things we learn from Woody Guthrie and Native Americans ... and Donald Trump's dad?

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 27:19
Caption: Former Sunnyvale Mayor Tony Spitaleri leading a City Council meeting last January when the new gun ordinance went into effect., Credit: Liz Pfeffer
Sunnyvale, California doesn't have a history of violence, so why does the mayor want to make a safe city safer?

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
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Like everywhere in the Bay Area, home prices in Oakland have recently gone through the roof. The price of a house there is up almost 70 percent in ...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 07:00
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What we learned from the Senate confirmation hearings for Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense...told through narration, music and soundbites.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:55
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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
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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
Caption: TheCivicCommons.com
How do YOU talk about race? And why can it be so touchy?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:32
Caption: Jeremy Profitt
For some soldiers, post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, really is a four-letter word. A PTSD diagnosis means you may need treatment for the res...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KHNS


  • Added: Aug 29, 2011
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 5
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When it comes to US policy toward Israel, there has been one major voice shaping the debate. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee-generally...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 07:12
Caption: Frankie Fardella, a former drug offender, lobbies to lift the lifetime ban that makes drug felons ineligible for food stamps
You may have heard by now that California’s prisons are overcrowded. Last May, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California must decrease its priso...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Take a stroll through the Tenderloin District in San Francisco – or the Mission, or the Western Addition – and you’ll pass at least one single room...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 09:04
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Surviving family members in capital murder cases often endure years of legal appeals.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 07:57
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Green Party votes help Republicans? Greens react.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WYSO, WLRN, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 4
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Produced from Nader's "Open the Debates Super-Rally" in Denver during the Democratic National Convention

  • Added: Sep 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:30
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Independent producer and book author Reese Erlich looks at the Bush administrations efforts to overthrow the government of Iran.

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Sep 17, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A long feature on where millions of Oakland Port revenues go and why the ailing City of Oakland doesn't receive a penny of it.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2005
  • Length: 11:04
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Look at the Lunacy of the NRA and Gun use in the UK and USA

  • Added: Jul 07, 2004
  • Length: 02:00