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Civic courage — what does it look like and how can more of us embody it? Our guest Sam Daley-Harris believes we need advocacy organizations to tra...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Youth led Roundtable with U.S Senator Martin Heinrich
"Climate shouldn't be #13 on the priority list, it needs to be in the top with health care and economic justice.” US Senator Martin Heinrich joins ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 56:38
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How are our daily lives impacted by disinformation and media manipulation? To answer these questions we hear from Dr. Joan Donovan, the Research Di...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
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Why should YOU vote? Tune in for inspiring speeches on the importance of voting from students, political consultants, and academic leaders in the 2...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 55:21
Caption: Karuna Koppula
Who is the Rising American Electorate? Generation Justice talks to The Voter Participation Center, based in Washington D.C., to learn more about ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 17:49
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On this episode of Art Beat, Logan Erickson takes us to the Frozen River Film Festival to speak with filmmaker Cecilia Cornejo on her new documenta...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2018
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Constellations | Very Quiet, Credit: Flickr
On this edition of Making Contact, we’ll explore how the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival has challenged mainstream cultur...

Bought by WMMT, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WVAS, and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Gene Grant is the host of New Mexico in Focus and joins us as a journalist to discuss New Mexico's Behavioral Healthcare system.

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 16:12
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Another congressional message from the #NMspeaksCrisis Town Hall comes from Congressman Ben Ray Lujan. Congressman Lujan was represented at the eve...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 02:03
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Blunt tackles the Iran Nuclear Deal with some very special guests, including Maine Senator Angus King!

  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:39
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
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Not long before the earthquake in Nepal, I drove by yet another SUV with the bumper sticker “No child left a dime.” Then, as now, I am reminded ag...

  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 05:55
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Blunt Youth Radio hosts Sophie Frantz and Matice Maino discuss what life is like for recent immigrants to the US.

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  • Added: Mar 19, 2015
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Two stories challenge stereotypes about young people. First, Lillian Warner looks at where politics can fit into a teen?s already full schedule. An...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:55
Caption: If implemented, Laura’s Law would allow courts to compel those suffering from severe mental illness to outpatient treatment. , Credit: Flickr user andersdenkend
The shooting at Seattle Pacific University marks the latest gun-related tragedy in the U.S. It follows the attacks in Isla Vista at UC Santa Barbar...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Nell Bernstein, Credit: NPR
In her new book, award winner journalist Nell Bernstein takes us behind the scenes into the hidden lives of incarcerated children. She has spent mo...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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When people get into trouble with the law, they normally don’t have a chance to have a conversation with their victims. To explain what happened. H...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Aaron Smith, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Young Invincibles, a non-profit wo...

Bought by KZYX and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We talk to three people who, when affected directly or indirectly by gun violence, have channeled their pain and upset into efforts to address the ...

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


  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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My Choice My Voice student Nicholas interviews people in the 7th ward of New Orleans about their views on the police.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
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My Choice My Voice teen Akeem interviews people in his community about their opinions about the police.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
Caption: ...the anonymous collaboration called humanity..., Credit: Susan Cook
Great affirmation of human purpose is the victory for those who watch the runners and wheelchairs racers come in at the Boston Marathon. They are ...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 06:13
Caption: Kevin Grant and David Onek in studio.
In Episode #13, Kevin Grant, Oakland Street Outreach Coordinator, discusses how he maintains credibility with both young people and law enforcement...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2012
  • Length: 31:24
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In January of 2012, I went on the North Carolina Truth and Hope Poverty Tour hosted by the NC NAACP and the UNC-CH Poverty Center--a two day bus ri...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 06:08
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
How economic inequality destroys opportunity for the millennial generation.

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 23