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Latino veterans have been fighting in America's wars since the mid 1800s. Though many join out of a sense of duty, the military benefits and the pr...

Bought by WOUB, KICI Iowa City, KZYX, KRZA, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 5
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"There are values that those of us from Western liberal societies hold dear and believe should be universal. But they're not. And that produces the...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:42
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How social media is changing the concept of friendship.

Bought by WJCT and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama got a short reprieve when Russia put forward a plan to avoid a U.S. missile strike on Syria by sequestering Syria’s chemical weapon...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one half minute commentary on the debate about bombing Syria, and the domestic trade-offs.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Carl Conradi, of the Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative, considers the notion of 'bearing witness' as it relates to the Initiative's efforts ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 10:05
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Indiana University graduate Kyle Clayton finished out his degree this spring working with School of Journalism Professor Tom French on a long-form ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 08:38
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 4
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WTIP's Bob Carter spoke recently with Dr. Anthony King, research assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan, about his recent ...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 20:36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: May 1, 2003: President George W. Bush declares an end to major combat operations in Iraq , Credit: (Paul Morse, White House photographer).
The declaration of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq was famously premature. But have America's other wars had neat or definitive endings?  In this ep...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KFOK-LPFM, KBRP Community Radio, WRPI, Louisville Public Media and more


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Unique, non-partisan military and veterans news and information in a short format.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
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A discussion of the international refugee picture and the refugee experience in the American Midwest, including personal stories of life as a refug...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 01:54:25
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This month on War News Radio, “Forward Thinking”, we first discuss the future of Iraq in light of the ten year anniversary this past March. Then, w...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
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This piece examines the tenuous state of relations between the United States and Pakistan. It follows Montana Public Radio Reporter Dan Boyce on a ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 47:43
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This week on Interchange, host Shanna Ritter speaks with Douglas Wissing. Mr. Wissing is a journalist, independent scholar, and author who has rece...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 53:12
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Last year, more combat troops committed suicide than were killed in combat in Afghanistan, and 43% of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines who too...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2013
  • Length: 08:07
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With the Syrian civil war about to turn two years old and the death toll approaching 70,000, some are saying it is time for the U.S. or the UN to i...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 01:58
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Despite making valuable contributions to the U.S. military since the Civil War, women are still technically excluded from direct ground combat role...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
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Radio Curious discusses the current state of affairs in the Nuba Mountains in Northeast Africa, with Professor Sam Totten, author of “Genocide by ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
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Across the nation in dozens of communities, veterans are being diverted to special courts for crimes they've committed after and in large measure b...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 03:43
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Recent acquittals of Croat and Kosovo-Albanian officials in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have left some doubting t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
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This week on War News Radio, “Peace News in Wartime”, we discuss the role of Morocco in the Arab Spring. Then, we learn about the process of establ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
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A brisk summary of military and veteran news and information.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
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A rundown of important military and veterans issues.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
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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