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Speeches From The 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize
From: WYSO
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The 2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize award ceremony was held on October 28, 2018 at the Schuster Center. In this special presentation of selection...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2019
  • Length: 52:45
Seeking Peace on Earth: A PEACE TALKS RADIO Special (2018)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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PEACE TALKS RADIO, the radio series and podcast on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution strategies offers up another compilation show bas...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Dec 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for December 19, 2018
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: Landmark Senate Vote Calls for End to U.S. Support for War in Yemen; New S...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Most veterans who kill themselves are 55 or older. The VA is trying to learn why.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 76 year old Army veteran Robert Neilson writes notes of encouragement to fellow veterans who have contemplated suicide. He's struggled with mental health issues since he left the Army in the 1960s., Credit: Matt Bowler / KPBS
Veterans are about twice as likely as non-veterans to die by suicide. But the majority of those suicides are among veterans aged 55 or older -- who...

Bought by WUSF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, North Country Public Radio, KRZA, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2018
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 5
Medical foster homes can be an option for elderly veterans, but the VA won't pay for them
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: At a medical foster home near San Antonio, caregiver Tiffany Graves (left) sets out art supplies for Rose Witherspoon, a World War II veteran., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
For thousands of elderly veterans, long term care means living in a nursing home or institutional care setting. But some have found a much homier o...

Bought by WUSF, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, North Country Public Radio, KPBS and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 7
War, Sacrifice, and the Media
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Does fighting a war require an enemy to demonize?

Bought by KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Ethics of Drone Warfare
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are drones the herald of a more sanitized and efficient form of war, or do they represent the dystopian reign of uncaring technologies?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Military: What Is It Good For?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is the "citizen soldier" an outmoded concept of a bygone era?

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
In an outdoor recreation program, veterans find healing and friendship
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Jesus Guzmán (right) and fellow Higher Ground veterans participate in a team-building exercise during a hike in Big Bear, Cal., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
At "recreational therapy" camps, outdoor activities and mindfulness help veterans with PTSD, sexual trauma, and other issues.

Bought by KRZA, KMUD, KPBS, North Country Public Radio, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2018
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 7
Snap 929: Overrirde, 10/11/2018
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
Caption: Snap Judgment
On the next all-NEW Snap..."Override." You think you have your plan all laid out, until someone or something comes along and messes everything up.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
National Writers Series: Sebastian Junger and Philip Caputo
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Retired U.S. diplomat Jack Segal talks with author and documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger and journalist and novelist Philip Caputo.

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2018
  • Length: 54:32
  • Purchases: 2
As medical marijuana becomes more accepted, veterans urge the VA to prescribe it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Janine Lutz displays her Memorial Wall, which she built with photos of veterans who killed themselves. She said the VA's policy shunning medical marijuana is leading to needless deaths., Credit: Julio Ochoa/American Homefront
Though medical marijuana is legal in most states, the Department of Veterans Affairs will neither recommend nor prescribe it because of a longstand...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, North Country Public Radio, KPCC, and KPBS


  • Added: Sep 04, 2018
  • Length: 03:40
  • Purchases: 5
As America's veterans grow older, the VA faces a long-term care crisis
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Participants in Oxnard Family Circle's Adult Day Healthcare program get transportation to and from home on weekdays., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
The number of veterans in the VA healthcare system who are 70 or older is expected to grow 30 percent in the next eight years.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUSF, KMUD, and KPBS


  • Added: Aug 21, 2018
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 30: We Are One Family Under One Sky
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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This episode, we ask that you put yourself in the shoes of another. What would you do if your city was not safe? Where would you go?

  • Added: Aug 17, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
2018-08-19 National Security and Climate: Secretary Leon Panetta and Admiral David Titley
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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What’s the connection between climate change and national security? “Military commanders don't operate on the basis of fiction,” says Leon Panetta,...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, NPR Now, KFOI Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
They were recruited into the military, but non-citizen troops now face an uncertain future
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The first Navy sailors to participate in the MAVNI program take their oath of citizenship in this 2010 file photo. MAVNI has been controversial since it began in 2008., Credit: Scott Thornbloom / U.S. Navy
From 2009 to 2016, the Defense Department recruited more than 10,000 non-citizens into the armed forces. Now some say they're being discharged with...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, KMUD, North Country Public Radio, WUSF and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6
VA issues long awaited veteran ID card, but it comes with an ad on the back
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The VA is now mailing ID cards to veterans who apply for them online. The cards include the logo of Office Depot, which is paying the cost to print and distribute them through 2020.
Congress mandated the card in 2015, but provided no funding. So the VA struck a deal with Office Depot.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, KPCC, KMUD, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 6
Remembering a near disaster: U.S. accidentally drops nuclear bombs on itself And Its Allies
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A nuclear bomb and its parachute rest in a field near Goldsboro, N.C. after falling from a B-52 bomber in 1961. If it had detonated, it could have instantly killed thousands of people. , Credit: U.S. Air Force
During the Cold War, U.S. planes accidentally dropped nuclear bombs on the east coast, in Europe, and elsewhere. "Dumb luck" prevented a historic c...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUSF, Texas Public Radio, North Country Public Radio, KPBS and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 6
In L.A., homeless vets now can sleep in their cars at the VA
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Army veteran Adam John Halvorsen and his girlfriend, Angela Del Castillo, were the first participants in a Safe Parking Program on the West Los Angeles VA campus., Credit: Libby Denkmann/American Homefront
In the first program of its kind in the nation, the West Los Angeles VA has opened its campus to veterans who sleep in their cars. Officials say it...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, WUSF, and KMUD


  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
When veterans die without loved ones, these volunteers make sure they have a send off
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A bugler plays Taps at Bay Pines National Cemetery as veterans stand at attention for their fellow former service members who died without close relatives., Credit: Bobbie O'Brien/American Homefront
Memorial Day is set aside to remember those who died in military service. But a group of military veterans in Florida works all year to commemorate...

Bought by KGUA, KBBI Alaska, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 6
VA partners with food banks as more veterans struggle to afford food
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Vietnam-era veteran Diane Fike selects vegetables at the Austin, Tex. VA food pantry. Studies have found a growing number of veterans are food insecure, including many who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
More than 1.4 million veterans of all ages rely on government food assistance, but food insecurity is disproportionately common among post 9/11 vet...

Bought by Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUSF, KPBS, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
As the Army grows more diverse, it faces a shortage of chaplains
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Lt. Col. Khallid Shabazz leads Friday prayer for the Muslim community of Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Shabazz is the Army's first division-level Muslim chaplain., Credit: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch / American Homefront
The military has made progress diversifying its chaplain corps. But it faces a shortage of chaplains of all faiths.

Bought by KRZA, WUSF, and KPBS


  • Added: May 07, 2018
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 3
Getting Into Vietnam (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Memorial Day shows
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In the first episode of With Good Reason’s new documentary series on the Vietnam War, historians Fred Turner and Wilbur J. Scott explore how the se...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, Troy Public Radio, KUNM, WGZS, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 6
Getting into Vietnam (52 minutes)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Memorial Day shows
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In this episode of With Good Reason’s NEH-funded documentary series on the Vietnam War, the story of the draft -- who it ensnared, who escaped, an...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WGZS, KMUN, WVTF, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 6
Getting Into Vietnam (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Memorial Day shows
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In this episode of With Good Reason’s NEH-funded documentary series on the Vietnam War, the story of the draft -- who it ensnared, who escaped, an...

Bought by KMUN and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2

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