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Military Gumbo (7:07)
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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For soldiers on a battlefield, a hot meal can be more than just sustenance – it can be a morale booster. Army Veteran, Vic Vinson, shares his exper...

Bought by WWNO


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Things They Carry: Staff Sergeant Christen Cohen
From: Jake Warga
Series: The Things They Carry: U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan
Caption: Staff Sergeant Christen Cohen, Credit: Jake Warga
Part of a series that asks U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan what they have to carry around with them every day—from the physical to the emotion...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KZYX, XRAY.fm, KKWE Niijii Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 13
Leopold Samuel Marks, January 15, 2001
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Marks was a British code maker in World War II. While still in his early twenties, in charge of wireless communication codes to espionage agents an...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:00
9-11
From: Patrick Fosso
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Let's remember 9-11.More than 3000 children lost their parents in the tragedy.The destruction has caused damages to the economy at the global marke...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond the Rope: A Captivity's Aftermath
From: Eric Winick
Caption: David Rohde & Kristen Mulvihill, Credit: Erik Swain
Former NY Times reporter David Rohde was abducted in Afghanistan only two months after marrying Cosmopolitan photo director Kristen Mulvihill. Seve...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 14:51
  • Purchases: 1
The Decisions Project - 29 - Asking for Help
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A veteran of 25 years witnesses a fellow soldier kill an eight year-old girl. Upon returning home, he develops Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and f...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2011
  • Length: 05:31
In Maine, Southern Sudanese Celebrate Independence
From: Alyce Ornella
Caption: Veterans of the Second Sudanese Civil War stand under the new flag of South Sudan., Credit: Alyce Ornella
Portland, Maine is home to one of the largest Southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, many of whom settled in the city after fl...

Bought by WMPG and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Decisions Project - 23 - Marriage Before Deployment
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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A single mom decides to marry her best friend before his deployment to Iraq.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:43
Palestinian Hoop Dreams
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: spaceameoba, Flicker.com
“Palestinian Hoop Dreams” is a thoughtful story by Ahmed Hemeid, a Palestinian student at United World College. Ahmed’s tells us an amazing story t...

Bought by PRX Remix and YouthCast


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 2
Restrepo
From: War News Radio
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From "The Invisible Threat" (7/9/10): War News Radio reports on the new documentary Restrepo.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 05:48
Citizen Synforose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Maine has one of the most diverse immigrant populations of any state in the country. Synforose Rugema came to America as a refugee from the Congo i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 3
Kathleen's Machine: World War II At Home
From: Susan Barrett Price
Series: Family History: The Stars Who Guide Us
Caption: Kathleen, Then & Now
Short documentary collage of voices recorded in St. Louis during World War II on a Wilcox-Gay Recordio. The Greatest Generation carries on, as reme...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2009
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Visit to Afghanistan
From: Arndt Peltner
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Visiting the German troops in the north of Afghanistan

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Mar 20, 2009
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Swords to Ploughshares
From: Alix Blair
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A veteran of the Iraq war finds peace through farming

Bought by WMMT, The Story, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 4
on the Borderline: Surviving Genocide in Burma
From: Gael MacLean
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Narrated by Sonja Smits, this documentary is a rare look at life inside the refugee camps and a compassionate story of transforming despair into hope

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 41:51
Persian Love Story
From: Joanna Feldman
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A love story emerging from the Iranian revolution

  • Added: May 16, 2008
  • Length: 08:06
Iraqi war translator struggles with new life in America
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Profile of an Iraqi who came to Seattle as a political refugee

  • Added: Mar 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
Najdi Hospital, Room 402
From: Jessica Dheere
Series: The Sound of Bomblets
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12-year-old Hassan talks about his cluster bomb injuries from his hospital bed

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 07:30
Parents for Peace
From: Anna Norberg
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Short documentary about Scottish mother Rose Gentle who lost her son Gordon in Iraq.

  • Added: May 16, 2007
  • Length: 10:23
The Tet Offensive
From: Carl Nabozny
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An overview of the Tet Offensive

  • Added: Dec 28, 2006
  • Length: 02:14
War and Medicine: Reflections of Battlefield Healers
From: Aaron Henkin
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Battlefield surgeons and nurses reflect on the ironies of their work as healers in a war zone

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
Part 8: David Swan
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
Part 7: Timothy Tanner
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
  • Purchases: 1
Part 6: Jordan Paquette
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 1
Part 5: Steve Norcross
From: Vermont Public
Series: Soldier Stories
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Eight National Guard soldiers who spent nearly a year in Iraq describe their experiences at war.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 29, 2006
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1