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Top of Mind - Learning from the Stories of Refugees in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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With thousands of people fleeing their countries and seeking asylum around the world, what can we learn from stories of refugees in America?

Bought by KOWS, KMXT, KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
78 years after Joe Cooper survived a kamikaze attack, the Navy has identified his ship's wreckage
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 101-year-old Joe Cooper survived the 1945 kamikaze attack on the USS Ommaney Bay. He calls it a "miracle" that divers have found and identified the wrecked aircraft carrier off the coast of the Philippines., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
101-year-old Joe Cooper was a crew member of the USS Ommaney Bay, which was attacked by a Japanese suicide pilot in World War II.

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, and KUT


  • Added: Aug 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 5
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 21
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
Caption: Rwandan genocide museum, Credit: David Kattenburg
Bacteria in your gut tweak your brain. Sometimes friendly, sometimes not. The hundred-day genocide in Rwanda -- recalling the mayhem on its 29th an...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:49
A revived program allows green card holders to become citizens faster if they enlist in the military
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Airman 1st Class Joshua Garamfel, originally from Micronesia, is awarded an Airman's coin at the end of Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland on July 12. Garamfel was one of 18 new citizen-graduates., Credit: Vanessa Adame / U.S. Air Force
The program allows recruits to naturalize at the end of basic training. Several military branches have revived it at a time when the military is ha...

Bought by WHRV, WRFA-LP, KPBS, and KUT


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
For the first time in decades, military academy cadets will be allowed to become parents
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: New cadets in West Point's class of 2027 arrive at the military academy for Reception Day June 26, 2023., Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy
In 2021, Congress reversed a policy that blocked students with dependents from continuing their studies at the highly competitive military academie...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT, and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
Facing the Unthinkable
From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials
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The film 'Oppenheimer' reminds us that the nuclear age remains a fundamental fact of our lives -- even if its apocalyptic potential can seem too fr...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZYX, WGCU, WRKF, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 29
The VA is facing a growing number of claims as a key PACT Act deadline approaches
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Volunteer Veteran Service Officers Hugh Reid (right) and Eric Isaksen help a veteran file a disability claim at American Legion Post 327 in Norfolk, Virginia., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The law passed last year makes millions of veterans eligible for new benefits, including post 9/11 vets who were exposed to burn pits.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 8
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 12, 2023
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: House Progressives Propose Measure to Block Biden’s Transfer of Cluster Bo...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 18
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Nothing woolly-headed or Utopian about it: A universal, guaranteed basic income. A hundred years later, memories of war that do not fade. And, one ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:14
MN Native News: Decoded, Untold Stories of Ojibwe and Dakota Veterans
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News, we preview a new Ampers documentary. Decoded is about Native veterans from Minnesota who used tribal languages ...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, and WTIP


  • Added: Jul 05, 2023
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 3
StoryCorps MVI: Larry Candelaria and Connie Candelaria
From: StoryCorps
Caption: Larry Candelaria and Connie Candelaria
Army Lieutenant Colonel Larry Candelaria was deployed to Vietnam in 1970. He came to StoryCorps to reflect on his service in the Casualty Branch o...

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 1
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 38
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two episodes about reflecting on our past.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 50:01
  • Purchases: 1
They helped American troops in Afghanistan. Now, they want to stay in the U.S.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Nangialy Nang spends time with his youngest daughter in their San Antonio apartment. Nang worked as an interpreter for U.S. forces starting in 2007. He was ultimately evacuated from the country in 2021 along with his family. He worries he could lose every, Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
A temporary program that allowed tens of thousands of Afghans to live in the U.S. is scheduled to expire this summer. The Biden Administration's pl...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KRPS, Texas Public Radio, KUT, and KPBS


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 5
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for June 7, 2023
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: Nation’s Poor, Students & Climate Lose in Deal to End GOP Debt Ceiling Ext...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Radio Cloak and Dagger
From: WAMC Northeast Public Radio
Series: A New York Minute In History
Caption: FBI Agent, Credit: Camp DeWolfe
On this episode, Devin and Lauren tell the recently declassified story of a covert radio station built by the FBI on Long Island to deceive the Naz...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 30:30
For these West Point cadets, military leadership includes finding solutions to climate change
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Paul Farnan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, talks with cadets after they presented their capstone projects in May 2023 at the military academy at West Point., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
Under a new Army program, West Point students are working with the Defense Department to address climate challenges that could affect national secu...

Bought by KTEP, WRFA-LP, KRPS, North Country Public Radio, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 9
As Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty, Army leaders promise the base won't forget its history
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Days before Fort Bragg was officially renamed Fort Liberty, crews erect new signs at the base's main gate., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
A newly constructed historic march route will remember the base's former name and the soldiers who served there.

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
'A rocket docket': Judges want a speedy process to settle thousands of Camp Lejeune water cases
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Michael Partain (left) and Jerry Ensminger, long-time activists for people harmed by Camp Lejeune water, speak outside the Raleigh, N.C. federal courthouse after a hearing. Hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs are expected to join the case., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
Federal judges overseeing the massive litigation hope to keep cases from dragging on for years. As many as a million people were exposed to contami...

Bought by KTEP, Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT, and KRPS


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
Novelist Whitney Terrell
From: New Letters on the Air
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Novelist Whitney Terrell talks about his third novel, THE GOOD LIEUTENANT. Terrell was embedded with the military in Iraq, writing non-fiction for ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
AFVN: The GI's Companion
From: Garrett Stack
Series: American Jukebox®
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For ten years, the Armed Forces Vietnam Network (AFVN) radio served as a lifeline to "home" for the millions who served in Vietnam and southeast Asia.

Bought by KSRQ, KFSK, WABE, WMNR, KCNP and more


  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 7
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for May 24, 2023
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: Can Chinese Diplomacy Help End the Ukraine War;? DOJ Fails to Investigate ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WFHB, and WETS


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Food Fight
From: Things That Go Boom
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In this special from from Things That Go Boom, Inkstick Media, and PRX: Two stories about food, family, and the choices our government makes in our...

Bought by WORT, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, WABE, WFDD Ops, KECG and more


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 39
The Pentagon has begun implementing a law to reduce suicides, 18 months after Congress passed it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr. signs a policy to implement the Brandon Act on May 5. Attending the signing were Patrick and Teri Caserta, the parents of Brandon Caserta, a Navy sailor who died by suicide, Credit: Jack Sanders / U.S. Air Force
The Pentagon has put in place "The Brandon Act" - named after a Navy sailor who died by suicide in 2018. It allows service members to go outside th...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KUT, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 3
After finding mold in thousands of places. the Army is training soldiers to recognize and report it
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: David Cutshall, the command sergeant major of the 18th Field Artillery Brigade, examines a dirty vent in a Fort Bragg barracks room. It was dust rather than mold, and he told the soldiers who lived there to clean it and showed them where their air filter , Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
70,000 inspections yielded more than 2,100 findings of mold. Now, the Army has begun a service-wide initiative to detect and clean it up sooner.

Bought by WRFA-LP, KUT, North Country Public Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
D-day: 150,000 Men, and One Woman
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one-half minute commentary on D-day in 1941, and the only woman who made the landing at Normandy.

Bought by KVNF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA and more


  • Added: May 12, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 8

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