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Bush vs. Labor
From: Dick Meister
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President Bush's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are going all out to deny wolrkers their legal rights.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
New Music Review: The Gourds' "Heavy Ornamentals"
From: KUT
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A review of the new album from Austin's eclectic hometown heroes.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jan 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
Stick Poke Scrape Dump
From: Bill Palladino
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A rhythmic essay describing the producer's first job cleaning up a drive-in theater.

Bought by WDBM, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 3
Teaching Kids to Kill
From: Dick Meister
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Hunting interests have stepped up their efforts to recruit youngsters to join adults in killing for the sport of it.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:26
Arlo visits Kankakee
From: Bill Yohnka
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A native of Kankakee, Illinois takes an insightful look at Arlo Guthrie's stop in his hometown as part of a Katrina benefit tour. Kankakee is menti...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2005
  • Length: 05:29
Commentary: Gene Debs, American Hero
From: Dick Meister
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Few leaders have done more for ordinary Americans than Eugene V. Debs, born 150 years ago.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 04:06
Commentary: 21st Century Injustice
From: Dick Meister
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The execution of Stanley Tookie Williams exposed yet again the barbarity of capital punishment.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2005
  • Length: 03:09
Home Planet: A not-so-perfect holiday
From: Spokane Public Radio
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We're driven by the belief that we can create this one perfect day or season, and the warmth generated by it will carry us through the rest of the ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WBHM


  • Added: Dec 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 4
Home Planet: (Christmas) Mom's Secret Christmas List
From: Spokane Public Radio
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When my children ask what I want for Christmas, I give the the standard list: perfume, slippers and things like that. But I have a secret list.

Bought by WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 05, 2005
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 3
Commentary: The New Cold Warriors
From: Dick Meister
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Although the Cold War is long over, red-baiting for political advantage continues.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
So What About Those Droopy Drawers, Commissioner Stern?
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the dress code the NBA really needs.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
Ingram Marshall's Dark Florescence: The Music Behind the Story
From: Jackson Braider
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Composer Ingram Marshall scores a double guitar concerto for rocker Andy Summers and classical guitarist Benjamin Verdery.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 14:01
Alaskan Fish Guts
From: Terin Mayer
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Questioning sanity on a fish processing line in southeast Alaska.

Bought by PRX Remix, KMXT, WZBC, and KUCB


  • Added: Oct 24, 2005
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 4
Commentary: 40 Years Later, UFW's La Causa Lives
From: Dick Meister
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Celebrations are being held this year to mark the anniversary of the grape strike led by Cesar Chavez that won worldwide support for California's l...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2005
  • Length: 03:42
God is Not Our Co-Pilot
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the irrational insistence of the religious majority that ours is "one nation under God."

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Oct 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
A Cook's Notebook: Artichokes
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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they aren't the easiest vegetable to deal with

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2005
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Twilight's Breaking Dawn
From: Jacob C. Norman
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Poetry by Jacob C. Norman set to music.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2005
  • Length: 09:48
Labor: Rising from the Dead
From: Dick Meister
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Although the pundits say the labor movement is near death, the future of American unions actually looks promising.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2005
  • Length: 04:47
Labor Day: It Began in San Francisco
From: Dick Meister
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Despite what the official histories say, Labor Day actually was first observed in San Francisco.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, WTJU, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 02:21
  • Purchases: 4
Our Anti-Labor Relations Act
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that at age 70, the National Labor Relations Act is badly in need of reform.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
Commentary: Labor's Day -- and Yours
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WTIP, WSLR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
The IWW at 100: A Brief History
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the 100th anniversary of the Industrial Workers of the World, one of the most influential and colorful organizations in U.S. history.

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Jun 30, 2005
  • Length: 09:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Mayor of Nichols
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
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A remembrance of a friend from junior high school who was murdered in 2000 by a chicago policeman

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Jun 28, 2005
  • Length: 34:33
  • Purchases: 2
The Unfashionable Boys of Summer
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on today's dreadfully tacky Major League Baseball uniforms.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2005
  • Length: 03:33
Home Planet: Trying for that 'Sun Kissed' look.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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It's tanning season again and columnist Cheryl-Anne Millsap confides that her friend is 'the butt' of her own joke.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:34

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