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The Smog of War
From: KALW
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Sandip Roy embarks of an anti-war march in a time of hastags.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Propositions (aka Ballot Measures)
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Direct democracy. What are the pros and cons?

  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 25:55
State and Local Elections
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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The state and local offices that have a big impact on your life.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 21:52
Five things to know about the Midterms
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Why midterms matter, plus a snapshot of a historic midterm from 1826.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2018
  • Length: 21:18
The History of Drag by Baushah Adams
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
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A piece about the history of one of the most overlooked things, drag.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:02
Special for Mother's Day, Mothering: Love on the Front Lines
From: Making Contact
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For Mother's Day: we bring you a discussion by women of color writers and poets who contributed to the anthology, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on ...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Reclaiming Gotham: The Battle for U.S. Cities
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Journalist Juan González discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America’s cities - from r...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Jeff Chang on Revolutions in Seeing and Being
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jeff Chang, Credit: Jeremy Villaluz
“From almost every kind of responsibility and tie from engagement and from faith. So the artist--our task is to move ourselves and the rest of us i...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
That's Not Funny
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Comics on the panel about comedy and politics, Credit: Sandip Roy
70 years after Independence it sometimes feels as if Indians are still to develop a funny bone. Especially when it comes to politicians.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Fundamental Privacy
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Gay Pride marchers in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Indian Supreme Court caught everyone by surprise, including Sandip Roy. Did the court unwittingly decriminalize being gay?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wellstone Day
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Michael Goldberg shares memories of Paul Wellstone through essays and music on this segment of Stay Human.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 59:28
4th of July
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Stay Human
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Michael Goldberg looks at the 4th of July through music, an interview with Brooke Gladstone and the winning essay in The Great American Think-Off b...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:18
  • Purchases: 2
Chickens Don't Fly
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Chickens cannot fly. That’s according to Air India, India’s national airline. It has just announced that it’s going to stop serving non-vegetaria...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Cow Spotting in India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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India is one of the world’s biggest exporters of beef, even though much of India does not eat beef. New laws concerning animal welfare were seen a...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
The Sellout
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Paul Beatty at the Kolkata Literary Meet , Credit: Kolkata Literary Meet
If the polls had been right and Hillary Clinton had won someone could have written a great American satire of an America where Donald Trump wins. B...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Poetic Address to the Nation
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The Poetic Address to the Nation, brought together poets to speak powerfully against the current administration. Featuring Cam Awkward, Guillermo G...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Beyond Choice: Organizing for Reproductive Justice
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Loretta Ross, Credit: Speak Out
Loretta Ross, co-founder of SisterSong breaks down the reproductive justice framework; and Tina Reynolds, co-founder and Chair of Women on the Rise...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, XRAY.fm, WRIR, and WXDU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Living Wage
From: Robin Blue
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An argument in favor of increasing the minimum wage to a living wage

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2017
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
Firoozeh in India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Iranian-American writer Firoozeh Dumas' commentaries about her hyphenated life have aired on NPR. But that was a different America. While Firoozeh ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
What's in an Anthem?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Indian Flag, Credit: Flicker user Yarat
When you are proud of your country, pride about its national symbols follows naturally. The Indian Court in its wisdom has flipped that equation pr...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Gandhi the human
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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On October 2 India will mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. But his status as an icon of humanitarianism may be at risk.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Our Ocean Conference 2016, Report
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In September the World Ocean Observatory was invited to attend the Our Ocean Conference hosted by the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C. Duri...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:30
The Sacrifice of Khizr Khan
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Khizr Khan at the DNC Convention
Khizr Khan did something few have been able to do in this bitter and vulgar presidential election.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 01, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Kill 'Em Dead with Needle and Thread
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
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Jeremiah Williams, better known as Flag Boy Twin, may have left New Orleans, but he brought his rich heritage as a Mardi Gras Indian with him. Part...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jul 27, 2016
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
Hindu Sena Loves 'The Donald'
From: KALW
Caption: Donald Trump & Shalabh Kumar
Whether or not Trump makes it to the White House he's already proving very useful to those who were until dismissed as the fringe.

Bought by WDBM and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 2