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One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Kevin Carlson ringside at Monday Night Raw., Credit: Tradeoffs/Leslie Waker
As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospit...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 27:55
Venmo Reparations
From: Beandrea July
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When one white woman working in Hollywood received a surprise residuals check, she skipped the bank and deposited it straight to Twitter. She offer...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 3
Re:Work Radio: Trafficked, the Journey of Lester Ramos
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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One of the most common forms of trafficking is labor trafficking. In this episode, Re:Work Radio brings you the story of Lester Ramos and his journ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #127 UGANDA: Pt 2 - Escape
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Northern Uganda
"I escaped because of my friend. The three of us started planning while we were in south Sudan." Beatrice Ocwee Reporter Gladys Oroma continues ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 44:12
Life of the Law #128 UGANDA: Pt 3 - Escape
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Beatrice Oswee with her daughter in Gulu, Uganda.
"If I did not reveal that I was formerly abducted, nobody would know. If I did not tell that these children were born from captivity, nobody would ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:25
Logan Lucky
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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Soderbergh, one of our best and most versatile directors, announced about four years ago that he was retiring from making movies and was going to f...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:24
The Square
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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The surprise winner at the Cannes Film Festival this year was The Square, a provocative and disturbing satire from Swedish writer-director Ruben Ős...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
Immigration and Incarceration
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week’s episode begins to explore the intersections of borders, documentation, and incarceration. We look at the history of U.S. immigration po...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 1
Habeas Corpus
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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The focus this week is on the impact of habeas corpus both for prisoners and their loved ones. We begin with news on a call-in effort for queer and...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
Ice Diving - Wisconsin Life
From: A. Emily Ralph
Series: Aubrey Ralph - Wisconsin Life
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Our lakes are worlds unto themselves, but when one becomes covered with a roof of ice nearly two feet thick, it takes on an isolation and beauty th...

Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 2
The Haunting of Science Hall
From: A. Emily Ralph
Series: Aubrey Ralph - Wisconsin Life
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Completed in 1887, Science Hall stands like a gothic red brick fortress, guarding the University of Wisconsin / Madison campus. Over the years, it'...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
Is 20-Something Too Late For A Guy To Get The HPV Vaccine?
From: Side Effects Public Media
Caption: Jake Harper, 29, is Side Effects Public Media's resident hypochondriac. His newest health anxiety stems from the human papillomavirus, or HPV., Credit: Brian Paul/Side Effects
A generation of young men missed out on the HPV vaccine. Now, Side Effects Public Media's 29-year-old correspondent wonders if that’s putting him a...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:23
INAUGURATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: Inside Essex County Politics
Caption: Ras Baraka taking the Oath of Office of Newark Mayor
The Administration of and Inaugural Address by new Newark Mayor Ras Baraka

  • Added: Jul 02, 2014
  • Length: 24:48
Citizens United, A Narrative
From: WFHB
Series: Standing Room Only
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On Oct. 4, a monologue written by James Allison, "Justice John Paul Stevens Dissents," was performed by actor/violinist/school board member Lois S...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 59:09
A Domestic Violence Story: Reforming Offenders/Protecting Victims (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Caption: Domestic Abuse Intervention Project
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we look at a program that seems to be having some success in quelling the violence in some men with histories of do...

Bought by KUOW, WCPN, KUOW, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 5
A Domestic Violence Story: Reforming Offenders/Protecting Victims (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, we look at a program that seems to be having some success in quelling the violence in some men with histories of do...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 23, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
In Which Curiosity Goes Gangnam Style
From: Laurence Yeung
Series: The AudioPh[i]D
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Episode 1 - 10/16/12 - The latest headlines in academia, a bake sale for planetary science, and The Thesis Defense: A game show where the questions...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2013
  • Length: 15:41
Remembering Christopher Hitchens, 1949 - 2011
From: Simon Marks
Caption: Christopher Hitchens, 1949 - 2011, Credit: Feature Story News
A sound-rich obituary honoring the life and works of the late Christopher Hitchens, who died on December 16, 2011. Suitable for news magazines an...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
Go Vote, Sister Suffragette
From: Lauren Peterson
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Less than one hundred years ago, women voted for the first time in a national election. Two months ago, Lauren Peterson headed to the polls for a s...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:48
Transgender community faces potential loss of clinic
From: KALW
Caption: Lyon-Martin Medical Director Dawn Harbatkin examines a patient at the struggling clinic., Credit: Photo courtesy of Lyon-Martin
This piece looks at what it means to be transgender through a profile piece, and also explores transgender health disparities through the frame of ...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Mar 28, 2011
  • Length: 14:13
  • Purchases: 1
Youth Media Project and Earth Care International’s Youth Allies Consumerism Show
From: Littleglobe
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Santa Fe’s Earth Care International’s Youth Allies teams up with Youth Media Project to produce a compelling and emotional show about consumerism, ...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 56:12
  • Purchases: 2
Tawas Point Lighthouse News Piece
From: Nathan Bender
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4 minute news piece produced form CMU Public Radio news concerning the Tawas Point lighthouse keeper program.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:59
Encounters Mosquito
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
Series: Encounters
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The summer drone of doom.... the mighty mosquito has a long history in the north country.

Bought by KCHU, KTRT RADIO INC, KDUR, KMXT, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 8
Remembrance Day
From: Julie Subrin
Caption: Hillside in Murambi, Credit: Photo by Gregory Warner
A visit to a Rwandan memorial raises questions about when and how we remember genocide.

Bought by Prairie Public and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 2