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On the Job
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Two pictures of jobs: from the outside In and in the Imagination

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 02:45
I Stole From My Workers
From: The humble Farmer
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Confessions of a bee keeper

  • Added: Oct 06, 2008
  • Length: :18
"The Joe & Lorie Healthy Living Special" hour 2
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Caption: Joe Bevilacqua at home, camp Waterlogg, Napanoch, NY, Credit: Eddie Adams Workshop
Second of two hours about small business owners promoting healthy lifestyles.

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Aug 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:00:18
  • Purchases: 1
He promised to defend the Constitution
From: The humble Farmer
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Sometimes one cannot keep one's promises

  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: :24
Lowering Wages Creates More Crime
From: The humble Farmer
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Juvinile crime increases when parents work extra hours

  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Length: 04:12
The Game Is Over
From: The humble Farmer
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Capitalism is no more than a long, drawn-out poker game

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 02:23
Sammy The Bull
From: The humble Farmer
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Sammy The Bull Enjoyed His Work

  • Added: May 17, 2008
  • Length: 01:58
Stephen King's Comments on WalMart
From: The humble Farmer
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Stephen King told kids to get an education

  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: :20
I Dated A Janitor
From: Idaho-audio group
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A woman spends a night on shift with her janitor boyfriend and witnesses the tricks and the hazards of the trade.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2008
  • Length: 49:31
Charlton Heston, Union Hero
From: Dick Meister
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Although he became a staunch conservative in his later years, actor Charlton Heston had earlier been a union leader and one of Hollywood's most out...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2008
  • Length: 02:37
What is The Purpose of Government?
From: The humble Farmer
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People disagree on the reason for having a government.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2008
  • Length: 02:02
Greeley, Colorado: A Divided City
From: Caroline Harding
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How hispanic labor helped build a city, and the divide that exists there

  • Added: Jan 02, 2008
  • Length: 26:48
Crusts - Tracy Ford - Mechanic
From: Ray Gard
Series: Crusts
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Careers Vignettes: The passion that got them started: Tracy Ford - Mechanic

  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 05:17
"The Joe & Lorie Healthy Living Special" (hour 1)
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Documentaries
Caption: Husband wife Joe Bevilacqua & Lorie Kellogg explore healthy living in the Catskills., Credit: The Kingston Freeman
First of two hours about small business owners promoting healthy lifestyles.

Bought by KUT-HD, Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Aug 25, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Belltown Hustle
From: David Weinberg
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Welcome to the world of the belltown posse...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2007
  • Length: 11:11
This I Believe - Wade Rathke
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Activist and union organizer Wade Rathke believes listening is a useful and important skill in life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and WUKY


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 4
Grabbing that First Chance to Vote
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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First-time voter Autumn Campbell from Jeremiah, Kentucky hopes that her vote really counts this year, because she has a list of issues that she wan...

Bought by WSCS-FM


  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Law: A Life Sentence
From: Joseph Dougherty
Series: Story Salon Live
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Bill Sperling warns against life in a big law firm.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2006
  • Length: 03:28
Leaving the Mountains
From: Appalachian Media Institute
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Growing up in rural Appalachia Machlyn Blair didn't think he would have much in common with teenagers from other places. But the current immigrat...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WGXC, WMNF, SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2006
  • Length: 01:36
  • Purchases: 11
two weeks to kill
From: David Weinberg
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My days at work in the perfume factory in Queens

  • Added: Jun 04, 2006
  • Length: 13:57
Hiking the Andes
From: Cynthia Graber
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Reflections with sound of hiking the Inca Trail, poor Peruvian porters carrying our belongings.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:26
Growing Up in a Coal Community
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Caption: Natasha Watts interviewing community members., Credit: Rebecca O'Doherty, Youth Radio
Growing up in a coal community, mining is a part of your everyday life. In light of the recent SAGO mine disaster Natasha Watts reflects on what i...

Bought by WGXC, WGBH Radio Boston, WXLV-FM, The Nature Podcast, and PRX


  • Added: Jan 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 5
Son of a Coalminer
From: Appalachian Media Institute
Series: Living with Coal in Eastern Kentucky
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Josh Fleming grew up in a family of miners. In this piece he talks with his father about what being a coal miner has meant to his family and why h...

Bought by WGXC, WEKU, The Nature Podcast, WBEZ, WXLV-FM and more


  • Added: Jan 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 6
Rocco from the Bronx
From: Adam Allington
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Rocco Migliorelli talks about farming in the Bronx during the 1930's, 40's and 50's

Bought by WFUV and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Aug 17, 2005
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 2
Gender And The American Experience.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Historian Alice Kessler-Harris looks at women's rights then and now.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KQED, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 3