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The Mothers of Gynecology

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

The history of why Black women are more likely to die when giving birth than White women.

A History of Fire in the Boundary Waters

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture In-Depth

Caption: Whelp Fire: The Whelp and John Ek fires lead, in part, to the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in 2021. , Credit: Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service

Minnesota's Boundary Waters is the most visited wilderness area in the country. Last summer, the entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was s...

Time To Transition

From: Edwina Stott

Ed Ayres is a Radio presenter and classical musician. It took a 10,000 mile bike ride and a job teaching in one of the world’s most dangerous count...

Bought by ABC

(Half-hour version) “Hear The Drumming: The Music of The Kent State and Jackson State Tragedies”

From: Robin Washington

Fifty years ago on May 21, 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young rushed into a studio to record "Ohio" - the ultimate protest song, capturing the ho...

Demand for Power

From: Claudine Ebeid McElwain
Series: Broken Ground

Caption: by the Southern Environmental Law Center

An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging proje...

The Ghosts of the Gwangju Uprising

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: May 18 Memorial in Gwangju, Korea, Credit: May 18 Memorial Foundation

On May 18, 1980, the people of Gwangju, South Korea rose up for reunification and an end to U.S.-backed military dictatorships. Their actions chan...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRIR, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]

Part 1: The road back to Jerusalem

From: Steve Ray
Series: Christian China and the end of times

In part one of our "China's road to Jerusalem" series, we set the the stage for the inevitable collapse of the west as we know it.

The Mosquito Crusader

From: Jake Smith

Caption: Fred L. Soper crossing a bridge to investigate an area where yellow fever occurred, Credit: Photo by Wilbur A. Sawyer courtesy National Library of Medicine

Eighty years ago, one man set out to eradicate the mosquito that now causes Zika virus—and it sullied his reputation forever.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE

Sri Lanka's War Widows and the Road to Reconciliation

From: Adam Bemma

Sri Lanka's civil war lasted 26 years. It cost the lives of an estimated 100,000 people and devastated the north and east of the island nation. In ...

Fire on the Mountain: Climate Change, Fire, and the Ecological Future of the American West

From: Aengus Anderson

Caption: In the summer monsoon season, grass carpets the Chiricahua foothills., Credit: Aengus Anderson

In the wake of a catastrophic fire, researchers use Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains to look centuries into the future of climate change and ask "wha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA

Destination DIY: Figures In Flight Released

From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY

Caption: Andre Noel is the manager of Figures In Flight Released., Credit: Natalie Ivis

This episode features a story by producer Chris Remington about a group of ex-cons who were inspired to start their own dance troupe, called Figure...

Deep Thought

From: Nate Kupel

Background Music: Serious, deep thought, with groove

Following Seas

From: Alex Lewis

Caption: An aerial view of North Beach Island where five cottages were demolished by the federal government.

In late 2011. the federal government decided to demolish five old seaside cottages on Cape Cod that were at threat of being washed away due to coas...

Bought by PRX Remix

A Food Desert in California's Breadbasket

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

We go to Huron, California--a tiny farming community dubbed the' lettuce capital' of the U.S. This rural region in the fertile, sun-baked Central ...

Bought by KVNF and KVMR

"Prison Town, USA"

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

In our special collaboration with public televison?s P.O.V., Directors Katie Galloway and Po Kutchins take us to ?Prison Town, USA? and explore how...

Bought by KRUA