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Learn about the basics of the ballot initiative, the history of how it caught on in the United States, and the pros and cons that she will explore ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 32:45
Students at CUNY's Hunter College in New York City are complaining about mice running the halls, broken windows, and leaky ceillings. But, the scho...
- Added: Apr 20, 2022
- Length: 02:43
Season 1, Episode 14
Here’s what it’s like when you’re released from prison. You’re given a $20 debit card and a bus ride home. You need housing, ...
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 09:21
Season 1, Episode 12
Over the last forty years, as incarceration has surged across the nation, so has the number of children with a family member...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 09:20
- Purchases: 1
The Covid-19 Pandemic has changed how we live and work in the modern era. For most, that’s meant going online. But for an estimated 150 million Ame...
- Added: Jun 01, 2020
- Length: 32:00
In this episode we look at the idea of harm reduction and focus specifically on needle exchanges. Those are hundreds of places across the US that h...
- Added: Jan 20, 2020
- Length: 22:21
A new approach is linking people with addiction to drug treatment, instead of just sending them out the door when they’re well again. Two doctors, ...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 28:04
In this episode, we hear personal stories from three women that show just how tightly woven together trauma, pain and addiction are. Also, we hear ...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 32:36
Some people with chronic pain now rely on medical marijuana in place of opioid painkillers. But, in the absence of formal medical guidance, many pa...
- Added: Jan 19, 2020
- Length: 24:49
Addiction hits home for the top dog of a disaster-prone county. An old-school cop gets a wake-up call and learns “handcuffs and a trip to jail” jus...
- Added: Nov 13, 2019
- Length: 26:39
At a clinic in Everett, Washington, a nurse pushes his patients to work hard, and the patients embark on their road to recovery. This episode we're...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
- Length: 25:34
- Purchases: 1
Wildfire victims rebuild all solar, all electric homes with help from their community energy program. Hear one family's story, learn what makes a h...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer and more
- Added: Oct 13, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 6
On this encore edition of Making Contact, we present the final installment in a two-part series on the pressure to transform a region of iconic lan...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and WRIR
- Added: Oct 24, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
On this edition of Making Contact we go from Cape Town, South Africa to Los Angeles and Oakland, California— three cities grappling with evictions,...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
- Added: Jul 11, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Things we learn from Woody Guthrie and Native Americans ... and Donald Trump's dad?
- Added: Oct 13, 2016
- Length: 27:19
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...
- Added: Aug 13, 2014
- Length: 07:53
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2014
- Length: 07:47
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 07:05
It’s called a gang injunction. A controversial crime tool strategy that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last reso...
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 13:36
The outgoing FDIC commissioner gives her final speech at the National Press Club. She discusses the financial crisis that occured during her time a...
- Added: Aug 12, 2011
- Length: 53:57
Dick Armey, the former House Majority Leader, speaks about conservatism at the National Press Club.
- Added: Mar 26, 2010
- Length: 54:01
[HOST INTRO] The ethical treatment of farm animals is a growing concern for many Americans. And that puts states with relatively few animal cruelt...
Bought by KISU
- Added: Mar 02, 2010
- Length: 05:55
- Purchases: 1
This week’s episode discusses the difficulty of being misunderstood when you are dealing with mental health issues, the reasons for pursuing a GED ...
- Added: Dec 25, 2009
- Length: 10:11
The irony of food poverty in California’s agriculturally rich Central Valley and a look at community gardens popping up in food deserts. We also ex...
- Added: Nov 03, 2009
- Length: 29:00
From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country. They’re people wor...
Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and WRPI
- Added: Oct 16, 2009
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
