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Minnesota Native News: Flanagan addresses grief, White Earth deals with homelessness and a new exhibit about canoes opens at the U
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: A model of a Microneisan outrigger canoe is part of the Why Canoes? exhibit., Credit: Univeristy of Minnesota Twin Cities
This week on Minnesota Native News, White Earth works to deal with homelessness, Flanagan addressed a grieving state and a new exhibit celebrates i...

Bought by WDSE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSRQ, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
S2 Ep 8: Needle exchanges and harm reduction
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: David Venes (right) poses at the Tacoma Needle Exchange van with his dog, Ethel, and outreach worker, Laura Reynolds., Credit: Amber Cortes
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
S2 Ep 6: Treating addiction from the ER
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Justina Bauthues (center) poses for a photo with her parents, Lisa and Tom Hilton.
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
S2 Ep 5: Treating the wounds of trauma
From: Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
Series: Finding Fixes Season Two
Caption: Musician and artist, Becka Baker, at band practice in Tacoma, Washington.
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
Minnesota Native News: Farms, Sacred Sites and Police Navigators
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News we check in on a Native coalition’s work on the federal farm bill, more fallout from the Minnesota legislative s...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
Minnesota Native News: January 31, 2018 Newscast
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
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This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about how American Indian tribes may soon have a greater say in what happens at University of Minnesota ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KKWE Niijii Radio, KMSU, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KQAL and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 7
Are Diplomatic Trips Worth It? (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Even as President Trump returns from two high profile international tours, digital technologies seem ever more like they could replace costly diplo...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WOUB


  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Life in a Goiter Belt (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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One young woman in southwest Virginia has become a super-sleuth. With a head full of questions and a heart full of concern, one college student tea...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4
Minnesota Native News: Generational Healing
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Michael Meuers has compiled the teachings of Red Lake elder Larry Stillday into a new book.
This week on Minnesota Native News we hear about a new book featuring a Red Lake elder, a new program promoting healthy food in Native communities ...

Bought by KSRQ, KQAL, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WDSE, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 11
NEXT Episode 2: A Roof Over Your Head
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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A new, regional news program from The New England News Collaborative, hosted by John Dankosky.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Vermont Public


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 2
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In the 1970’s, a series of laws ushered in a so-called “sunshine era” of government transparency. A new book examines the dark side of the Sunshine...

Bought by KENW, WABE, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
How one Bay Area city is causing national controversy with local gun control
From: Liz Pfeffer
Caption: Former Sunnyvale Mayor Tony Spitaleri leading a City Council meeting last January when the new gun ordinance went into effect., Credit: Liz Pfeffer
Sunnyvale, California doesn't have a history of violence, so why does the mayor want to make a safe city safer?

  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 06:15
Guns and Suicide: The Hidden Toll (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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The gun control debate often centers around homicides and the fear of someone else with a gun. However, attention is rarely paid to the link betwee...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KUER, WXDU, PRX Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 7
The Flipped Classroom (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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It’s an age old question for teachers from elementary school to college: how do you get students to do their homework? Some educators are trying to...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
Community Support for Breastfeeding
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Hollie McNish, poet
We explore the role of the community in supporting moms to breastfeed their babies.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: :47
The Republican Party has reached its peak in the South
From: With Good Reason
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Since the 1970s, Republicans have controlled Southern politics, but according to one researcher, the Republican Party has reached its peak in the S...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
"The View from Valdez"
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Oil & Water: Recovering from the Spill"
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Bob Donald is the talk of the town in Gulf Shores near Alabama’s beaches. Before moving to the beaches, he and his wife lived in Valdez, Alaska dur...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:11
The Weight of Justice
From: Sudan Radio Project
Caption: A Sudanese woman confirms the registration of a voter., Credit: Associated Press
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Another Year
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Afghan security man asks local people to get out of the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009., Credit: (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Features on the war in Afghanistan.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Bicycle Sharing Feature - Boston, MA
From: David Golann
Caption: Bike Sharing Kiosk in Paris
A piece on Boston's plan to create a fleet of city bicycles for public use.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
DRP: Sudanese Reactions to the Inauguration of President Obama
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Darfur Radio Project: we hear Sudanese responses to the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States.

  • Added: May 03, 2009
  • Length: 03:16
The Waiting Game
From: Sudan Radio Project
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Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Searching For Farming's Future in its Past
From: Rachel Leventhal
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Searching For Farming's Future in its Past is part of a series produced by Rachel Leventhal for the NRDC about the impact individuals can make on t...

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 09:41
  • Purchases: 3
DNC08: KOSU Interviews two Oklahoma Delegates--8/23/08
From: PRX
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KOSU Interviews two Oklahoma Delegates, Congressman Dan Boren and former Governor David Walters

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Aug 25, 2008
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Dialogue and Discourse
From: Sudan Radio Project
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Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 29:00