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HUMANKIND: Universal Health Care

From: Humankind

A Cambridge couple, both MDs and Harvard Medical faculty, have devoted their lives to researching and advocating universal health care. Provocative.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and WCQS

Added: Sep 08, 2009
Length: 01:00:30
Purchases: 3

SURVIVORS: Solitary Confinement in America's Prisons

From: Claire Schoen

Caption: Robert King Wilkerson spent 29 years in solitary confinement., Credit: Terry Foss

In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years ...

Bought by KMUZ, KOSU, KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio and more

Added: Aug 13, 2009
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 8

Please Don't Say My Name: Burmese refugees at risk in Malaysia

From: karen zusman

Malaysia is a country that does not distinguish between illegal migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. What's worse, refugees from Burma have recen...

Added: Aug 10, 2009
Length: 01:00:00

Peace Talks Radio: The Peace Work of John Lennon & Yoko Ono (29:00)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

Caption: John Lennon + Yoko Ono at Montreal Bed-in (1969), Credit: Ivor Sharp (c) Yoko Ono

In 1969, musician John Lennon and his wife, performance artist Yoko Ono, were among the most high profile peace advocates on the planet. We'll spot...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KVNF

Added: Jun 22, 2009
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 2

The Peace Work of John Lennon and Yoko Ono (54:00 / 59:00)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Caption: John & Yoko at Montreal Bed In 1969, Credit: Photo by Ivor Sharp/©Yoko Ono

In 1969, musician John Lennon and his wife, performance artist Yoko Ono, were among the most high profile peace advocates on the planet. We'll spot...

Bought by KUOW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUOW, Marfa Public Radio and more

Added: Jun 15, 2009
Length: 58:59
Purchases: 14

Making Contact: Survivors of Solitary Confinement

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Tens of thousands are in solitary confinement in American prisons which according to the United Nations is torture. Producer Claire Schoen met nine...

Bought by CKMO

Added: May 22, 2009
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

The Big Idea: How to Make Texas A Better Place

From: KUT

A special report from KUT Austin and "Texas Monthly" based on May ideas issue. Ideas to change the world.

Added: May 08, 2009
Length: 58:59

India Rising

From: The Stanley Foundation

A special documentary program from the Stanley Foundation, KQED Public Radio and KUT Austin.

Bought by KWIT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGBH Radio Boston, WYSO, WBEZ and more

Added: Mar 16, 2009
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 15

The Berlin Model United Nations (BERMUN)

From: Radijojo World Children's Radio Network
Series: Across the Ocean - the first Transatlantic Radio for kids

This session was about the protection of women's and girls' rights for equality worldwide. This is one of the most exciting transatlantic projects...

Added: Mar 09, 2009
Length: 30:22

Confronting the Warpland: Black Poets of Chicago

From: Ed Herrmann

Hear some of the great African American poets who have lived and worked in Chicago.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KZYX, WRGY, WLPR , KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more

Added: Jan 12, 2009
Length: 58:46
Purchases: 23

Art is Patriotic

From: Marya Morstad

A Look at Art and Politics as the Twin Cities Prepare to Host the Republican National Convention

Added: Aug 28, 2008
Length: 59:10

"Those CCC Boys"

From: Vermont Public

It's now 75 years since the first Civilian Conservation Corps camps opened. More than three million men served in the CCC, which changed the Americ...

Bought by WVTF, WRPI, KWMD, KUT-HD, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)

Added: Aug 20, 2008
Length: 23:59
Purchases: 5

Making the World Aware: The Longest Walk II Crosses the U.S.

From: Amy Marsh

Thirty years after the American Indian Religious Freedom Act,, activists walk across the United States, taking Native American and environmental c...

Added: Jun 20, 2008
Length: 29:39

Talking to Strangers: Chance Encounters with Fellow Americans

From: Aaron Henkin

a modern American road trip...

Added: Jun 20, 2008
Length: 49:30

Ask Your Lawmaker: Issues, Campaign 2008

From: Brian Sussman

Capitol News Connection offers the first of its Campaign 2008 interactive series, ?Ask Your Lawmaker?. What issues matter most to your listeners? T...

Bought by KZYX

Added: Feb 28, 2008
Length: 52:00
Purchases: 1

The Clash: Revolution Rock

From: Joyride Media

A new one-hour radio special pays tribute to "the only band that matters" with both exclusive and archival interviews.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KAZU Seaside, Calif., Prairie Public, WTJU, Radio New Zealand and more

Added: Feb 26, 2008
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 29

Rediscovering Barbara Jordan

From: KUT

One-hour documentary about the life and legacy of Barbara Jordan, the first black woman from the South to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Feb 04, 2008
Length: 54:01
Purchases: 3

Red Crystal Palace ~ 5: Conclusion

From: Fereshteh Toosi
Series: Red Crystal Palace

RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

Added: Nov 08, 2007
Length: 04:17

Epicentro Latino: Spanish and English. Are We a Bilingual Nation? (2 of 4)

From: Rebeca Logan

Hispanic issues, history, politics

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KTSW 89.9, 90.5 WSNC, KBRP Community Radio, KBGA 89.9 FM and more

Added: Oct 05, 2007
Length: 59:00
Purchases: 12

The History of This I Believe

From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe

Jay Allison hosts a documentary exploring the history of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series of the early 1950s.

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, KZYX, Marfa Public Radio and more

Added: Sep 24, 2007
Length: 54:01
Purchases: 23

Reflections on New Orleans - An exclusive interview with Marcia Ball

From: Linda Seabright

Marking 2 years since Hurricane Katrina - what's happened?- not much

Added: Sep 07, 2007
Length: 06:38

Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady

From: KUT

This is an edited version of the award-winning documentary that was produced for KUT in 2001. 'Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady' chronicle...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WEKU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KFSK