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Boston Marathon Saudi "Suspect" Speaks
From: Amina Chaudary
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Immediately after the bombings on Marathon Monday in Boston, media reported that a Saudi man was being being questioned by authorities. Some state...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 19:56
Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's (hour special)
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
Caption: Bernice Osborne Pollard and her 74-year-old mother, Mary Osborne, who is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease, Credit: Deb Becker/WBUR
Alzheimer’s is the incurable disease that destroys memory, speech and function. Scientists say the number of Americans with Alzheimer's may triple...

Bought by KOSU, WNYC, KQED, KZYX, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Some College, No Degree: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
At Auto Plants, A Reversal of Fortune
From: Changing Gears
Series: Changing Gears: Remaking the Manufacturing Belt
Caption: Brothers Justin and Derick Jewell, 22 and 24 years old. Justin is a two-tier worker and makes $16 an hour. As a traditional worker, Derick makes $28 an hour.
The American Dream is that each generation will do better than the last. But the families of auto workers no longer have that expectation. As Detro...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
Finding Our Bootstraps: Americans Deal With Recession
From: Michigan Radio Economy Special
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How people are finding the strength and situations that get them through economic hard times.

Bought by WVTF, KGNU Community Radio, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 14
Press Secretary Bert Brantley Details The Tri-State Water Issues for Georgia
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Caption: Georgia Press Secretary Bert Brantley, Credit: slg
Georgia's Press Secretary Bert Brantley Talks with Stephen Lloyd about the Tri-State Water Rights Issues

  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 41:58
Truckers & PubRadio
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Series: Guess Who's Listening?
Caption: Champion Truck Association Drivers Listen to Lots of Public Radio - Do You Know Why?, Credit: SLG
Truckers Are Tuning In to PubRadio Big Time!

  • Added: May 17, 2009
  • Length: 17:28
Disabled But Able
From: Jennifer Neeley
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For the disabled, the weakened economy has lead to layoffs, rejection and difficulty achieving or maintaining independence. Centers like the one in...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Edge of the Rez, Hour Two
From: KNAU
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Edge of the Rez is a documentary exploring what happens when cultures converge in the towns neighboring the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations in ...

Bought by KUT-HD, KUER, WGBH Radio Boston, KPFA, KGLT and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Edge of the Rez, Hour One
From: Geoff Norcross
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A documentary exploring the lives of Native American and non-Native people who live in Northern Arizona towns neighboring the Hopi and Navajo Nations

Bought by KRZA, KVNF, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WNJR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
PART 5: RESTORING STREAMS IN THE HEARTLAND
From: The Environment Report
Series: Pollution in the Heartland
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Farmers work to restore a channelized river.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:45
2006 Colorado Legislative Session Preview
From: KRCC-FM
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Preview of 2006 legislative session

  • Added: Jan 06, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
Referenda C and D
From: KRCC-FM
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Overview of Colorado's 2005 election

  • Added: Oct 26, 2005
  • Length: 16:25
Bruce and Owens Debate Referenda C and D
From: KRCC-FM
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Leading supporter and opponent of ballot measures duke it out

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
Court Rules Against Douglas Bruce
From: KRCC-FM
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Colorado Springs tax-cutting activist Douglas Bruce loses in court

  • Added: Sep 09, 2005
  • Length: 04:09
Rural Meth
From: KRCC-FM
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A look at the problem of rural meth and possible solutions

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Aug 19, 2005
  • Length: 10:07
  • Purchases: 1
New Mexico On Reagan
From: Angela Taylor
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New Mexicans comment on the late President Ronald Reagan's legacy.

  • Added: Jun 10, 2004
  • Length: 04:15
Howard Dean: The Vermont Years
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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One-hour documentary details Howard Dean's record as a long-serving governor of Vermont.

Bought by WKSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPBS, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 02, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5