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WVR Show 363 Holiday Special
From: World Vision Report
Series: World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour
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It's all about giving this week on the World Vision Report – giving time, talents, and resources to help others around the world. From dolls going ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUOW, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 17, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 4
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
Plessy vs. Ferguson 1896 to 2009
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Keith Plessy, descendant of Homer Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson, great, great grandaughter of Judge John Ferguson, both litigants in the 1896 Supreme ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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
Under the Radar: The Best New Austin Music
From: KUT
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Who's the next Spoon, Shawn Colvin, or Stevie Ray Vaughan? Hear about the bands being hailed as "The Next Big Thing" from Austin...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 52:04
  • Purchases: 1
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
History This Week
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Caption: This Week In History, Credit: SLG
Flashback to a voice this week in History -- for a lesson we can learn for today.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2009
  • Length: 04:30
GAZA ASSAULT Special - Day Ten Inside Israel Interview
From: Public Radio WorldWide - PRWW.org
Series: GAZA BATTLE - Daily 6-Minute Episodes (0:05:59) -- (for Subscription Automation)
Caption: GAZA ASSAULT - Day 10, Credit: SLG
Interviews regarding Israel's intense response to the continued rocket attacks of Hamas from Gaza upon Israeli cities, towns and villages.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2009
  • Length: 06:00
Ken McCoy Entertainment Report
From: Ken McCoy
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New Report for 8 28 08

  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 03:35
Learn to Earn: The Story of Josh Ackley
From: Learning Matters
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The newest, hottest idea in school reform seems to be paying students to learn. Is it a good idea, or a way to avoid tackling the tough issues? We ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2008
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Brazil Tackles Old Challenges with New Responses
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Kristin McHugh examines programs designed to reduce crime and poverty in some of the poorest neighborhoods of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 07:37
Blue Highways #1: Iraq's Forgotten Home Front (w/ news hole)
From: Eric Mack
Series: Blue Highways
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This on-the-road magazine special looks at the affects of the war on health care and families at home.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: 23:01
  • Purchases: 1
NPR Democratic Debate
From: Charlie Mayer
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Democratic presidential candidates debate in Iowa.

  • Added: Dec 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:59:00
What Role Should Charter Schools Play in Education Reform?
From: David Weinberg
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This is an in depth look at one of the many charter schools opening this fall in New Orleans

  • Added: Sep 04, 2007
  • Length: 12:59
On Memorial Day: An "I" for Islam
From: Kyle Gassiott
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A story about Muslims in the American military-including a WWII vet who lobbied the government to designate Islam on military dogtags.

Bought by Raven Radio and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 2
Aceh: Preserving the Peace, Post Disaster
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Jocelyn Ford examines how American aid after the tsunami is impacting Aceh, Indonesia, for better or worse.

  • Added: May 31, 2007
  • Length: 06:39
India-Ukraine: Containing (and Expanding) the Nuclear Sphere
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Simon Marks explores the multi-faceted and often contradictory approaches that successive US governments have adopted toward non-proliferation.

  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 11:01
Djibouti: Building, Not Fighting
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Kristin McHugh reports from Djibouti on American military efforts to combat terrorism through civil and humanitarian projects.

  • Added: May 18, 2007
  • Length: 09:08
Argentina Jumps on the Biofuels Bandwagon
From: Marie Trigona
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Buenos Aires Hosts Biofuels Conference

  • Added: May 12, 2007
  • Length: 04:51
"Beyond Fear: America's Role in an Uncertain World "- A Documentary Special
From: The Stanley Foundation
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"Beyond Fear" explores new scenarios for US global leadership built on common action, trust, and hope.

Bought by WBEZ, WRVO Public Media, WVIK, Interlochen Public Radio, KUER and more


  • Added: May 10, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 21
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 1: Welcome to Western Guilford
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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We begin a series to better understand the challenges facing all high schools by looking closely at one school: Western Guilford High School in Gre...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 3
Part 2: Freshman Academy
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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More students drop out in the 9th grade than any other year of school. At Western Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, school leader...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 3