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24/7: The Rise and Influence of Arab Media - A Documentary Special
From: The Stanley Foundation
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The dramatic expansion of open media in the Arab world is changing the political landscape of the region. How does this rapidly changing spectrum i...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WMUB, WETA, KCPW Salt Lake City, AIFM and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 20
Crossing East: First Contacts - Program One
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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Asian sailors and adventurers helped to form the new country of America. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS...

Bought by KUOW, Radio Catskill, KZYX, KRCB 104.9, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 25
Voices of Iraqi Americans on War and Peace
From: Miae Kim
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Three Iraqi Americans share their views on the war in Iraq and solutions for peace.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 26, 2006
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 1
Crossing East: Frontier Asians - Program Two
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
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The communities, farms and ranches settled by Asian Americans on the frontier. Hosted by George Takei. THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THER...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KQED, WCPN, WCPN and more


  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 01:53:00
  • Purchases: 20
RN Documentary: Noah's Raft: saving Madagascar's wildlife without the Ark
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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On-location documentary style report about Madagascar, its unique wildlife and efforts to conserve it.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTNA, and Internet Partnership Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Part 5: Press Freedoms
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Today
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Domestic problems are widely covered in Iran's newspapers, but there are some "red lines" journalists are warned not to cross. The red lines aren't...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
Part 4: Morals Police
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Today
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he para-military organization known as Basij has attracted an army of devout young men dedicated to fundamentalist Islamic principals. Their job is...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:17
  • Purchases: 1
Part 3: Power of Words
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Today
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In Iran writers, especially poets, enjoy pop-star status. Despite the dangers poet Simin Behbehani has used her work to speak out for human rights ...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
Part 2: Beyond the Veil
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Today
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Women's lives in Iran defy stereotypes. Women are caught between modernity and tradition, and their rights under Iranian law reflect these paradoxes.

Bought by WBEZ, Radio Catskill, KVMR, WBEZ, KWCW and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:57
  • Purchases: 6
Part 1: Making Ends Meet
From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Today
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Poverty and unemployment are taking their toll on every from medical school graduates to those with little education.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 07:53
  • Purchases: 1
Music from the Nortec Collective reflects life on the border
From: KPBS
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Electronic musicians from the Nortec Collective talk about how life on the border influenced their music. The piece has music weaved throughout.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 13, 2006
  • Length: 17:13
  • Purchases: 1
PREVIEW: "24/7: The Rise and Influence of Arab Media"
From: The Stanley Foundation
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The dramatic expansion of open media in the Arab world is changing the political landscape of the region. How does this rapidly changing spectrum i...

Bought by WGUC/ WVXU and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 2
RN Valentine's Day Special
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Radio Netherlands the Dutch international series presents Long Distance Love ? two tales of transatlantic romance to warm up your Valentines day.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KMXT, KUT, KUNM, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
From Sagebrush to Steppe
From: Western Folklife Center Media
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Music bridges the language barrier as a group of cowboy musicians trek across the Mongolian steppe on horseback, making friends and singing songs w...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), PRX to iTunes, Marfa Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 9
Three women who visited North Korea
From: Miae Kim
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Three Korean-American women who visited North Korea give their impressions of family, food, politics, and beliefs.

  • Added: Jan 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:14
Oglala Lakota Sioux
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus: Worlds Apart
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Oglala Lakota Sioux: A Tour of the Great Plains

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KAAD-LP, WDSE, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 20
Aboriginal Australians
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus: Worlds Apart
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Personal stories of being part of Australia’s Stolen Generation.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, XRAY.fm, KWIS 88.3 FM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUFT and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2005
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 15
RN Documentary: All But Gone - Last Chance to Save the Great Apes
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Anne Blair Gould asks why Chimpanzees, Gorillas and Orang Utans are expected to be extinct within the next 30 years.

Bought by KTNA, KVNF, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 26, 2005
  • Length: 29:33
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: Zeeland '53
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus: Living With Water
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Recreation of the disastrous 1953 flood in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland during which more than 1800 lives were lost.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and WRPI


  • Added: Sep 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 2
Part Two
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars Spanish Language Series
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Downsizing armies, Community Radi & The Artists View

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2005
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Part One
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars Spanish Language Series
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Have peace and democracy come to Central America?

Bought by KDNA Radio and SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Sep 06, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: The International Criminal Court and the United States
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Why is the United States battling against the international criminal court, an institution it helped create?

  • Added: Aug 30, 2005
  • Length: 29:29
RN Documentary: The International Criminal Court – in its own words
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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The history and creation of the international criminal court by people who helped establish it or who work there.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Central America After the Wars Part Four - The Press, Indigenous Identity & The Artists' View
From: Maria Martin
Series: Despues de las Guerras: Central America After the Wars
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Free Press, Identity & Discrimination

Bought by KUT, WSKG, WGBH Radio Boston, WLIU, WBEZ and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2005
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
South Africa's Kwaito Generation: Inside Out
From: Inside Out Documentaries
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Sean Cole travels to South Africa to meet the people who make kwaito, a genre of music mixing American hip-hop and South African pop styles, reflec...

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, WFUV, WYSO and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2005
  • Length: 01:37:42
  • Purchases: 6

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