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The So-called Mystery of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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Three hundred years ago this Easter, Europeans landed on what they called "Easter Island," and ever since, the statues there have been a mystery. B...

Bought by WKSU, KWIT, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 18
Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh Century Martyr (1 of 2) (ENCORE)
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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Scholars and religious leaders explore the impact of Husayn and the devotion of the 15-20 million pilgrims who visit his shrine each year. Part 1 o...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
Guinea Bissau Changes Currency (1996 BBC Focus on Africa)
From: Hechtech
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Sample BBC Reporting from the 1990s

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:24
Some Germans Intolerant of Islamic Animal Slaughter (2013 PRI/BBC The World)
From: Hechtech
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Sample BBC Reporting from the 1990s

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 06:32
60 Watts Interviews Billy Mason Wood of Blacklisters
From: Brian Babinec
Series: 60 Watts
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(For release week of 21 May 2018) 60 Watts is joined on the phone by Billy Mason Wood of the UK noise rock band Blacklisters, to discuss humor in n...

  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 14:03
Direct Action with Mauro Oliviera at the Creech AFB Drone Protest
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Doug Bennett - Host of Unspun
Unspun features Direct Action activists protesting Drone Warfare and "extra-judicial" murder by the Obama administration, at Creech Air Force Base ...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 58:57
Unspun Discusses Guantanamo Diary with Ms. Nancy Hollander, Mohamedou Slahi's Lawyer
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Nancy Hollande
This Saturday on Unspun we are talking with Ms. Nancy Hollander. Ms. Hollander is an internationally recognized criminal defense lawyer and past pr...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
Unspun Shares Chris Hedges' Speech in Santa Cruz
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Chris Hedges
Unspun features Chris Hedges. We present excerpts from his recent speech given in Santa Cruz on November 23rd, 2014. I call the speech "Fighting F...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2015
  • Length: 57:22
Latitude News Podcast #8 — Can the U.S. keep conflict minerals from Congo out of your laptop?
From: Latitude News
Caption: Marie Jeanne, one of Congo's hundreds of thousands of women who are a victim of sexual violence.
Lawmakers in the U.S. want to leverage our consumer power to bring change to the Congo. The question is: do they stand a chance of making a differe...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 14:32
  • Purchases: 1
Overnight Metropolis
From: Ashley Cleek
Caption: Luxury hotels and apartments across the street from an earthquake-risk neighborhood., Credit: Ashley Cleek
Istanbul is a massive city of around 15 million people living in 3 million apartments. But Istanbul is also a city that is slated to have a major e...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 1
I Am Not The Only One
From: Arndt Peltner
Caption: Genozid Mermorial, Credit: A. Peltner
The Rwandan genocide of 1994 still haunts an entire country

  • Added: Jan 27, 2013
  • Length: 20:15
Latitude News Podcast #6 — The Shady Trade in American Horsemeat
From: Latitude News
Caption: This racehorse never should have been eaten. , Credit: Ken Terpenning
Are Europeans eating drugged-up American horses?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 14:04
  • Purchases: 2
Amnesty At 50
From: Neil Gardner
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Amnesty has recently attracted criticism, sometimes from those who have been its most committed activists.  John Tusa asks if it has lost its way a...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 36:34
Remembering Hondros
From: War News Radio
Caption: Chris Hondros in Libya, Credit: John Moore (Getty Images)
News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:57
"German Soul: The Music of Xavier Naidoo"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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BORN IN MANNHEIM. GERMANY IN 1971, XAVIER NAIDOO IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE BRIGHTEST STAR TO EMERGE ON THE GERMAN POP AND SOUL MUSIC SCENE. XAVIER N...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:09
Visit to Rwanda
From: Arndt Peltner
Caption: Prison Gitarama, Credit: Peltner
A country in change, that is still hold back by its recent past

  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: 12:53
"Before The Legend: The Rise Of Bob Marley"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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Produced by Dred Scott Keyes, "Before The Legend: The Rise of Bob Marley", this entertaining and informational interview/music mix with author Chr...

Bought by WNCU, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and WCPN


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 3
An Interview with Zackie Achmat: A World AIDS Day Special Report
From: The Stanley Foundation
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An interview with leading South African AIDS activist Zackie Achmat.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 20, 2008
  • Length: 11:40
  • Purchases: 1
Violence or Non-Violence?
From: Phillip Martin
Series: Standing Up To Hate in Europe
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European anti-racism activists using violence and non-violence to counter Neo-Nazis and anti-immigrant policies.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Jan 12, 2008
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
Part 2: Crime Ignored
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: Genderless Justice
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The second part examines the sexual violence being perpetrated against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo and during the genocide in Rwanda.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 17:32
Three Iraqi Americans on War and Peace: short piece
From: Miae Kim
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Three Iraqi Americans' views on Iraq war

  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:51
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
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
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: 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