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Why are new mothers dying at an alarming rate in this country?

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 21:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Noel Gasca poses for a graduation shot with her father, Rick Gasca, and mother, Kim Chapman., Credit: Courtesy of Noel Gasca
On a sunny morning during her junior year of high school, Noel Gasca was taking the SAT, when she got to a question that left her stumped. It basic...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kamna Shastri with her dad on her fifth birthday. Now, Kamna is coming to terms with her albinism., Credit: COURTESY OF KAMNA SHASTRI
RadioActive producer Kamna Shastri tries to understand where she fits into conversations about race and identity as an Indian-American with albinism.

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:52
Caption: RadioActive youth producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija. Ibraahim says 'when you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised.', Credit: Esa Tilija
"When you're born, they call you a lighty, and it's praised." RadioActive Youth Producers Ahlaam Ibraahim and Esa Tilija explore the world of colo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:18
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LOVE!! Why is it so hard to find?! The seemingly endless options of online dating should make it easy, right? Is there data that can predict lastin...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 32:11
Caption: The Black Lives Matter sign at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, Credit: Katie Klocksin
The story of how members of the mostly white Unitarian Church of Evanston decided to take a stand in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Anelise Moon-Schruder, 24, is part of the white anti-racist movement., Credit: Paul Kiefer
Anelise Moon-Schruder, 24, is part of a movement of white people who are coming together to reflect on their privilege. As a young woman raised in ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: RadioActive's Kamna Shastri and her cousin Ananya Shankar in Seattle, Credit: Jenny Asarnow
A 13-year-old girl in Chennai, India, had always wanted to visit the United States. But when she does, her idealized view of America is tested by t...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: RadioActive reporters Antonia Dorn and Kadian Vanloo
There’s no such thing as a normal you. Do you talk to your boss the same way you talk to your dog? Probably not. This is called code switching.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 14:57
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I was once told that the 1960s didn’t reach Maine until the 1980s. I learned that it took longer.

Bought by WMPG and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Michelle Alexander
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...

Bought by KVMR and KSFR


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We take a look at the Police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Oakland protestors lay in the position Oscar Grant was in when he was killed, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
Who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong—the police chief or the people? Cities across the country are creating civilian oversig...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 05, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Khadija Hussein is fourteen, and a Somali refugee living in Lewiston, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1