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The Other End of the Line: Profile of a 911 Operator
From: Aaron Henkin
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a look at life on the phone at the Baltimore City Police Department's 911 call center

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: May 15, 2007
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
A Bean of a Different Color
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Border Stories
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Investigative feature tells of an attempt by an American farmer to patent a yellow bean commonly found in Mexico, effectively prohibiting Mexicans ...

Bought by WRPI, KXOT Public Radio, KPFA, and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Apr 10, 2007
  • Length: 17:42
  • Purchases: 4
A Better Day, A Better Place
From: Libby Conn
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Marilou, age 58, talks about her past experiences as a homeless woman in Boston and the food bank she runs today for the needy in her new community.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2007
  • Length: 07:15
  • Purchases: 1
Making History in Massachusetts: Governor Deval Patrick, From the South Side to the State House
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
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A profile of Governor Deval Patrick, his history making election and his place in the new politics of race nationally.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WCPN, KUT-HD, WFIU, Connecticut Public (WNPR) and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Pepper Fluke
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Passionate Citizens
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Pepper Fluke is a Durham, NC based artist credited with saving the historic Carolina Theatre

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Feb 19, 2007
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1
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
Code of the Wild: DNA and Applied Ecology
From: SoundVision Productions
Series: The DNA Files
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Biologists who study how living things interact are using genetics as a powerful new tool.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, WUAL, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
RN Documentary: No Laughing Matter
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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After the attacks on Sept 11, the world and especially the US created a new subject that was taboo ? the idea of linking the Twin Towers attacks wi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KWCW, and WCOM


  • Added: Oct 19, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Healing Healthcare
From: WHYY
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An in-depth look at the relationship between healthcare providers and patients

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCBU, KTNA, WMRA, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 28, 2006
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 7
DIRTY HARRY - When the American Dream Became a Nightmare
From: Claes Andreasson
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The effects of the nuclear weapons tests in Nevada on people working at, and living downwind from the test site

Bought by KUER, KOSU, Nevada Public Radio, PRX Remix, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 11
"The Cairo Trilogy" by Naguib Mahfouz
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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An interview with Fouad Ajami about The Cairo Trilogy by Egyptian Nobel Laurete Naguib Mahfouz who died 30 Aug 2006.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 29:31
  • Purchases: 2
Occitan Rock
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Julian Crandall Hollick follows two groups of musicians in southern France who are pushing the boundaries of French identity, using a blend of regg...

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Mezcal Dreams
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Sound-rich feature about a Mexican village's efforts to keep its menfolk from leaving for the United States by marketing its hand-made liquor.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:31
  • Purchases: 1
Welsh Renaissance
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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Languages around the world are disappearing at an unprecedented rate. But Welsh is making a comeback, and children are leading the way. Jon Mille...

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Jul 04, 2006
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
Leaving the Gay Ghettoes
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2003
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Stories of folks who have left the large urban gay centers for smaller cities, looking to start over...and what happens when they get there.

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WGBH Radio Boston, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KWCW


  • Added: May 27, 2006
  • Length: 58:42
  • Purchases: 4
Flatlined: How Illinois Shortchanges Rural Students
From: Todd Melby
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This documentary shows how students in small town schools suffer because of the way Illinois funds its public schools.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 23, 2006
  • Length: 26:37
  • Purchases: 2
Connecting The Hebrides
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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The Internet helps revive a dying culture in Scotland's remote Outer Hebrides islands.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2006
  • Length: 08:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Story of the SRA-Bylaw (DRAFT)
From: Megan Hall
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Behind every law there's an intention. There's a response to a problem. Here's the problem-

  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 39:32
Life on 'The Ave'
From: KUOW
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"It's very much an organism in itself. What can I say? This place has a bit of enchantment to it."

  • Added: Apr 06, 2006
  • Length: 23:58
American Jews in the IDF: One Day at the Border Crossing
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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An IDF soldier detains a Palestinian family at a border crossing and comes to an epiphany.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2006
  • Length: 09:56
Silt Happens
From: Amy Marsh
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Energy Development on Colorado's Western Slope

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 18:16
  • Purchases: 1
Riding the Bus: a sound portrait
From: KUOW
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"I saw those seats, and I just had to sit in them...immediately."

  • Added: Nov 21, 2005
  • Length: 22:58
Banda Aceh Indonesia Long After Tsunami
From: UNICEF
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This story is Free! Correspondent Dan Thomas visits Banda Aceh to see the rebuilding effort

  • Added: Nov 10, 2005
  • Length: 08:39
The Nakba and Palestinian Refugees
From: Freedom Radio Project
Series: Palestinian Refugee Youth Radio
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Ashraf interviews Um Sameeh, his grandmother, who tells the story of her experience during the 1948 Nakba.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: May 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
In Love with the Mob
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place: Third Season
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One hundred years of mob rule in Youngstown, Ohio.

Bought by Audible


  • Added: May 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1

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