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The Rapidly Changing City of Shanghai (Feature)
From: With Good Reason
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China is everywhere in American news, but we seem to hear the same stories over and over. A new book set in Shanghai seeks to tell a less familiar ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 02:32
Veterans in the Classroom
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. Two writing professors ha...

Bought by KENW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 4
Military Headline News
From: Rick Rogers
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Unique, non-partisan military and veterans news and information in a short format.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
The World with Tim Stackpool
From: Timothy Stackpool
Series: THE WORLD with Tim Stackpool
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Weekly series looking at the issues affecting the people of our planet

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:30
Transit for All
From: Making Contact
Caption: Free MUNI for Youth campaign celebrants in San Francisco, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
When city budgets are cut, public transportation is often on the chopping block; routes and lines serving those who need the service most, can be t...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
In Amish Country, Fracking Here to Stay
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: A Chesapeake Energy rig in Carroll County, Ohio, where fracking is taking place in Amish communities. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
In Ohio, some of the best pockets of oil and gas in the East run right under Amish country. Reid Frazier found the drilling boom is confronting the...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
The Republican Party has reached its peak in the South
From: With Good Reason
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Since the 1970s, Republicans have controlled Southern politics, but according to one researcher, the Republican Party has reached its peak in the S...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:28
Grit, Luck and Money: Preparing Kids for College and Getting Them Through
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: YES Prep students at an informational session at the University of Oklahoma. YES Prep is a charter school network that serves a low-income population in Houston, Tex. and focuses on getting all of its students accepted into 4-year colleges. , Credit: YES Prep Public Schools
Why are so many low-income students quitting college, and what leads a few to beat the odds and make it through? (8/30/2012)

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KERA, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Coming Prosperity
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In spite of the current state of the economy, the next 25 years will see an unprecedented rise in human wellbeing.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Growing Pains at The World's Largest Co-op?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The Mondragón Corporation includes everything from banking to bike factories, nano-technology to rabbit farming. Its a corporate dream—but this cor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 09:43
Making it Our Business: Co-ops on the Rise
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ariizmendi Fourth Street, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
The global economic situation is causing more people to consider worker owned businesses. We go from Chicago, where workers are trying to take over...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
A picture of American consumerism
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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With the March announcement that Best Buy is closing 50 large stores around the country, the dominance of big box retail has been called into quest...

Bought by KENW and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 2
Racing to Save D.C.'s Oldest Federal Monuments
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: The boundary stones are the oldest federal monuments in D.C. (and Virginia)., Credit: Stephen Powers
Washington's oldest monuments have nearly been forgotten. But a group of engineers, preservationists and history buffs is racing to change that.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:10
A “Risky Recipe” for New Yorkers with High Health Needs?
From: New York News Connection
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The state has a new proposal to cut costs for New Yorkers with increased healthcare needs, although there are concerns about quality, and whether t...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Justice in the Home: Domestic Workers Re-define the Labor Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Domestic workers in Texas., Credit: Flickr user: Nuevo Anden
With the passage of New York’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2010, workers are now organizing in California and other states to win basic righ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Taxcast (February)
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: The Taxcast
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In February's Taxcast: How Facebook is saving billions in tax via Ireland and Bermuda. Are City of London Police really serious about prosecuting f...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 14:52
Remembering the Subtle Signs of Segregation
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: This rough sketch for a children's book drew one D.C. native into a mystery regarding “Colored Only” signs in D.C. in the 1930s. , Credit: Rebecca Sheir
A well-meaning illustration in a children's book sparks controversy over segregation in the nation's capital in the 1930s.

Bought by Listenwise, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 3
A Unique Clinic for the Uninsured
From: Scott Goldberg
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For the past twenty years, Shepherd's Clinic in Baltimore has provided comprehensive health care to the uninsured -- without any government funding...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
Preaching Healthy Living in African-American Churches
From: Scott Goldberg
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Diabetes among African-American adults has reached epidemic proportions. Healthy Bodies, Healthy Souls -- an innovative public health program in Ba...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 2
Who Controls Black Women's Bodies? (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rally in support of the Ohio Prevention First Act, Credit: creative commons Flickr user ProgressOhio
Reproductive health services for women are under attack, leaving poor women and women of color lacking access. But a broad coalition of women is st...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gang Injunctions Arrive in London
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s called a gang injunction. A controversial crime tool strategy that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last reso...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 13:36
Inside "Occupy Wall Street" in NYC: Who Are The People Camped There. Where Are They Coming From?
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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This is a documentary snapshot of the hundreds of people camped out at NYC's Zuccotti Park that attempts to go beyond simple slogans to the varying...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 32:50
TruthToTell Apr 25: POLYMET MINING CASE-Part 1: Copper-Nickel Mining Will Kill Northern Waters
From: Andy Driscoll
Series: TruthToTell
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What is more important? Jobs? Or the long-term integrity of our air and water? TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL and MICHELLE ALIMORADI talk with those who are ...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Bees: The Threatened Link in Food Security
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites we eat. But they’re fighting to survive, in a world filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Some College, No Degree: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4