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A Blues Unlimited Special: In Their Own Words - A Conversation with the Blues
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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In this montage of story and song, we hear Blues musicians speaking about their lives, the meaning of the Blues, growing up in hard times, and maki...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
ACORN Descendents Keep Their Traditions, While Fighting Foreclosures
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As the 2009 ACORN scandal quickly unfolded and funding started to dry up, the groups’ members and organizers had to jump ship. Many formed new loc...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
American Graduate: Poetic Justice Part 2 - Graduation Day
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
Caption: Aaron Jones
WUNC is a part of the American Graduate Project. It's a public media initiative looking at the drop out crisis across the country. As a part of thi...

Bought by KZYX and Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
Changing Roles and Rules
From: Amy Gastelum
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Stef Adkins competes in his very first Drag Competition as Barbie Que, juggling issues of identity and boundaries.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 26, 2012
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 2
Affrilachian Poet Frank X Walker
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Kentucky poet who coined the term “Affrilachian” has a new collection of poetry. Allison Quantz reports he takes on historical and current racism.

Bought by KENW and West Virginia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 2
"We need a penny!" Farmworkers Fight For Justice
From: On Blast
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The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organized a rally in front of a center city Trader Joes and the Philly Student Union was there to help support.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:04
Yasmine's Song
From: Latitude News
Caption: Yasmine Gustafsson
Bullying isn't an American phenomenon. In Sweden, a federally-appointed bullying ombudsman will sue a school district for not sheltering students f...

Bought by Listenwise, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 04:44
  • Purchases: 3
Never Done Year
From: Shannon Geis
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A woman does something new every day for a year.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1
Lady E: Two Times A Child
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Lady E. aka
Lady E tells me that some nights when she’s finished singing and returns to her apartment and is having trouble with the zipper on her dress, she’l...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 56:36
Local group Los Cenzontles proudly says, "Yo soy Mexico Americano"
From: KALW
Caption: Los Cenzontles, Credit: http://www.themockingbirds.info/
Los Cenzontles is a unique musical group. Based in San Pablo, it's a band that usually performs usually performs and writes rock, latin fusion musi...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 09:56
Meet your neighbor: the Salvadoran Idol
From: KALW
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KALW’s Nathanael Johnson lives in San Francisco, near Mission and 30th Street. It’s at the intersection of several different neighborhoods with lot...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
Representing Yourself in Court
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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A mother struggles to represent herself in a custody dispute when she runs out of money to pay her lawyer.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
A museum for minding your manners
From: KALW
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Head to the East Bay city of Hayward, and you’ll find a museum with a little bit of class. There, the city’s historical society puts on exhibits ab...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:05
I'm a Jew
From: Tali Singer
Caption: Devorah Spilman
Devorah Spilman tells the story of how she became an observant Jew.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 1
Why Kids Today are into Clothing Brands
From: KBEM
Series: What's Real
Caption: Zoe Norling, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
A generation ago, it was colorful clothing, but today, kids are more into shopping for specific brands. Why? Zoe Norling, a student at Susan B Anth...

  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
StoryCorps: George Lengel
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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George Lengel remembers growing up in the company town of Roebling, NJ.

Bought by KZYX, WEZU, Delta College Public Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 4
No Argument Here
From: With Good Reason
Caption: James Farmer, Credit: Library of Congress
A college professor is following the footsteps of a civil rights icon James Farmer, by training his students in the art of debate. Lydia Wilson, ...

Bought by KUAC, WJAB, WCSU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
SRP: A Conversation with Sudanese Musician Nile
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear from a Sudanese musician living in Dubai, whose R&B hits have attracted listeners from across the Middle Eas...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2009
  • Length: 07:41
Training with the Wyoming National Guard
From: Addie Goss
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How soldiers prepare for deployment...at home and at training.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2009
  • Length: 04:48
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
A Softer Voice
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Hillary's been playing music all her life and her gender never seemed to matter. But when she began composing things got more complicated.

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, Remix Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 02:53
  • Purchases: 6
Surrounded by Lights
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Spend a day with Amy, a single mother, as she works to fulfill the promise she made to her daughter two years ago.

Bought by KGLT and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 2
Everything's Dandy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Adrienne Damicis has been in and out of the hospital since birth. As she becomes a teenager, her parents struggle to learn the difference between k...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
The All-American Cambodian
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Chandra's mother is distant toward her activities, including cheerleading, at high school. Her mom has never watched her cheer. She objects to the ...

Bought by WMPG and YouthCast


  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
The "Purban" poetry pulpit
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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The people and urban potery movement

  • Added: Aug 30, 2007
  • Length: 03:52