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Reimagining a New Way of Life
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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New Orleans East is home to the most-dense ethnically Vietnamese population outside of Vietnam. In the Gulf region, about 80 percent of Vietnamese ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGNU Community Radio, Vermont Public, WTIP and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 6: All Things
From: Barika Edwards
Series: The Aliens
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Episode 6 All Things All things must come to an end... but some endings are truly new beginnings. Season one of The Aliens culminates with "All Th...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 54:53
Humankind: Passengers (Hour Two)
From: Humankind
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With federal support for public transit hanging in the balance, this sound-rich series (two one-hour documentaries) examines how our personal trans...

Bought by WCPN, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio, KUT, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Wilma Subra: Chemistry of the Aftermath
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Chemist Wilma Subra has spent her career defending local communities against Louisiana’s powerful oil and gas industry. Since the Deepwater Horizon...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, Vermont Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Nat Turner: Planting Seeds for a Lifetime
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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For Nat Turner, garden rakes and shovels are tools for transformation. He's transformed an old store in New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward into an urba...

Bought by KOSU, KCMJ Community Radio, KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Kyshun Webster: Reaching for Greatness
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Dr. Kyshun Webster is a man who gets things done. And before that, he was a kid who got things done. Now the founder and executive director of Oper...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vermont Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFIU and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Humankind: Passengers (Hour One)
From: Humankind
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With transportation jobs on the line, this sound-rich series (two one-hour documentaries) examines how our personal transportation choices - privat...

Bought by KVSC, WCPN, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
Peace Week 2010 - Part 1 (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Part One of a recap of some compelling moments from an online gathering of 75 diverse peacemakers from around the globe in 2010.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KPIP-LP, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Put to the Test
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes
There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, NPR Illinois, WTIP, KERA and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Early Lessons
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student in a preschool classroom at River Breeze Elementary, a public school in Palatka, Florida. Preschool used to be a radical idea, but now the majority of American children go to preschool. , Credit: Stephen Smith
There’s been a quiet revolution in America’s schools over recent decades. We’ve added an extra grade to a child’s education: Preschool. (10/29/2009)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KPIP-LP, KMUZ and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Philosophy Talk Highlights
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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It's a Philosophy Talk highlight reel for your public radio pledge drive!

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KRZA, KTSW 89.9, KMXT, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2011
  • Length: 50:58
  • Purchases: 5
Action Speaks! - What's Eating Us?:1987 The Roaming Mobro Trash Barge
From: Action Speaks Radio
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In 1987, a barge filled with New York City garbage was dragged up and down the East Coast and into Mexican and Caribbean waters. Our panelists use ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio, WCPN, WRPI and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Winona LaDuke
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Winona LaDuke has spent decades working on issues of renewable energy, health, and environmental justice on northern Minnesota's White Earth Reserv...

Bought by WILL, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KICI Iowa City, KVNF, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 22
John Francis
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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John Francis spent two decades walking across North and South America, spreading a silent message of respect for the earth. He takes host Majora Ca...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vermont Public and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Brenda Palms Barber
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Brenda Palms Barber is driven by a certainty that "people deserve second chances and you can choose to turn your life around." Brenda started a tra...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vermont Public, WRVO Public Media, The Public's Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
Audrey and Frank Peterman
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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If Frank and Audrey Peterman have their way, many more of their fellow black Americans will visit our national parks. They take host Majora Carter ...

Bought by KALW, High Plains Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KUER, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 25
Nalini Nadkarni
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Pioneering researcher and "queen of the forest canopy" Nalini Nadkarni, shows host Majora Carter the wonders of the Olympic rain forest — from the ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WZEN.org, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vermont Public, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Peacemaking from the "Third Side": Peace Talks Radio [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: The Third Side by William Ury
The "Third Side" looks at conflict not just from one side or the other, but from the larger perspective of the surrounding community, or “third sid...

Bought by WRGY, KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
The Planning Problem
From: Nathanael Johnson
Caption: Artist rendering of the California High Speed Rail, Credit: CAHSRA
The Big Dig, the Bay Bridge, the Chunnel... Why do transportation projects go so spectacularly over budget? There's a simple explanation - this doc...

Bought by The Neighborhood and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 26:38
  • Purchases: 2
Peaceful Protection in Hot Spots (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: A Peace Brigades Volunteer In Nepal, Credit: PBI
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we hear about two organizations working in conflict-ridden parts of the world. Both organizations make use of unarm...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
Peaceful Protection in Hot Spots (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: PBI Volunteer Dana Brown Accompanies Local Activists in Colombia, Credit: Dana Brown
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we hear about two organizations working in conflict-ridden parts of the world. Both organizations make use of unarm...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 25, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
These Buildings Have Feelings
From: Hannah Krakauer
Caption: Bellingham Granary, Credit: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
An in-depth exploration of the waterfront development in Bellingham, WA.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 27:46
Philosophy Talk Live! Fundraising Special
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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A fundraising special from the award winning, nationally syndicated Philosophy Radio Program.

Bought by KANW and WVTF


  • Added: May 17, 2010
  • Length: 48:58
  • Purchases: 2
See Jane Do: Mother's Day for Peace and Social Justice
From: Elisa Parker
Caption: CODEPINK Mother's Day for Peace Vigil, Credit: Jesse Locks, See Jane Do
The stories of everyday women doing extraordinary things for peace at the largest Mother's Day peace vigil in Washington D.C. Special guests includ...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 56:10
  • Purchases: 1
FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for Week of April 21, 2010
From: FuseBox Radio Broadcast
Series: FuseBox Radio Broadcast w/ DJ Fusion & Jon Judah
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Another 3 hour mixshow episode of Intelligent Hip-Hop Radio & 21st Century Black Radio of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & J...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:58:13

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