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Uncovering the Refugee Experience & Healing Through Storytelling (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: (Left) Wilson Dairy Restaurant (Right) Helen Zia as a baby with mom., Credit: Photo copyright Helen Zia used with permission
This week's episode is about two women, one who fled Shanghai during Mao's Chinese Revolution, and the other who escaped the Bolshevik Revolution a...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KALW


  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dismantlng Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Unprecedented concentrations of wealth. Fundamental changes in the economy. A weakened institutional government, making it more difficult to meet p...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jeff Ruch – "How to be a Whistleblower"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public While Surviving Public Service “The Art of Anonymous Activism: Serving the Public While Survivin...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
America for Americans
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Erika Lee
We like to think of America as a country that, until recently, welcomes immigrants. In reality, that’s never been the case. You may have read abou...

Bought by KCBX and KRZA


  • Added: Dec 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Post-Truth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Lee McIntyre
We now live in what’s called “The Post-Truth Era.” That means feelings carry more weight than evidence, and alternative facts replace actual facts....

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Port Chicago Sailors: Separate and Unequal
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Freddie Meeks, sailor in the disaster at weapons shipping depot in Port Chicago, Calif., holds a picture of himself as a young seaman July 14, 1994. He died in 2003. , Credit: (AP Photo/Chris Pizzelo)
Wartime. Disaster. Trauma. Charges of mutiny for 50 Black sailors in a Jim Crow courtroom. Discrimination and a battle for civil rights. Listen to ...

Bought by KSFR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 03, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
William Boyer – The Rights of Our Children
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century William Boyer, a Professor Emeritus and the former Chairman of the Department of Educational Fo...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Peace Greats (Part 2)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Memorable moments from Peace Talks Radio programs spotlighting Nobel Prize winners Mairead Maguire, Ralph Bunche, Muhammad Yunus, Jody Williams, Ma...

Bought by KCNP, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Making Contact’s 20th Anniversary
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A 20th anniversary edition of Making Contact. We hear the story of the program’s creation by volunteers, and how this little radio show became part...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Mark Winne Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Mark Winne, food activist and author of “Closing the Food Gap” and “ “Food Rebels, Guerrill...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
AVR Interview: Robert Platshorn - Black Tuna Diaries: America's Most Notorious Marijuana Smuggler
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Black Tuna Diaries
Robert Platshorn "Bobby Tuna" spent 30 years behind bars after being convicted of marijuana smuggling in the 1970's. Out of prison now, Bob has pie...

  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 30:46
AVR Larry Tye- Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
From: Chris Goldstein
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Author/Journalist Larry Tye interviews on his new book Satchel. This is the first comprehensive biography of perhaps the best pitcher in baseball h...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 24, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 2
Medical Marijuana - New Jersey moves bill, New Mexico's active program
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: NJ Assembly Medical Marijuana hearing 6-4-09
Actuality Audio from the NJ Assembly health committee hearing on medical marijuana 6-4-09 and interview with New Mexico Drug Policy Alliance on the...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jun 10, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 1
Obama's 100 Days with Stephanie Robinson co-author of Accountable
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: Accountable
Stephanie Robinson's newest book is Accountable: Making America as Good as its Promise. She joins us to discuss President Obama's first 100 days in...

  • Added: May 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:28
2008 Interviews: Barney Frank, Judy Polumbaum, Jim Douglass, Marnia Lazreg, Steve Bloom
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Some author interview highlights from Active Voice Radio 2008

  • Added: Jan 07, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
Active Voice Radio 10-29-08: Steve Bloom: Pot Culture and Si Kahn: The Fox in the Henhouse
From: Chris Goldstein
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Steve Bloom on his book Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life also Si Kahn on his book The Fox in the Henhouse:How Privatization T...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Active Voice Radio 10-22-08: Economic History: Felicia Khornbluh- The Battle for Welfare Rights
From: Chris Goldstein
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Duke university Professor Felicia Kornbluh- discusses her book The Battle For Welfare Rights : Politics and Poverty in Modern America

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Active Voice Radio 10-8-08: FBI Uniform Crime Report- Marijuana Arrests 2007
From: Chris Goldstein
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Chris speaks with Allen St. Pierre of the NORML Foundation about the over 820, 000 Americans arrested in 2007 on marijuana violations.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Oct 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1