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The Road to Livingston
From: Abigail Mahnke, host of Inner Views
Caption: Chelsea Hernandez, Abigail Mahnke & Erik Mauck, Credit: Lisa Scheps
I interviewed filmmakers Erik Mauck and Chelsea Hernandez about the feature length documentary they're in the process of making, called The Road to...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 28, 2011
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1
Labor News and Just Harvest (3-18-11)
From: Charles Showalter
Series: Labor News Commentary
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Jack Wade (JackWadeShow.com), Doug Cunningham (LaborRadio.org) and I will talk about national labor issues, then Barb Toncheff will talk about Buy ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 50:02
State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and the Civil Rights Movement
From: American Public Media
Series: American RadioWorks: Black History
Caption: White students protest integration at the University of Mississippi in 1962. No state in the South was more resistant to the struggle for black equality. , Credit: Photograph by Flip Schulke/CORBIS
Mississippi occupies a distinct and dramatic place in the history of America’s civil rights movement. No state in the South was more resistant to t...

Bought by WDDE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WKMS, WCMU Michigan, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 32
Jeremy N. Smith, author of Growing a Garden City
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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The sub-title of the book pretty much sums it up: "How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single...

Bought by KISU and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2011
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 2
Stan the Evangelist
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Formerly a chaplain at Maine State Prison, Reverend Stan Moody is on a crusade to change the way we treat our criminals. Some of his parishioners ...

Bought by PRX Remix, WMPG, KUOW, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2011
  • Length: 07:45
  • Purchases: 4
Crazy John
From: Jay Allison
Series: Stories From Carmen
Caption: Carmen Delzell, c. 2000
Carmen Delzell was homeless for a couple of years in the early 1990's. This piece was produced in 1996, after she got on her feet and was living i...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUT, KGLT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 24, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 4
David Korten - Wall Street Illusions, Real Solutions
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World; Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth and The Great Turning: From ...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 28:49
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
Independent Minds: Jack Kevorkian
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: Independent Minds
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Discover how a curious pathologist turned into an expert on death and challenged our ideas of life and self-determination.

Bought by WNIN, WHRV, Iowa Public Radio, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 55:55
  • Purchases: 4
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -6: Rosewood Reborn (1923 --
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Rosewood survivor Minnie Lee Langley
It began on New Years Day 1923, when a white woman in a small Florida (saw-)milltown claimed that a black man had attacked her. By the week's end, ...

Bought by WCPN


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:31
  • Purchases: 1
Between Civil War and Civil Rights -8: American As Apple Pie--How Terrorism Lost (1940-55)
From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights
Caption: Paul Robeson testifies
Equality under the law became viable for African Americans only after hard, dangerous work turned public opinion and federal policy against the whi...

Bought by WCPN and KSJD


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 2
Brainstorm: An Experience of Brain Injury (58:00 / 53:00)
From: Rogi Riverstone
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Produced by Rogi Riverstone, "Brainstorm" is a creative exploration of brain injury, through interviews with survivors.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2009
  • Length: 57:38
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
"WITHOUT COMMENT: THE FIRST 100 DAYS-Week Four"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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The series takesa a look at the first 100 days of the Obama administration.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2009
  • Length: 06:27
Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour Five
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour Four
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour Three
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour Two
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour One
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Interview- Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) on HR 5843, An Act To Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana
From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio
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Congressman Frank discusses a bill he is sponsoring to remove Federal Penalties for Marijuana

  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 08:51
Learning from Dakar's School of the Road
From: Emma Jacobs
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Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Destination DIY: Gender Expression
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Can gender be a do-it-yourself project?

Bought by KVSC, KUER, XRAY.fm, KUT, and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Jun 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:07
  • Purchases: 5
Stories from the Street
From: With Good Reason
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Creating a dialogue with people who are homeless may be the first step to understanding how to help effect change.

Bought by KVSC, WSKG, and KGOU


  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: 29:36
  • Purchases: 3
The Bad Kids by Marvin Gutierrez
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His seventh year in the competition, Marvin says this piece is about his love of graffiti. Marvin Gutierrez is 16 years old and a member of Kuumba...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:56