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GOODBYE WORLD -- Denis Henry Hennelly Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Denis Henry Hennelly talks unexpected politics, the symbiosis of art and commerce, and the real meaning of apocalypse.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 15:46
Living in the Shadow of the Cross
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Paul Kivel
Christianity has provided many positive events: assisting the underprivileged, supported education and promoted social justice, however, its also f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #80- An Architect's Code (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 19
Riddles from the Border Regions
From: Joan VanBuskirk
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SIX WERE WORKERS ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Proofiness
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Charles Seife
Numbers can be deceptive … we know this. Yet, in spite of how sophisticated we think we are, we still can be taken-in by numbers. Sometimes we’ll e...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Strategy & Soul
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Daniel Hunter
David was looking for a slingshot. Goliath had money and power. This is the story of the fight against proposed and granted casinos in Philadelphia.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
United States of Debt
From: KALW
Caption: "Hello, my debt is..."
Upon entering the Eastside Arts Alliance in East Oakland, it’s clear that this a special kind of conference. On the welcome table is a stack of nam...

Bought by KUOW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 22, 2013
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Journalism (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Caption: Professor Steven Youngblood (l) and Gloria Laker (r) in Uganda
Can journalists, by being more mindful of the language that they use and the breadth of people that they talk to, have an impact on reducing confli...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Fear Tactics: A History of Domestic Terrorism [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Woodcut of the 1886 Haymarket Square Bombing., Credit: Harper's Weekly, LOC.
With recent events in Boston highlighting the horrors of domestic terrorism, we're re-broadcasting this episode of BackStory, which originally aire...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WUFT, XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
99% Invisible #71- In and Out of LOVE (Director's Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Follow a breadcrumb trail of black wax and wheel marks to a secret war over public space.

Bought by WABE, The Story, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 3
Food Sleuth Radio, Andy Fisher Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food stamps help protect our nation’s neediest citizens (now one in six Americans) against hunger, or “food insecurity.” But food stamps (now calle...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
1965 Griswold v. Connecticut
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Contraception as a right of privacy? The Supreme Court say, ‘Yes’!

Bought by KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 3
1992 First Critical Mass Ride
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Bicyclists take to the streets en mass in a fight over the ‘right to the city’.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KTSW 89.9, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WXDU and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 13
William Jennings Bryan: The Speech That Changed Politics
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders
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At the 1896 Democratic Convention, Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party and won him the nomination. His “Cross of Gold” speech is known t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 7
Children of the Same Sorrow: The U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace Takes On the Drug War
From: Chris Moore-Backman
Series: Bringing Down the New Jim Crow
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This moving and provocative documentary chronicles the historic journey of the “U.S./Mexico Caravan for Peace,” which from August 12th to Septembe...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WDSE


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Is Chess Sport? Fischer vs. Spaasky for the Cold War Heavyweight Championship
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The international chess match of the century that filled up the sports bars and captivated the world in the sizzling summer of '72 - Fischer vs. S...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass Studio: Eliza Griswold and "The Tenth Parallel"
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Author Eliza Griswold reads from and discusses her book "The Tenth Parallel:Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam." Conver...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 54:47
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 182
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Singer/Songwriter/Author Storm Large, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
STORM LARGE - Singer, songwriter, author SUSAN SALADOFF - Documentary filmmaker

Bought by WNJR and Rhythm & News Service


  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 182 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Singer/Songwriter/Author Storm Large, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire!
STORM LARGE - Singer, songwriter, author SUSAN SALADOFF - Documentary filmmaker

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 55:01
  • Purchases: 1
"Poll Dancing": An indepth interview with one of the planet's most respected pollsters, Kathleen Frankovic..former Director of Polls and Surveys at CBS News, current election and poll consultant to CBS News
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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This episodes features an interview with Kathleen Frankovic, who spent more than 3 decades devising, conducting and interpreting the results of CBS...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 56:31
Indie on Demand Reviews ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A Review of the Action-Packed, Brazilian Police Thriller

  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
99% Invisible #42- Recognizably Anonymous (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A group accidentally created what ad execs dream of: a unique brand identity that rapidly achieved world-wide appeal and renknown. Except this gr...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WTJU and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
Pakistan Aslant (2) - Roots of Resilience
From: Open Source
Caption: Rashid Rana's "I Love Miniatures" (2002)
Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring fi...

Bought by WCPN and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Censorship of "Dorian Gray"
From: With Good Reason
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When it was first published in 1890, Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" appeared as a much changed version of the original text. Now, for ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
Riddles from the Border Regions, 10/8/11
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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WHEN THE BULL RANGES FREE...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2011
  • Length: 01:30