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Charles Gates Dawes, April 23, 1951
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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From great grandson of William Dawes, midnight rider with Paul Revere, to U.S. Vice President under Calvin Coolidge ... to co-writer of a number on...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
"Postcards from Cuba" #2
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Postcards from Cuba"
Caption: Alabama Public Radio's "Postcard from Cuba" student commentators, Credit: Chip Cooper
University of Alabama students offer their views of life in Havana. Part two deals with how average Cubans feel about the United States.

  • Added: May 13, 2010
  • Length: 03:22
Creative Commutes
From: David Schultz
Caption: Slugging at the Pentagon is just one of the ways people in the Washington region develop their own methods of avoiding traffic-clogged highways., Credit: David Schultz/WAMU
Traffic congestion in the D.C. region is at an all-time high. That's forced many to get creative with their commutes.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 06:03
Sasha Abramsky: Inside Obama's Brain + Irreverent Holiday Music!
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: Inside Obama's Brain by Sasha Abramsky, Credit: Sasha Abramsky
Award winning journalist Sasha Abramsky returns to Active Voice Radio to discuss his newest book Inside Obama's Brain. Also, irreverent holiday mus...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2009
  • Length: 29:31
Political Icons: Donkey and Elephant
From: Gretta Cohn
Caption: In this political cartoon by The Economist resident cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, the donkey and the elephant have no one to blame but each other., Credit: Kevin KAL Kallaugher, The Economist
Kevin Kallaugher, better known as KAL, has been the cartoonist at The Economist for 30 years. He explains how the donkey and elephant came to repre...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Without Comment: The First 100 Days-Week Six"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "Without Comment:The First 100 Days"
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Without Comment is a 13 week series looking at the first 100 days of the Barack presidency.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 09:45
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 multi-"racial" take on Black history month.
From: Will Wright
Caption: metis/multi"race", Credit: Salon.com - census
People have been trying to think, and identify themselves, outside of "racial" boxes since even before W.E.B. DuBois called the color line the prob...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 1
The American Forum: Election 2008 - Are We in the Middle of a Political Youthquake?
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Election 2008 - the impact of youth on the Presidential Election

  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
Interview with Award-winning poet and Novelist MARGE PIERCY
From: Tish Pearlman
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Feminist Icon and award-winning writer MARGE PIERCY in conversation about her life and work

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 27:30
Peace March PSA March 17 2007
From: Columbus Independent Media Center
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PSA for Peace March

  • Added: Mar 05, 2007
  • Length: :15
Ethical Spies (#153)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What makes some spying ethical, and other spying not.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
How to Observe Presidents' Day, Observed
From: The Little Gray Book Lectures
Series: The Little Gray Book Lectures
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Sarah Vowell, John Hodgman and Joshuah Bearman on Presidents' Day, along with a fifteen-piece marching band and a new song about all forty-three pr...

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


  • Added: Jan 30, 2006
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 13
The Gas Game: You Can Help Solve Our Energy Crisis!
From: Peter Navarro
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Play the Gas Game and America can save 1 million barrels of oil a day

Bought by WSCS-FM and KDNK


  • Added: Jan 22, 2006
  • Length: 02:49
  • Purchases: 2
Talking Bumper Stickers (#137)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Should license plates have messages?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Speak Up. Get Fired. (#116)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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In most states you lawfully can be fired for your political beliefs.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Youth Vote 2004
From: WAMU
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Antonia tries to find out whether the presidential candidates are paying attention to young voters

Bought by WXLV-FM and KBOO


  • Added: Sep 21, 2004
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 2
Parties, Shows and Concerts Against Bush
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC on the RNC
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Republicans aren’t the only ones planning parties in New York City these days.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2004
  • Length: 04:22
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!
From: Jackson Braider
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When the campaigns rallied in 1840, they were there to par-tee!

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Aug 10, 2004
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
What Brought the House Down
From: Brendan Greeley
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Every line in the 2004 State of the Union address that received more than twenty seconds of applause

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WBEZ


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 2
My Bi-(Partisan) Boyfriend**
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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Can you help me? Because my beau may be "you know," politically.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2004
  • Length: 03:48