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When the plague broke out in San Francisco in 1900, the public health department singled out Chinatown—as if Chinatown were the problem.
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 51:34
Learn about the basics of the ballot initiative, the history of how it caught on in the United States, and the pros and cons that she will explore ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 32:45
From: KSFP
The first Native American Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, spoke to the activists who first occupied Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay in 1969. T...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio
- Added: Nov 24, 2021
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Did you hear the one about bipartisanship? Two opposing congressmen walk into a town hall…and civil discussion breaks out.
- Added: Aug 27, 2020
- Length: 26:08
Season 1, Episode 11
The legal system operates very differently for juveniles and for adults. Yet the age at which a person is considered an adult...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 09:20
- Purchases: 1
A 19-year-old Australian arrives in San Francisco and changes the American labor movement. This is the story of a visionary man who fought for demo...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Sep 19, 2019
- Length: 59:11
- Purchases: 1
Texans across the state and across the political divide agree: public school funding needs fixing. What that means exactly, however, is tricky. In ...
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 41:58
Building a wall between the United States and Mexico was a signature plank of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. His win in November is bringing...
- Added: Jan 19, 2017
- Length: 01:01:42
Sri Lanka's civil war lasted 26 years. It cost the lives of an estimated 100,000 people and devastated the north and east of the island nation. In ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2016
- Length: 05:38
Silent film may be a thing of the past, but scoring music to flickering screen classics isn't. This documentary focuses on three Minneapolis bands ...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 26:46
- Purchases: 2
In 1964, Congress had a noteworthy Civil Rights Bill before it. But Southern Democrats, supporters of Jim Crow laws, were pushing a filibuster to k...
- Added: Dec 06, 2014
- Length: 04:55
We all have people in our lives who exist on the periphery of our everyday routines--people like the bus driver who takes us to work, or the cashie...
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- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 05:42
- Purchases: 1
Juan learns about the conservation efforts of WildCoast, an organization based in Imperial Beach, California, and Ensenada, Mexico, that works on b...
Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KVSC
- Added: Sep 01, 2014
- Length: 11:56
- Purchases: 2
One of our weekday 100-second modules for May: Author Clay Risen reads a compelling passage from his new book of the same title. This is the 50th a...
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- Added: Apr 24, 2014
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
It’s been almost a year since former Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan -- then, his replacement -- abruptly resigned.
“It happened very quickly,...
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 06:39
The National Rifle Association started its Women on Target program in 2000. According to their website, they’ve trained over eighty thousand women...
Bought by KUER and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 27, 2013
- Length: 07:31
- Purchases: 2
In this episode, we take an in-depth look at political cartoonist, Thomas Nast.
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 09:42
In 2011 and 2012, the small New Mexico border community of Sunland Park made regional headlines and national news for its political scandals. Delvi...
- Added: Sep 24, 2012
- Length: 28:59
- Added: Feb 24, 2012
- Length: 07:12
- Purchases: 2
When it comes to public comment periods, school board and city council meetings are just plain weird.
- Added: Nov 17, 2011
- Length: 58:30
News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
- Added: Jun 24, 2011
- Length: 02:21
Deputy Superintendent Michael Haggen discusses how new programs are helping students in New Orleans' alternative schools develop a voice.
- Added: Apr 19, 2010
- Length: 05:06
The libraries of Los Angeles might shut down in a few years, unless the people of the city rally and write letters, demanding they stay open. Plans...
- Added: Mar 22, 2010
- Length: 59:40
- Added: Jan 15, 2010
- Length: 29:00
The government of Bolivia would like it understood that it is not in the cocaine business. It's in the coca business.
- Added: Jan 13, 2009
- Length: 10:39
- Purchases: 3
