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New Music Review: "You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker" by Willie Nelson
From: KUT
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Just in time for Women's History Month, Willie Nelson pays tribute to a legendary Texas songwriter. The result may be another classic.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 04:05
Commentary: What Cesar Chavez Taught Us
From: Dick Meister
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It's the 38th anniversary of farmworker leader Cesar Chavez's extraordinary 25-day fast.

  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 02:46
An End to Capital Punishment?
From: Dick Meister
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Thanks to two California doctors, we may finally be able to abolish the barbaric practice of capital punishment.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2006
  • Length: 02:49
Black Classical Masters series: William Grant Still
From: David Person
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Profile of William Grant Still, the dean of black classical composers, with excerpts of an interview with his daughter Judy.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 19:57
RN Documentary: Irshad Manji
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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DS in conversation with Irshad Manji, who calls herself a ?Muslim Refusenik? .

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bush vs. Labor
From: Dick Meister
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President Bush's appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are going all out to deny wolrkers their legal rights.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 03:07
The Afro: Personal Reflections
From: David Person
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A personal and historical look at the Afro hairstyle as a cultural and political phenomenon.

Bought by WJAB, KCUR, WNCU, and WFUV


  • Added: Feb 01, 2006
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
Teaching Kids to Kill
From: Dick Meister
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Hunting interests have stepped up their efforts to recruit youngsters to join adults in killing for the sport of it.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 02:26
Keeping People Ignorant (es#145)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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If ignorance is no excuse, should we excuse people who keep us ignorant?

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


  • Added: Dec 28, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Greeley ICE Office Debate
From: KRCC-FM
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Debate over immigration cop shop

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 04:26
National Immigration Debate Comes to Denver
From: KRCC-FM
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Coverage of NCSL immigration meeting

  • Added: Dec 16, 2005
  • Length: 03:36
Commentary: The New Cold Warriors
From: Dick Meister
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Although the Cold War is long over, red-baiting for political advantage continues.

  • Added: Nov 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:03
Labor: Rising from the Dead
From: Dick Meister
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Although the pundits say the labor movement is near death, the future of American unions actually looks promising.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2005
  • Length: 04:47
Our Anti-Labor Relations Act
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that at age 70, the National Labor Relations Act is badly in need of reform.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
Commentary: Labor's Day -- and Yours
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on how working life would be much harder and far less rewarding were it not for organized labor.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WTIP, WSLR, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Delta College Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 10
Norman Mailer: a novelist in a time of war
From: Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism
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This talk of Norman Mailer's is a broadcast special from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

Bought by KUT-HD, KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KCPW Salt Lake City, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Commentary: Work -- 19th Century Style
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the working and living conditions of sheepherders that are right out of the 19th century.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:13
Commentary: Is it Labor Party Time?
From: Dick Meister
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New efforts to form a Labor Party could very well revive the slump;ing labor movement.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 03:27
The Real May Day
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the importance of May Day to working people.

Bought by KPIK-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
The job of an Ombudsman (#109)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What's the difference between being an agent versus an advocate?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
No Child Left Unrecruited
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary on the military's devious, expensive and escalating attempts to recruit high school juniors and seniors.

Bought by WUSF


  • Added: Mar 20, 2005
  • Length: 03:20
  • Purchases: 1
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Champion of Labor
From: Dick Meister
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Some of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most important work was done in behalf of the labor movement.

Bought by WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, KPFT, and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 12, 2005
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 3
Our Anti-Labor Secretary of Labor
From: Dick Meister
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President Bush is retaining probably the most anti-labor secretary of labor ever.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Harmful, Undeserved Punishment
From: Dick Meister
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Ex-convicts are unfairly denied voting rights.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2004
  • Length: 02:47
Decent Pay for All
From: Dick Meister
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Commentary on raising the minimum wage.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2004
  • Length: 02:52

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