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A Shortcut Through 2020
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A final look at an impossible year, 12 months of incredible drama, played out over the world stage in an hour long retrospective

Bought by KMUN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 13
Artists & Activists-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Albert Einstein-Refugee, Credit: David Art
Hear the sounds of The Resistance, from airports, border crossings, street protests and refugees from around the globe mixed with new music, powerf...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:55:59
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
From: Nicki Stein
Caption: Mary D. Williams, Credit: ncstatecapitol.org
Throughout the summer of 2016, this country has been reeling in the wake of profound injustice. As racial tensions swell, is it possible that somet...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 06:45
Unitarian Church Embraces Black Lives Matter Movement
From: Katie Klocksin
Caption: The Black Lives Matter sign at the Unitarian Church of Evanston, Credit: Katie Klocksin
The story of how members of the mostly white Unitarian Church of Evanston decided to take a stand in the Black Lives Matter movement.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 09:02
  • Purchases: 2
EPISODE I: PREAMBLE
From: Annex Radio: The Modern Radio Playhouse
Series: Convention
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We introduce Matthew Hoffman, the candidate. The tall, charming man of Massachusetts who is only now reflecting on the man he has become.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 18:27
The Vet's Block
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Anthony Mattia came home from Iraq as a highly decorated soldier, but the trauma he experienced in combat is putting his own freedom in jeopardy.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2014
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
Louder Than A Bomb 2013 Radio Special
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2013
Caption: 2013 Team Finals stage at the Cadillac Palace Theater, Credit: (TimeOut/Jeff Kroll)
Over the past 13 years, Louder than a Bomb, Chicago’s youth poetry competition, has grown from humble roots in the basement of a Division Street th...

Bought by WJSU, KMXT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Apr 25, 2013
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 3
Chris Larson, March 12, 2011
From: Lauren Peterson
Series: Madison protests
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Sen. Chris Larson addresses a crowd on the capitol square in Madison, WI

  • Added: Mar 12, 2011
  • Length: 02:52
Human Textures - Nir Rosen & Marianne Leone Cooper
From: Open Source
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Even as we watched transfixed as the protests in Egypt and Tunisia pushed the region's political scene into new waters, Nir Rosen stayed (will stay...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Sex Ed Debate
From: Emilie Ritter Saunders
Caption: Opponets of the new curriculum hold up signs during a recent school board meeting , Credit: Emilie Ritter
A new sex education curriculum is creating a controversy in the Rocky Mountain town of Helena, Montana

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
Something To Fight For
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A father and his military son reflect on their anti-war activities.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Story of Lili Marleen
From: Arndt Peltner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This features tells the story of the world renowned song Lili Marleen

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 28:33
  • Purchases: 1
Leviticus 20:13 by Jesse Welsh
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Jesse says this piece is about the bible's opinion on homosexuality. Jesse Welsh is 17 years old and a member ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
The Pink Triangle by Tim "Toaster" Henderson
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His fourth year in the competition, Tim says this piece is about the origin of the pink triangle. Tim "Toaster" Henderson is 18 years old and a me...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:26
We Remain by Keith Redman
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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His first year in the competition, Keith says this piece is about humanity. Keith Redman is 18 years old and a member of Kuumba Lynx, which was th...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 02:20
"Sicko" comes to Sacramento
From: KVMR
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Filmaker Michael Moore brings his health care documentary to California

  • Added: Jun 13, 2007
  • Length: 15:54
Clearing Their Heads
From: WFUV
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Research shows one in ten soldiers returning from Iraq suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It's symptoms include anxiety, depression, night...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
War Stories from the Homefront
From: WFUV
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Veterans returning from Iraq are facing a new set of post-war challenges.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 30:02
Part One: the case for change
From: KUOW
Series: School Ready: changing early learning in Washington state
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the state and private funders are poised for change

  • Added: Jul 05, 2006
  • Length: 06:12
Toy Soldiers, Real War
From: Dale Short
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An urban artist uses his apartment window to comment on the Iraq War

  • Added: Jun 10, 2006
  • Length: 05:30
War activists and LGBT Rights
From: Radio Arte
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Interviews with anti and pro war activist on the second aniversary of the war on Irak on issues of LGBT rights.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 26:32
  • Purchases: 1
Grand Old Flag
From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
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Should Georgians vote on whether to return the confederate battle emblem to the state flag?

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1