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An alternative crime prevention program in Oakland uses the "carrot and stick" approach

From: KALW

Caption: Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/kolleggerium/57231421/

Call-ins bring violent offenders face to face with police and attorneys so they can access services such as education and employment training. Soun...

Added: Mar 28, 2011
Length: 10:18

Counterinsurgency in the desert: fighting gangs in Salinas

From: KALW

Salinas, California is an agricultural town of about 150,000 people – mostly Latino, located just about in the middle of the state. Law enforcement...

Added: Mar 06, 2011
Length: 08:26

When Are These Wars Going To End?

From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo

An update on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: May 24, 2010
Length: 28:02
Purchases: 1

YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY?

From: Voices of Our World

Sexism in America.

Added: May 24, 2010
Length: 27:59

Arizona and the Controversial SB 1070 Law

From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo

A closer look to the SB 1070 bill.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: May 12, 2010
Length: 28:11
Purchases: 1

This I Believe - Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton

From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe

Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton believe in forgiveness, but from different perspectives.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, and KUOW

Added: May 05, 2009
Length: 03:37
Purchases: 4

TRAFFICK COPS

From: Voices of Our World

Human trafficking and the efforts to combat this form of modern day slavery.

Added: Apr 09, 2009
Length: 27:58

Building Green

From: Bill Baue

BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio

Added: Mar 11, 2009
Length: 29:30
Purchases: 1

The Mindful Path to Sustainability

From: Bill Baue

Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

Added: Mar 06, 2009
Length: 29:03

Imperial Ambitions

From: Voices of Our World

How the United States has used nuclear weapons to bolster its imperial ambitions

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

Added: Aug 25, 2008
Length: 27:59
Purchases: 2

MYOPIC MILITARISM

From: Voices of Our World

U.S. military-industrial complex

Added: Aug 09, 2008
Length: 27:59

Human Costs of Prescription Drugs

From: Appalachian Media Institute

Commentator Natasha Watts asks listeners to consider the real costs of the prescription drug addiction epidemic in communities across the country.

Bought by WITF and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Jan 14, 2008
Length: 02:10
Purchases: 2

Roundup At The Little Book Cliffs Range

From: Amy Marsh

A look at BLM round-ups of wild horses and whether they are necessary

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX

Added: Nov 02, 2007
Length: 17:52
Purchases: 1

Post No Bills

From: Robynn Takayama

Are wheat pasted posters informative public art or vandalism?

Bought by KALW, PRX Remix, PRX to iTunes, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Sep 17, 2007
Length: 04:33
Purchases: 4

I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One at the Holiday Inn

From: Lu Olkowski

A former heroin addict realizes that he wants to help other addicts kick their habits. The problem is, he wants to do this using a hallucinogenic d...

Bought by KUOW, Remix Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Jun 16, 2007
Length: 16:30
Purchases: 3

How To Go Head-to-Head With O'Reilly on The Factor

From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media

advice from personal experience about how to get the last word

Added: Dec 17, 2006
Length: 03:48

Fox and OJ

From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media

there are limits beneath which public taste will not descend

Added: Nov 25, 2006
Length: 01:01

The Education of Teens: An Interview With Shelby Knox

From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM

Zoe Cordes Selbin interviews the comprehensive sex education activist Shelby Knox, of the documentary "The Education of Shelby Knox".

Added: Aug 31, 2006
Length: 06:56

Stories from the NYPD

From: jrudolph group

An audio history of the New York Police Department

Bought by WNYC, WFUV, Connecticut Public (WNPR), WGBH Radio Boston, and WAMU

Added: Aug 25, 2006
Length: 59:45
Purchases: 5

Rx Problem

From: Appalachian Media Institute

Prescription drugs, especially oxycontin, has been a growing problem in southeastern Kentucky. Its not a problem most people want to talk about it...

Bought by YouthCast

Added: Jan 12, 2006
Length: 04:08
Purchases: 1

Oakland's Port - Community Friend or Foe?

From: Hana Baba

A long feature on where millions of Oakland Port revenues go and why the ailing City of Oakland doesn't receive a penny of it.

Added: Jun 14, 2005
Length: 11:04

House of Pain

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Homeplace Series

Public housing residents scramble to figure out where to go next when their Chicago public housing high-rise is slated for demolition. It's all p...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Sep 03, 2004
Length: 29:03
Purchases: 2

A Danger to Self and Others

From: Long Haul Productions
Series: Waiting it Out Series

"A Danger to Self or Others" documents everyday life inside the Chicago Cook County Jail's Mental Health Division - the largest provider of mental ...

Bought by PRX Remix and WYBC