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Is it possible to study human remains ethically?
- Added: May 15, 2023
- Length: 44:44
Ordered to stay in their homes early in the pandemic, residents of the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago are hit by a toxic dust cloud from a ...
- Added: May 28, 2022
- Length: 15:00
The urban-rural divide is growing in the United States. How can disparate communities find common ground?
- Added: May 08, 2021
- Length: 28:34
We cannot blame social media for our worst demons. But it is undeniable that social media has made it that much easier to create that alternate uni...
- Added: Jan 19, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Katherine Eban's book "Bottle of Lies" exposes the criminal dealings of some of India pharma's drug producers
- Added: Feb 03, 2020
- Length: 06:00
The "MeToo" hashtag carries more weight than your average social media meme.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Nov 01, 2017
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
The Scripps National Spelling Bee has a new winner. 12 year old Ananya Vinay. Another Indian American. That’s not news anymore.
But Ananya Vinay’s ...
- Added: Jun 06, 2017
- Length: 06:00
There have been other mob attacks in India before thre Nigerians were beaten in a mall in Delhi on March 27. Each time the government promises stri...
- Added: Apr 03, 2017
- Length: 06:00
Perhaps an unwelcoming America is not such a bad thing for the rest of the world. It’s as if the American Dream itself is being outsourced back to ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 06, 2017
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 2
You have medical insurance. Each month you submit your rather large premium payments, and when it's time to actually use the insurance for a medica...
- Added: Jan 17, 2017
- Length: 53:00
David Rozenholc is the tenant lawyer who took on Donald Trump in one of the most famous cases in New York City real estate history. Rozenholc preve...
- Added: Jun 12, 2016
- Length: 28:52
A recent disaster in Kolkata brings out the lookie-loos - and much more.
- Added: Apr 04, 2016
- Length: 06:00
After it was posted on WhatsApp that Aklhaq Mohmamad's family was eating beef a mob beat and stoned him to death.
But what was the mob being fed?
- Added: Oct 06, 2015
- Length: 06:00
The author's conclusion surprises: Bad-boy Johann Hari reads from his personal journey, Chasing The Scream--The First And Last Days Of The War On D...
- Added: Jul 18, 2015
- Length: 01:40
Victoria F. Pratt, the Chief Judge of the Newark,New Jersey Municipal Court, has won an international reputation for her efforts to reform the crim...
- Added: Apr 10, 2015
- Length: 30:09
Lacey Schwartz has written, produced and directed a documentary, Little White Lie, detailing how she grew up as a white, Jewish girl in Woodstock, ...
- Added: Mar 17, 2015
- Length: 29:59
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It
In 2014, tens of thousands of Americans died from accidental drug overdoses. Many more remain addicted to prescription painkillers and heroin. For...
Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WMMT, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jan 20, 2015
- Length: 08:54
- Purchases: 3
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It
Series: At the Crossroads: The Rise of Hepatitis C and the Fight to Stop It
Rhode Island’s prisons are grappling with a dilemma. Hundreds of inmates have hepatitis C. New drugs can cure it. But they’re so expensive the depa...
- Added: Jan 20, 2015
- Length: 08:39
Sunnyvale, California doesn't have a history of violence, so why does the mayor want to make a safe city safer?
- Added: Aug 01, 2014
- Length: 06:15
What India's latest space mission to Mars can tell us about the difficulties in reconciling the aspirations of the "haves" and the "have nots."
- Added: Nov 06, 2013
- Length: 02:23
What a suicide attack in Tiananmen Square can tell us about the Chinese government's struggle with dissent.
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 02:07
What the adoption of Sharia in Brunei can tell us about the importance of modern interpretations of Islamic law.
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 02:15
What the modern-day remnants of the British Empire can tell us about being an effective force for change when the news cameras stop recording.
- Added: Oct 10, 2013
- Length: 02:12
Missing laborer in Brazil highlights disappearances amid police crackdown in favelas
- Added: Aug 17, 2013
- Length: 04:58
He insults me every week so I call and confront him. Then music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of. From the golden age a Amer...
- Added: Mar 17, 2013
- Length: 02:54:08
