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Saket Soni: How Trafficked Workers Pulled Off “The Great Escape”
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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“THE GREAT ESCAPE: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America” tells the story of one of the largest human trafficking schemes in...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Fire and Water: From California to Iran
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we take a look at farming communities on opposite sides of the world: both struggling to adapt to climate change, and to better manage o...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
* Faviola Lopez, UFCW Local 21 Organizer, Petra Cavazos & Cordelia Miramontes, Draper Valley Workers
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Petra, Cordelia, Faviola
* Interview by Ken Winkes: Petra, Cordelia, and Faviola talk about their successful bargaining agreement with Draper Valley.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending October 30, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Former Israeli & Palestinian Combatants Tour U.S. Promoting Peaceful Settl...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Invisible Workers, Laboring in the Shadows
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Woman waiting to cross the border into Morocco carrying imported goods from Spain , Credit: Thalia Beaty and Maggy Donaldson
Millions of people around the world work in jobs that aren’t formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs. On thi...

Bought by KALW, WCPN, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
etween The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending September 18, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Union-Backed 'Fight For $15' Campaign Marginalizes Larger Struggle for Wor...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Modern-Day Slavery (Half-Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Most of us learned in history class that slavery in the U.S. ended with the Thirteenth Amendment. But the trade in human beings—for sex and labor—i...

Bought by WJCT, Troy Public Radio, WFHB, and KVLU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Modern-Day Slavery (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Most of us learned in history class that slavery in the U.S. ended with the Thirteenth Amendment. But the trade in human beings—for sex and labor—i...

Bought by WCNY, KWIT, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 3
Trans Pacific Partnership: NAFTA on Steriods?
From: WFHB
Series: Standing Room Only
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Joe Varga, professor of labor studies at Indiana University, hosted an open informational session about the mysterious Trans Pacific Partnership. T...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 56:57
Growing Pains at The World's Largest Co-op?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The Mondragón Corporation includes everything from banking to bike factories, nano-technology to rabbit farming. Its a corporate dream—but this cor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 09:43
Making it Our Business: Co-ops on the Rise
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ariizmendi Fourth Street, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
The global economic situation is causing more people to consider worker owned businesses. We go from Chicago, where workers are trying to take over...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Fair Trade? Not With Colombia
From: Dick Meister
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The Colombian Free Trade Agreement aligns the US with a notorious abuser of workers and their unions.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:54
FAR FROM HOME, BUT FAR FROM FORGOTTEN
From: Voices of Our World
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THE INITIATIVE OF A PRIEST TO HELP MIGRANT WORKERS FIND A WAY TO SUCCEEED IN THEIR NEW SOCIETY.

  • Added: Jun 18, 2010
  • Length: 27:59
George Pohle on "Communicating Corporate Social Responsibility"
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Julia Kennedy interviews George Pohle on the links between corporations’ social responsibility and marketing.

  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 27:31
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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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
RN Documentary: Illegal in Israel - The Story of Juan and Josie
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Torn Lives - Stories from the Holy Land
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Israel is deporting all 200,000 of its illegal migrants, including Juan, Josie and their three children from the Philippines. (29:29)

  • Added: Sep 11, 2004
  • Length: 29:29
Vietnamese Homecoming Part One
From: Helen Borten
Series: A Sense of Place
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Fishermen and their families escape from Vietnam to a new home in Louisiana and struggle to earn a living along the Gulf Coast.

Bought by WFHB, XRAY.fm, and Audible


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 3