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When Anti-Asian Hate Goes Viral
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this collaboration with the podcast Self Evident, we look at what happens when we ignore anti-Asian hate—and what happens when we mobilize again...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dispatch 382 - COVID Twitter Wave
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A "reminder" from India's Chamber of Commerce, Credit: Sandip Roy
As India’s second wave of COVID-19 batters India, Twitter is becoming the go to for communication.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
When Phobia Becomes Hate
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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When does phobia cross over into hate speech? Does a social media site need a bloodthirsty exhortation to deliver a 6-inch deep cut before it can act?

  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Mangos and cyclones
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Sandip's mango tree, Credit: Sandip Roy
When life gives you cyclones, make mango rice.

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Dispatch 326: Social Distance
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Could the global outbreak of COVID-19 keep us apart, in more ways than just physical.

Bought by KFCF FM, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 3
The World’s Largest Methanol Refinery (and the fight to stop it)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Claudia Riedener has lived in Tacoma since 1998, and is co-founder of the grassroots environmental group Redefine Tacoma., Credit: (photographer unknown)
Special for Climate Week: Barbara Bernstein’s story of communities in the Pacific Northwest of the United States who are fighting mammoth fracked g...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 16, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Resistance: The Ballot and The Bullhorn
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From no, I won't to yes, we will. It’s official, over a hundred women, more women than ever, were voted into Congress including New Mexico’s Deb Ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Football: Soon to be History?
From: Ben Orlando
Series: History Repeating Itself
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In this episode we break down the factors that will influence the fate of football in the United States. Is football doomed or is it immune to the ...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2015
  • Length: 34:39
Megabus Tells Story of New Orleans' Katrina Diaspora
From: Eve Abrams
Caption: The most popular destinations for Megabus routes out of New Orleans are Atlanta and Houston., Credit: Eve Abrams
Ten years after New Orleans flooded following Hurricane Katrina, the city has changed. New Orleans is now home to far fewer Black people and far fe...

Bought by KZYX and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2015
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 002
From: John Brice
Series: The EDM Hour
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to.
The best of the latest offerings in the realms of Electronica, House, Chill Out, Electro House, Techno, and Psy-Trance!

  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
The Story of Black America: From Slavery to Civil Rights and the Modern Era
From: N Lorde
Caption: The Story of Black America: From Slavery to Civil Rights and the Modern Era
In-depth documentary on the Story of Black America - from slavery to the civil rights movement. It’s fast-paced with a great original musical score...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 14, 2012
  • Length: 17:23
  • Purchases: 1
Occupy Everything: An Oakland Story
From: Leila Day
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Thousands gathered in downtown Oakland to occupy the ports and shut them down. Exploring a night with the Occupy Oakland movement, partly a party...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2011
  • Length: 06:15
Connecticut Muslims respond to protests by sharing Ramadan
From: WSHU
Caption: Manal AlBzoor and Marge Schneider at the iftar in Bridgeport, Conn., Credit: Photo by Craig LeMoult
Over the last few weeks, protesters have targeted a mosque in Bridgeport, Conn., handing out flyers and talking to worshipers, sometimes through bu...

Bought by KUOW, WTIP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 3
International Women's Day, Los Angeles
From: Leslie Griffin
Series: Los Angeles features
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Hundreds rallied in West Los Angeles in support of International Women's Day.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 03:42
New Orleans Dub (2 years later)
From: Matthew Fidler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
a vox-pop music piece telling the tale of New Orleans 2 years after Hurricane Katrina

  • Added: Sep 06, 2007
  • Length: 05:00
The Half Way - Bus Station
From: WKNO
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The Half Way - Station in Jackson, Tennessee is the oldest operating terminal in the U.S.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX and WVTF


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Bringing home the bones
From: Allan Coukell
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Indigenous people re-bury their stolen ancestors

Bought by KLCC, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KSUT, and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2005
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 5
Biography of 100,000 Square Feet
From: Benjamin Temchine
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How does a public space fail? Can good intentions separated from reality border on negligence?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KPFA, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KALW, WZBC and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2005
  • Length: 32:00
  • Purchases: 9
"And I Walked..." Stories from the Border
From: Ann Heppermann
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"And I walked" combines voices of border crossers, U.S. Border Patrol, and the haunting words of author Charles Bowden to highlight the plight of t...

Bought by PRX Remix, The Nature Podcast, Western Folklife Center Media, WFUV, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2004
  • Length: 06:03
  • Purchases: 7