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Recent violence in El Paso made Ana in Austin reflect on immigrants in America. She talks about what she has learned living and working at the bor...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 17:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Lisa from San Antonio and Austin describes how she has been involved in politics since she was a kid, and how she is especially involved now. She ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 11:31
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Michelle from Bastrop County discusses increasing political participation among rural Texans. She wants better government representatives who meet...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:07
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What is an anti-sexist men’s group? And, if I’m a man who identifies as progressive with feminist values, isn’t that enough? What do I need a group...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2019
  • Length: 13:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Photo of the Texas Capital building on March 11, 2019, during a rally for education finance reform., Credit: Pius Wong
Texans across the state and across the political divide agree: public school funding needs fixing. What that means exactly, however, is tricky. In ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 41:58
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Conservative Journalist/Activist, Laura Loomer, discusses her humble beginnings at Project Veritas, the Tweet to Ilhan Omar, which lead to her Twit...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:10:02
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This week on the show : Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in Morocco, is a European town on African soil. It's often the frontline of clashes between Afr...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:55
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After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, a group of activists formed a community kitchen to help feed those in need. That community ki...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
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In part 2 of our 2-part series on UBI, we explore how a progressive Universal Basic Income policy might help us move away from our current capitali...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In part 1 of our 2-part series on UBI, we explore this highly contentious topic, speaking with scholars, activists, journalists, and folks on the s...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A documentary that explores a phenomenon known as the Solidarity Economy, including voices from all over the world involved in different movements ...

Bought by KUNM and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
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In 2015, Greece held a referendum to free itself from a debt crisis. We traveled to Athens to bring you an on-the-ground exploration of the afterma...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
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It all started out as a plan to steal some comic books, sell them and split the cash. That was before a busted lip, a heart attack, and federal pro...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:34
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In this audio documentary, Tima Kurdi, the aunt of Alan, shares why the West has a responsibility to support refugees fleeing warfare and destabili...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 19:18
  • Purchases: 1
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During Friday’s “Inaugurate the Revolution” event in downtown Bloomington, residents packed into the Monroe County Public Library to hear from Nati...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 08:05
Caption: LePriest Valentine, Credit: George Lavender
Meet LePriest Valentine, who kept winding up in the only sanctuary he could find after getting out of jail: Skid Row.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Kelly Cotton walks through the Westmont neighborhood with her kids, Credit: George Lavender
One small neighborhood of Los Angeles accounted for thousands of bookings into county jail over a five year period.

Bought by PRX Remix, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 3
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France has been under a “state of emergency” since November, raising questions about the appropriate balance between security and civil liberties.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 25:50
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In this first episode of Upstream, a radio documentary series, we look at the darker side of the "sharing economy" and explore the conditions that ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 1
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In this first episode of Upstream, a radio documentary series, we look at the darker side of the "sharing economy" and explore the conditions that ...

Bought by KPIP-LP and KZYX


  • Added: Feb 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:44
  • Purchases: 2
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In the U.S., juries are often seen as democracy in action. Twelve men and women are asked to hear an entire case, and ultimately, decide another pe...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 23:13
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Like the JFK assassination, everyone remembers what they were doing when they heard the news. For Aliza Goren, that isn’t so hard – she was one of ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2015
  • Length: 09:56
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How Saginaw is eliminating blighted, vacant properties.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 25:43
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Marijuana dispensaries in Victoria, BC occupy legal borderlands. Their very existence is contrary to the law of the land, but the law isn't crackin...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 27:51
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The war in Syria, now in its fifth year, has created a refugee crisis. Almost 4 million Syrians have fled the country, and another 7.6 million have...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 23:44