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The U.S. military is going to Gaza, hoping to deliver food from a football-field-sized floating dock
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Soldiers and family members await the departure of the James A. Loux, an Army watercraft, from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, March 12. It's among several Army and Navy vessels headed to the Mediterranean Sea for a Gaza relief effort., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The mobile dock can deliver up to two million meals a day, but key questions about the mission remain unanswered.

Bought by WRFA-LP, KUT, KRPS, and WHRV


  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 4
Looking for the Wounded Deer: Doing Good in the Face of Culturally Sanctioned Aggression
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
A Registered Maine Guide I know searched for a wounded deer - wounded but not felled- he still seeking to do good for evil - as it is perceived by ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2024
  • Length: 04:50
Negotiating Towards Peace: To Release Hostages or Manage Our Daily Lives [Part 1]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Negotiator Sue Williams
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll take a look at hostage negotiations. From criminal kidnappings to political pawns, hostage taking is a ...

Bought by KUNM and WPSU


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Closer Look At Hamas
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist political organization and militant group has had a complex relationship with the concept of peace talks, particularl...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:28
Amos Guiora on where Israel goes from here
From: KRCL
Caption: Amos Guiora
University of Utah Professor Amos Guiora discusses the developing situation in Israel. Amos lives in Jerusalem and spent nearly 20 years in the Isr...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 09:02
The National Guard has patrolled the southwest border for years. Has the mission gone on too long?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A mobile surveillance camera vehicle operated by federally-deployed National Guard troops sits alongside Border Patrol trucks at Chimney Park RV Resort's boat launch in Mission, Texas., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
Some government watchdogs say the long-running mission is an inappropriate use of the Guard. Even the Pentagon has been looking for an off-ramp.

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, Texas Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 5
Weapons, tents, generators, and more: The U.S. military is sending supplies to Ukraine almost daily
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Troops at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware load pallets of ammunition onto an aircraft bound for Ukraine Aug. 9, 2022., Credit: Cydney Lee / U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Transportation Command has the primary responsibility to load planes, ships, and other vehicles with supplies bound for Ukraine.

Bought by WRFA-LP, KPBS, KRPS, Texas Public Radio, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 5
The White House hopes to speed up the immigration process for Afghans who helped U.S. troops
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Abdul is one of more than 500 Afghan refugees that the Connecticut-based resettlement agency IRIS is helping to navigate the legal system. He did not want his full face or name to be used due to fear for his family's safety in Afghanistan. , Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
This month, the Biden Administration hopes to expedite the process by eliminating temporary humanitarian parole and concentrating resources instead...

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
IE: Inside Europe, 4/15/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Once again it’s Macron v.s. Le Pen.The work of documenting abuses takes on a new scale and urgency in the war in Ukraine. A...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Ukrainians in SF Are Anxious and Angry, Refugees Need Homes
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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A local aid agency is racing to get medical supplies into Ukraine and bringing refugees into the Bay Area. "Civic" We spoke with those who are angr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Tell Me How Many Black Seabirds
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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In these times, a poem for the places we find resilience.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
Escape from Kabul
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we unpack the war in Afghanistan, the misguided way it began and the catastrophic way it ended.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Kabuliwalas
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Poster for "From Kabul to Kolkata" photography exhibition
Even though the touching stories in books and delicious kebabs in tiny restaurants are part of our enjoyment of “diversity,” they are also a remind...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
600,000 Dead. For What?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode of the podcast we revisit a program about Syria’s war. We explore what was accomplished after 10 years of bloodshed and what...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Cartoonist Evans Discusses The London Refugee Crisis
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Cartoonists Kate Evans and Sarah Glidden are participating in Indiana University’s Themester program, “Diversity, Difference, Otherness — A Present...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 08:32
From War Zone to Peace Work
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Janessa Gans Wilder
The story of how Janessa Gans Wilder, a CIA analyst working in Iraq during the war, became inspired to leave the agency to run a non-profit organiz...

Bought by KSJE and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
From War Zone to Peace Work
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Janessa Gans Wilder
The story of how Janessa Gans Wilder, a CIA analyst working in Iraq during the war, became inspired to leave the agency to run a non-profit organiz...

Bought by WPSU, KUNM, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Catskill, and KUNM


  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Should the “red line in the sand” as drawn during the previous administration finally be enforced?
From: WFHB
Series: Voices in the Street
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This week's edition asks Bloomington residents about the use of chemical weapons in Syria.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
Guilt, Relief, and Responsibility
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
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Today’s episode explores the role of guilt in international relief efforts.

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Nidhi Chaphekar, Credit: Ketevan Kardava
Kardava was doing what is her job as a journalist. The media is doing what they think is their job. The only person who has no choice in this is th...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Episode 3: War Reporting: A Love Story
From: The GroundTruth Project
Series: Season One: Foreverstan
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Love finds a way even in the darkest places. Tracey Shelton is an Australian war reporter who's spent the past 10 years living on the front lines ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 21:26
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: The Aftermath
From: The GroundTruth Project
Series: Season One: Foreverstan
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Where is Afghanistan heading? GroundTruth correspondent Jean MacKenzie assesses the fall of Kunduz, and Charlie Sennott travels along the country's...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 19:21
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 1: The First Casualty
From: The GroundTruth Project
Series: Season One: Foreverstan
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In the first episode of GroundTruth, correspondent Charles Sennott follows the roots of the war in Afghanistan from the 1993 World Trade Center bom...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 12:12
  • Purchases: 1
William McCants: The ISIS Apocalypse
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The Islamic State is one of the most lethal and successful jihadist groups in modern history, surpassing even al-Qaeda. Thousands of its followers ...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
"Fighting Against the Dark" - An Interview with Turkish Activist and Bombing Survivor Ramazan Basar
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Today we bring you an extended interview recorded in Istanbul by longtime Bloomington resident and WFHB correspondent Filiz Cicek. Cicek spoke with...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 13:56