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70 Million: Punished and Persecuted for Being Unhoused, Part 1
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a community of unhoused people in Echo Park in Los Angeles and how they ...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KVSC and more


  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Personal and Political Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Michigan 2-Way
From: Tradeoffs
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A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing — in the courts, on the campaign trail, at the ballot box this N...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
Call 311 about tents? Here’s what homeless people and advocates say happens
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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What happens in San Francisco if you call the authorities about a tent encampment in your neighborhood? We're told they will be offered shelter and...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
COVID's Push and Pull on the Public Health Workforce
From: Tradeoffs
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A conversation between two people pushed in different directions by the pandemic — one who felt she had to walk away from her job in public health ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 17:42
StoryCorps: Ajmal Achekzai
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ajmal Achekzai reflects on escaping Afghanistan as a child, returning as a U.S. Marine, and his fears and hope for the future of its people.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Losing Touch: How Qanon is affecting families
From: Daniel Green
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Over the past four years, Qanon has grown by spreading misinformation through the internet. While many dismiss the fringe movement, some people fin...

  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 17:10
Opposing Children's Detention Centers - Marina from the Rio Grande Valley
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Marina is a pediatric nurse from Austin and the Rio Grande Valley who deeply opposes the detention centers for children crossing the Texas-Mexico b...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 26:01
Political Junkie Special - Remembering John McCain
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Ken Rudin hosts a special reflection on John McCain's life and legacy, featuring interviews with several of McCain's friends and colleagues.

Bought by WRGY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, RadioFreePalmer, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
All Families Belong Together: Immigration & Incarceration
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Families torn apart at the border and through our prison system. Can we use this moment of public awareness to create change? Emani Davis, a long-s...

Bought by KDNK and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Nakba: Seventy Years of Oppression, 1948-2018
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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The Ongoing Nakba: Interviews with Waddah Sofan, Gilad Atzmon, and Richard Toll

Bought by WETS


  • Added: May 13, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Conservative Case Against the Death Penalty
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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Doing away with the death penalty is usually thought of as a liberal cause, and the arguments are often about the morality of executing someone, or...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 16:26
EP 7.1 — Universal Basic Income: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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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
EP 4 — The Solidarity Economy
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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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
EP 3 — Betrayal and Solidarity in Greece
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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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
Want A Path Toward Police-Community Reconciliation? Acknowledge The Past
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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Many American cities are struggling with police-community relations, and racial divisions are often the heart of the problem. David Kennedy talks a...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Seeking Justice for Quanice Hayes
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: (Left to Right): Venus Hayes, two of her children, Teressa Raiford
The family of 17 year-old Quanice Hayes, who was shot to death by Portland police, seeks justice from the city of Portland.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Mar 22, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Honoring Alan: Why the West Can't Shut Out Refugees
From: Jarrod Sport
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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
Immigration and Incarceration
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week’s episode begins to explore the intersections of borders, documentation, and incarceration. We look at the history of U.S. immigration po...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5: In and out of the biggest mental health facility in Los Angeles
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block
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
The Sharing Economy? (Short)
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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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
Neill Franklin: The Drug War in Baltimore
From: Elias Schutzman
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Veteran police major and executive director of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) Neill Franklin discuss his journey from being Drug War en...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 15:06
Syrian Civil War: What are the impacts of displacement on Syrian lives?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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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
A place in the Tenderloin where sleep is sacred
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Every morning in the Tenderloin, when people all around San Francisco are starting to wake up, around 30 people gather at St. Boniface Church, wait...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2015
  • Length: 08:07
Becoming An Advocate
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 11:00
A Survivor Story
From: Homefront Chronicles
Series: Homefront Chronicles
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What does life look like after experiencing major trauma?

  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 21:09