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Documenting an Invisible Island
From: Radio Diaries
Series: The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island
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For more than a century, it was almost impossible to find out much about people buried on Hart Island. But in 2008, that all changed — thanks in la...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 17:56
Sonali Kolhatkar: “Rising Up” for Social Justice, With YES! Magazine
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As the Israel/Hamas conflict continues, what is media’s role?  Across the globe, reporting shapes political and cultural landscapes — and Sonali Ko...

Bought by Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
Conservation Corps MN/IA with Hollis Emery
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on DCK, we learn about Conservation Corps Minnesota and Iowa, which is an AmeriCorps agency that provides opportunities for young people to w...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 19:12
  • Purchases: 1
StoryCorps: Sophia Lansky and Neil Kramer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Neil Kramer and Sophia Lansky on February 9th, 2022 in Queens, New York. , Credit: Neil Kramer
Neil Kramer and his ex-wife, Sophia Lansky, talk about their unique quarantine experience together.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 02:46
Arica Angelo - World Renowned Dating & Relationship Expert for Men
From: Ray Samuels
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Arica Angelo - World Renowned Dating & Relationship Expert for Men

  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 01:43:24
The Rabbit Hole
From: Laura Joyce Davis
Series: Vaccine Hesitant
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How do we get the right information without falling down the rabbit hole of misinformation? In our final installment of series on vaccine hesitanc...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 57:18
  • Purchases: 1
Anxiety & Relief: Returning To Work After COVID
From: Christopher Beale
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After COVID-19 - a Palmdale couple grapple with completely different receptions upon returning to work.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 06:44
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Book Art, Credit: Paul Kivel
We speak with author Paul Kivel about his book, Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice. The discussion offers a framework f...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Dec 28, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Monopoly Capitalism: At The Breaking Point?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Monopoly capitalism may be on its last legs! This week, economist Michael Hudson joins us to say his predictions on the Trump budget have come true...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Apr 04, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
#259- FULL SHOW "Air Med life flight insurance and Pride Industries helping the disabled"
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Life Flight insurance? Yes its available. Then Pride Industries helping people with disabilities find employment. Interview show. Ready for airplay.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 51:17
#10: Jehan, The Big Yellow Atlas
From: Nadia Abuelezam
Series: Palestinians Podcast
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Jehan Bseiso is the Head of Communications for Doctors Without Borders in the Middle East Region by day (and some long evenings) and a poet by nigh...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 30:37
Memories of Boo
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we return to the story of Clinton “Boo” Gilkie, who died one year ago- on June 7, 2016- in the Monroe County Jail. We discussed the cir...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:38
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
Orthodox
From: Jonathan Hirsch
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What happens when your religious faith and sexual identity directly contradict one another? Josh Tranen lived with this contradiction for years. Ev...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 17:43
StoryCorps: Vaughn Allex and Denise Allex
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Vaughn Allex and Denise Allex
A former airline employee discusses the aftereffects of knowing he checked two 9/11 hijackers onto the plane that was flown into the Pentagon.

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Ohio mother mourns son taken by Lake Erie current
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: DANGEROUS WATERS
Caption: Melissa Zirkle with a picture of Jermaine, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Melissa Zirkle grew up near Lake Erie, but didn't learn about the dangerous currents in the Great Lakes. She lost her son to a powerful current in...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUK, WCPN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 7
Allan Wolper talks with Frank Casey
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Frank Casey was the first investment analyst to blow the whistle on rogue financier Bernard Madoff whose Ponzi scheme looted the savings of thousan...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:08
Episode 4 ~ Online Gaming Communities
From: Matthew Mustovich
Series: The Art of Video Game Design
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Randall Coleman and I talk about the impact video game communities have on the development of new titles.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2014
  • Length: 08:35
WHERE WERE WE IN '63 ?
From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism
Caption: interviewing Irving Brecher
Interviews with New Yorkers remembering where they were on November 22nd, 1963

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Lucinda Marker and John Tull
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Lucinda Marker and her husband, John Tull, talk about being diagnosed with bubonic plague in 2002.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:17
  • Purchases: 3
Father of Newtown teacher remembers the daughter he lost
From: Craig LeMoult
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The six educators who died in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Citizenship (at a Wh...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
WMMT - Reasons
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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Youth-produced content exploring the various reasons students drop out of high school, such as bullying and teen pregnancy.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
Culturology:Todd Boss talks to Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Todd Boss - Poet
In honor of the 5th Anniversary of the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, Minnesota poet Todd Boss has composed 35 poems consisting of 35 words pe...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KVSC, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 18:39
  • Purchases: 3
Centerstage Minnesota: Big Walter Smith
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Big Walter Smith
This week, in honor of Big Walter Smith, we focus on the blues in Minnesota. The feature segment is an intimate interview recorded in 2010 in which...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WTIP, and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 01, 2012
  • Length: 59:20
  • Purchases: 3
Winnipeg Folk Festival Day 3 Hour 3
From: KVSC
Series: KVSC at the Winnipeg Folk Festival
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With help from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund, KVSC has sent Wayne Bergerson, host of Frets on Saturday mornings, and long-time KVSC d...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2010
  • Length: 01:18:15