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Gaza, Solidarity, and the Movement for Palestinian Liberation
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Demonstrators call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to US military aid to Israel at the Port of Oakland in November 2023., Credit: Brooke Anderson (photo has been cropped from original)
For weeks people around the world have been witness to Israel's deadly assault on Gaza. Today, we uncover the military corporations profiting from ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Lines Should Be Drawn- Ray Luc Levasseur on Fighting Jim Crow and Surviving Federal Supermax
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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Ray Luc Levasseur is a former underground participant in the United Freedom Front, which carried out a campaign of attacks from 1975-1984 against S...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Honor Flight: Recognizing our War Heroes
From: Stephen Grant
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Most World War II veterans didn’t receive accolades or experience the infamous New York City ticker-tape parade most Americans are familiar with in...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2018
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
New Navy ship, USS Little Rock, stalled by ice
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: USS Little Rock in Buffalo, Credit: Angelica A. Morrison
Icy conditions have delayed departure plans for the USS Little Rock. The ship was commissioned in Buffalo, back in December and started on a journe...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: :44
  • Purchases: 3
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
Museum seeks WWII Navy pilots
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A plane recovered from Lake Michigan, Credit: John Davies
To accompany a documentary screening, the National Museum of the Great Lakes is searching for Navy pilots who trained on Lake Michigan during World...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO


  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 5: From Syria With Baklava
From: The GroundTruth Project
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The epic journey of a group of Syrian refugees brought together by a famous sweets shop called Salloura. Syrian-American correspondent Dalia Morta...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 02, 2016
  • Length: 34:05
  • Purchases: 1
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
Comedy Bootcamp
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A new course dreamed up by students at the College of William & Mary, called Veterans Comedy Bootcamp is bringing laughter and storytelling to a cl...

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  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 8
Veterans Day Ceremony Hosted At Monroe County Courthouse
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Richard E. Dunbar, Commander, Burton Woolery American Legion Post #18, hosted a Veterans Day ceremony at the Monroe County Courthouse this morning....

  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 08:40
When Oregon's Fort Stevens was shelled during WWII, Why didn't They Fire Back?
From: Ron Johnson
Series: Because It Matters
Caption: The 10-inch guns at Battery Russell that weren't fired.
The US mainland hadn't been attacked since the War of 1812 until a summer evening during 1942. And when Battery Russell on the Oregon coast was sh...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 15:47
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Sweden's “Open Doors” for Syrian Refugees…at a Perilous Risk
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: migrants arriving on the island of lampedusa in august 2007. pictures taken by Sara Prestianni and taken from storie migrante., Credit: Noborder network
When it comes to embracing refugees, Sweden is known to be among the friendliest countries in the EU. The problem is getting all the way to Sweden....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 1
Fleeing Syria, Seeking Refuge
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Syrian Refugees, Credit: UN
Over 2 million Syrians have been displaced by that country's ongoing civil war. Neighboring countries are overwhelmed with refugees. So where else ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Veteran's Day Special
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Welcome to WFHB’s veterans day feature broadcast.

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 1
War News Radio: Strife in Syria
From: War News Radio
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This month on War News Radio, “Strife in Syria,” where we look at the current conflicts in Syria from multiple perspectives. Beginning with a backg...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 45:27
Chaos and Crisis
From: War News Radio
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Global conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 30:02
Military Headline News
From: Rick Rogers
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Unique, non-partisan military and veterans news and information in a short format.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Women in Combat
From: War News Radio
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On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
Moving Up, Moving Out
From: War News Radio
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This month on War News Radio, “Moving Up, Moving Out”, we discuss what stories in the news this week angered us the most. Then, we learn about Fran...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
Drone practice above Upstate New York
From: North Country Public Radio
Caption: Air National Guard students train on maintaining the MQ-9 Reaper at Hancock Air Base in Syracuse, NY., Credit: David Sommerstein, NCPR
Drones, or unmanned aircraft, are making headlines for their controversial attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan…and for how they could be used for s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
Military Veterans Treatment Court Graduation
From: Rick Rogers
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Across the nation in dozens of communities, veterans are being diverted to special courts for crimes they've committed after and in large measure b...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 03:43
Peace News in Wartime
From: War News Radio
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This week on War News Radio, “Peace News in Wartime”, we discuss the role of Morocco in the Arab Spring. Then, we learn about the process of establ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 30:01