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Caption: Reagan National Airport was almost permanently closed in the days after the 9/11 attacks., Credit: WikiCommons
How one Congressman's bald-faced bluff saved Reagan National from permanent closure.

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 06:07
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A man breaks up a fistfight with a chainsaw

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 01:07
  • Purchases: 1
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There’s lots of talk these days about the economy and the trade deficit appears to be part of the problem. You can see why: you just have to check ...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:45
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A new constitution in Kenya brings hope of a fresh start to millions. And as schoolkids head back to the classroom, the World Vision report looks a...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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A new constitution in Kenya brings hope of a fresh start to millions. And as schoolkids head back to the classroom, the World Vision report looks a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:25
  • Purchases: 1
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: A girl stands before a sprawling tent camp for people displaced by flooding, in Sukkur, a city in Pakistan's Sindh province. , Credit: © UNICEF/NYHQ2010-1628/Ramoneda
UNICEF Podcast moderator Amy Costello spoke with two guests about the devastating immediate and long-term impacts of the floods in Pakistan on chil...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 01, 2010
  • Length: 14:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Chilean wind ensemble "Grupo Raiz" in the early 1980s. , Credit: www.hollynear.com
In 1973 a military junta toppled Chilean president Salvador Allende. We tell the story of a group of Chilean exiles who transform their experience ...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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There are about 7,000 languages in the world – and half of them are expected to disappear by the end of this century. One language on the verge of ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
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If you can’t read or write, how can you sign important documents or cash your paycheck? In Afghanistan, you get a signet ring. Engravers carve r...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
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Colombia has been making progress in its battle against drug trafficking. Just last week govt officials arrested a major drug dealer accused of se...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Laotian cuisine is not as popular IN THE U.S. as that of its neighbours, Vietnam and Thailand, but its every bit as sophisticated. It’s full of exo...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 03:04
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In Panama, a descendant of African slaves is fighting to keep her culture alive. Marlon Bishop brings us this story of the Congo Princess.

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Floods in Pakistan have destroyed more than a million homes in the country. And aid has been slow to reach the 8 million people who need it. This w...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:50:22
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Floods in Pakistan have destroyed more than a million homes in the country. And aid has been slow to reach the 8 million people who need it. This ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Manal AlBzoor and Marge Schneider at the iftar in Bridgeport, Conn., Credit: Photo by Craig LeMoult
Over the last few weeks, protesters have targeted a mosque in Bridgeport, Conn., handing out flyers and talking to worshipers, sometimes through bu...

Bought by KUOW, WTIP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Terry was eventually evacuated onto this highway ramp
Terry's cell at Orleans Parish Prison became a drowning cage as the flood waters from Hurricane Katrina rose almost to the ceiling. As his drowned...

Bought by WDSE, PRX Remix, and WMNF


  • Added: Aug 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Mohammed Sher Ali Khan, Credit: Alex Stonehill
Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis were already fleeing the Swat Valley before the latest fighting broke out. Sher Ali Khan, 55, is one of them. ...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 01:48
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From "Warrior Writers" 8/20/2010: War News Radio reports on the Warrior Writers program, which helps US veterans channel their feelings and experie...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
Caption: US veteran sharing his thoughts with Warrior Writers., Credit: Photo courtesy of Warrior Writers.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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News. Where do you get your news? More importantly, who do you trust to deliver that news? Commentator Mark Blackmon says he's given up newspapers ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:12
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In New York City people are swimming in pools made out of dumpsters, right on Park Avenue!

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Commedia del Media
Reporters can be funny. Standup comedy featuring emcee Matt Cooper, along with Doug Hecox, Rich Edson, Jamilla Bay, Walter Shapiro, Melissa Bell, ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2010
  • Length: 58:00
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From "Endless Summer" 8/13/2010: War News Radio reports on the problems associated with the unbearable heat of summer in Iraq, and how they cope wi...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 06:31
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From "Endless Summer" 8/13/2010: War News Radio reports on the status of women in Afghanistan, how they have come to be marginalized in most aspect...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 08:05