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Risky Business
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs
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Patient Transfer Vehicles. They look like ambulances but they're not. Riding in one can land you in the wild wild west of unregulated care. 'Risky ...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 30:50
The irreversible effects of climate change
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Revised edition. An international scientific study concludes that the negative effects of climate chanage will be irreversible for at least 1000 ye...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1
In Connecticut, Companies Choose Shared-Work Over Layoffs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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When there aren’t enough hours of work to go around, why not share them? That’s the premise of “shared-work” programs in seventeen states around th...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 07:10
Non-profits Make Jobs by Supporting Micro-Enterprise
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Despite Obama’s words of support of small business, experts say some aren’t relying on government, but more and more on community groups and micro-...

Bought by WCSU-FM, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 3
How We Survive: Getting Creative About Jobs
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We look at how the unemployed are getting creative about making ends meet, from starting their own businesses to work-sharing.

Bought by WCSU-FM and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Left for Dead
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Guerrette family copes with unthinkable horror.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 11:23
  • Purchases: 2
Rethink Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties (Part 4)
From: Brave New Films
Series: Rethink Afghanistan
Caption: Rethink Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties (Part 4)
The footage you are about to see is poignant, heart-wrenching, and often a direct result of U.S. foreign policy.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 12:09
Rethink Afghanistan: Security (Part 6)
From: Brave New Films
Series: Rethink Afghanistan
Caption: Rethink Afghanistan: Security (Part 6)
The war in Afghanistan is increasing the likelihood that American civilians will be killed in a future terrorist attack.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 11:14
Rethink Afghanistan: Women of Afghanistan (Part 5)
From: Brave New Films
Series: Rethink Afghanistan
Caption: Rethink Afghanistan: Women of Afghanistan (Part 5)
Eight years have passed since Laura Bush declared that "because of our recent military gains, women are no longer imprisoned in their homes" in Afg...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 10:51
Rethink Afghanistan: Cost (Part 3)
From: Brave New Films
Series: Rethink Afghanistan
Caption: Rethink Afghanistan: Cost (Part 3)
Everyone has a friend or relative who just lost a job. Do we really want to spend over $1 trillion on another war? Everyone knows someone who has l...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 13:59
Afghanistan + Troops = Catastrophe (Part 1 of Rethink Afghanistan)
From: Brave New Films
Series: Rethink Afghanistan
Caption: Rethink Afghanistan: Troops (Part 1)
President Obama has committed 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan. This decision raises serious questions about troops, costs, overall mission, and e...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 11:46
Part 3: Living With Dioxin Delays
From: The Environment Report
Series: Dioxin Delays
Caption: Mitch Larson lives in Saginaw's Riverside neighborhood, which saw a large dioxin removal project last year. His home is on the banks of Tittabawassee River., Credit: Shawn Allee
Shawn Allee talks with residents about living with Dow and dioxin.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:38
A Food Desert in California's Breadbasket
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We go to Huron, California--a tiny farming community dubbed the' lettuce capital' of the U.S. This rural region in the fertile, sun-baked Central ...

Bought by KVNF and KVMR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2009
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 2
Making Contact: Survivors of Solitary Confinement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hakeem Shaheed
Tens of thousands are in solitary confinement in American prisons which according to the United Nations is torture. Producer Claire Schoen met nine...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
One Story of Disability Care in New Mexico
From: Rogi Riverstone
Series: KUNM News
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Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 11:27
Sign Thieves
From: Long Haul Productions
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The citizens of SW Michigan talk about the recent and unprecedented rash of thefts of Obama and McCain yard sign thefts in their area.

Bought by KALW, WVPE, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WILL


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 4
Iraq Kidnap Diary
From: Joshua E. S. Phillips
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An Iraqi refugee describes his kidnapping experience

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 08:04
Stephen King's Movie Rose Red
From: The humble Farmer
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Scary things

  • Added: Oct 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:34
Threats to Mexican Lawmakers
From: Lorne Matalon
Series: The Mexican Army, Drug Cartels and US Aid
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cartels Threaten Mexican Lawmakers

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 02:31
Journalists Under Assault: Society of Professional Journalists
From: Burton Cohen
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What is the precedent set by the arrests of journalist at the conventions?

  • Added: Sep 15, 2008
  • Length: 58:34
The Gorilla Had Hair Like Dolly Parton
From: The humble Farmer
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I can't think of a title for this piece

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Sep 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:03
  • Purchases: 1
FearTV
From: WAMU
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This piece examines possible fear-mongering by the media.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 2
Zimbabwe Violence Threatens children
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Post-election Violence in Zimbabwe Threatens children

  • Added: May 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:57
Health Crisis in post-cyclone Myanmar
From: UNICEF
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fear of disease outbreaks after the hurricane in Myanmar

  • Added: May 15, 2008
  • Length: 02:59
The Fundamentals of Impairment-Part 1
From: KUOW
Series: Troubled Doctors: Addiction and Depression in Medicine
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of an addicted doctor

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 2