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Hundreds of National Guardsmen Remain Deployed At The Border. For Some, It's A Plum Assignment
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: National Guard Specialist Joshua Smoak, a camera operator, sits inside a Mobile Video Surveillance System Truck in Rio Grande City, Texas., Credit: DeJon WIlliams / Texas Air National Guard
For military personnel at the U.S.-Mexico border, including National Guard troops, it's an unusual assignment. Many are quartered in hotels, and th...

Bought by WUSF, KRZA, and Colorado Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
The VA has embraced artificial intelligence to improve veterans' health care
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Drs. Andrew Borkowski (left) and Stephen Mastorides analyze slides under a microscope to spot cancer in tissue samples. They trained a computer to do the same thing., Credit: Stephanie Colombini / American Homefront
Researchers at the Tampa veterans' hospital are training computers to diagnose cancer. It's one example of how the Department of Veterans Affairs i...

Bought by KPBS, WOUB, Texas Public Radio, KPCC, and Colorado Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 5
For some vets, peer counseling may be more helpful than traditional mental health treatment
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Robert Hernandez (left) poses with Joe Augirre, as Augirre holds an award for fixing another veteran's mobile home. , Credit: Alyssa Jeong-Perry / American Homefront
The peer-counseling programs, which have become common in many cities, may improve mental health, self esteem, and social functioning for veterans ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, WUSF, WOUB, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2020
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 6
Child Brides, Brain Scans In Court, Staying Compassionate
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Many states allow children under 18 to get married with parental consent. Should that be illegal? Topic 2: Brain scans in the criminal jus...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 48:25
Who Rules the World and Why It Matters, At Age 18
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Leaning back...he asked "Who rules the world?", Credit: Susan Cook
Censorship of anti-war statements is now and always has been a threat to our nation's stability and the world's safety.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 07:10
A new law allows troops to seek compensation for malpractice by military doctors
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Congresswoman Jackie Speier, left, meets with Army Sergeant Richard Stayskal, center, his wife, Megan, and his attorney, Natalie Khawam, in Speier’s Washington office before an April 2019 subcommittee hearing on the Feres Doctrine., Credit: U.S. House of Representatives
Congress has established an administrative process for service members to pursue malpractice claims. But they still can't sue in civilian court.

Bought by WUSF, Texas Public Radio, and Colorado Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 3
The VA is teaching intimacy skills to veterans to try to save their marriages
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: John and Barbara Browning attended a Warrior to Soul Mate session to improve their marriage in light of the John’s PTSD symptoms and other health challenges. 'He never told me what he went through in Vietnam until he went to pieces,' Barbara said., Credit: Carson Frame/American Homefront
The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering couples retreats to help former service members communicate with their spouses.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WUSF, WOUB, KPCC, and Colorado Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 5
The Army Has A Message For Soldiers: Even Where Marijuana Is Legal, Don't Use It
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A poster at Fort Carson, Col. reminds soldiers that even though recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado, it's prohibited under military rules., Credit: Dan Boyce / American Homefront
Recreational marijuana use is now legal in ten states, but it remains off-limits to service members ... and some military communities don't want it...

Bought by KRZA, KPBS, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 6
After generations of grief and frustration, families of Korean War MIAs are more optimistic
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: U.S. Defense Department forensic anthropologists in Wonsan, North Korea examine the contents of boxes containing the possible remains of U.S. MIAs July 27, 2018., Credit: David Marshall / U.S. Army
Families hope advances in DNA technology and thawing U.S./North Korean relations will help the government recover and identify long-missing remains...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, Texas Public Radio, and WUSF


  • Added: Aug 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 4
For military spouses with professional licenses, each move can mean a bureaucratic fight
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Aleta Nims has lived in Potsdam, N.Y. for a year. She's still working to get re-licensed as a mental health counselor., Credit: Sarah Harris/American Homefront
When military families move, the careers of service members' spouses may grind to a halt because they lack a professional license in their new state.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, WUSF, Texas Public Radio, KPCC and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2018
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6
VA issues long awaited veteran ID card, but it comes with an ad on the back
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The VA is now mailing ID cards to veterans who apply for them online. The cards include the logo of Office Depot, which is paying the cost to print and distribute them through 2020.
Congress mandated the card in 2015, but provided no funding. So the VA struck a deal with Office Depot.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, KPCC, KMUD, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 6
Decades after secret chemical tests, veterans await notification and medical care
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Bob Krafty was just out of his teens when he was offered temporary duty at Edgewood Arsenal in 1965., Credit: Bob Krafty
Top secret Army experiments exposed thousands of veterans to potential chemical and biological weapons. Some are still waiting for follow up medica...

Bought by KUER, Bandon Community Radio, KRZA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 7
The Indifference Diaries: The Opposite of Love is Indifference: How to be a Good Neighbor and Warship Builder
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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As Bath Iron Works ships become more sophisticated in their use of sonar devices, we recall the 40 million dollar Maine Legislature approved tax br...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2018
  • Length: 09:56
Meeting An American Conscience in the Clothing Store: Made in Vietnam
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: After watching "The Vietnam War" we all know more about conscience...
Freud never quite cornered the market on Conscience. After two weeks spent with the Burns/Novick film ‘The Vietnam War”, the complexity of conscie...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2017
  • Length: 05:56
Thinking About Denuclearization- What Children Know
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Children's art is an eyeglass into their view. , Credit: Susan Cook
'Chuzo Tamotzu, Children’s Drawings and the Art of Resolution’ is an exhibit hosted by the Bowdoin Art Museum which presents the artwork of childr...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2017
  • Length: 07:35
Big Fish, Small Pond; Small Fish, Big Pond: An American Conscience and a Vietnam Remembrance
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: The Moving Wall came to Maine not long ago before Memorial Day..., Credit: Susan Cook
History is written by the Big and the Small. "The Vietnam War" documentary has reminded us that. The Moving Wall, a half scale version of the smoot...

  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 07:06
Remembering Navajo Code Talker Samuel "Jesse" Smith
From: Ashley Gross
Caption: Samuel "Jesse" Smith, Credit: Katy Gross
Samuel "Jesse" Smith was so determined to defend his country after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, he lied about his age to get into the Marines....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 3
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
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
A Soldier's Story on Film
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sgt. Matthew Pennington was injured while serving on combat duty in Iraq. He showed signs of PTSD, but is working toward recovery by promoting self...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Development & Displacement in the Other Iraq
From: War News Radio
Caption: An abandoned IDP camp in Iraqi Kurdistan near the border with Iran., Credit: Rachel Stacy
In Iraqi Kurdistan, a common adage says the Kurdish people have “no friends but the mountains.” Today, the mountains along the northern border of ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 2
Kristof: Middle East revolutions and the impact on women
From: War News Radio
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News and features on global conflict.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:15
Moving Up
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2011
  • Length: 29:00