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" Patty Hearst, the Symbionese Liberation Army and Me..Fifty Years Later Remix" ( A Newsical Comedy of Terrors)
From: Paul Fischer
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A "newsical" to mark the 50th anniversary of the kidnap of Patty Hearst by The Symbionese Liberation Army ( Feb 4 1974). I was the “lucky” New...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2024
  • Length: 28:31
GN_4.26_NazisAgainstNazis
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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A community in Germany fights back an annual nazi parade with pledges to a group that counters hate groups.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
After initially saying it wouldn't, the VA now will remove Nazi symbols from two veterans cemeteries
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A gravestone for a German POW in the San Antonio VA cemetery. The stone is engraved with a swastika and an inscription that references Adolf Hitler., Credit: Military Religious Freedom Foundation
The stones, engraved with swastikas, mark the graves of German POWs who died in the United States during World War II.

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


  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 3
Love Canal, 40 years later
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Children protest at Love Canal, Credit: Center for Health, Environment & Justice
This week marked the 40th anniversary of the federal emergency declaration at Love Canal, the New York neighborhood endanger by industrial pollutio...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 3
The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
Caption: Hugh Turley, The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton
Heart failure, accident, or murder? John Shuck interviews Hugh Turley about the mysterious death of Thomas Merton.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2018
  • Length: 57:01
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...

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 23, 2018
  • Length: 07:10
  • Purchases: 1
Taking Down the Confederacy - One Monument At A Time
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Many are protesting Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's proclaiming April as Confederate Heritage Month, the last state banner to feature confederate ic...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Waste dumps a burden for minority neighborhoods
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Environmental Injustice
Caption: Children playing next to Garden Valley [Bill Nehez/CSU Cleveland Memory Project]
Would you want an industrial waste dump near your house? Probably not. But across the country, environmental hazards like waste dumps tend to be lo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2018
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 10
Presidential First Years (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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It’s been one year since the remarkable inauguration of President Donald Trump, and politicians and pundits across the country are being asked to t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KENW, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Asylum seekers follow Canadian path once used by Underground Railroad
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada.
Thousands of asylum seekers in the US are heading to Canada, because of the hostile political climate here. And they're taking routes along the Gre...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 6
The Fix: Chapter 1 – The History You Never Heard
From: The GroundTruth Project
Series: The Fix: Treating New York's Opioid Crisis
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The South Bronx, New York's poorest neighborhood, has been dealing with a deadly heroin epidemic for generations. We look at the origins of the epi...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 17:32
  • Purchases: 2
American side of Niagara Falls to go silent
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park., Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Pedestrian Bridge to be replaced at Niagara Falls State Park.
New York State plans to shut off the American Falls, a major attraction for tourists who flock to Niagara Falls. It's part of a project to replace...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 7
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
Viking ship Draken leaves Great Lakes, but hard feelings linger
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Draken Harald Harfagre, Credit: courtesy of Draken Harald Harfagre
The replica Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre has sailed out of the Great Lakes, wrapping up a summer visit marred by a dispute over pilots fees. ...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WMUK, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 7
NEXT Episode 2: A Roof Over Your Head
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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A new, regional news program from The New England News Collaborative, hosted by John Dankosky.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Vermont Public


  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 2
Michigan town rebrands itself as shipwreck capital of the Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Passengers of the Lady Michigan look down through its glass bottom in hopes of spotting one of the area’s many shipwrecks., Credit: Veronica Volk
Alpena, Michigan used to be a bustling port on Lake Huron. But since the decline of its major industry, residents of the small town have shifted th...

Bought by Delta College Public Radio, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
Community Forum: Confederate Flag Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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The Winona Human Rights Commission and Winona State University sponsored a community forum in response to the recent displays of the Confederate Fl...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 34:07
New Orleans Calling: "After The Flood" - How Community Radio Station WWOZ Was Saved In 2005
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: WWOZ's abandoned studio in Armstrong Park, New Orleans
Ten years ago, there was a storm, and then there was a flood, and they changed New Orleans forever. Many stories from that time have been told, but...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Neglected Louisiana Graveyards Face Continued Disrepair
From: Tegan Wendland
Caption: Kenny Kleinpeter at his favorite local graveyard, Highland Historic Cemetery in Baton Rouge. , Credit: Tegan Wendland
A feature piece on the striking state of disrepair of many of Louisiana's graveyards, how they got to be that way and what their future preservatio...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
How 'Quality of Life' turned Homeless New Yorkers into Criminals
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Rents have always been high in New York; but since 1994, so called ‘Quality of Life’ policing, and business friendly development strategies have de...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 17:01
The Near Death of Reagan National Airport After 9/11
From: David Schultz
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
Looking Back to Look Forward: Inheriting Unpopular Wars
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how unpopular wars are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 08:00
Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Safety Nets
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how social safety nets are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:09
The Most Unfair Thing I've Ever Seen
From: Zachary Barr
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The U.S. Army wants to expand a training area in SE Colorado, and it may use eminent domain to acquire thousands of acres of private ranchland. If...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 16, 2008
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1