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This week on Kite Line, we share a call from a prisoner located in Seattle, who exposes his facility’s careless treatment of prisoners in the face ...
- Added: Dec 21, 2020
- Length: 29:00
We begin this week with a short piece by WFHB reporter Aaron Comforty, who reports on an alleged instance of attempted suicide in the local jail, a...
- Added: Dec 21, 2020
- Length: 29:00
After this week’s news and updates, Kite Line sits down with Keith Malik Washington, who was released from prison last month. We’ve shared many of ...
- Added: Dec 19, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we share important news from around the Midwest and more updates from the struggles in Louisiana’s immigrant detention centers. Kevin ‘...
- Added: Dec 19, 2020
- Length: 29:00
ICE detainees are a week into a hunger strike at Pine Prairie, Louisiana. This week, we broadcast audio of a call between an anonymous Pine Prairi...
- Added: Dec 19, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we share the voices of three prisoners in Florida. Choosing to speak anonymously due to repression, they told us about horrible conditio...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
We will continue the final installment of the interview between Kristina Byers and Anastazia Schmid next week, as they talk about barriers to educa...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week, we share a phone conversation between Kijana Tashiri Askari and C, one of their outside supporters. Askari is incarcerated in the Califo...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
The whole country is in upheaval as a vast Movement for Black Lives continues to challenge white supremacy and the institutions of policing and pri...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 28:59
In the wake of uprisings across the world in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, this week’s episode shares ...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
On this episode, we have a letter from a prisoner at Pendleton Correctional Facility about his experiences with COVID-19 there. We share a short PS...
- Added: Dec 18, 2020
- Length: 29:00
A bonus segment to follow Montana Public Radio's Honor, Hope and Healing Monday Music Special program. This feature highlights the music of Charlie...
- Added: Dec 15, 2020
- Length: 10:55
After decades of economic inequality ravaged the population of mostly African-American residents, the outcome of the coronavirus outbreak was predi...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Nov 21, 2020
- Length: 20:56
- Purchases: 2
Topic 1 - Civil Rights Filmmaker Takes on Voter Suppression in “After Selma.” Topic 2 - Connecting with Nature through Professional Tree Climbing. ...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioStPete Florida, and KOWS
- Added: Oct 13, 2020
- Length: 51:51
- Purchases: 3
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Leak of Trump’s Taxes Reveal He Paid No Income Tax in 10 of Last 15 Years,...
- Added: Sep 30, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Artist Hank Willis Thomas’ first major retrospective, “All Things Being Equal” is open at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Thomas’s work addresses the on...
- Added: Sep 25, 2020
- Length: 05:29
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Encourages Armed Vigilante Groups, Leading to Deadly Street Violence...
- Added: Sep 02, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Even in complicated times, we tend to forget the simplicity of, “why we protest” even if the issue is a no-brainer or has complicated edges. We kno...
- Added: Aug 11, 2020
- Length: 07:34
Season 1, Episode 14
Here’s what it’s like when you’re released from prison. You’re given a $20 debit card and a bus ride home. You need housing, ...
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 09:21
Season 1, Episode 11
The legal system operates very differently for juveniles and for adults. Yet the age at which a person is considered an adult...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 29, 2020
- Length: 09:20
- Purchases: 1
Season 1, Episode 6
What do you do when a member of your family is locked up for a crime you are sure he didn’t commit? Sheila Phipps paints.
She...
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- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 09:20
- Purchases: 1
Season 1, Episode 4
The way our criminal justice system works, there’s a significant cost to just being accused of a crime. Innocent or not, one w...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Season 1, Episode 3
Last episode, we learned about Louisiana's largest criminal court, New Orleans' Municipal Court. This time we follow Municipal...
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- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 09:06
- Purchases: 1
Rain - In March 2004, Dan Bazile joined the news team at WNYT (a television affiliate of NBC), where he anchors "Weekend Today". Prior to that, he ...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 01:35
This has been a difficult stretch for the country with millions sick, out of work, or simply stuck at home. But the horrific murder of George Floyd...
- Added: Jun 09, 2020
- Length: 29:00