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Beyond Gay Marriage - a look at the mainstreaming of the gay movement
From: elizabeth dettmer
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The June 26, 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 States shifts the terms of the debate about where the gay rights m...

Bought by WXXI Rochester and WYSO


  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 58:22
  • Purchases: 2
Part 6: Back at Home
From: Liz McArthur
Series: The Road to Unist'ot'en
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The Mount Polley taililngs pond breach happened a couple of weeks after Liz returned from the Action Camp. She speaks to author Arno Kopecky about ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2014
  • Length: 18:40
Getting Out
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Nationally, American prisons release more than 650,000 people into society every year. That’s equivalent to the entire population of Memphis or Bos...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Motherhood by Choice not Chance
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Before it was legal in the United States, some doctors would risk arrest to provide women with access to safe abortions. When that wasn’t possible,...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
You Are How You Sound
From: Hold That Thought
Series: On Language
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How may speech affect your perceived level of intelligence? Dr. John Baugh describes research that sheds light on linguistic profiling.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 12:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Planning Problem
From: Nathanael Johnson
Caption: Artist rendering of the California High Speed Rail, Credit: CAHSRA
The Big Dig, the Bay Bridge, the Chunnel... Why do transportation projects go so spectacularly over budget? There's a simple explanation - this doc...

Bought by The Neighborhood and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 26:38
  • Purchases: 2
Humankind: An Informed Republic
From: Humankind
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Ideal for broadcast around July 4th: America's founders knew their democracy required informed citizens, but is quality journalism now threatened b...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KVSC, WBEZ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WFHB and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
HUMANKIND: Universal Health Care
From: Humankind
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A Cambridge couple, both MDs and Harvard Medical faculty, have devoted their lives to researching and advocating universal health care. Provocative.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and WCQS


  • Added: Sep 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 3
SURVIVORS: Solitary Confinement in America's Prisons
From: Claire Schoen
Caption: Robert King Wilkerson spent 29 years in solitary confinement., Credit: Terry Foss
In this half-hour radio documentary, "survivors" of solitary confinement paint a picture of what it looks, sounds and feels like to live for years ...

Bought by KMUZ, KOSU, KGNU Community Radio, KUT, Remix Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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
Making the World Aware: The Longest Walk II Crosses the U.S.
From: Amy Marsh
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Thirty years after the American Indian Religious Freedom Act,, activists walk across the United States, taking Native American and environmental c...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2008
  • Length: 29:39
Ask Your Lawmaker: Issues, Campaign 2008
From: Brian Sussman
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Capitol News Connection offers the first of its Campaign 2008 interactive series, ?Ask Your Lawmaker?. What issues matter most to your listeners? T...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Red Crystal Palace ~ 5: Conclusion
From: Fereshteh Toosi
Series: Red Crystal Palace
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RED CRYSTAL PALACE is a mobile tent with a crystal ball inside, operated by a nurse seeking predictions about the future from people on the street.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:17
Reflections on New Orleans - An exclusive interview with Marcia Ball
From: Linda Seabright
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Marking 2 years since Hurricane Katrina - what's happened?- not much

  • Added: Sep 07, 2007
  • Length: 06:38
Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady
From: KUT
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This is an edited version of the award-winning documentary that was produced for KUT in 2001. 'Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady' chronicle...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WEKU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KFSK


  • Added: Jul 12, 2007
  • Length: 56:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Price of Politics
From: Vermont Public
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The campaign for Vermont's open seat in the U.S. Senate turned into the most expensive election per capita in the country. It provides a jumping of...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, KWCW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 3
First Tuesday in March
From: Vermont Public
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Every year, Vermont citizens gather at their annual town meetings in a remarkable showing of democracy. Experience this moving example of grassroot...

Bought by KQED, KTNA, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Mar 02, 2006
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
RN Documentary: Faceless – Dire Times for Illegal Immigrants in the Netherlands
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Due to economic recession and strict government policy the illegal immigrants face dire times in the Netherlands.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KRZA


  • Added: Oct 11, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Boomtown Chronicles: Reflections on a Changing California
From: Coastridge Productions
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A documentary from the epicenter of California's housing crisis. Two versions available: 59 minute and NPR-Clock Friendly with cutaways.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2004
  • Length: 59:02
Howard Dean: The Vermont Years
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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One-hour documentary details Howard Dean's record as a long-serving governor of Vermont.

Bought by WKSU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KPBS, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 02, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Democracy on the Block
From: WFUV
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A music-filled, sound-rich tour of some of the quirky, idealistic and informal democracies that play a significant but understated role in American...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KPBS, KCLU, WBAA and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2003
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 7