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In My Neighborhood
From: KUER
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How one neighbohood thinks about rights for gay people

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and KUSP


  • Added: Jan 05, 2006
  • Length: 14:51
  • Purchases: 2
Death Qualified
From: Alison Freeland
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A woman describes being on a death penalty jury in North Carolina.

Bought by KUNM, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 15:51
  • Purchases: 3
Chris Hedges: War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
From: Janis Shields
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Exploring the enduring "attraction" of war

Bought by WCPN, KPFT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 04, 2005
  • Length: 50:57
  • Purchases: 3
Ease on Down: a Refugee Story
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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An American meets an Afghan refugee in Greece

Bought by PRX to iTunes and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2005
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 2
I am Not Homeless
From: Barrett Wolf
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Poem by Highway Poet J. Barrett Wolf

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: :56
  • Purchases: 1
Death of a Soldier: The Iraq Debate
From: Lorne Matalon
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A soldier dies as Americans debate US operations there

  • Added: Oct 21, 2005
  • Length: 05:11
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
Fear, Hope, and Friendship: Mideast Teen Girls Speak Out (Peace Talks Radio Series) [29:00 / 59:00 / or Newscast Ready 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Teen girls from Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel have been gathering each of the last several summers at the Creativity for Peace Camp in New Mexico...

Bought by KUOW, KSKA, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 01:23:04
  • Purchases: 3
Nationalism and Patriotism (#129)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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How is our nation motivated or hindered in its actions when motivated by one versus the other?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KWCW


  • Added: Sep 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Day After
From: Judah Bruce Leblang
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Wondering 'what if' on the day after the election--November 2004

  • Added: Sep 02, 2005
  • Length: 03:46
Democracy
From: Brian Wright
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A Lot of What Ails Us Can Be Likened to Cancer.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2005
  • Length: 03:09
Commentary: Uranium Mining Returns to the United States.
From: KRCC-FM
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A Colorado resident objects to the resurgence of uranium mining in her county.

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jul 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 1
Downing Street Minutes: Are Bush and Blair telling the truth?
From: Jim Williams
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. President George Bush deny what's in the Downing Street Minutes; AfterDowningStreet.org co-founder David...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 05:32
End of a Red-Hunter's Crusade: The Censure of Joseph McCarthy
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
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A review of famed Communist-chaser Senator Joseph McCarthy's legacy a half-century past his condemnation by Congress.

Bought by Listenwise, KTNA, and 2SER FM 107.3


  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 3
Four Years of Protest in London's Parliament Square
From: Meghna Chakrabarti
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A UK anti-war protestor and his four-year vigil in Parliament Square

  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 05:57
RN Documentary: A Beginner’s Guide to the "Ode to Joy"
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Radio Netherlands looks at what inspired Beethoven to write one of the most universally loved pieces of classical music.

Bought by WMNR, KPIK-LP, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WEKU, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 19, 2005
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 6
RN Documentary: The Self-Made Man
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Cyborg Steve Mann claims his computer enhanced body can help create a more democratic society.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2005
  • Length: 29:31
A Meeting of the Ways: Part 1
From: Pauline Bartolone
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What happens when an anti capitalist protestor and a right wing christian performer meet on the streets of New York City during the 2004 Republican...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 03:39
1975 Ted Berrigan - Heroin
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Ted Berrigan Reads his poem "Heroin"

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 2
1975 Philip Whalen - Statement on Poetry
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Whalen reads poem on consciousness and poetry

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 2
Why I Want to Vote
From: Youth Radio
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This election season prompted Youth Radio’s Luis Sierra to apply for US citizenship.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:23
  • Purchases: 1
Lesbian Couple Moving To Canada
From: Jim Williams
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A California lesbian couple has decided to leave the U.S. to try to find acceptance.

Bought by WGDR, KRCB 104.9, WBEZ, and KVMR


  • Added: Feb 26, 2005
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 4
Chasing Love
From: Miguel Macias
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A poetic and creative exploration of the notion of romantic love, and the way it drives lives and societies.

Bought by KMUD, KUT, PRX to iTunes, KCUR, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 11
Time, Place, and Conditions
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Political radical and former prisoner, Ray Levasseur sorts out his past, present, and future.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2005
  • Length: 07:37
Petals of Hope
From: Barbara Simmons
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Petals of Hope: Community Healing In the Aftermath of Terrorism.

Bought by KUOW and WHQR


  • Added: Jan 04, 2005
  • Length: 19:45
  • Purchases: 2

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