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One Doctor’s Quest to Improve Health Care for People with Disabilities
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Kevin Carlson ringside at Monday Night Raw., Credit: Tradeoffs/Leslie Waker
As adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities strive to live more freely and fully than ever before, many of America’s doctors, hospit...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 27:55
Lost in Immigration
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Some things are temporary.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Invisible Third Party of Reform
From: Jenna Spinelle
Series: When the People Decide
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By design, ballot initiatives require coalitions that cross party lines to secure the votes needed to win. Some campaign organizers view this rule ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 35:48
Bastard Nation Finds Its Voice
From: Jenna Spinelle
Series: When the People Decide
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An online community of adoptees fight for their birth records in 1990s Oregon - framing the issue around civil rights instead of parent/child relat...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 35:25
America, Fast Forward
From: Jenna Spinelle
Series: When the People Decide
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In the words of one expert, California has “gone crazy for propositions.” In this episode, we tell the story of one of the state’s most notorious b...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 30:41
Cities Declare Climate Emergency
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Two men address their fear of climate change by getting their cities to declare a climate emergency and commit to rapidly lowering emissions.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, KICI Iowa City, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
RDD: Meet a Muslim
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In this week's episode of The Rough Draft Diaries you'll meet Adam Smidi, a volunteer and one of the organizers of Unified Eid - an initiative to b...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2018
  • Length: 06:04
  • Purchases: 1
"Rude, Crude and Crass: The Rise of the Right in America-Part Two
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "The Cutting Edge: Black News and Views- Where Journalism, Culture, Politics and Activism Converge"
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An audio collage of the development of the Klan, the Alt. Right and White Supremacy in the U.S.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 53:48
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
Health insurance cancellations - a personal wake-up call
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Millions of Americans have received letters from insurance companies in the last few months, cancelling their health plans. It’s part of the transi...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 10:58
The Square Deal
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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George F. Johnson was the owner of the Endicott Johnson Corp. — at one time the country’s leading shoe manufacturer — and one of the nation’s leadi...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, PRX Remix, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 4
Tax and Spend vs. Borrow and Bomb
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
There are two major political parties

  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:57
The State We're In: Labor Day Special 2008
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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Labor Day: The Right to Work

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
“.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO FAITH, FEMINISM AND HIP HOP.”
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
The State We're In Special: Human rights defenders
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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In this special edition of The State Were In, we speak to human rights defenders from across the globe, including Uzbekistan, Burma, Congo Brazil a...

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


  • Added: Dec 18, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 2
The State We're In: Olympic Special, August 9th 2008
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: The State We're In: 2008 Specials Series
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Olympic Special

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KWMR, KMUN, KWIT, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 5
Would You Run For President
From: The humble Farmer
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People who wouldn't run for the office had their reasons.

  • Added: May 06, 2008
  • Length: :31
Black Gold
From: War News Radio
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This week, War News Radio presents the second of a series of shows that will explore the big questions still unanswered about the situation in Iraq...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KGOU


  • Added: Apr 04, 2008
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2