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Hope in '08? What About Hope in '68?
From: PRX PromCom
Series: Promise Commentaries
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Why are so many sixties radicals so passionate about Obama?

Bought by WDCV, Jenka Soderberg, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 01, 2008
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 3
Barack Obama's Hawaii Roots: How Hawaii Helped Shape His Values
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Barack Obama in Hawaii, Credit: George Waialeale
Family and friends who knew Barack Obama when he was growing up in the Aloha State share their insight about the presidential candidate and how Haw...

Bought by PRX Election Podcast and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
West Wing Moment
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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William's been a political junkie since he was a preteen.

Bought by WMPG, 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station, and PRX Election Podcast


  • Added: Jul 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:05
  • Purchases: 3
crystal meth. a home made drug.
From: Christian Lerch
Caption: PRX default Piece image
feature documentary about the everday life of methamphetamin users in the USA and the Czech Republic (german language)

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 45:58
  • Purchases: 1
Iraqi Translators Risk Everything
From: Adam Allington
Series: Front Line: Missouri Soldiers in Iraq
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Interview with Iraqi translator working for U.S. military

  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
"Women RIsing XVI: Civil Disobedience and Resistance"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Anti-war activist, Medea Benjamin takes her pro-democracy and pro-environment activism to new heights with CODEPINK. And Burmese activist Saw Mya...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Active Voice Radio 8-31-07 - Johnathan Mooney- The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
From: Chris Goldstein
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Author Jonathan Mooney joins us to discuss his newest book The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WXXI Rochester, and KSFR


  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
Affordable Housing Changes in central Pennsylvania
From: ComRadio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mobile home renters worry affordable housing options just don't exist for them in central Pennsylvania anymore

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Aug 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Muslim college students discuss today's social interactions with peers
From: Next Generation Radio
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Voices of Muslim students in the DC area and how they are getting intersting questions these days

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Apr 07, 2007
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Michael Mullane
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Attorney and NPR listener Michael Mullane believes upholding the law is vital to being an American.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 3
CL 2006 Rebecca Rimel "to those whom much is given."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Rebecca Rimel of the Pew Charitable trusts talks about America's image abroad and political apathy at home.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
This I Believe - Harold Koh
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh learned his belief in freedom from his father, an immigrant from Korea.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 3
The Story of the SRA-Bylaw (DRAFT)
From: Megan Hall
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Behind every law there's an intention. There's a response to a problem. Here's the problem-

  • Added: May 01, 2006
  • Length: 39:32
Is Peace Possible In The Middle East?
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
dennis ross examines the rise of anti-american radicalism in the middle east.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:52
The Story of a Nation
From: Freedom Radio Project
Series: Palestinian Refugee Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Aysar interviews one of the Deheisheh refugee Camp survivors of the 1948 Naqba (Catastrophe).

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
The Nakba and Palestinian Refugees
From: Freedom Radio Project
Series: Palestinian Refugee Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ashraf interviews Um Sameeh, his grandmother, who tells the story of her experience during the 1948 Nakba.

Bought by KPFT


  • Added: May 30, 2005
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
In the Clutches of Fear - A Journey into the American Reality
From: Egon Koch
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The changes that were much implored on September 11 did not occur, neither in terms of world policies nor in the U.S. itself.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUHB, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Nov 06, 2004
  • Length: 55:13
  • Purchases: 3
Politics Up-Close and Personal
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A campaign staffer's perspective on the impact of Howard Dean's presidential campaign

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


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 2
Spin Room
From: Raquel Maria Dillon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
postcard from the post-presidential debate spin room

  • Added: Apr 23, 2004
  • Length: 04:52
Confessions of Teen Stripper
From: Holly Kernan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
commentator Sayyadina Thomas reflects on her days as an underage stripper

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXLV-FM, and East Village Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2004
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 3
"More Civil Liberties, Less Fear"
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: "Democracy, American-Style"
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"Anees" (sp?) from Brooklyn says post 9/11 democracy lacks civil liberties

Bought by PRX Administrator


  • Added: Oct 21, 2003
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Democracy, American-Style: "Smaller is Better"
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: "Democracy, American-Style"
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David, a law professor, explains why democracy works best in smaller units -- like his parents' commune

  • Added: Sep 19, 2003
  • Length: 02:05
Democracy, American-Style: "Mandela...Bush"
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: "Democracy, American-Style"
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Nadine from South Africa remembers voting for Mandela in 94 and asks, crying: Why don't Americans value democracy more?

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


  • Added: Sep 12, 2003
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2

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