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Caption: Episode 12: Hollywood Presidents for a Partisan Nation (Part Two)
Imagine creating a television series premised on a U.S. Capitol building attack, then watching a less-lethal yet all too real version of that event...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 21:40
Caption: Karuna Koppula
Who is the Rising American Electorate? Generation Justice talks to The Voter Participation Center, based in Washington D.C., to learn more about ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 17:49
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In the mid-90’s, Dr. Mark Rosenberg was leading gun violence research at the CDC. Republican Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey, the NRA’s so-called '...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 37:50
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Saber and Muzzamil at Saber’s home. She bought a few American flags after 9/11 and put them around  her house, Credit: Renee Gross
As anti-Muslim rhetoric has increased, members of the Muslim Community of Western Suburbs in Canton, Michigan are becoming more politically involve...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 3
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In the summer of 1970, when she was 21, Patrice Gaines spent several weeks in jail facing charges for possession of heroin. She was a drug abuser s...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 07, 2015
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr Robert Jensen on his latest book “Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialog,”

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:07
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Calvin Duncan spent over 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In prison, he taught himself the law. He became a jailhouse lawyer and he...

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  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 17:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
With the election season over, the next phase of elected politics has settled on our plates like a bowl of jello. How can you tell when the age-old...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
Caption: An old clutch replaced might work better..., Credit: Susan Cook
In politics, arrogance can be hired, purchased or -in volunteer organizations- a gratuity that comes with volunteer labor.- or elected. In Maine ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In the 1950’s and 1960’s American citizens and the stalwart among them who were brave enough to run for political office had to learn to live with...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
Caption: Long-time AC Transit rider Walter Davis gets off the bus at 14th and Market in Oakland., Credit: Isabel Angell
East Bay bus agency AC Transit doesn’t have the ridership or wide-reaching reputation of BART or San Francisco’s Muni. But about 100,000 people tak...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2014
  • Length: 08:31
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays. In th...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:58
Caption: Let us anticipate what we lose if we hand over the democracy ground game. , Credit: Susan Cook
The Mayor of New York held a big fundraiser in New York recently to support candidates who want consensus in Washington. As we listen to Mr. Bloomb...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:52
Caption: Senator Carraro is an Average Joe
We need to change the qualifications for running for President as well as Congress. Obviously the candidates we've had in the past were not the cho...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2012
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Our elected officials need reminders about what money is actually used for. , Credit: Susan Cook
As our Elected Officials struggle with Debt Ceiling Reduction, perhaps some homework on how my 30 bucks can be better quality than their 2.4 trilli...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:12
Caption: Derequired?, Credit: Susan Cook
We need a new word for those who think "required" health care coverage is pesky and unconstitutional.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: :57
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear Sudanese opinions on US President Barack Obama's new policy towards Sudan.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 06:36
Caption: God Save The People!, Credit: SLG
Is The President Telling Us The True Costs of A Government Take Over of the Health Care Insurance Industry? - Consider the Current Tales with Those...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 09:59