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Top of Mind - Does the U.S. Have a Moral Obligation to Asylum Seekers
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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People around the world look to America as a land of opportunity and safety. Do we have an obligation to asylum seekers requesting protection?

Bought by WXDU, KOWS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGCU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Learning from the Stories of Refugees in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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With thousands of people fleeing their countries and seeking asylum around the world, what can we learn from stories of refugees in America?

Bought by KOWS, KMXT, KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Top of Mind - American Guns, Cultivated Chicken
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Illegal Gun Purchases Fuel Violent Crime in the US and Latin America; Topic 2: Chicken Nuggets From Chicken Cells

Bought by KMXT, RADIOLEX, KSTK, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:46
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - When is War Justified?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Rarely is going to war clearly the right or wrong choice. When is war justified?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 9
The Chief Standing Bear Story
From: KWIT
Series: Small Wonders
Caption: Chief Standing Bear
As the United States spread west, indigenous people were displaced without being given the most basic recognition under law: being "people." When t...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 46:34
Top of Mind - America's Wars, Toxic Workplace
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Why the Greatest Threats to America Cannot Be Solved With the World’s Greatest Military; Topic 2: Something’s Toxic at Work and Companies ...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2021
  • Length: 51:46
  • Purchases: 6
StoryCorps: Ajmal Achekzai
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ajmal Achekzai reflects on escaping Afghanistan as a child, returning as a U.S. Marine, and his fears and hope for the future of its people.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Democracy, Scholarships, WAVES
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Democracy; Topic 2 - Scholarships; Topic 3 - WAVES

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 51:47
  • Purchases: 1
Don't Look Back
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories for Creative Forces
Caption: Cherry Woodburn (left) and Gary Emmert (right) editing audio., Credit: Texas Folklife
Gary Emmert was interviewed by Cherry Woodburn about his military experience. Gary enlisted when he was 18-years-old as a combat engineer, and reti...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 06:37
THE SILENCE OF OTHERS -- Robert Bahar Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Robert Bahar, San Francisco, CA 5/17/2019, Credit: Andrea Chase
Robert Bahar talks consequences, social memory, and justice versus revenge.

  • Added: May 30, 2019
  • Length: 21:50
POLICING THE NATION’S CAPITAL
From: Michelle Harven
Series: Legacy
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Gary Hankins is recruited from the air force during the Vietnam War to become a D.C. police officer.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 15:30
  • Purchases: 2
Veterans Day Soldier Story: Bob Buntin
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Bob Buntin, Credit: Rebecca D'Angelo
Back in 1933 when Bob Buntin was just a little boy, shortly after an event that rocked the entire structure of his family, he heard part of a speec...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 27:48
Life of the Law #126 UGANDA: Pt 1 - Abducted
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Life of the Law begins our 4-part series on Uganda. Reported by Gladys Oroma from Gulu, Uganda where she reports for local, national and internatio...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 36:29
CRIES FROM SYRIA -- Evgeny Afineevsky
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Evgeny Afineevsky, San Francisco, CA 3/16/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Evgeny Afineevsky talks reconstructing history, getting to Assad, and why he wants Congress to see his film.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 25:31
Kidnapped in Guatemala
From: Sarah Bromer
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When Richard Newman accepted at job at the World Health Organization in Guatemala in the late 70s, he never expected to get mixed up in the country...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2016
  • Length: 17:13
Iranian Nuclear Deal
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: Massive inspection effort gearing up with Iran nuclear deal - © Strnger, EPA, Credit: © Strnger, EPA
Depending on who you talk to, the nuclear agreement reached with Iran in the summer of 2015 is either a landmark step forward, or a total disaster....

Bought by KENW and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
Why did a 13-year-old become a soldier? Ishmael Beah explains...
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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He used to be one of the many thousands of child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in dozens of conflicts around the world. Ishmael...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 2
Maryland Town Celebrates Its 15 Hours Of Fame
From: Rebecca Sheir
Caption: After fleeing Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, President James Madison spent the night in this Brookeville home, supposedly making Brookeville “U.S. Capital for a Day.” , Credit: Washington Post
Andy Warhol once said: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." But in this town, you'll meet people who claim that in the pa...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2013
  • Length: 06:26
Author Michael Korda and "Ike: An American Hero"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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An author many times over and former editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, a major publishing company, Michael wrote this biography, “Ike: An Americ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
10 Years Since Iraq
From: War News Radio
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In this week’s show, we commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the war in Iraq through a look at the country’s past, present and future and the imp...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:06
A Soldier's Story on Film
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Sgt. Matthew Pennington was injured while serving on combat duty in Iraq. He showed signs of PTSD, but is working toward recovery by promoting self...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 2
Life After War
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
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Refugees coming to the US have just a few months to find a job and a place to live. And they are 10 times as likely as the general population to su...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
Kentucky Exhibits Mark Civil War Sequicentennial
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: Monument at Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
Two historical exhibits now open in Louisville, Kentucky explore the state's unique position as a Civil War border state.

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Dec 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Iraq veteran Eddie Falcon speaks out against the war
From: KALW
Caption: Air Force veteran Eddie Falcon is president of the Bay Area Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War
In the ‘60s and ‘70s, the Bay Area was a center for activism against the war in Vietnam. Some of those protestors happened to be returning veterans...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 06:39
All You Need is a (Separation Barrier)
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs: Book Odds
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From Baghdad to Western Sahara, an alphabetic listing of the world’s prominent separation barriers builds a wall of its own.

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1