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Narratives are all around us. These big meta-stories tell us who we are as a nation and the values we share. Narratives help us explain why things ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:12
Caption: Myq Kaplan
Ok, Comedians, make America laugh with surprising, original jokes that offend absolutely no one and work equally well in our very blue, very red an...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 21:43
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Sep 05, 2020
  • Length: 20:37
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How Many Tomorrows - Introduction No Profanity in this segment.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 07:22
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HMT was written in two parts, but are intertwined. This brief audio clip will help the listener understand why there is a light rain sound during ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Dan Bazile, Credit: Shefik
Revolution - In March 2004, Dan Bazile joined the news team at WNYT (a television affiliate of NBC), where he anchors "Weekend Today". Prior to tha...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2020
  • Length: 02:04
Caption: Inex Bordeaux holds up a sign while doing street outreach in north St. Louis to raise awareness about the Close the Workhouse campaign., Credit: Carolina Hidalgo
Five years after Michael Browns death at the hands of a police officer galvanized criminal justice reform activists in St. Louis, they're gaining s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Retired lawyer Lorri in Austin volunteers to help immigration organizations and asylum seekers in Central Texas. Lorri objects to how ICE and for-...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 19:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Marina is a pediatric nurse from Austin and the Rio Grande Valley who deeply opposes the detention centers for children crossing the Texas-Mexico b...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 26:01
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Recent violence in El Paso made Ana in Austin reflect on immigrants in America. She talks about what she has learned living and working at the bor...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 17:17
  • Purchases: 1
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Lisa from San Antonio and Austin describes how she has been involved in politics since she was a kid, and how she is especially involved now. She ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 11:31
Caption: Photo of Big Bend in Texas., Credit: Pius Wong
Jan from Bastrop in Central Texas is hugely concerned about the way the USA is handling several issues at the border with Mexico.

Bought by KRZA and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Michelle from Bastrop County discusses increasing political participation among rural Texans. She wants better government representatives who meet...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:07
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Lisa from Austin describes postcard activism projects in Texas and around the country. She explains how postcards can help get out the vote and in...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 05:33
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Vanessa from Austin, Texas, talks about why she wants the detention centers at the border to be closed. She describes what she saw in the children'...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
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Election Day eve, 2016...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:40:48
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Things we learn from Woody Guthrie and Native Americans ... and Donald Trump's dad?

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 27:19
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'Obligations of a freeman', a serious sermon by a humorous and anti-religious Mark Twain...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:35:32
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Employees of the Bloomington Utilities Department met with local residents on Friday for another in a series of Town Hall meetings put on by the ci...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:41
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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
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Revisiting the hidden world of ALEC -- the scheme to remake America, one state house at a time. Next on Moyers & Company.

Bought by WCWP, KTRL, KUOW, WXXI Rochester, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 24
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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
Caption: Job Creators, Credit: Brad Kayal
It began with an on-air rant by CNBC commentator Rick Santelli. It became a major political movement, with elected representatives on Capitol Hill....

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Because of historically cheap energy rates and lots of poorly insulated housing, Kentuckians’ average home electricity use is one of the highest in...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2012
  • Length: 12:49
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
The Supreme Court's recent decision in the Citizens United case, in which activist "conservative" judges took it upon themselves to grant corporati...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:59