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Diary of A Bad Year: A War Correspondent's Dilemma
From: Atlantic Public Media
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
Caption: Kelly McEvers, Credit: Glen Carey
NPR's Kelly McEvers' unprecedented and intimate portrait of the sacrifices reporters and their families make to tell untold stories -- and the some...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN, WRPI, KZYX, KRCB-FM, and KALW


  • Added: Jun 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 5
Boy Scouts partially lift gay ban
From: WDFH Westchester Public Radio
Series: OutCasting
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On May 23, the Boy Scouts of America voted to lift its ban on gay youth members. The ban on gay adult leaders still stands. This program looks at...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Strong-armed
From: Neena Pathak
Caption: Danni Jesudowich and Paul McClanahan instruct Keely Ahlstrom on how to shoot a full vent ribbed 20 gauge Benelli semi-automatic shotgun with adjustable chokes.
The National Rifle Association started its Women on Target program in 2000. According to their website, they’ve trained over eighty thousand women...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:31
  • Purchases: 1
100%
From: Zach Hirsch
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Two survivors of the Boston Marathon bombing confront their psychological bruises.

  • Added: May 27, 2013
  • Length: 09:12
George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
From: Devon Strolovitch
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The story behind one of the saddest songs ever written.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:08
  • Purchases: 1
Helen Morley: A Blessed Nuisance
From: Grant Buhr
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Helen Morley was an unsung hero in a relatively unknown battle – the grassroots fight for mental health care in Chicago. Her deficits were often he...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:20
All Mixed Up-Boston Marathon
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: April 15th, 2013
April 15th came with an explosion this year at the Boston Marathon, this mix blends sounds from that afternoon with the ongoing bad history on that...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 59:47
Missing Kim
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dick Moreau has hung over 50,000 posters of his daughter around the area of Jay, Maine. This is the story of one family's 26-year quest for answers.

Bought by KFAI, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 3
"Happier at Home" by Gretchen Rubin
From: On the Strip Radio Network
Series: Insight Daily Radio
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ID Radio is a two-minute daily feature with interviews and insights from today’s most influential authors, musicians, artists, and creative minds. ...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
356 Years Later
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Earlier this year, Kateri Tekakwitha became the first Native American saint. The 356-year-old saint helps American Indians cope with the Catholic C...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:36
15 Minutes of Shame
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A small town's shocking scandal becomes national news, but no one is really sure why. The defendant was sentenced May 31, 2013.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 07:35
Bruised
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Brain injuries have been in the news a lot lately - with soldiers and sports heroes suffering from acquired brain injuries, science and the public ...

Bought by KDNK and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
  • Purchases: 2
Finding Treatment
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Being diagnosed with a disease is hard enough. Imagine living hours away from the closest place you could receive treatment.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:24
Moorings and Traps
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Making a living is a struggle this year for Maine lobster fishermen - due in part to strong conservation regulations.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #04 - Law in Translation
From: Life of the Law
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Vietnamese fishing communities are still finding themselves grounded by the BP oil spill, one of the largest environmental disasters of the century...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #09 - Reporter on Death Row
From: Life of the Law
Caption: Carmen Ward has been an inmate in San Quentin’s Adjustment Center for seven years, Credit: Nancy Mullane
What do we really know about death row in California? When we don’t know we create, we imagine.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #08 - Redesigning Justice
From: Life of the Law
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Red Hook is an isolated neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, once known as the “crack capital of America.” In 2000, residents banded together to create a ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 11:48
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #07 - Felony Factory
From: Life of the Law
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You’ve just been arrested, charged with a felony and can’t afford to pay your bail, let alone hire a lawyer. You know you have the right to a trial...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #05 - Tough Crowd
From: Life of the Law
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Is the law ever a laughing matter? We present to you a brief history of attempted comedy in the toughest room in the country—the Supreme Courtroom.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:10
The Python Challenge
From: casey schelhorn
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Two first time radio producers travel to the Everglades intending to tell the story of a state-sanctioned Python hunt, but end up telling an altoge...

Bought by KGOU and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 09, 2013
  • Length: 15:34
  • Purchases: 2
The List: Public Radio Picks The Best of SXSW 2013
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
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Each year, we ask some of public radio's most respected tastemakers to share their top picks for SXSW Music. We put those selections together and ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN


  • Added: Mar 08, 2013
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
Shadows of Innocence: Sexual Assault Among Indiana’s Youth
From: WFIU
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An hour-long radio documentary examining sexual assault on high school-aged girls in Indiana, featuring stories of sexual assault survivors, as wel...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:59
The Farewell Season of Rollerdome
From: Radio K
Caption: Lisa Smith and Tad Wagner skate at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN., Credit: Noel Clark
Built in 1982, the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome has seen it’s share of sporting events. Baseball, football, soccer. But off the field, a community o...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Overnight Metropolis
From: Ashley Cleek
Caption: Luxury hotels and apartments across the street from an earthquake-risk neighborhood., Credit: Ashley Cleek
Istanbul is a massive city of around 15 million people living in 3 million apartments. But Istanbul is also a city that is slated to have a major e...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
  • Purchases: 1
No Common Market: Whither Kensington?
From: Marion Kane
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There's a battle going on for the soul of Kensington Market in downtown Toronto...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 22:00

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