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As Burma transitions from dictatorship to democracy, hundreds of political prisoners have been freed after decades behind bars. On this edition, we...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Producer Dred-Scott Keyes interviews film maker Dagmar Schultz about her film "Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years 1984-1992"
- Added: Mar 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00:01
Imagine paying almost nothing in taxes.. Sounds great doesn’t it? Some of America’s biggest companies are doing just that and making millions...or...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 29:00
What do we really know about death row in California? When we don’t know we create, we imagine.
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 27:37
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 ...
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 11:48
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...
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 13:00
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
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...
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 11:28
In the summer of 1932, a group of World War I veterans in Portland, Oregon hopped a freight train and started riding the rails to Washington DC.
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 11:56
jim justice talks about a new film, Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work, with film producer Melissa Young of Moving Images associate producer ...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 26:56
A look at the issues affecting the various people of our planet
- Added: Dec 16, 2012
- Length: 27:30
Memories of the death house, from a man who sat with 95 condemned men on their last day on earth.
Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KFAI
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: 25:02
- Purchases: 2
Around the world, students have been taking to the streets. They’re opposed to rising tuition fees and cuts to education. On this edition, we’ll ...
Bought by KAWC
- Added: Oct 25, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
It took 40 years to build ACORN, but just a few months to bring it down. Local organizers are trying to rebuild, but how is ACORN’s absence affect...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 29:01
The riverbank is a public space open for everyone. But people do not always agree on how to best spend a hot summer day.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Oct 13, 2012
- Length: 16:17
- Purchases: 1
In California, there are hundreds if not thousands of people practicing criminal law though they’ve never passed a bar exam. They don’t wear suits....
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 14:10
- Purchases: 1
Mad Genius proudly presents the latest song in our "2012: A Year In Your Ear" series: "Amend The Constitution!" Meet James Christophersen, a conse...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 04:23
Under President Obama more than 1 million people have been deported from the United States. Immigration officials claim that many of those being d...
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 30:00
Juries have a little known power that allows them to ignore the law and vote with their own instincts. This piece explores how juries have used tha...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Oct 11, 2012
- Length: 11:47
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 07:12
Through the voices of mental health care consumers/activists, this story briefly explores some of the impacts of, and responses to, the closing of...
- Added: Oct 07, 2012
- Length: 21:19
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
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
Reese Erlich brings us a special report from Libya on the chaos that remains in the wake of the overthrow of hated dictator Muammar Gaddafi. While ...
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: 29:01
This second installment in the series titled Bringing Down the New Jim Crow features the first ever dialog between legal scholar Michelle Alexander...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 59:00
