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Despite the anti-discrimination laws, many pregnant workers are being legally fired for being pregnant.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:42
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Living in a new place can be hard. It can also be great!

  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:27
Caption: We listen to the billow of candidate debates but a better format for finding The truly Presidential might be The Meeting., Credit: Susan Cook
We listen to the billow of candidate debates to answer bigger questions: who among them truly has the character and qualities to be President of t...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:02:33
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Although President Obama said nothing about organized labor in his State of the Union address, he won labor plaudits for the pro-worker programs he...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:43
Caption: Mark Laws, Credit: Wendy MacNaughton
Mark borrowed $300 to fly home for his mother's funeral. A year later, he was still paying.

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Caption: Vunetta Shankle-Sadler, Credit: Wendy MacNaughton
When Vunetta moved into public housing, she discovered what people meant by "the welcoming committee."

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Caption: Augustus Vargas, Credit: Wendy MacNaughton
Augustus was homeless, and selling drugs. Then one night, sleeping in a fast food restaurant, everything changed.

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Caption: Reggie Daniels, Credit: Wendy MacNaughton
Reggie lived a life that led only to prison. Until his last time locked up.

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San Francisco labor leader Walter Johnson was a key supporter of gay rights.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:13
Caption: Vunetta Shankle-Sadler, Credit: Wendy MacNaughton
When Vunetta moves into public housing, she discovers what people mean by "the welcoming committee."

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  • Length: 00:02:05
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In this toe-tapping news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack explores Dancing with Many Voices, a multi-discipline dance perfor...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2012
  • Length: 00:26:10
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack heads up Highway 10 to Little Falls and the Great River Arts Association. Thi...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2012
  • Length: 00:24:12
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The Culture War Fetal Position

  • Added: Jan 13, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:47
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In 1958, legendary journalist, Edward R. Murrow, told his colleagues that they had a choice: to use television to "teach"...or they could render te...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:56:00
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A conversation from three folks on the rituals they've created to mark the first of the year.

  • Added: Dec 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:28
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The minimum wage is increasing in eight states.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:25
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You’ll hear the creative and inspiring voices of young thinkers and writers. This show features the collaborative work of Youth Media Project withi...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
Caption: Abandoned Fish House January 2009, Credit: Carrie Whittier, Little_DogPhotography at Flickr
Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:13
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A personal audio essay detailing one former tough-guy's transition into fatherhood. A humorous, reflective piece about moving through life with th...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:54
Caption: Created, Written and Produced by Brad Dunn
A 'Quick Sip' brought to you by What's The Juice? - America's Source For Wine Talk Radio. Topics include: Lady Macbeth, George Washington, and low...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:02:01
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This week marks the 150th episode of World Ocean Radio. In honor of this anniversary, we've chosen to re-broadcast our very first World Ocean Radio...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:27
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Despite his best efforts, like the very establishments he excoriated, Studs Terkel became an American institution. A man of the people, he was also...

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:55:00
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This holiday stocking is overflowing with a bounty of winter sounds and seasonal stories.

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 00:49:20
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Public employees, many of them African-Americans, are being hit particularly hard by today's high levels of unemployment.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:03
Caption: Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro
Prof.Stavros Xanthopoylos is the Executive Director of the on line and distant learning project at the Getulio Vargas institute in Rio de Janeiro, ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 00:15:53