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Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
On the job in the steel mills, the Ministers-in-Industry participants continue to shield their identities as seminarians to keep the situation real...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:41
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
At Union Seminary Richard immediately audits a seminar being co-taught by John Bennett and Reinhold Niebuhr on “Christianity and Communism.” Richar...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 26:22
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard spends the 1948 fall election season organizing student chapters of the League for Industrial Democracy on college campuses. Though loyal t...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:27
Caption: Artwork by Richard Creps
Richard's mother enrolls him in Good Will Sunday School, an East Side mission of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. At Good Will, Richard lear...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 21:38
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After the wall came down, people in East Berlin realised that the freedom to have a passport still doesn't allow you to travel, unless you have the...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 1
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One woman's philanthropic mission comes full circle.

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland, KUT, and KHSU


  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Nancy Alvarez
By Nancy Alvarez. I can’t stop thinking about Malala Yusafzay, the young girl who was shot in the head in Pakistan because she spoke out abo...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:44
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(Short commentary under 2 minutes) When the votes are counted, the election night parties are over and the mud-slinging stops, voters (according to...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
Caption: Kyndall Goss
Kyndall Goss of Tacoma, Wash. talked with KPLU about healthcare.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: :17
Caption: Josh Morrissette
Josh Morrissette of Tacoma, Wash. talked with KPLU about gay marriage.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: :34
Caption: Voices of Young Voters
Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:48
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Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:46
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Young voters could play a major role in this presidential election. But what issues are most important to those under the age of 30?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:45
Caption: Tyler Carter, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Tyler Carter, 20, of Ukiah, Calif., talked with KQED’s Lillian Mongeau about how his father's opinions make him feel about politics.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: :51
Caption: Tatiana McBraun, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Tatiana McBraun, a political science major at San Jose State, told KQED’s Lillian Mongeau she feels too much security can be a bad thing.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: :33
Caption: Ross Rothpanhar, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Ross Rothpanhar is a public health major at University of California, Berkeley. He says growing up poor made him appreciate government services.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:06
Caption: Kashawna Williams, Credit: Ian Hill/KQED
Kashawna Williams, an administrative justice major at Ohlone College in Fremont, Calif., and a former foster youth, discusses her drive to fix the ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: :43
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In 2011, the University of California system sustained budget cuts up to $750 million. It marked a true financial turning point for the schools. St...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:33
Caption: Squaw Rock (DAH-N0L-YO) , Credit: www.noehill.com
Stori Sojourner weaves music, memories and ideas together as well as reveals a long time secret of her own. Guest on the show, Jessica Stephens, sh...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 07, 2012
  • Length: 30:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Cornel West and Carl Dix, Credit: Revolution Books
A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ali Abunimah
Electronic Intifada founder Ali Abunimah says a global movement against Israeli government policy is breaking through. On this edition, Abunimah ex...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: RUPA LUCIAN (Radio Drama Feature), Credit: Chris TEMPLETON
A true story, Rupa Lucian, Child of Romania charts the historic final months leading to the fall of the Ceausescu regime.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 44:44
Caption: You Can See the Moon, Credit: Chris TEMPLETON
A married Jewish couple are abruptly separated by the KGB when the husband is kidnapped to act as Stalin’s look-alike double

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 13:47
Caption: General James Jones, Credit: NPC
Former National Security Advisor James Jones speaks to the Press Club about challenges facing the United States and the recent military mission tha...

  • Added: May 21, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: A Broad at Home, Credit: Walter Murch
The Conceptual artist Mr. Ai Wei Wei, was detained by the Chinese authorities on Sunday April 3. Where has he been taken and why?

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 09:25