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Caption: A Chesapeake Energy rig in Carroll County, Ohio, where fracking is taking place in Amish communities. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
In Ohio, some of the best pockets of oil and gas in the East run right under Amish country. Reid Frazier found the drilling boom is confronting the...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
Caption: San Quentin State Prison
In 1851, the government of the new state of California legalized executions. But it wasn’t until 1891 that the state legislature required all execu...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 26:32
Caption: Marty Whiteman found himself in a struggle with Chesapeake Energy, which leased the gas under his farm. , Credit: Reid R. Frazier
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:05
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A "newsical" program offering context and perspective on the ethics of our times. A DJ samples music from 5 other artists for mashup and is hailed ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 57:50
Caption: The Cannon Point neighborhood is like nowhere else., Credit: Google Maps
Cannon Point is a one-block stretch in Broward County, Florida, with the highest concentration of mental health assisted-living facilities in the s...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUT, KUOW, and WAMC


  • Added: May 04, 2011
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 5
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Ddepression or schizophrenia are a particular problem for refugee populations in the United States. They often come from war torn nations, fresh fr...

Bought by KUOW and WAMC


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 08:19
  • Purchases: 2
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Health officials say you shouldn't eat too many local fish. In this piece, Jasmyn Belcher discovers where the message is being dropped.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WAMC


  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 05:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Besides the Tea Party, there's another grassroots tax movement building strength in places like Oregon, Alabama and North Carolina. These citizens...

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  • Length: 15:04
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Solicitors with an energy supplier operating throughout North America are knocking on doors, asking consumers to sign up for price protection.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 06:50
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In Boston's densest neighborhood, the Chinatown Storefront Library converted a vacant commercial space into a thriving community center. And then i...

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 1
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We go to Postville, Iowa and Laurel, Mississippi--two communities where the largest workplace immigration raids happened in 2008.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 20, 2010
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Who benefits from the greatly expanded public health programs, and who doesn't.

  • Added: May 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:28
Caption: Gary Cloutier, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
How the Massachusetts public is responding to the law that requires them to buy health insurance

  • Added: May 25, 2009
  • Length: 05:35
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Whether they're prompted by ice storms in Kentucky or hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, during electrical outages, many Americans turn to portable g...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 04:51
Caption: Gary Cloutier, small business owner, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
An unfortunate byproduct of the health insurance mandate in Massachusetts -- the marketing of health plans that don't add up.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WAMC


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dr. Dan Levy, who left his private practice, Credit: Karen Brown
Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there’s an unintended consequ...

Bought by KRUA and WAMC


  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 2
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Prisoners sentenced to death in Washington State have a choice of lethal injection or hanging.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 06:58
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Surviving family members in capital murder cases often endure years of legal appeals.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 07:57
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Examining how health care is being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 09:17
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Mexican Army Mission in Sinaloa and Durango States

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 05:28
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Police wrestle with solutions for St. Louis gang problem

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Is local food necessarily low-carbon?

Bought by WRVO, KVNF, KGOU, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2008
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 4
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Debt from student loans is on the rise. How some former and current students are struggling with college debt.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KRUA, and WAMC


  • Added: Apr 08, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 4
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How does the US provide protection to people who are persecuted?

Bought by WPSU-FM, WBEZ, WNIJ, WCQS, KLCC and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 26
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How some immigrants once considered non-white became white

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 06:02