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For death inspector Stacy Williams, bloated corpses and overdose victims are a daily occurrence. It takes a different kind of death to chill her to...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:35
Caption: Photo by @Doug88888, Flickr
Fernando Palacios, a junior at Capital High School, shares this exquisite poem about addictions to prescription pill.

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:26
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East Oakland neighbors wax poetic about their neighborhood with rhymes from Oakland hip-hop artist Do D.A.T.'s album "Oakland in Blue" laid in for ...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Finally, McDonald's and Pfizer have announced a plan to merge operations. The Final Edition investigates...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2012
  • Length: 00:03:47
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As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host both the World Cup and the Olympics in the next 4 years, the Brazilian government is hard at work making the cit...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 00:37:26
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A review of LAST DAYS HERE, the documentary about a legendary rock musician trying to stage a comeback.

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 00:02:00
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The pharmaceutical industry is a business and sometimes generating profit could mean developing medicines with high dose of drugs that could increa...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 00:28:00
Caption: Incarcerated mother in Decatur Prison’s Nursery Program and Reunification Unit. , Credit: Photo courtesy of Shannon Heffernan http://www.timeontheoutside.com/prison-nursery
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next ...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 00:29:00
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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  • Length: 00:01:58
  • Purchases: 1
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A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is h...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:09:50
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A true story told live in London. Radcliffe lost his home, his job and his wife in 24 hours. An uplifting tale on drug addiction and redemption, fr...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:13:42
  • Purchases: 1
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Back in the States, life doesn't get any simpler for Matt.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:51
Caption: Artists Rich Medina and Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Credit: Flickr user: kuishimbo
Art and music have long contributed to society and our way of life. But in these dire financial times, it’s not always a priority in our schools. O...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
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Hillbrook Juvenile Detention Center in Syracuse, New York works with troubled youth - yet it isn't a "lock em up, throw away the key" kind of place...

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:25
  • Purchases: 1
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A man gets in his car and leaves his life behind.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:15

  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:10
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A man questions the advice of his doctor and decides to stop taking anti-anxiety medication.

  • Added: May 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:26
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For most women, the way their pregnancy, labor, and recuperation is handled by the correctional system has a lot to be desired. But there are some...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: http://www.timeontheoutside.com/, Credit: Shannon Heffernan
What happens when a women gives birth behind bars? Usually those babies are sent home with family members or put into foster care. But some prison...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:14:25
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: http://www.timeontheoutside.com, Credit: Shannon Heffernan
A look at pregnancy, and motherhood, inside US jails and prisons. What does the huge number of incarcerated women in prison foretell for the next g...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
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These are the personal stories of recovery of four people in Portland,OR who are in recovery from addictions to crime and drugs.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2010
  • Length: 00:20:22
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A half-hour radio documentary that explores different dimensions of the Mexican crisis largely uncovered in US media.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:57
Caption: Tish Morgan Mata, Credit: Tish Morgan Mata
Tish Morgan Mata has been bipolar from a very young age, and used drugs, alcohol, sex and food to self-medicate. In this interview she describes wh...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2010
  • Length: 00:24:14
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Mark Ruffalo stars in Kenneth Lonergan's long-running stage hit.

Bought by WRVO, Nevada Public Radio, KRCB, WBEZ, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Author Paul Loeb is re-releasing his book, ‘Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times’. On this edition, we’ll hear from Loeb...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:59