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Andre Dubus III, a much decorated author, wrote “Townie” initially in an attempt to answer a question about baseball. That answer evolved into a me...

  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:58
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Feeling depressed and alone in Europe and with family problems at home, Darlene thinks the solution is to visit a drug house in Amsterdam. But some...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:06
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Older, Middle and Younger generation guests discuss Marijuana...then, now and in the future

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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While one guy tries make his mark as a man, another tries to erase the mark that represents a life of mistakes and regret, most of it spent in prison.

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Mar 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
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From the outside, it seemed like Michael had it all - parents who loved him, a supportive brother, an affluent home, and good grades. But, wanting...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 15:08
Caption: Detain of Yolanda's portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B Klein
Who could imagine overcoming a multi decade street life, fed by crack & prostitution, to care for a family that disowned you? Yolanda can, and did.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 13:25
Caption: Bruce's tattoo, Credit: Emily Hsiao
Emily Hsiao finds a man on Craigslist who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes and meets him. **This is the clean version of th...

Bought by KCRW


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 13:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bruce's tattoo, Credit: Emily Hsiao
Emily Hsiao finds a man on Craigslist who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes and meets him. **This is the explicit version o...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 13:13
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SMERCK introduces a new wonder drug in a effort to help the world be well

  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
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The ALIVE Study, or AIDS Linked to the Intravenous Experience, is celebrating 25 years of research into HIV and injection drug use. Run by the John...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2012
  • Length: 07:08
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Mark Ruffalo stars in Kenneth Lonergan's long-running stage hit.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KWMR-FM, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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For death investigator Stacy Williams, bloated corpses and overdose victims are a daily occurrence. It takes a different kind of death to chill her...

Bought by KUT and KOSU


  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 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: 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...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:42
  • Purchases: 1
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It’s called a gang injunction. A controversial crime tool strategy that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last reso...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 13:36
Caption: Sagnicthe Salazar , Credit: Oakland Local/EKAphotography
Gang injunctions are a controversial crime fighting tool that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last resort for comm...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Back in the States, life doesn't get any simpler for Matt.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 07:51