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Federal surveys of unemployment and high school drop-out rates don’t take into account the growing prison population.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:01:00
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On this episode of Blues Unlimited, join us as we examine the working life in story and song. From hard times trying to find work in the Great Depr...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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‘We are the 99 percent’ has become a rallying cry for people uniting to change a system based on greed and exploitation. We’ll look at what it’ll t...

Bought by KHNS and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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A look at the challenges faced by out-of-work African American male ex-offenders.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:53
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A look into the Unemployment Crisis among Iraqi Refugees in the US.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:59
Caption: Young man walking in Brooklyn, Credit: Michael Premo
Two first-person stories about the struggle for home. Shortly after being promoted and relocated from New York to Miami, Rob Robinson is laid off a...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:13:07
  • Purchases: 1
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After losing his family and job, a man decides to become a moped-powered magician.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:09
Caption: Richard Wolff, Credit: http://www.rdwolff.com/
An exclusive interview with economist Richard Wolff, who explains how failed ‘trickle down economics’ theories are being recycled under a different...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:00
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A humorous reading of a looking-for-work ad posted by a copywriter on Craigslist in Atlanta.

Bought by Vocalo.org


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 00:03:28
  • Purchases: 1
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When the City of Oakland cut their after school homework help program, High school senior Nora Rose started volunteering at her library to help fil...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 00:02:18
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Reporter Rina Palta takes a hard look at how the toughest job market in decades will shape this recession generation.

Bought by WXVU 89.1 FM Villanova


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 00:12:48
  • Purchases: 1
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If you’re a young person looking for a job, it looks pretty dismal out there, and it may not brighten up anytime soon. On this edition of How We Su...

Bought by WXVU 89.1 FM Villanova and KZYX


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Freelancing has its benefits, but what happens when the phone doesn’t ring? These are a handful of interviews with New York City freelancers talkin...

Bought by WORLDcompass.org, WAMC, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Oct 27, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Eastern Tennessee to Tucson, Arizona. Two Wheels to Nowhere is a seven-part series that weaves together the story of one man's motorcycle journey a...

Bought by KUT, KFOK-LP, KUT, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Oct 03, 2010
  • Length: 00:24:22
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: My little sister Sara and I (taken a couple years ago)
Twenty-four year old writer Rachel Sapin spoke with her younger sister, a sophomore in high school to find out how this "unfinished" generation is...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2010
  • Length: 00:04:27
Caption: Iris and her dad, Robert
When Blunt member Iris SanGiovanni was eight years old, her dad became homeless for six months after her parents divorced. A few years later, she h...

Bought by WMPG, Public Radio Remix, WMNF, KUOW, WMPG and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:04:17
  • Purchases: 6
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When there aren’t enough hours of work to go around, why not share them? That’s the premise of “shared-work” programs in seventeen states around th...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:10
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Despite Obama’s words of support of small business, experts say some aren’t relying on government, but more and more on community groups and micro-...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 00:09:00
  • Purchases: 1
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We look at how the unemployed are getting creative about making ends meet, from starting their own businesses to work-sharing.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A generational discussion comparing unemployment then and now.

  • Added: Jun 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
Caption: Tisha Davis, mother of three, Credit: ColorLines
Listen to this audio version of Link TV and Applied Research Center’s video: ‘Color Lines: Race and Economic Recovery.' Hear the untold stories of ...

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  • Length: 00:29:00
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UP IN THE AIR co-star Anna Kendrick talks to Andrea Chase about suiting up, being prepared, and why we won't be seeing George Clooney in a space suit.

  • Added: Jan 12, 2010
  • Length: 00:11:27
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As the difficult economy continues, people are more stressed. And one hypnotherapist in Connecticut is offering free sessions to help people deal w...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2009
  • Length: 00:06:49
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We go to Huron, California--a tiny farming community dubbed the' lettuce capital' of the U.S. This rural region in the fertile, sun-baked Central ...

Bought by KVNF and KVMR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2009
  • Length: 00:15:56
  • Purchases: 2
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The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2009
  • Length: 00:05:48