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A History of Development and Disruption
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In a new book, Hella Town: Oakland's History of Development and Disruption, author Mitchell Schwarzer explores the origins and lasting impacts of t...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Elizabeth Hernandez and other tenants protest rent hike , Alliance for Californians for Community Empowerment Action
While wages have flatlined for most working class people, rents have reached new highs, leaving most people struggling. But it’s not just in the US...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Elizabeth Hernandez and other tenants protest rent hike , Credit: Alliance for Californians for Community Empowerment Action
While wages have flatlined for most working class people, rents have reached new highs, leaving most people struggling. But it’s not just in the US...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioStPete Florida, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Generator
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: Postcards from The Wind
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A postcard from an art space, which has taken over an old big box store.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Thinking Like a Sponge
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Intense weather events are calling attention to not just local but worldwide water crises caused by climate. Coastal inundation, community disrupti...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 05:17
Living Planet 02/26/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Sustainability & the city - We're taking a look at our cities. From our food systems to transportation and urban plannin...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Contiguous (episode 8)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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In the season one finale of Growing Old, travel forward to the year 2070, and explore the contiguous forest of Seattle’s future. Visit Eagle Villag...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 2
From Vacant Lot To Skate-able Park
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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On a busy street corner in North Minneapolis, there once stood a fenced-off, vacant lot. It was the site of a building Juxtaposition Arts had to te...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 04:28
Evicted!
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A sofa and mattresses on the street in front of an apartment building. "Sofa Free, and throw in 2 box springs", Credit: walknboston is licensed under CC by 2.0.
There’s an eviction crisis in the United States, and it’s disproportionately affecting communities of color.

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
Evicted!
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A sofa and mattresses on the street in front of an apartment building. "Sofa Free, and throw in 2 box springs", Credit: walknboston is licensed under CC by 2.0.
There's an eviction crisis in the United States, and it's disproportionately affecting communities of color.

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS, KRDP and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2019
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 13
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for January 9, 2019
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Takes Government Workers Hostage to Demand Border Wall Funding; Dem...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
La Guardia and The Physical City: La Guardia Radio Programs
From: LaGuardia and Wagner Archives
Series: La Guardia Radio Series
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From the time he took office on January 1, 1934, until American entry into World War II, Fiorello H. La Guardia's public works brought about in New...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:45
Watermark, (Pt. 5)
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure its use, how it is valued, and how (...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:22
Landscapes of Longevity (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
Caption: A resident of Okinawa, Japan, Credit: Landscapes of Longevity
Blue zones are areas of the world where people live longest. Architects studying these “Landscapes of Longevity” say that our surroundings have mor...

Bought by KENW and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 2
Landscapes of Longevity (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A resident of Loma Linda, CA, Credit: Landscapes of Longevity
Blue zones are areas of the world that have been identified as having the longest expected lifespans. What about these places make for long, health...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KRDP, KPVL, WLIW and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Landscapes of Longevity
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Blue zones are areas of the world that have been identified as having the longest expected lifespans. What about these places make for long, health...

Bought by WCNY, WEZU, KKRN, KUNV, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 7
Endeavours - Why The World Cup is Bad Economic Policy
From: Dan McPeake
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Urban Planning Professor Richard Shearmur of McGill Univserity breaks down the World Cup. Also, singer Michael Buble

  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 56:22
Reclaiming the Commons
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The Alley Project, Detroit, Credit: Karpov the Wrecked Train
From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets…cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Houston Bicycle Revolutionaries
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Michael Payne
Do you ever wonder why so many people ride bikes in a place like the Netherlands while so few do in Texas? Both places are flat with temperate weat...

Bought by KUAC and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Pedal Power (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Bicycling is on the rise in cities, and it's no longer limited to those who are highly trained, extremely fit, and daring enough to battle traffic ...

Bought by WJCT, WMNR, KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Pedal Power (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Bicycling in cities is on the rise, and it's no longer limited to those who are highly trained, extremely fit, and daring enough to battle traffic ...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 1
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2012 Year in Review
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As 2013 approaches, we look at some of the important issues we've covered in 2012: from domestic workers struggling for respect, to the consequence...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
1992 First Critical Mass Ride
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Bicyclists take to the streets en mass in a fight over the ‘right to the city’.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KTSW 89.9, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WXDU and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 13
Exodus of Oakland's sports teams may have already begun
From: KALW
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Recently, almost all of Oakland's major sports teams have announced plans to leave their current host city behind. KALW's Holly McDede reports.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 10:58
Cities Underwater: Venice and New Orleans Seek Solutions
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Two historic jewels: New Orleans & Venice, Italy are struggling to plan for sea level rise, in cities that already routinely flood because of quest...

Bought by WZEN.org and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2