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Blaming The Victim
From: Grace Chen
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An exploration of victim blaming attitudes towards sexual assault victims.

  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Helen Morley: A Blessed Nuisance
From: Grant Buhr
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Helen Morley was an unsung hero in a relatively unknown battle – the grassroots fight for mental health care in Chicago. Her deficits were often he...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 06:20
Photo Styles
From: Dave Cook
Series: Photography: Everything Essential
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This episode will cover seven different photographic styles and elements that make each of them unique and interesting.

  • Added: Apr 02, 2013
  • Length: 08:49
Enduring Connections - Belgium and the United States
From: Alison Turner
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Many American expats gathered in Brussels on 4th July this year to celebrate American Independence Day. Reporter, Alison Turner, joined the celebr...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 09:53
Island Stories: Virginia's Restless Archipelago Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Some 40 years ago the Nature Conservancy began buying up the barrier islands of Virginia and the riparian areas on the mainland. Today they own all...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 27:13
The Tympanic Eclipse
From: Britt Wray
Caption: Getting cultural theory out of the books and putting it into your ears!
The Tympanic Eclipse is an audio series that brings cultural theory out of its stuffy scholarly tomes, and puts it into your ears. Together with e...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 49:12
Humankind: The Diet-Climate Connection (Hour 1)
From: David Freudberg
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What was the carbon footprint of your dinner last night? This special documentary project examines how the foods we eat affect the planet we inhabi...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KPVL, Iowa Public Radio, WHRV, and Vermont Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
We've Always Been Here
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Ask a lobsterman in Maine how long his family has been fishing and he might say five generations. What if you heard one hundred?

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 05:47
Who was Guinea Pig B
From: Euan McAleece
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An exploration into the life and legacy of Richard Buckminster Fuller

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jazz and Literature
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Jazz poet, Langston Hughes
What do Langston Hughes, the 50's Beat writers, and jazz critics all have in common? They all like to write about jazz. This week we'll take a look...

Bought by WCSU-FM, WNCU, Radio New Zealand, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
African Roots of Jazz
From: Jeff Haas
Series: The New Jazz Archive
Caption: Jazz all-star Art Blakey
It's almost taken for granted today that jazz grew out of African music. But when you get down to it, the connections that make up jazz's African h...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCSU-FM, KSFR, WNCU, Radio New Zealand and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
Woman's History: Susan B. Anthony March 13, 1906
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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Our unappreciated national treasure, Susan B. Anthony spent more than five decades in a struggle to transform life for American women by securing t...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
Ban the Box! The Campaign for Post-Prison Employment
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It’s not even the crime that counts sometimes. It’s that little box on an application that asks you to reveal if you have a criminal history. Chec...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Moments in Black History: Rosa Parks
From: N Lorde
Caption: Rosa Parks, Credit: Mindfully.org
In 1955 one woman refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man - in doing so she inspired a whole race to fight back against institutionaliz...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
  • Purchases: 1
Reclaiming the Holidays
From: David Freudberg
Caption: Annie Leonard - "The Story of Stuff'"
This special profiles people from different backgrounds who seek to get past the consumer frenzy of the December holidays, and to focus more on aut...

Bought by KOSU, WLRN, WTJU, WBEZ, KUNC and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 12
Humankind: Passengers (Hour Two)
From: David Freudberg
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With federal support for public transit hanging in the balance, this sound-rich series (two one-hour documentaries) examines how our personal trans...

Bought by WCPN, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio, KUT, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Humankind: Passengers (Hour One)
From: David Freudberg
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With transportation jobs on the line, this sound-rich series (two one-hour documentaries) examines how our personal transportation choices - privat...

Bought by WCPN, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio, KUT, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 8
"A Second Wind: Elders Act for Justice" Hubie Jones
From: Making Contact
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect cha...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 11:32
A Second Wind: Elders Act for Justice
From: Making Contact
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect cha...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Military Combat Cameramen and Women
From: Jake Warga
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We have seen a lot of pictures from Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade. Chances are that many of them were actually taken by the military. C...

Bought by KUT, KUOW, WAMC, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Dec 08, 2010
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 4
Japanese-American granddaughter questions internment
From: MPR News Stations
Series: MPR News' Youth Series
Caption: Mara Kumagai Fink (right) interviewing her great aunt Matsue at Manzanar, the camp she was brought to in northern California.
Mara Kumagai Fink explores her family's experiences in the internment camps during WWII. Mara spent the summer interviewing family members and revi...

Bought by WGXC, Vocalo.org, KUNM, and YouthCast


  • Added: Sep 22, 2010
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 4
Humankind: An Informed Republic
From: David Freudberg
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Ideal for broadcast around July 4th: America's founders knew their democracy required informed citizens, but is quality journalism now threatened b...

Bought by KVSC, WBEZ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WFHB, Wyoming Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
How The Arts Evolved
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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In this edition we talk about ‘The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution” based on a book by our guest Denis Dutton.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
HUMANKIND: Universal Health Care
From: David Freudberg
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A Cambridge couple, both MDs and Harvard Medical faculty, have devoted their lives to researching and advocating universal health care. Provocative.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and WCQS


  • Added: Sep 08, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Allen Institute and "Big Science"
From: Audrey Quinn
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Paul Allen's Institute for Brain Science is mapping the brain with unprecedented speed and detail. And they're sharing their brain map for free wi...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2009
  • Length: 05:21