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Lynn Sweet, Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun Times talks with series host Martha Burk on what it's like to cover the presidential campai...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
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Nebraska Legislation LB800 combats truancy.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:49
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Teachers are struggling to find solutions to the high school dropout crisis plaguing the nation. As part of our American Graduate Project series, G...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 07:47
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As part of our American Graduate focus on teachers, testing and accountability, Ray Suarez moderated a discussion with several New York public scho...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 09:40
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Women's votes are crucial to any candidate -- in fact, women can control any election. What are their priorities?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:32
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Within weeks of independence for Southern Sudan, the Northern Sudanese Army annexed the disputed town of Abyei. Should Southern Sudan respond milit...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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Could SEAL Team 6 have captured bin Laden alive? Should training for elite military forces prioritize thoughtfulness at the risk of indecision?

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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One of history's most volatile families back-stabs their way through an unforgettable Christmas.

Bought by WCPN, Nevada Public Radio, KUT-HD, KUOW, KMUN and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:54
  • Purchases: 7
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In the wake of the recent midterm elections, many have expressed concern about political gridlock at the federal level. But in his second Metro Mat...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2010
  • Length: 15:54
Caption: New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu addressed The National Press Club on Thursday, August 19th at a Luncheon featuring Gulf Coast shrimp, Credit: Terry Hill
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon on Thursday August 19th in Washington, D.C. Noting the 5 year anniversary...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
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(Un)covering the Media

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jul 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
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dialogue is an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned pu...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Homes Not Games
Vancouver Olympic organizers promised legacies - improvements to the community. They promised their nearly 9 billion dollar investment would pay h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2010
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 05:02
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Should the opinion of the world be important in American elections? This is a crucial question in applied ethics as we choose a President.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: John Lennon + Yoko Ono at Montreal Bed-in (1969), Credit: Ivor Sharp (c) Yoko Ono
In 1969, musician John Lennon and his wife, performance artist Yoko Ono, were among the most high profile peace advocates on the planet. We'll spot...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
Caption: Thirst Theater
A hotshot politician hides from the press inside a bar. He and his advisers scramble to do some damage control on a breaking scandal, before they m...

  • Added: May 15, 2009
  • Length: 16:34
Caption: An American Terrorist
From the founding of the Ku Klux Klan by ex-Confederate officers, through the defeat of Reconstruction: How history is made and remade, with histor...

Bought by WRPI and KUNM


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 58:19
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Wilmington's black newspaper--after the "riot" and coup
In 1898, White Supremacist Democrats in North Carolina overthrew Wilmington's integrated administration. The plotters killed dozens of African Amer...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 59:25
  • Purchases: 1
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An exploration of American racism as cultural and commercial mass-phenomenon, covering the "reincarnation" of the Klan as a fraternal movement whic...

  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 57:56
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Josimene is ten years old. She is one of Haiti's 300,000 restavecs, or child slaves. While her parents were promised she'd be educated if they sen...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2009
  • Length: 12:57
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A profile of sorts and an exploration of the history and legacy of George W. Bush and the first eight years of a new millennium. A look at what may...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, and KWIT


  • Added: Mar 03, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
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Short modules for Inauguration Day

Bought by KFAI


  • Added: Jan 15, 2009
  • Length: 22:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Angelica Borrero shows the importance of Mark J Penn and Micro-Trends

  • Added: Dec 21, 2007
  • Length: 05:09
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A weekly review of news related to media and democracy

Bought by WMFO


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1