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The Needle Drop: 05-01-13
From: WNPR
Series: The Needle Drop
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New music from Ghostface Killah, Colin Stetson, and more.

Bought by WTIP, KRCB-FM, Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 7
Losing Pakistan: A Search for Common Ground
From: Dan Boyce
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This piece examines the tenuous state of relations between the United States and Pakistan. It follows Montana Public Radio Reporter Dan Boyce on a ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 47:43
Segregation Now, Segregation Forever: The Infamous Words of George Wallace
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project
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On the 50th anniversary of Wallace’s inaugural speech as the Governor of Alabama, Radio Diaries tells the story behind those infamous words, and th...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 16:46
  • Purchases: 1
Saving or Selling the Planet? REDD, Climate Change and Indigenous Lands
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests
Around the world communities are already facing the impacts of climate change. Now international organizations, like the World Bank, are pushing a...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
100th Anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Third Party Bid to be President
From: Prairie Public
Caption: Fit as a Bull Moose
2012 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Bull Moose bid to be president. This program looks back at Roosevelt's career and how...

Bought by WRPI and KFAI


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 20:07
  • Purchases: 2
The Devil You Know
From: The Truth
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Just in time for Halloween and this year's Election, The Truth offers a special hour of horror stories that take place within the world of electora...

Bought by KUT, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, WBEZ, KZYX and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
All Mixed Up:Election Shortcuts (part one)
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: George McGovern
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama completely mixed up in a special "Election Shortcut". The first Shortcut was broadcast in November of 1972 in reaction...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 59:56
  • Purchases: 1
All Mixed Up: Jack & John
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: JFK-Listening In
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney with politics: past, present and future; John Cale, Adele, Neil Young & The Rolling Stones with...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 57:58
All Mixed Up: The Sesame Street Debate!
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, JFK, Gordon Cooper, and Judy Collins try to console Big Bird while the unemployment rate on Sesame Street threatens to r...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
The 47% Mixdown-Mitt's Mess
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
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"The 47% Mix" with Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Ethel Waters, Ry Cooder, Menomena, The Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, Alan Price, a...

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 19:31
  • Purchases: 1
All Mixed Up: The Good, The Bad, The Empty
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Right Off The Air
The Good, The Bad, The Empty--A Conventional Mix featuring both the Democrats, the Republicans, the Cowboys, and first man on the moon in an incred...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:21
"WHERE IT'S AT: I'VE GOT TWO CONVENTIONS AND A JOBS REPORT"...TOLD THRU NARRATION, MUSIC AND SOUNDBITES
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
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A "newsical" analysis and roundup of both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions... plus the spin war to come over the closely watche...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 56:02
Becket, or the Honor of God
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A classic tale of faith, friendship, and loyalty.

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, KUOW, KWMR-FM, WBEZ, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Why Ohio is ready to go
From: Obama for America
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Supporters in Ohio got up bright and early last weekend to show President Obama that they're ready to go. Listen in to find out what inspired a few...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
“The more that I do, the more it's going to help”
From: Obama for America
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Volunteers in New Hampshire explain why they're pitching in to re-elect President Obama, and how independent-minded voters across the state are put...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:54
Episode 1: Occupy London
From: James Shield
Series: What's the Big idea?
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December 2011: a hundred Occupy protesters have been camping out in the centre of London's financial district for 2 months. Who are they? Do they a...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:04
Raphaël Krafft - "Le Journaliste à Vélo"
From: Kieron Yates
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A profile of Raphaël Krafft "Le Journaliste à Vélo" who, over the course of a decade, has documented his travels on a bicycle for French public radio.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2012
  • Length: 27:00
Repeat after me
From: Rose Eveleth
Series: Scienceline Podcast
Caption: These students are protesting against fee hikes in California, but it might be how they're protesting that makes the difference., Credit: Rose Eveleth
Chances are you’ve chanted before. Whether you were in the streets protesting, at church praising, or just in your living room rooting for your fav...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 07:01
Power and Freedom
From: Sarah Boothroyd
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A round-the-world tour of protests in Canada, England, France, Spain, Ukraine, the United States, and beyond.

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Dec 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:40
  • Purchases: 1
Voices from Tahrir
From: Human Rights Watch
Caption: Egyptians celebrating in Tahrir Square, Credit: © 2011 Platon for Human Rights Watch
Voices from Tahrir Square, a sound-portrait of the people's revolution in Egypt. For the anniversary of the Jan25-Feb11 2011 uprising.

Bought by KZYX, KVMR, Interlochen Public Radio, WGCU, WFYI and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Voices from Afghanistan
From: WAMU
Caption: Children's circus participants in Kabul, Credit: Zach Warren
Voices from Afghanistan is an hour long special marking a decade of US troop engagement in Afghanistan. The program offers snapshots of life in Afg...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZYX, WRNC-LP, and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 4
Who Won the Egyptian Revolution?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: by natalia & gabriel on flickr
Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorship is gone, but a military council now rules Egypt, and has kept much of Mubarak’s repressive apparatus. Meanwhile extrem...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A special broadcast that commemorates a turning point in American free speech.

Bought by KUNM, KMUN, KUT, KEOS, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 08, 2011
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 11
One Day Longer, One Day Stronger in Madison
From: Lauren Peterson
Series: Madison protests
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This Wednesday, the state of Wisconsin passed a controversial bill limiting the collective bargaining rights of public employees. Here, labor activ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2011
  • Length: 12:13
"Mother Tongue: Monologues from The Middle Passage to Today's Justice Movement"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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The Mother Tongue Monologues present Black women telling it like it is, with all its' truths, brazen acts, shouts and silent revolutions, from slav...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 58:04