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News and features on global conflict.

  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 07:39
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A story from legendary radio storyteller, Joe Frank

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:30
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BackStory producer Chioke I’Anson tells the story of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American fighter pilot in World War I – only he flew for Fra...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 06:22
  • Purchases: 1
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This month on War News Radio, “Moving Up, Moving Out”, we discuss what stories in the news this week angered us the most. Then, we learn about Fran...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 30:01
Caption: Activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali at the National Writers Series
Somali-Dutch feminist, activist, writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali thrilled a packed audience at her National Writers Series. Speaking with dip...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Gold from a days work by an artisanal miner in Kaniola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Credit: By Sasha Lezhnev - Enough Project
This is the first episode in a mini-series covering the impacts corporate supply chains have on labor standards and human rights. We explore how re...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2012
  • Length: 16:00
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People tell a lot of ghost stories around Halloween. But for some, ghosts aren't the supernatural figures we read about in books or see in movies. ...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:08
Caption: Homeless Iraq Veteran Eddie Towne picks up survival gear at the Veterans Administration Stand Down in Biloxi, Mississippi., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
The goal of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is to end veteran homelessness by 2015. But it's slow going in Mississippi, where hundreds of h...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
Caption: Member of the Chesapeake and Potomac Vintage Baseball Club, Credit: Eric Mennel
On this episode, the History Guys ask what drives Americans to the suit up in the clothes of the past and reenact their history. Is it purely educa...

Bought by KREV-LP and WTJU


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: WWI bonds poster, Credit: Library of Congress
The History Guys explore why the national debt has continued to be so controversial in a country that was founded on borrowing.

Bought by KSKQ, WMMT, WFIU, WEZU, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Kurt Eichenwald
In his newest book, bestseller author Kurt Eichenwald chronicles the fast paced decisions, deceptions and delusions following the 9/11 attacks.

  • Added: Sep 18, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
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Bryan Doerries discusses how bringing Greek tragedies to service members opens up new conversations. [30:31]

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 30:34
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After a recent "New York Times" story on Obama's "kill list" of terrorists, many are questioning the president's counterterrorism strategy. Is it e...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
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Refugees coming to the US have just a few months to find a job and a place to live. And they are 10 times as likely as the general population to su...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
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A review of the intriguing WWII documentary.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
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The second part of our series examines the challanges victims face after being sexually assaulted in the military.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Parts One and Two of Amy DiPierro's series on economic development, poverty, and inequality in Iraqi Kurdistan. These previously released segments ...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2012
  • Length: 22:43
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Opium, child brides, drug lords and their effect on current life in Afghanistan is the topic of this week’s Radio Curious when we visit with Afghan...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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News and features on global conflict.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:15
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and conflicts in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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War News Radio covers the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and more.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Tim O'Brien, who served in Vietnam, talks his novel (and Big Read selection) The Things They Carried and how fiction can often tell a deeper trut...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2011
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Veterans Join Occupy Wall Street, Credit: Iraq Veterans Against War
On this edition, we bring you the voices of Veterans from Occupy Wall Street and a special report on veterans returning home from war and the strug...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00