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In 1851, the government of the new state of California legalized executions. But it wasn’t until 1891 that the state legislature required all execu...
- Added: Dec 03, 2012
- Length: 26:32
Islam and Mormonism — not exactly a perfect pair? Actually, these two religions have a striking similarity: both are marginalized in American socie...
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 13:10
Kashawna Williams, an administrative justice major at Ohlone College in Fremont, Calif., and a former foster youth, discusses her drive to fix the ...
- Added: Nov 02, 2012
- Length: :43
Host Rich Fish rocks the vote with a scam alert about phone calls purporting to offer over-the-phone voting. We'll give you the real deal on how, w...
- Added: Oct 10, 2012
- Length: 05:00
A sculpture, called Carbon Sink, installed on the University of Wyoming campus, has generated a lot of controversy in the past couple of years. It ...
- Added: Oct 01, 2012
- Length: 07:14
Election season is here, and deception isn't just for politicians anymore. Correspondent Rich Fish looks at scams that capitalize on election rheto...
- Added: Sep 12, 2012
- Length: 04:55
One Chicago factory became a flashpoint back in 2008, when workers occupied the floor for days in protest. Now, those same employees are trying to...
- Added: Sep 05, 2012
- Length: 07:48
Reese Erlich brings us a special report from Libya on the chaos that remains in the wake of the overthrow of hated dictator Muammar Gaddafi. While ...
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: 29:01
It’s common practice for a person developing his or her property to hire an engineering firm. An engineer typically plays a role in designing plans...
- Added: Jun 20, 2012
- Length: 08:33
It’s been 20 years since four white police officers were cleared of unlawfully beating Rodney King in Los Angeles. But we might never have heard of...
Bought by KFAI
- Added: Apr 18, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Examination of PTSD treatment and veterans' care after the Gulf War and in the present
Bought by WAMC and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Mar 27, 2012
- Length: 05:40
- Purchases: 2
Every year, a consumer research group surveys the most popular TV shows for liberals and conservatives. Independent producer Eric Molinsky investig...
Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, KZYX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 07:47
- Purchases: 7
What happens when your land sits on top of a rich natural gas deposit, but you don't own the mineral rights. In Wetzel County, West Virginia, many ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 07:05
Misogyny is alive and well in 2012. No surprise ( After all,as you'll hear in this program, even the music of the "peace and love" sixties was fill...
- Added: Feb 23, 2012
- Length: 56:50
News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WBEZ, and WAMC
- Added: Nov 21, 2011
- Length: 07:11
- Purchases: 3
I met Paul Encin on Christmas Morning at Shalom Manor, a 35-bed assisted living facility just west of Fort Lauderdale. Paul suffers from Paranoid S...
Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUOW, and WAMC
- Added: Oct 27, 2011
- Length: 06:01
- Purchases: 3
TTT’s ANDY DRISCOLL queries four activists dealing in various aspects of the autism spectrum from causal inquiry through treatment and public polic...
- Added: Oct 06, 2011
- Length: 57:35
Was mainstream media in cahoots with government forces in the lead up to the Iraq War? In his film, “The War You Don’t See,” Australian journalis...
- Added: Sep 06, 2011
- Length: 29:00
News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 07:28
Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted m...
Bought by WXDU
- Added: May 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
2011 marks the year for redistricting – the once-in-a-decade process to draw boundaries that determine your elected officials from local school boa...
Bought by KRUA, KSFR, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
The city of Syracuse, NY, has a food desert -- a lack of grocery stores that sell fresh produce -- which leaves residents to corner stores and pack...
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Jan 16, 2011
- Length: 04:36
- Purchases: 1
Venezuela is undergoing a modern day revolution. Workers, small farmers and the poor consistently vote for socialist President Hugo Chavez. Econom...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 29:59
Crawford, Texas became the adopted home of George W. Bush during his presidency. But the small town west of Waco has undergone some big changes si...
- Added: Jul 06, 2010
- Length: 03:25
Besides the Tea Party, there's another grassroots tax movement building strength in places like Oregon, Alabama and North Carolina. These citizens...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 15:04
