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Immediately after the bombings on marathon monday in Boston, media reported that a Saudi man was being being questioned by authorities. Some stated...
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- Length: 18:03
Immediately after the bombings on marathon monday in Boston, media reported that a Saudi man was being being questioned by authorities. Some state...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 19:56
When tragedy strikes a 16-year-old Muslim girl, her neighbor, Helene Newberg, is inspired to run in this year’s Boston marathon for her. And like e...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 12:46
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
In this second part of a two-part series, The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from a forum presented by the Baruch History Department at their Perfo...
- Added: Apr 26, 2013
- Length: 59:59
"I am a Christian, I am a mom, a wife, a homemaker, a leader, a knitter, a quilter… I’m lots of things. Accepting the label felon was really hard."
Bought by WAMC and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 01, 2013
- Length: 07:17
- Purchases: 2
Vietnamese fishing communities are still finding themselves grounded by the BP oil spill, one of the largest environmental disasters of the century...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 10:20
- Purchases: 1
What do we really know about death row in California? When we don’t know we create, we imagine.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 27:37
- Purchases: 1
Red Hook is an isolated neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, once known as the “crack capital of America.” In 2000, residents banded together to create a ...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 11:48
- Purchases: 1
You’ve just been arrested, charged with a felony and can’t afford to pay your bail, let alone hire a lawyer. You know you have the right to a trial...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 13:00
- Purchases: 1
Is the law ever a laughing matter? We present to you a brief history of attempted comedy in the toughest room in the country—the Supreme Courtroom.
- Added: Mar 21, 2013
- Length: 16:10
George F. Johnson was the owner of the Endicott Johnson Corp. — at one time the country’s leading shoe manufacturer — and one of the nation’s leadi...
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 11:28
When playing with bugs became macabre Diane started inviting people on "the spectrum" to live with her.
- Added: Feb 08, 2013
- Length: 06:32
On this episode of "Culture Clique" we examine how technology can help create a sustainable community in Winona, through facebook! This group has t...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 39:28
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 04, 2013
- Length: 13:22
In 1913, the American Social Hygiene Association launched a campaign to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases and prostitution. The subject was c...
- Added: Nov 11, 2012
- Length: 05:06
It's that time again. Every year since 2009, Minneapolis-based Queer Bike Gang has hosted the LGBTQA-themed alley-cat bike race, Cirque du So Gay. ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Oct 22, 2012
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
The riverbank is a public space open for everyone. But people do not always agree on how to best spend a hot summer day.
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Oct 13, 2012
- Length: 16:17
- Purchases: 1
In California, there are hundreds if not thousands of people practicing criminal law though they’ve never passed a bar exam. They don’t wear suits....
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Oct 12, 2012
- Length: 14:10
- Purchases: 1
Juries have a little known power that allows them to ignore the law and vote with their own instincts. This piece explores how juries have used tha...
Bought by Public Radio Remix
- Added: Oct 11, 2012
- Length: 11:47
- Purchases: 1
Each year, stroke affects approximately 120,000 women under the age of 45. For many young women, the idea of having a stroke at such a young age se...
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 05:14
With the March announcement that Best Buy is closing 50 large stores around the country, the dominance of big box retail has been called into quest...
Bought by KBRP Community Radio
- Added: Jul 30, 2012
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
Brooklyn hipsters explore modern commerce through social networking, urban tribalism, and suspicious fires.
- Added: Jul 08, 2012
- Length: 05:25
Strange visitors to an otherwise unremarkable strip-mall on Cape Cod face eviction. Shopkeepers and residents speak out on behalf of their beloved ...
Bought by KUOW and Public Radio Remix
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 02:53
- Purchases: 2
Artsy Fartsy Show's annual Spring light show – finding humor in the bizarre and scary, stand-up comedy and much more with guests: Harrison Greenbau...
- Added: Apr 28, 2012
- Length: 54:30
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
