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The biases embedded in technology are more than mere glitches, argues Meredith Broussard in her new book, "More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Ge...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:01
"Tech companies have abused their power and it is time to resist them." Oxford professor Carissa Véliz describes why privacy is so important, and h...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
The Flat Earth conspiracy got a huge boost from Facebook and YouTube, as Kelly Weill explains in her book "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy ...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Many tech employees in Silicon Valley are pressured into joining a new religion, worshiping work and taking spiritual direction from their companie...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Amazon took over books, Spotify and Google took over music, and musicians and authors are struggling as a result. Cory Doctorow talks about what we...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:01
A few years ago, Douglas Rushkoff was invited to speak to a group of billionaires. Rather than asking about current tech trends, the billionaires w...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Alec MacGillis discusses his book "Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America" – about how Amazon has had drastic effects on the economy,...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:01
The tech industry is launching new brain-surveillance devices intended to monitor your mental state and, yes, even read your thoughts. Nita Farahan...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:01
Internet addiction is a growing problem, thanks to the intentional design of Silicon Valley platforms to "hook" users. The ITAA can help: Internet ...
- Added: Apr 04, 2024
- Length: 59:00
We talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre represents the darker side of the holiday season.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 37:12
We zoom out to examine the real-world impact of rural horror movies. From economic boosts to persistently harmful stereotypes, these films have lef...
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 41:33
We talk about folk horror, and how the genre uses rural places to illustrate modern tensions between science and the supernatural.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 37:01
We talk about the fear of isolation–both physical and emotional–and how it’s connected to portrayals of grief in rural horror movies.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 35:35
We talk about some iconic movies from the 1970s, and their infamous villains–the killer hillbilly and his degenerate rural family.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 37:16
In this episode we talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre depicts the darker side of the holidays.
- Added: Dec 08, 2023
- Length: 37:12
Join host Lena Dorey, the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests for a Christmas episode which pays tribute to jazz singer Billie Holiday. In ...
Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, and Southern Branch Bluegrass
- Added: Nov 21, 2022
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 3
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke," all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic...
Bought by WNED Buffalo, WGBH Radio Boston, WKSU, WGUC/ WVXU, Iowa Public Radio and more
- Added: Oct 28, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
Previously un-aired bonus content from THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE series by producer Paul Ingles. They gathered so many comments and tributes...
Bought by KBBI Alaska
- Added: Oct 15, 2022
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
The first of 3 episodes in a mini-series on Hispanic American Swing Voters.
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, and in the lead-up to the 20...
- Added: Sep 29, 2022
- Length: 31:21
Two conversations of sorts about Ghost Town(ing).
Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)
- Added: Sep 09, 2022
- Length: 50:52
- Purchases: 2
Talking Alaska's elections and polarizing politics, launching on the state's 2022 Primary Day and Special Election Day. Featuring Independent Alask...
- Added: Aug 16, 2022
- Length: 29:14
There is no generic description that captures the essence of darkness. And this is what makes darkness so compelling.
- Added: Mar 28, 2022
- Length: 08:48
A 2021 documentary film about rocker Tom Petty's landmark WILDFLOWERS album is the focus of a conversation with the film's director Mary Wharton. A...
Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach, KGLT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KRCU Public Radio
- Added: Jan 06, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
On the 2021 Musicians Memorial Special, music host Paul Ingles remembers a partial list of some of the major artists, from multiple music genres, w...
Bought by KVMR, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Spokane Public Radio, KAAD-LP, KSJE and more
- Added: Dec 14, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 43
Narratives are all around us. These big meta-stories tell us who we are as a nation and the values we share. Narratives help us explain why things ...
- Added: Sep 26, 2021
- Length: 02:12
