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Two episodes about people struggling to see eye-to-eye.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 50:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Left: Tweety Suazo; Right: Jim Harvey
Juan de Onate is responsible for brutalizing New Mexico’s Indigenous people...hear more about the history of the Spanish colonizer.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:02
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Journalist Juan González discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America’s cities - from r...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Loretta Ross, Credit: Speak Out
Loretta Ross, co-founder of SisterSong breaks down the reproductive justice framework; and Tina Reynolds, co-founder and Chair of Women on the Rise...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, XRAY.fm, WRIR, and WXDU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In September the World Ocean Observatory was invited to attend the Our Ocean Conference hosted by the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C. Duri...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:30
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Science is a process of determining what is reality objectively. How do we sift the subjective from the objective for understanding economic propos...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
Caption: An Oregon lawsuit, spearheaded by Our Children's Trust, could force the state of Oregon to take a more aggressive stance against the carbon emissions warming the earth and destroying the environment., Credit: Our Children's Trust
The public trust doctrine is designed to protect our natural resources for the benefit of future generations. Plaintiffs in a number of legal cases...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:10
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The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure its use, how it is valued, and how (...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:22
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Arctic opportunities and territorial claims are on the rise as temperatures change and the ice melts. Once impassable, the Arctic is now increasing...

  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:31
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Do natural systems belong to the public or do they belong to corporate and private interests? Do corporate entities have an obligation to sustain r...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:30
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As a new federal report shows,unionized workers not only earn more than non-union workers, but also have much better benefits.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:19
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Union organizers Tom Mooney and Warren K. Billings were the victims of one of the most outrageous frameups in U.S. history.

  • Added: Jul 16, 2010
  • Length: 06:05
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Former Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz, who died on April 24, was one of the greatest friends working people ever had.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 05:10
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Workers Memorial Day on April 28 will honor the millions of men and women who've needlessly suffered and died because of workplace hazards.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:49
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A commentary on labor leader Harry Bridges, one of the 20th century's greatest leaders of any kind, on the anniversary of his death.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:21
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Senate Democrats loss of their filibuster proof 60 vote majority with the election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown seems certain to doom at...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:55
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It's the 75th anniversary of "Bloody Thursday," the day in July of 1934 when open warfare between police and striking longshoremen raged on San Fra...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2009
  • Length: 04:45
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Jack Henning, a remarkable labor leader, led a lifelong crusade in behalf of working people.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 04:03
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It's the 90th anniversary this month of the Seattle general strike, one of the most dramatic strikes in U.S. history.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
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February sixth will mark the 90th anniversary of the Seattle general strike, one of the most dramatic strikes in U.S. history.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2009
  • Length: 03:53
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Although much media attention is being paid to "Milk," the movie about gay rights hero Harvey Milk, we shouldn't forget that not long ago media co...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 04:13
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Organized labor played a major role in Barack Obama's election and expects much in return.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:40
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Amid the speculation over Sarah Palin possibly becoming the first woman to serve as vice president, don't forget Frances Perkins, the first woman t...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2008
  • Length: 05:16
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Organized labor is close to winning its battle to guarantee firm union rights ti U.S. workers.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2008
  • Length: 04:40
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Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is running for Congress on an unusually worker-friendly platform.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2008
  • Length: 03:11