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World in Progress 05/09/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The war in Yemen has pushed millions to the brink of famine. There's a cholera epidemic looming. Despite a fragile truce in ...

  • Added: May 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
2019-04-19 Fighting Fossil Fuels All the Way to Prison
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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How far would you go to make your voice heard on climate change? College student Tim DeChristopher disrupted an auction for oil and gas leases - an...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, NPR Now, KVMR, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
World in Progress 04/04/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: we zoom in on North and South Korea. For more than 70 years, the Korean peninsula has been divided. And many hope the two c...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
2018-12-23 The Big Climate Stories of 2018
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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We’re making a list (and checking it twice) of 2018’s biggest climate stories, with the help of Vox reporter David Roberts. Roberts noted that whil...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, NPR Now, and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
2018-12-02 A Four-Zero Climate Solution
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Stabilizing our climate is going to take some hard truths – and hard numbers. “If you look at 1.5 degrees, it's about 13 years,” says Stanford’s Ar...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, KMXT, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
Catastrophes, Cooperatives, and Capital
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, something unexpected rose up out of the devastation in the Rockaways-- worker-owned businesses. Six years lat...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KDNK


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #4: "A Vandalized Voice"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Rolling Stone book publisher Alan Rinzler at home in Berkeley., Credit: Marcos Nájera
The men in Zeta’s life. From family to friends to former lovers? You never know—some say Zeta was a constant chameleon in life, love, and the law. ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 16:59
Episode #3: "The Ladies in His Life"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Betty Dowd, Marco Acosta & Anita Acosta at the SF Latino Film Festival , Credit: Marcos Nájera
The women in Zeta’s life. From family to friends to former lovers. The ladies speak up and out about Oscar Zeta Acosta. From his spark-light sister...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 31:40
Episode #2: "Hunting for Buffalo in Arizona"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: ASU Professor Luis Mendoza holds up an original copy of Acosta's book., Credit: Marcos Nájera
Nájera travels home to the Southwest to visit Latino scholars from ASU’s Transborder Studies department. The first of its kind in the nation. Chica...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 22:40
Vision Action Network
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
Caption: Glenn Montgomery, Executive Director, Vision Action Network
Glenn Montgomery, Executive Director of Vision Action Network (Washington County, Oregon--Portland Metro) discusses its work in bringing diverse st...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 52:01
Anti-Intellectualism
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Conspiracy theories, propaganda, social media, and the denial of scientific theory are all playing a role in the rise of anti-intellectualism in th...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 26:14
2017-12-31 Ai Weiwei: Human Flow
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Ai Weiwei, artist, filmmaker
Ai Weiwei is an artist who uses many canvases to express himself. From art installations to architecture, social media to the big screen, Ai is one...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KCRW, KWIT, WUTC, WLPR and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
Seeking Peace On Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special 2017
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Our annual compendium of highlights from a season of PEACE TALKS RADIO, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. This time li...

Bought by WHRV, KUOW, KVMR, KMSU, and KUNM


  • Added: Dec 22, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The late Puerto Rican Poet & Fiction Writer Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with a look at Puerto Rico’s culture and stories through the eyes of the late Judith Ortiz Cofer. In the...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2017-08-06 Al Gore and An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Al Gore, former vice president of the United States
Former Vice President Al Gore joins Climate One to talk about his tireless fight, training an army of climate champions and influencing internation...

Bought by WGCU, KAAD-LP, KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 14
Wisdom from the Zombie Apocalypse
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Greg Garrett
Baylor Professor Greg Garrett explains our culture's fascination with zombies.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 2
Former United States Congress Chief of Staff for The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) Bob Shapiro shares Visions of a Fiscally Healthy Nation
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
Caption: Former Congressional Chief of Staff (JCT) Bob Shapiro & Dr. Ken Grey Holistic Physician
Former United States Congress Chief of Staff for The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) Bob Shapiro shares Visions of a Fiscally Healthy Nation with...

Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 2
2016-01-08 The Sixth Annual Stephen Schneider Award: Naomi Oreskes
From: Climate One
Caption: The Stephen Schneider Award, Credit: Ed Ritger
Science historian Naomi Oreskes, author of “Merchants of Doubt,” has had her share of hate mail from climate deniers. But she insists that “we can'...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Political Junkie Special - Great Moments in Presidential Debates
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin for a review of many great moments from the history of televised presidential debates, with commentary from several...

Bought by WVPE, KGOU, KSUT, WJSU, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 16
Political Junkie Special - Great Moments in Convention History
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin on a journey through political history as we revisit memorable and historic moments from national party conventions...

Bought by WFAE, MPR News Stations, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 11
Kitty Dukakis’ Experience With Electroconvulsive Therapy
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
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In an interview with Kitty and Michael Dukakis, journalist Katia Hauser explores the benefits and risks of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in treat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 16, 2016
  • Length: 10:43
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie Super Tuesday 2016 Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin as he previews the Super Tuesday contests with journalists and analysts from across the country, and evaluates the ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KRCB 104.9, KSUT, WCQS, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 7
Spin Central - Two Short Plays by David Auburn
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: David Auburn
Two short plays about political operatives by Pulitzer Prize Winner David Auburn. In the comic DAMAGE CONTROL, a political aide has a public relati...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUNM and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Krip Hop
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Leroy Moore
You’ve heard of Hip-Hop, but what about Krip-Hop? That’s the name for the international movement of disabled artists, poets, musicians, and MCs. On...

Bought by WRIR and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Peacemaking Chapters of The Roosevelts
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, what you might call an independent spin-off from Ken Burns 2014 documentary on The Roosevelts. We consider Te...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 6