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When The State Stopped
From: WITF
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Documenting the first two months of unprecedented events due to the coronavirus pandemic in Pennsylvania.

Bought by 90.5 WESA and WLVT


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 52:27
  • Purchases: 2
Panicked Purchases
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Why would a pandemic lead to toilet paper hoarding? Uncertain times result in irrational decisions when faced with the aisle of a grocery store. Th...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
200313: What the 2030 Climate Deadline Really Means, 3/13/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For years, scientists have been saying that the climate battle will be won or lost in the next decade. The IPCC has stated that to avoid climate ca...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
200228: Oil and Opioids, 2/28/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Tobacco companies, opioid suppliers, gun manufacturers and the fossil fuel industry -- all have been brought under fire, and into the courts, for k...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
2020-02-28 Oil and Opioids
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Tobacco companies, opioid suppliers, gun manufacturers and the fossil fuel industry -- all have been brought under fire, and into the courts, for k...

Bought by WJCT, WMRA, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WFHB, WGCU and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2020
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
2020-02-14 Building a Resilient Tomorrow
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Climate-fueled floods, fires and droughts have devastated America’s cities and rural areas. Our natural response is to regroup, recover and rebuild...

Bought by WJCT, Spokane Public Radio, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 10
2020-01-31 What is a Just Transition?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Our nation’s dependence on fossil fuels has led to climate disruption and inequality. Underserved communities are the ones most harmed by pollution...

Bought by WJCT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
191227: The Big Climate Stories of 2019, 12/27/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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2019 saw a number of significant events in the climate world. Wildfires,floods, wind and extreme weather continued to batter the nation from Califo...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
2019-12-27 The Big Climate Stories of 2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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2019 saw a number of significant events in the climate world. Wildfires,floods, wind and extreme weather continued to batter the nation from Califo...

Bought by WJCT, WDSE, WMUU-LP, WFHB, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 7
2019-11-22 Letters to the Boss: Help Fix Our Planet
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Climate change has become a major risk factor for corporations. With groups like the Carbon Disclosure Project grading companies on their carbon fo...

Bought by WJCT, WMUU-LP, WWNO, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2019
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 10
Women of Color Lead the Way
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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At the 2019 Progressive Strategy Summit members of Congress and progressive change makers came together to build a movement that won’t only win bac...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
191018: Law and Disorder: Climate Change in the Courts, 10/18/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The jury is out on whether our legal system is equipped to deal with climate change. While some parts of the country are inundated by floods, other...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 58:56
116-01: A Radical Idea to End Poverty--The Stockton Experiment
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Natalie Foster, Economic Security Project
As president, Democratic Senator Kamala Harris wants to give up to $6,000 to working families each year... as a tax credit. Entrepreneur Andrew Yan...

Bought by KWMR, KWIT, Louisville Public Media, KCSB-FM, KWIT and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Alvaro Bedoya: Privacy and Civil Rights in the Age of Facebook, ICE, and the NSA
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Right: U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez (NM); Right: Professor Alvaro Bedoya
What is the history of surveillance in the US? What are its implications for today's activists, immigrants, and people of color? Professor Alvaro B...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 57:53
2019-08-09 Land of Dreams and Drought
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In his new book The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California, author Mark Arax reveals the tumultuous history behind the myth of abund...

Bought by WJCT, WMUU-LP, WLPR , KFCF FM, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 7
Democracy: Past, Present... and Future?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Don't remember the past? Does that mean you're condemned to repeat it? What does our country's past tell us about our present— and how can it help ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 26, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Special Report: Whose Economy Is It? Ours
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Our city's economy – what is it for? New York's has been very good at piling up profits and building tall buildings. But all that private profit ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 28, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
2019-05-17 Republicans and a Democrat on Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The Green New Deal is shaking up climate politics in Washington. The resolution’s ambitious clean energy goals are championed by several leading De...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, WMUU-LP, KFCF FM, KVMR and more


  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 8
190517: Republicans and a Democrat on Climate, 5/17/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The Green New Deal is shaking up climate politics in Washington. The resolution’s ambitious clean energy goals are championed by several leading De...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:57
The Big Pond #24: Being Muslim in the Midwest
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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What is it like to be Muslim nowadays in the Midwest, the so-called Heartland of the US? And how does that reality connect to the one in Germany? O...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 17, 2019
  • Length: 15:29
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 2018 Midterm Election Special (PROMO)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin and an all-star lineup of political reporters, commentators and special guests for a full hour of analysis of the 2...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2018
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Monopoly Capitalism: At The Breaking Point?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Monopoly capitalism may be on its last legs! Economist Michael Hudson joins us to say his predictions on the Trump budget have come true and seem t...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Aug 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ominous Silence on the Anniversary of the ADA
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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The American with Disabilities Act turned 28 this July.Traditionally, Capitol Hill marks the day. The first two years of the Trump administration ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:30
Warrior Debate: Fewer Guns Would Create A Safer Society Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Would fewer guns create a safer society? Welcome to part two of the Warrior Debate on gun control, on this episode of Culture Clique. The debate wi...

Bought by Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 1
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