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Too Much of Nothing
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Shane MacGowan, Credit: The Pogues
A Mockery Of Indo-China Eggplant Mix featuring Henry Kissinger, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, George Santos, Liz Cheney, JFK, Spencer Tracy, Monty ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:43
War and Peace-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Faces of War, Credit: Dali
A Mid-East Mix featuring David Ben-Gurion, Yasser Arafat, MLK Jr, Joe Biden, Joe McCarthy, Fred Rogers, Ozzie Davis, Howard Zinn, Pete Davidson, Vl...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:41
Special Report: Deciding the Fate of Democracy in North Carolina
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this special report, we examine anti-democratic election law and a legal case — Moore vs. Harper — which is to be decided this term by the US Su...

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


  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Fallen Heroes 2022
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Thousands of social justice leaders in communities all over the world passed away this year. We're closing out the year, as we usually do, with in...

Bought by WXDU and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Forgotten Coup, January 6th & the Small Town Americans on the Frontlines of Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Could a successful coup happen in the US? The ongoing Congressional hearings into the events of January 6 show that just a handful of election offi...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Where It's At (Vol.21)
From: Brian Aust
Series: WoodWarbler's JazzGrass Radio Show
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Bluegrass, jazz and related connective musical material that reflects just WHAT in carnation is going on out there in the wider world these days (!!)

  • Added: Apr 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:57:40
Best of Making Contact, 2021
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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In this special year-end episode, Making Contact producers and staff turn the spotlight on some the best shows they aired in 2021.

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Shortcut Through 2020
From: Peter Bochan
Series: Shortcuts
Caption: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A final look at an impossible year, 12 months of incredible drama, played out over the world stage in an hour long retrospective

Bought by KMUN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KKRN and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 13
The Keepers: Archiving the Now with Host Frances McDormand
From: The Kitchen Sisters
Series: The Keepers
Caption: Host, Frances McDormand, Credit: Alison Rosa
The Keepers: Archiving the Now — a new hour-long special from The Kitchen Sisters and PRX with host, Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Storie...

Bought by Prairie Public, WJCT, WABE, WNMU-FM, WCQS and more


  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 54:25
  • Purchases: 70
The Second Coming Turns 100 (Part II): A Discussion of W.B. Yeats’ Classic Poem of Polarization with Briona Nic Dhiarmada, documentary filmmaker & Concurrent Professor of Film & Irish Studies (University of Notre Dame)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: From Episode 15: The Centennial of W.B. Yeats’ The Second Coming (Part 2): Things Fall Apart Today (Much Like A Century Ago). Featuring our discussion with Briona Nic Dhiarmada, Prize-winning documentary filmmaker & Concurrent Professor of Film & Irish
Exactly one hundred years ago this month, at a time of political polarization and the Spanish Flu pandemic, William Butler Yeats published “The Sec...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 27:15
Election 2020 Special: More Than a Vote
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Voting in one of the most momentous presidential elections in the nation’s history is over. The morning after polls closed nearly 136 million ballo...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KWMR


  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Safiya Noble: Algorithms of Oppression
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Dr. Safiya Noble
Is your search engine racist? Listen to Dr. Safiya Noble’s research on how search engines reinforce racial bias.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:44
The Best of Making Contact
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: best of making contact
We look at our favorite shows from 2019. From Artificial Intelligence, to the stigma around women's periods, from guns and restraining orders to th...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
Conventions
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Spring break for political elites with a sprinkling of nomination on top.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 33:01
  • Purchases: 1
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
Resistance: The Ballot and The Bullhorn
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From no, I won't to yes, we will. It’s official, over a hundred women, more women than ever, were voted into Congress including New Mexico’s Deb Ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh Century Martyr (1 of 2) (ENCORE)
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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Scholars and religious leaders explore the impact of Husayn and the devotion of the 15-20 million pilgrims who visit his shrine each year. Part 1 o...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
Samson Young Presents Hong Kong Mixtape
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: FreshArtINTL Live Radio
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Hong Kong Mixtape introduces our first guest producer: composer and artist Samson Young, and the sound art community of Southeastern China. Young o...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 55:58
2017-All Mixed Up (Part Two)
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Dick Gregory
The retrospective of 2017 continues with mixes from Charlottesville to Washington with music and emotions from a turbulent year

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:03
  • Purchases: 1
A Vietnam Soundscape
From: WHRV
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Vietnam was the first war fought to a soundtrack, with over 4000 war-related songs written and recorded between 1965-73. The lyrics were patriotic,...

Bought by KHNS and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 29, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Boy Scouts, Fishheads & The Living Dead
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: None of This Is Normal!
Life is But A Dream mix with current affairs blending music and politics with celebrations of the famous & infamous on "Nuit sur Les Champs-Elysees...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:57:49
Where Do We Go From Here?
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: Protests at Philadelphia Airport against Trump's immigration ban, Credit: Jacqueline M. Sofia
A look at Trump's US travel ban and its effects.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 24:13
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 2016 Democratic Convention Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join the Political Junkie for special coverage of the 2016 Democratic National Convention from Philadelphia! Ken Rudin hits the convention floor to...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
Political Junkie 2016 Republican Convention Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join the Political Junkie for special coverage of the 2016 Republican National Convention from Cleveland! Ken Rudin hits the convention floor to he...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
Where the Buffalo Roam
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Fourth of July broadcast featuring the film "Where the Buffalo Roam"

  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:36:57