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The Road to Realization for Medicare and Medicaid
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion
Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler
In this episode, we explore Medicare’s tenuous and little-known road to realization and the masterminds behind its conception.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 50:52
  • Purchases: 1
The (Revolutionary) Economic Opportunity Act
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion
Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler
In this episode, we will pull apart the fine details of the Economic Opportunity Act and hear some conversations that illustrate the tension and th...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 1
Taking The Reins
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion
Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler
The Passage of The Civil Rights Act

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 1
Civics 101: Strikes, Unions, and Workers' Rights
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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This is the story of what happens (and what's happening) when the American workforce tries to get a seat at the table.

Bought by WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 12
Civics 101: The Second Amendment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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In the wake of two recent Supreme Court decisions about gun regulations, Civics 101, NHPR's show about the basics of how our democracy works, exami...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 1
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE: Taking Us Higher (An Appreciation)
From: Paul Ingles
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A celebration of some of the most irresistible music of the late 1960's and early '70's from group leader Sly Stone and the FAMILY STONE band - tha...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Echoes of a Coup
From: Scene on Radio
Caption: Echoes of a Coup art, Credit: Zaire McPhearson
One-hour special (59:00 with 5-minute news hole), Echoes of a Coup, telling the story of the only successful coup d'etat in U.S. history -- the 189...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WNYC, WUNC, Baltimore Public Media, WFDD and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 25
Civics 101: The True Story Of Reconstruction
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Reconstruction has long been taught as a lost cause narrative. We talk about what that narrative leaves out.

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
Inauguration Day
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Pomp, circumstance and 35 words can transform a person into a president.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 06:31
The Democratic Party
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How did the party that supported slavery become the party that nominated our first African-American president?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 19:25
The Declaration Revisited: The Declaration of Sentiments
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How the document at the heart of the women's suffrage movement turned the framer's message on its head.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 17:12
The Declaration Revisited: Native Americans
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The anti-Native American sentiments within the Declaration of Independence, and where those same sentiments can be found today.

Bought by WRFA-LP and Boise State Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 17:43
  • Purchases: 2
19th Amendment: Part 2
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How did the divides in the suffrage movement define the fight for women’s enfranchisement? And how did that amendment finally get passed?

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 20:02
Civics 101: The History of Labor Policy
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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The modern day workplace is the product of a centuries-long battle for fair wages, reasonable hours and safe conditions. Civics 101 tells the story...

Bought by KUAC, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUT, WXDU, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 57:29
  • Purchases: 6
The Whistleblower: Truth, Dissent and the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg
From: The GroundTruth Project
Caption: The Whistleblower, Credit: The Ground Truth Project
To mark the passing of Daniel Ellsberg of the Pentagon Papers, the GroundTruth Project presents a special one hour program that traces the path o...

Bought by KZYX, Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WABE, WORT and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 38
Bold Women of Montana - 0314 - Maggie Smith Hathaway
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: Bold Women of Montana
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Learn about today's bold woman with Beth Judy in honor of women's history month.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2023
  • Length: 01:59
Space Oddities: Episode 6-The Sue Me, Sue You Blues (With Apologies to George Harrison)
From: Joe Cuhaj
Series: Space Oddities: Forgotten Stories of Mankind's Exploration of Space
Caption: The Apollo 15 mission patch, Credit: NASA
Episode 6 of Space Oddities takes a look at several of the lawsuits filed against NASA and its astronauts. Most were trivial, some very serious inc...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Nov 19, 2022
  • Length: 10:53
  • Purchases: 1
Democratizing Democracy: Redistricting by the People
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Redistricting has the power to shape elections, and this year, it’s more controversial than ever. After a contentious 2020 census, the development ...

Bought by KWMR, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Constitution Day Special: The Constitution & The Bill of Rights
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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In honor of Constitution Day, Civics 101, the podcast refresher course on how our democracy works, shares the story of the two most important docum...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WITF, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 13, 2021
  • Length: 51:32
  • Purchases: 5
Korematsu v United States & Japanese American Internment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: Civil Rights
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The story of Japanese-American internment during WWII, and the Supreme Court case that challenged it.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WCMU Michigan, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 14
New Jersey v T.L.O.
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Do you have a right to privacy while in school?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
Right to Privacy: Griswold v Connecticut
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The case that kicked the government out of our bedrooms.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:53
Electoral College Addendum
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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This discussion is never over.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 13:08
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - 4th of July Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Flags; Topic 2: US Senator Tammy Duckworth; Topic 3: Patriotism

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KETR-FM, KCLU, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 17
Pandemic Economics: Robert Reich, Esteban Kelly, Mary Kay Henry, Stephanie Kelton
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The economic collapse unfolding before our eyes is much bigger than it appears and the solution isn’t simply to “build back better.” COVID-19 didn’...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3