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Disinformation, Misinformation, and Propaganda
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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In preparation for the upcoming election, we’re going to talk about lies, manipulation, and confusion.

Bought by KERA, MPR News Stations, KSKA, WHFR, and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 5
Why Vote, And How To Do It
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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We vote for our leaders, and those leaders represent our interests, but the impact of your vote isn't always so clear. Here's why you should vote a...

Bought by KERA, Connecticut Public (WNPR), MPR News Stations, Baltimore Public Media, WKSU and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 7
The Negotiators: Confronting Conflict
From: Rob Sachs
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In this episode, we learn about two historic negotiations – one failed and one successful – from the negotiators themselves. We begin with a peace...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUHF, WXXI Rochester, WLPR , Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 20
2023-12-01 On the Ground at COP28: What’s at Stake with the Global Stocktake?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The 28th annual Conference of the Parties, COP28, opens this week in Dubai. For the 28th time, the nations of the world have gathered to see what p...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KALW, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
Special Episode - This Is Science Thanks
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Need some pumpkin pi to go with that leftover turkey? Jess highlights her favorite reasons to be thankful for science in this season of gratitude.

  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 18:00
How does the Electoral College vote?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How does the Election Day after Election Day actually work?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 1
What is voter fraud?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The allegations are everywhere, but is the fraud itself?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:15
What is an Executive Order?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Can a president order...anything?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:40
What do politicians do after they leave office?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Three things you can do if you lose an election.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:19
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
How do elections rise to the Supreme Court?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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When do the robes get involved?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:34
How is my ballot counted?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Every state has different election laws -- what does that mean for the ballot count, and when will we finally know who won?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:30
Third Parties
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What do third parties do to American politics?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 25:04
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
What is "court packing"?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How justices are added to the Supreme Court, via partisan or nonpartisan means.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:32
What is a "lame duck" session?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What can the President and Congress do before they're sworn in?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:36
Posse Comitatus
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What does it mean when the police use military gear and tactics to enforce that law?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 19:35
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
What is moving day like at the White House?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Staff have six hours to move one first family out and a new First Family in, and it has to be seamless.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 07:55
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
Freedom of the Press: Part 2
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How can we learn the truth in an age of misinformation, "fake news" and media mistrust?

  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 14:20
How do concession speeches work?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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There's no law that says they have to happen, but the presidential candidate concession speech is an important element of the peaceful transition o...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 04:30
Will we ever get rid of the Electoral College system?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What is the likelihood that we will get rid of the electoral college system? Is anyone actively working toward that goal?

  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 04:29

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