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Food Sleuth Radio, Robert Shetterly Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that engaged citizens are necessary for a safe, healing, and humane food system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending December 25, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Paris Summit's Carbon Reduction Agreement Not Enough to Stave Off Climate ...

Bought by WRIR, WMUU-LP, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Lesson in American History with Professor Harvey J. Kaye
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Harvey J. Kaye
Unspun talks with Prof. Harvey J. Kaye, Harvey J. Kaye is the Ben and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
Using Wealth to Deny Voting Rights
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Ari Berman, a contributing writer for The Nation Magazine, who writes regularly on election and voting rights issues.  Hi...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
An Interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Democracy and a Sustainable Environment: Indivisible

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 1
Allusionist 10: Election Lexicon
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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On the eve of the 2015 General Election in the UK, take a jaunt through the etymology of election-related words.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law #56: Tipping the Scales
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that states can prohibit judges from openly asking for money to pay for their judicial campaigns. Life of the Law'...

  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 24:30
Food Sleuth Radio, Jahi Chappel Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What is “food democracy” and how might we achieve it? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview w...

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending February 13, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Netanyahu's Arrogant Obstruction Signals Need to Change U.S.-Israeli Relat...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
Simmer 4: Citizen, Not Consumer
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Simmer
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The fourth Simmer episode features the second part of the documentary "Telling Our Own Stories: Wally Bowen on Creating a Democratic Media," plus a...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
The Oligarchy of Participation
From: Erica Heilman
Series: Rumble Strip Vermont
Caption: Hilton Dier
Vermont's democracy. It's not for everyone.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 04:23
Hacking Democracy
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Is American democracy broken — are we being well-represented, or not? If not, why not? And what’s to do about it?

Bought by WUFT, WMMT, and KZYX


  • Added: Sep 06, 2014
  • Length: 52:05
  • Purchases: 3
Messages From a Forgotten Troopship (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1960s, it took almost three weeks to cross the sea from America to Vietnam. Three weeks for young men in crowded cabins, with salt water sho...

Bought by WHFR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WJCT, KYUK, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 26:24
  • Purchases: 10
Messages From a Forgotten Troopship (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Troops aboard the General Nelson M. Walker, Credit: Vietnam Graffiti Project
Sound-rich stories from and about a Vietnam War-era troopship, in the voices of people whose lives were affected by the journey to war.

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WGCU, KMUN, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 53:32
  • Purchases: 29
Dollarocracy: Corporate Cash in Politics
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world. In the 2012 elections billions of dollars were spent on political campaigns. But...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jan 03, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Give Syrian Women (and Peace) a Chance
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
President Obama got a short reprieve when Russia put forward a plan to avoid a U.S. missile strike on Syria by sequestering Syria’s chemical weapon...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Telling Our Own Stories: Wally Bowen on Creating a Democratic Media
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Wally Bowen
Documentary on the life and work of media reform activist Wally Bowen, founder and executive director of the Mountain Area Information Network (MAI...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 47:43
Global Ethics Corner: Will the European Endowment for Democracy Really Work?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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The European Union has faced criticism in recent years for not doing enough to promote democratic values abroad. With the formation of the European...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
Groundwork: Democracy Close to Home
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: A resident of Chicago's 49th Ward., Credit: Melissa Beck
A timely one-hour special, hosted by NPR's Scott Simon, that tells stories of American democracy at the local level. We listen in as people wrestle...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, Nevada Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KRCU Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 79
Justice For Sale: Glenn Greenwald on the Rule of Law
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Author Glenn Greenwald talks about his book, ‘With Liberty and Justice for Some.’ Americans claim to live under the rule of law; that no one is abo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 14, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Patriotism: Unquestioned Commitment or Dangerous Justification
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Can you acknowledge dissenters as patriots? Can you dissent and still sing the national anthem wholeheartedly? Can you live in a middle ground?

Bought by WEZU and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Turkey, Islam, and Democracy
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Turkey’s democracy has been extolled as a model in the Middle East, but has also been belittled for its creeping authoritarianism. Does Turkey offe...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Egypt: Democracy or Demography?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Two waves are overwhelming Egypt and possibly the Middle East: democracy and demography. Can a youthful imperative for rapid change amplify or dimi...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Tunisia: The Jasmine Revolution and Western Foreign Policy
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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In Tunisia, the Jasmine Revolution showed the vulnerability of unpopular and anti-democratic regimes. Should the West support authoritarian regimes...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Musings on a censored newspaper.
From: Becky Palmstrom
Caption: A woman prays at Shwedagon Pagoda in the centre of Yangon, Myanmar., Credit: Christopher Davy
With the release of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in November 2010, Becky Palmstrom reflects on her time spent working for a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 12, 2011
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1