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Pardon Me: Can a U.S. President Pardon Him or Herself? The Question Will Likely End Up in the U.S. Supreme Court.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Pardon Me: Can a U.S. President Pardon Him or Herself? The Question Will Likely End Up in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Americans in Gandhi's India
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Samuel Stokes and Ralph Richard Keithahn (along with his wife Mildred)
Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary was celebrated on October 2. While he is revered in India, his charisma drew some Americans to him, Americans wh...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
How Did Presidential Pardons Evolve, and What Are Their Limitations?
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
How Did Presidential Pardons Evolve, and What Are Their Limitations?

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Nakba: 75 Years On
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Palestinians fleeing from their villages as Israeli troops approach on October 30, 1948., Credit: David Eldan, National Photo Collection of Israel, Government Press Office, under the digital ID D275-120
This week marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or the "catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers both to the events starting in late 1947 when Zionist ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 1
The African Burial Ground
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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Is it possible to study human remains ethically?

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 44:44
Revisiting GOP Party Dynamics: The Decline of Moderates & Rise of Populism
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Revisiting GOP Party Dynamics: The Decline of Moderates & Rise of Populism
Applying a GOP history lesson to our current political moment

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 36:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton
From: Radio Diaries
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On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — i...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 11:44
  • Purchases: 2
20 Years Falling
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The view from Robert Clark's studio in Brooklyn, Credit: Robert Clark
After 20 years in Afghanistan Sandip is left with the tragic ghosts of memory.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Same As It Ever Was
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Anti-Cholera inoculation in Calcutta in 1894. Picture from the  Wellcome Collection. , Credit: Courtesy Chinmay Tumbe
There are many conversations to have concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, but pandemics were common not too long ago. Maybe we should pay attention in...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Why Farmers are Fighting in Modi's India
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we talk with experts and journalists about India’s new agricultural reforms, why farmers don’t like it, and how platforms like Fa...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Lure of Authoritarianism + Biden’s Foreign Policy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this episode, we’re looking at the Biden Administration’s foreign policy challenges and how Trump compares to past authoritarian leaders.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Why Hong Kong is Protesting Again
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Protesters are back in the streets in Hong Kong to fight against a new security law that tightens the Chinese government’s grip over the city. On ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, WMUU-LP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 22, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Centenarians in Lockdown
From: Radio Diaries
Series: Hunker Down Diaries
Caption: Joe Newman and Anita Sampson, Credit: ABC Action News
Joe Newman is 107 years old. He was 5 during the flu pandemic of 1918. Today, he lives in a senior apartment complex in Sarasota, Florida with his ...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
The Race To Kill Corona
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Hour
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Plus: Kirk Douglas: Financial Rock Star, Seeing Ourselves Through The Eyes Of Master Historians, Real Estate Is Undergoing Important Changes in 202...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), GCR (Global Community Radio), WLRN, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Headlines | Marijuana Today Daily News
From: Shea Gunther
Series: Marijuana Today Daily
Caption: A white-haired marijuana flower is seen close up against a blurred-out green background., Credit: Don Goofy/Flickr
All the legal marijuana news and headlines for Wednesday, April 18, 2018.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2018
  • Length: 11:37
Surprise! The New Russian President Is the Same as the Old Russian President
From: Jason Fields
Caption: War College Logo, Credit: War College
Mark Galeotti joins us for War College’s Russian election special. The winner, Vladimir Putin, was never in doubt, but what’s the sham election all...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 33:56
Part 2: Flint water crisis a turning point for Green movement
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: WT Stevens replaces a pipe under a Flint street, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
Part 2 of series -- Historically, the environmental movement hasn’t always been welcoming to people of color – and issues that are important to the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WBFO, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 8
India at 70
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy reflects on India’s journey as it turns 70.

  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Orchestra travels along Erie Canal to mark 200th anniversary
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Albany Symphony Orchestra musicians Jamecyn Morey and Mitsuko Suzuki at Lock E-2 in Waterford, N.Y. , Credit: Gary David Gold
The Albany Symphony is holding a series of concerts in towns along the Erie Canal, to mark the beginning of construction in July, 1817.

Bought by WCMU Michigan, WCPN, North Country Public Radio, and WBFO


  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
A New Era For the ERA
From: Nahanni Rous
Series: Can We Talk?
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In March 2017, Nevada became the 36th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment-- three and a half decades after the ratification deadline expired...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 22:21
Protests
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we discuss protests in several different contexts.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 52:53
Ep. 1: The Death of Kollin Elderts
From: Honolulu Civil Beat
Series: Offshore
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Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Jessica Terrell introduces the deadly events of Nov. 5, 2011 when a white off-duty federal agent shot and killed a Nat...

Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 36:35
  • Purchases: 1
Drugmakers are Making Us Addicts
From: Teosson Wells
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Opioids are Pitched as the Wonder Drug: Profit vs. Health

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 21:54
Democracy or Stability
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
Caption: Erin Heatherton, Kweku Mandela, Ndaba Mandela & Paul Kagame speak at 2014 Global Citizen Festival to end poverty by 2030 in Central Park on September 27, 2014 in New York City.
This episode examines Paul Kagame’s 2017 bid for reelection in Rwanda.

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 05:22
  • Purchases: 1
Community Forum: Confederate Flag Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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The Winona Human Rights Commission and Winona State University sponsored a community forum in response to the recent displays of the Confederate Fl...

  • Added: Jul 20, 2016
  • Length: 34:07