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Food Sleuth Radio Philip Ackerman-Leist Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What’s a “foodshed” and how can we strengthen our local and regional economies with and through food and farming? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and R...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Wenonah Hauter Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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It may seem as if we have many choices in the supermarket, but in reality, our food system has experienced tremendous consolidation, resulting in f...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Terminated -- Groks Science Show 2013-05-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Kevin Drum discussed the economics of a robotic future.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KKRN, KPVL, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 4
Dollars and Sex
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Marina Adshade
Dr. Marina Adshade provides a fascinating look at just how central the interplay of libido, gender, love, power and economic forces is to the most ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Anthropocene and Heard
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Anthropocene and Heard, Credit: Seth Shostak
Why climate change and loss of biodiversity may mean goodbye to the "Holocene," and hello to a new geologic epoch, the "Age of Man."

Bought by WRIR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WNJR, and Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Happy Daze
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Happy Daze, Credit: Seth Shostak
Calling all pessimists – discover why your brain is wired for optimism, the evolutionary advantage of thinking positive and other research into th...

Bought by KSKQ, KCMJ Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Growing Pains at The World's Largest Co-op?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The Mondragón Corporation includes everything from banking to bike factories, nano-technology to rabbit farming. Its a corporate dream—but this cor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 09:43
Making it Our Business: Co-ops on the Rise
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ariizmendi Fourth Street, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
The global economic situation is causing more people to consider worker owned businesses. We go from Chicago, where workers are trying to take over...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Farming Underwater: Steve Mello’s Story
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Farmer Steve Mello has put down roots in “The Delta” in central California. But climate change is threatening the levees which protect Delta farms....

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
How to Occupy the Economy, According to Richard Wolff
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Deepa Vanra at Occupy Wall Street West, Credit: Lisa Rudman
Occupy Wall Street has changed the conversation about the distribution of wealth. So what now? What policy changes and initiatives should the mov...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Cornel West & Carl Dix: Pursuing Justice in the Age of Obama
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Cornel West and Carl Dix, Credit: Revolution Books
A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Karl Spurzem
Author, columnist and economics professor Robert H. Frank's new book, The Darwin Economy, describes what Darwin can teach us about building a bette...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Peacekeeping Economy -- Groks Science Show 2011-12-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Lloyd J. Dumas discussed the peacekeeping economy.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 31:29
  • Purchases: 3
Global Arms -- Groks Science Show 2011-11-23
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Andrew Feinstein discussed the shadow world inside global arms trading.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, WRFA-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 30:22
  • Purchases: 4
Broken, Not Broke: The Economy According to Richard Wolff
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Richard Wolff, Credit: http://www.rdwolff.com/
An exclusive interview with economist Richard Wolff, who explains how failed ‘trickle down economics’ theories are being recycled under a different...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Making Contact: How We Survive: The Currency of Giving (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A look into how struggling communities around the U.S. are meeting each others needs, without charity, or even exchanging a dollar.

Bought by WCSU-FM and KUNM


  • Added: Dec 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Technological Innovations -- Groks Science Show 2009-09-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. W. Brian Arthur discussed the nature of technology.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 32:12
  • Purchases: 1