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Caption: Host Martha Burk
Taxes are necessary for a civilized society, and most ordinary people pay their fair share.  But there's one group that pays nothing at all, while ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
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Dr. Mindy Romero, founder of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the University of Southern California, talks with Jess about current election sc...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
January 22 marks the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, when the court ruled abortion was legal under U.S....

  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series by featuring some successful initiatives and ocean progress, with examples of policies related t...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2023
  • Length: 05:03
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing COP27, the annual Conference of the Parties, that took place this year in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. W...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 05:19
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How do we govern the ocean? This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce a concept that advocates for a centralized Ministry for the Ocean, a voice ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 05:26

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:16
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Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick talks about polarization in the U.S. and his improbable American journey.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 31:26
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Talking Alaska's elections and polarizing politics, launching on the state's 2022 Primary Day and Special Election Day. Featuring Independent Alask...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:14
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Four Essential Steps toward a Responsible U.S. Ocean Policy International agreements are essential if we are to sustain natural resources as natura...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 04:56
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Long before the United States became a nation and implemented American democracy as we know it today, there were town meetings. Nearly 400 years l...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Journalist Juan González discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America’s cities - from r...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pretoria All Girls School in South Africa Protesting the Mandate to Straighten Hair, Credit: BBC News
We looks in to the roots of colonialism in South African education.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
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This week on Life of the Law, our team met up in the studios of KQED to talk about the law, moral luck, and prosecutorial discretion in America.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 48:12
Caption: Host Martha Burk
July 30 marks a very important anniversary in our modern political history. In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KMUD


  • Added: Jul 26, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie got some bad news last week when two of his former aides were indicted on charges they deliberately blocked traf...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Bernie Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont and a self-styled socialist, announced his intention to run for the Democratic nomination this...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2015
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 6
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We all know that, if elected, Hillary Clinton would be the first female president, and either Marco Rubio or Ted Cruz would be the first Hispanic. ...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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The controversy in Indiana and elsewhere over so-called religious freedom laws brings us back to a conversation about the nation's "culture wars." ...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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After 30 years in the Senate, Harry Reid is calling it quits. The 75-year old Nevada Democrat, who has been minority, majority and now minority le...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz became the first major candidate of either political party to declare for president. Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune w...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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With all this talk of Hillary Clinton's email controversy, we thought it'd be fun to shed some light on some other famous (and not-so famous) First...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Senator Barbara Mikulski's step-down from her Maryland seat has already started speculation about who could take her place in 2016. Washington Coll...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
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In Illinois, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is spending millions on re-election bid on Feb. 24. Some think there is a possibility he might fail to brea...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution explains what powers Congress has in shaping foreign policy, and who (if anybody) benefits from Benjamin N...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5