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Let's Talk Race
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Fern Johnson & Marlene Fine
It’s curiously indisputable. One of the most difficult conversations for whites and blacks to have is the subject of race. Especially for whites. I...

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  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Wealth Hoarders
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chuck Collins
It’s a secret army that’s been around for decades. But. They don’t carry guns. They wield pens. They write a lot of rules and regulation that you’l...

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  • Added: May 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Tyranny of Experts
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: William Easterly
Around the world populist leaders or on the rise. The higher the poverty rate, the more likely a “benevolent autocrat” holds power. The problem is ...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
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No Common Ground
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Karen Cox
Polarizing debates over the meaning behind Confederate monuments have intensified lately. There are legal battles to remove them. Legislative maneu...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
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The Agitators
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Harriet Tubman
If you are going to write a history, a basic premise is that it must be believable. But, as you know, there are several true stories that actually ...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Surmountable
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Surmountable, Credit: jacket cover
The American colonists sought a way of throwing off British rule so they protested. The struggle resulted in freedom for the people, the Bill of Ri...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
American Awakening
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Joshua Mitchell
As we examine the last four years of America’s political scene, there is a striking shift. To say that changes have occurred is an understatement. ...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Broke in America
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Broke in Aemerica, Credit: jacket design by Pete Garceau
Approximately twelve percent of America’s population living in poverty. That’s not including those who barely make it month to month. Some see pove...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Education
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Critical Thinking is a set of skills that most students learn at a relatively early age. Even students who don’t do well in school are familiar wit...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
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The Roadless Rule Policy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ken Rait podcast
January 12, 2021 marked the 20th anniversary of the Forest Service’s Roadless Rule Policy. It is designed to protect millions of acres of America’s...

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  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Something in the Water
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Something in the Water, Credit: Jacket
Every day across America we deal with the ugliness from our past. From 1600 to today, racism rears its ugly head. Every time we feel we’ve made pro...

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Covid-19
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Book cover, Credit: Jacket design Danielle Allyssa
In March of 2020, after months of downplaying of COVID by officials, the death rate could no longer be ignored. By late fall, as many Americans wer...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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Forgotten People
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Arthur Lieber
It wasn’t that long ago that the Democratic party was primarily made up of blue collar workers. That has flipped in the last few years, especially ...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Children & Toxins
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Philip Landrigan
Thousands of new chemicals have been developed and released into the global environment during the last four decades. Yet, most of those chemicals ...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Electoral College
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Kenneth Foard McCallion
America’s electoral system has had a rough time over the last 20 years. Two of the last four president’s did not receive the national majority vote...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Confederate Monuments
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Connor Towne O'Neill
Separate but equal. That phrase came from the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896. It was a landmark decision known as Plessy v Ferguson that upheld the con...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Future Rising
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Andrew Maynard
Most of us spend a good part of our time in the future. That is, we ponder what tomorrow brings. Or, even later today. Though we only have a snapsh...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Planetary Health
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Howard Frumkin
Recent events around the globe clearly demonstrates the interconnectedness of human health and the health of our planet. Heat waves in California, ...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Diversifying Power
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jennie C. Stephens
The inadequate response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the US has also thwarted the country’s response to the climate crisis. Some feel it’s due to le...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
November 2020 – LGBTQ youth react to the anti-marriage equality statement from Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting Overtime
Caption: OutCaster Lil
OutCaster Lil presents OutCasters' views on statement from Justices Thomas and Alito attacking marriage equality

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 08:33
  • Purchases: 1
Voting in Indian Country
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jean Reith Schroedel
When we hear about voter suppression, we usually think of the multiple attempts at preventing blacks from voting. What we seldom hear about are the...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Cults in America
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Robert Jay Lifton
Following decades researching cults, Robert Jay Lifton concludes “that the psychological relationship between extremist political movements and fan...

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Steven Dudley
Most of us, by now, are familiar with the gang known as MS-13. How it evolved into a violent group is a peculiar story with a twist on its evolution.

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  • Added: Oct 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Patriots of Two Nations
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Spencer Critchley
A well run democracy takes a lot of work on the part of the citizenry. People need to be informed. In America today, there is a rising brand of lib...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Wonderful Life
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frank Martela
With the topsy-turvy world we live in today, it is difficult to have a positive, rosy spin on things. COVID, fires, hurricanes, and the weakening e...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1