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Top of Mind - A Deeper Look at Wrongful Convictions in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Wrongful convictions happen all the time in America, and they could happen to anyone. How do we stop innocent people from going to prison?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KSTK, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
2023-03-31 White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi on Willow & Biden’s Climate Agenda
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Biden’s policy wins have secured vast amounts of funding for the energy transition, and that money is just beginning to flow, with new programs bec...

Bought by KZYX, Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
230331: White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi on Willow and Biden’s Climate Agenda, 3/31/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Biden’s policy wins have secured vast amounts of funding for the energy transition, and that money is just beginning to flow, with new programs bec...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Pandemic and Profit
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Alt text: Four homemade masks made from patterned cloth sitting on top of a fabric cutting mat, Credit: Mai-Linh Hong
To mark the three year anniversary of the official start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we'll be looking at two alternative supply chains for masks that...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Upstream: Worker Cooperatives
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Artwork by Phil Wrigglesworth
On today's show we learn about worker cooperatives: what are they and can they offer an alternative to the dominant capitalist mindset? Our partner...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
WorldCanvass: Corruption, Populism, and the Future of Democracy (part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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What is the link between corruption, anti-corruption campaigns, and the rise of populism? What conditions create an opening for autocratic-leaning,...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 26:06
70 Million: When a State Treats Drug Addiction Like a Health Issue, Not a Crime
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Miracles Club
A year ago, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. The goal is to reverse some of the negative impacts of the War on Drugs...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Democratizing Democracy: Redistricting by the People
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Redistricting has the power to shape elections, and this year, it’s more controversial than ever. After a contentious 2020 census, the development ...

Bought by KWMR, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Signs of speculation, cause San Francisco leaders to spend millions to buy apartment buildings
From: KSFP
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Worries that real estate investors are buying multi-unit housing properties in San Francisco, then evicting tenants to turn a quick buck. has promp...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Performer’s conservatorship is over, but activists say she’s not the only one
From: KSFP
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The end of Britney Spears' conservatorship raises questions about who gets "conserved" and why. "Civic" talks to mental health activists who are w...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:28
Pandemic Economics: Robert Reich, Esteban Kelly, Mary Kay Henry, Stephanie Kelton
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The economic collapse unfolding before our eyes is much bigger than it appears and the solution isn’t simply to “build back better.” COVID-19 didn’...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Canada's Slavery Secret
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week we take a look at Canada and its history of Black enslavement. Canada, our northern neighbor, is rarely mentioned when we talk about the ...

Bought by WXDU and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Fighting for the Ballot: Race and Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Voter suppression and its target’s aren’t new phenomena. People of color and the poor have always been dissuaded from voting. We take a look at how...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: U.S. Foreign Policy, Geopolitical Realignment, and Global Stability (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The twentieth century has been called the American Century, a time when American ingenuity, economic growth, military power, and vibrant cultural e...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 26:25
WorldCanvass: U.S. Foreign Policy, Geopolitical Realignment, and Global Stability (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
Caption: David Rogers
The twentieth century has been called the American Century, a time when American ingenuity, economic growth, military power, and vibrant cultural e...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:53
Split Ends
From: Nikola Marcich
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
Cathy Cresser, Write-in Candidate District 3 Talks Politics on Unspun
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Cathy Cresser
Cathy Cresser, local write-in candidate for Shasta County Supervisor District 3, Joins us in the studio to tell us more about herself and her camp...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2016
  • Length: 57:45
Political Junkie Minisode 4-22-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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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
Political Junkie Minisode 4-8-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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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
Political Junkie Minisode 4-1-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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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
Political Junkie Minisode 3-25-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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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
Political Junkie Minisode 3-11-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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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
Political Junkie 1-28-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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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
Political Junkie 2014 Year in Review
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Ken Rudin looks back at the year that was with former NPR and Chicago Tribune political writer Frank James. We revisit past newsworthy segments fro...

Bought by WILL, RadioFreePalmer, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KSFR, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Political Junkie Minisode - 2015 Evergreen
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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In most cases, we know the difference between a good president and a bad one. But how do historians see them? Robert Merry, a longtime journalist w...

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


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 6