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Hate. There’s no question that it’s on the rise in America and around the world. White supremacy, racism and xenophobia are all part of our polariz...
- Added: Aug 13, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
We now live in what’s called “The Post-Truth Era.” That means feelings carry more weight than evidence, and alternative facts replace actual facts....
- Added: Aug 07, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
They are an unexpected husband and wife team: the Levinson’s. Sanford is a constitutional scholar. Cynthia is an award-winning author of children’...
- Added: Jul 30, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Here are some numbers that will make you think. Just 26 people – call them billionaires – own as much wealth as half the people on the planet. At t...
- Added: Jul 23, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Public discourse is at an all time low. Even without considering the political polarization of today, civility in public discourse is challenging.
- Added: Jul 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
When it comes to politics, age appears to be a prominent dividing line. And, a closer look at youth today shows that the young around the world are...
- Added: Jul 02, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The path to political victory should be simple: accrue more points that your opponent, and you will win. Not so fast. U.S. elections aren’t nearly ...
- Added: Jun 11, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Here’s the conundrum: a good person doesn’t knowingly create devastation and suffering. Yet, that is exactly what we’re doing with our environment....
- Added: May 19, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
America is set to lose tens of millions of job in the next 15 years. Some of the best research today estimates that one half of all U.S. jobs will ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
The island became a workhouse in the 1880s. Converted to a jail 50-years later, Rikers Island is not a prison.
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- Added: Apr 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Over the past decade many low and middle income white American’s have thrown their support to conservative politicians. The claim is to make Americ...
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- Added: Apr 05, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
America’s workers are experiencing another setback in workplace safety. The Trump Administration is blocking a rule that requires most employers to...
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- Added: Mar 22, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
No president has used social media quite like President Trump. Twitter is his instrument of choice, and more often than not, he uses the popular pl...
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- Added: Mar 15, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Illiberalism. Now that’s a word you just don’t hear very often. If it sounds like a play on liberalism, you’re right. It’s the lack, or even oppos...
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- Added: Feb 08, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Democracies around the world are struggling. Autocratic regimes are on the rise. Now, America’s democratic structures are showing signs of stress.
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- Added: Feb 03, 2019
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
The financial crash of 2008 hit middle and working class families especially hard. They are still struggling.
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- Added: Jan 23, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
When the people of a country become severely divided, it becomes easier for power to fall into the iron grip of fascism. All it takes is well-desig...
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- Added: Jan 17, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A central idea of feminism is “Looking at the world as if women matter.” Yet, during the most important public policy debate about women and povert...
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- Added: Jan 03, 2019
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
In September 1941, a hero-celebrity stood before a crowd in Iowa and emphatically stated the words, “America First.” Charles Lindbergh was the spea...
- Added: Dec 04, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The home ownership gap continues to widen.
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- Added: Nov 27, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
John Shuck speaks with Hanan Al-Zubaidy and Catherine Shakdam about his recent trip to Iraq for Arbaeen
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- Added: Nov 12, 2018
- Length: 56:02
- Purchases: 1
Central Coast Bioneers held its first conference in San Luis Obispo in 2010. Looking at their mission statement, It reads … To create a resilient a...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 30, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
At the beginning of World War II, the Roosevelt Administration understood all too well the strategic value of South America.
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- Added: Sep 19, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Most of us have a basic understanding of events surrounding the Vietnam War. That understanding, however, is usually vague, and incomplete. Especia...
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- Added: Sep 14, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This broadcast is a follow up interview with economic sociologist Fred L. Block. His theory is that capitalist economics are not self-regulating. I...
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- Added: Aug 30, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
