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Caption: John Dominic Crossan
At the heart of the Bible, says New Testament scholar John Dominic Crossan, is a moral and ethical call to fight unjust superpowers, whether they a...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John D. Pollack
Often without realizing it, we use analogies to express our ideas. As a Presidential speechwriter, John Pollack understands the power of words. In ...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ulrich Boser
Bestselling author Ulrich Boser shows how the emerging research on trust can improve our lives, rebuild our economy, and strengthen society. As par...

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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What are the failed promises and real risks of GMO crops? Is the “co-existence” of genetically engineered (GMO) and non-GMO crops really possible?...

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Peter Matthews
Big corporations and their super wealthy owners have bought many American politicians through campaign contributions and lobbying, according to pol...

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  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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Not perhaps since Alexander Solzhenitsyn in the Soviet Gulag has there been a dissenting artist who got to be as famous as the government that houn...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 39:42
  • Purchases: 1
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A Vietnamese proverb says: “when eating a fruit, think of who planted the tree.” Taking that sentiment a step further, how often do we consider the...

  • Added: May 23, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: David Lochbaum, Credit: Union of Concerned Scientists
The nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011 should provide the United States with lessons learned, however, the carefully nurtured tale that technology w...

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Farmer Joe Maxwell says: “I raise hogs; I don’t produce pork.” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her in...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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A discussion of ways in which the arts--both the performing and creative arts--serve as critical communicators on issues of human rights and freedo...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 24:24
Caption: Professor Charles Seife
Numbers can be deceptive … we know this. Yet, in spite of how sophisticated we think we are, we still can be taken-in by numbers. Sometimes we’ll e...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Daniel Hunter
David was looking for a slingshot. Goliath had money and power. This is the story of the fight against proposed and granted casinos in Philadelphia.

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Deadly foodborne illness outbreaks seem to be on the rise, and one attorney has taken the lead in the fight to defend the ill, and support legislat...

  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Chelsea Green jacket cover
In his new book, economist Gar Alperovitz speaks plainly about why the time is right to democratize the ownership of wealth as a way to strengthen ...

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  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Ray Raphael
By entering the world of the Constitution’s framers, and experiencing it one day after the next as they did, constitutional scholar Ray Raphael hel...

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  • Added: Apr 30, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Frances Moore Lappe
Author Frances Moore Lappe describes herself as a “possibilist” rather than an optimist or pessimist. In her recent book, she argues that solutions...

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
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Caption: Marjorie Heins, Credit: photo by Catherine Boalch
In her new book, civil liberties lawyer Majorie Heins tells the stories of teachers and professors who resisted the communist witch hunt of the 195...

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
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Caption: Professor Beth E. Richie
In her new book, Professor Beth E. Richie addresses the issue of marginalized communities throughout America, and the unique risk they harbor for B...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Food stamps help protect our nation’s neediest citizens (now one in six Americans) against hunger, or “food insecurity.” But food stamps (now calle...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Kate Gordon of The Center for the Next Generation
Energy policy expert Kate Gordon of The Center for the Next Generation talks about what state and local governments, as well as Congress and the Pr...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 28:18
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
In the last five years the world has seen two devastating spikes in the price of food, and according to journalist and professor Frederick Kaufman,...

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Consumers have consistently said they have a right to know what's in their food. This November, CA citizens will have a chance to vote for GMO labe...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
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Michele Simon, JD, MPH, public health lawyer, discusses her report: “Food Stamps, Follow the Money: Are Corporations Profiting From Hungry American...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Sarah Weddington, Credit: Weddington Center
Equal Time series host Martha Burk interviews Sarah Weddington, who successfully argued the Roe v. Wade case legalizing abortion in the United Stat...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 2
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‘We are the 99 percent’ has become a rallying cry for people uniting to change a system based on greed and exploitation. We’ll look at what it’ll t...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2