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What Is The Difference Between Constructionist, Originalist and Liberal Justices?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How do Supreme Court justices differ in the way they interpret the Constitution?

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Chuck Collins: Disturbing The Very Comfortable
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chuck Collins
The novelist David Foster Wallace once said, “Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” This week on Sea Change ...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
70 Million - Highway Robbery: How a Small Town Traffic Trap Became A Legal Black Hole
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sandra Harris, photographed in her home. , Credit: Amarr Croskey
On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a small town in Alabama, where an eager new police chief, unsuspecting m...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Deval Patrick Talks Governing: These Not So United States (MA Part One)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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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
“To Serve & Protect” Whom? Alec Karakatsanis on Copaganda
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alec Karakatsanis
What comes to mind when you hear the words “crime” and “safety?” For many, these words evoke images of poor people stealing things, or police enfor...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
RL Miller of Climate Hawks Vote on the Inflation Reduction Act
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: RL Miller
Are you weary of having to care about where headline-seeking Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema land on important topics? Well, according to t...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Who Speaks For The Water?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Varsha
In the film adaptation of The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, the unscrupulous Aloysius O’Hare sells oxygen. The audience is shocked and dismayed by this want...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie Evergreen 10-09-20
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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Carol Anderson, a professor at Emory University, discusses her book, “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.” John...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:58
Returning Civility to Political Discourse (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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National polling in recent years has consistently reported that 2/3rds of those polled feel that there’s a major problem with civility in our natio...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Maurice Plaines on America’s Epidemic of Racism
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Maurice Plaines
This has been a difficult stretch for the country with millions sick, out of work, or simply stuck at home. But the horrific murder of George Floyd...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
News In Context: News Coverage of COVID-19, with Ed Beebout & Anne Belden
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: COVID 19 Word Cloud, Credit: EpicTop10.com
In this episode, we explore how the news media is doing in covering COVID-19 – including the responses of public officials… the data on infections ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Steve Almond: How To Take Back the White House in 2020
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Steve Almond
What can all the money in the world buy you? Thanks to the Beatles, we already know it’s not love, but could it perhaps buy you the most powerful o...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Political Junkie 2018 Midterm Election Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin and an all-star lineup of political reporters, commentators and special guests for a full hour of analysis of the 2...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Special - Remembering John McCain
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Ken Rudin hosts a special reflection on John McCain's life and legacy, featuring interviews with several of McCain's friends and colleagues.

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
How One Police Chief Apologized For A Lynching In His Town, 8 Decades Later
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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One police chief decided he needed to apologize for an incident 77 years ago: a lynching in his small Georgia town in 1940. LaGrange Chief Louis De...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:09
How To Rebuild A Police Agency From The Inside Out
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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From Obama-era task forces to widespread protests, the idea of community policing has become part of our national conversation. Jerry Clayton, the ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:25
Facing the Danger of Facial Recognition
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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Facial recognition technology is being used by police all over the U.S. using images of millions of innocent Americans. It’s a lot less accurate th...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:14
Political Junkie Minisode 12-15-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Donald Trump has finally decided on a nominee for secretary of state, but it turns out that this may be the most controversial Cabinet appointee of...

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  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Minisode 12-08-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Jeff Tiberii, a political reporter North Carolina public radio station WUNC, talks about the belated concession this week of Republican Governor Pa...

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  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Minisode 12-01-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Even though it was Donald Trump who said he might not accept the results of the presidential election, it turns out that Jill Stein -- the Green Pa...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Minisode 11-17-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Ray Suarez, formerly of the PBS NewsHour, remembers his friend and colleague Gwen Ifill, who passed away this week after battling cancer. She was...

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie 2016 Post-Election Show
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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The election is over and, in case you missed it, Donald Trump won. Lisa Desjardins of the PBS NewsHour and Greg Giroux of Bloomberg explain what ha...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie Minisode 11-10-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The election is over and, in case you missed it, Donald Trump won. Lisa Desjardins of the PBS Newshour and Greg Giroux of Bloomberg explain what h...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Minisode 11-03-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The polls have tightened and both camps are pulling out all the stops. NPR political correspondent Mara Liasson and Aaron Blake, a political report...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie Minisode 10-27-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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In the aftermath of the anti-war protests at the 1968 Democratic convention, several protesters were arrested and tried for conspiracy. We revisit ...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 3