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Uptalk is that rising, questioning tone some people use when ending a statement. And women aren't the only ones who do it—so finds a study of conte...
Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPVL, WKCC, KRDP and more
- Added: Sep 04, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 9
Do service-sector workers represent the future of the U.S. labor movement?
Mid-twentieth-century union activism transformed manufacturing jobs fro...
- Added: Aug 18, 2015
- Length: 01:01:11
The Fair Food Program is recognized as one of the great human rights success stories of our day. This unique farmworker- and consumer-driven initia...
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 28:00
Victor Tan Chen, sociology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, has studied the plight of the American worker … from successf...
- Added: Jul 09, 2015
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
Just a stone’s throw from Orlando’s Disneyworld, Florida’s Lake Apopka used to be a premier recreational lake, until agricultural chemical runoff p...
- Added: Jun 05, 2015
- Length: 28:00
When Frances Mayes moved to Tuscany, Italy she left behind her family and roots in Fitzgerald, Georgia. In her new memoir Under Magnolia, the
renow...
- Added: May 29, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 6
Today, 47-million Americans live in poverty. That places this country at the bottom among industrial nations for the divide between the haves and h...
- Added: Mar 25, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Despite growing newfound interest in food, diets and nutrition, how many question where their food comes from and the conditions under which it was...
Bought by WRGY
- Added: Mar 19, 2015
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Americans’ pensions are gone. Housing is down and 401k are unreliable. But our Social Security system is totally funded for more than two decades.
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until 1...
- Added: Mar 06, 2015
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 5
The skyline of the Twin Cities in the 1920’s and 30’s was an ever-changing sight. Buildings like the Foshay Tower, the Ramsey County Courthouse and...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 28:06
- Purchases: 2
American consumers are told that “cheap” protein is the product of an efficient, consolidated meatpacking industry. However, the environmental toll...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jan 22, 2015
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
What is the full cost of our industrialized food system? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her intervie...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Fourth of five broadcasts on what's at stake for women in the upcoming elections. Today's topic: equal pay as a priority.
- Added: Oct 22, 2014
- Length: 02:30
Lia Claire Scholl on I Heart Sex Workers; Alexander Badenoch on writer's block and radio.
- Added: Oct 07, 2014
- Length: 36:44
Lia Claire Scholl on harm reduction activism; Katy Scrogin on The Experience of God.
- Added: Oct 07, 2014
- Length: 39:08
The internet has put whistleblowers in the public eye, and the government’s crosshairs. The world’s biggest institutions are running scared and cra...
- Added: Oct 06, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide has been linked to a mysterious fatal kidney disease among farmers in Central America, Sri Lanka and India. Join Food...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Sep 18, 2014
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Doctors and dietitians recommend that we eat more fruits and vegetables for better health. But do you know who harvests our produce, and under what...
- Added: Aug 01, 2014
- Length: 28:00
If you pay close attention to the contestants on the gameshow Jeopardy, you might notice a rising, questioning tone in their voices. Especially whe...
Bought by WJCT, WMNF, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KVSC, WLIW and more
- Added: Jul 25, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 6
If you pay close attention to the contestants on the gameshow Jeopardy, you might notice a rising, questioning tone in their voices. Especially whe...
Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WXDU, WTJU, and KKRN
- Added: Jul 25, 2014
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 5
How much do you know about the living conditions and wages of the people who pick, process and prepare your food? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Jul 25, 2014
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
This is the first of the series of shows for Women with Women. Lauri Rich was my first guest and she addressed the question "Can a woman have it al...
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 46:22
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
Capital is a giant, data-packed tome on income inequality covering three hundred years of history by the French economist Thomas Piketty. Is there ...
- Added: May 02, 2014
- Length: 58:35
