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Frederick Kaufman: Voices Inside Our Heads
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Frederick Kaufman
When faced with something overwhelming, terrifying, or incomprehensible, the human mind can get pretty creative. This week on Sea Change Radio, we ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Doris Kearns Goodwin: Leadership In Turbulent Times
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Doris Kearns Goodwin
What makes a great leader? This week on Sea Change Radio, we are honored to have Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Music and Democracy (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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From Nat King Cole to Miley Cyrus: how music tells the story of American democracy.

Bought by KMUN, RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, WMUU-LP, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 16
The War At Home, Glenn Silber
From: Francesca Rheannon
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Francesca talks with Glenn Silber about the acclaimed documentary he co-directed, The War At Home. It’s about the anti-war movement in Madison, Wis...

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
For Love of Money: Libertarian Opportunists
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Using their own words to condemn them, Rob Larson exposes these intellectual opportunists for what they are: defenders of cruel power systems. Men ...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
Protecting Ourselves From Tyranny: Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny & Ryan Alford, Permanent State of Emergency
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We talk with historian Timothy Snyder about his book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. The book is a kind of vaccine to inocul...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:02
Do You Bite Your Thumb At Us, Sir? On Mere Civility
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Today, politicians and intellectuals warn that we face a crisis of civility and a veritable war of words polluting our public sphere. In liberal de...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:03
John Dickerson on Presidential Campaign History
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: John Dickerson, Credit: Courtesy of CBS
Author and moderator of Face the Nation, John Dickerson’s book Whistlestop is a witty rollicking tour of presidential campaign history

Bought by KPIP-LP, WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Larry Nielsen: Environmental Trailblazers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Larry Nielsen
There’s no denying that the current moment is grim, for the environment, civil rights, and plain old human decency. But I once heard a wise man say...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Selling Ignorance: Part Two of the Way of Neoliberalism
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Tonight we’re speaking with Philip Mirowski, historian and philosopher of economic thought at the University of Notre Dame, and author of Never Let...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 57:40
  • Purchases: 1
John Fleck: Colorado River Riddles
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Fleck
As the temperature and population continue to rise in the southwestern United States, water becomes scarcer than ever. How did we get here? Will th...

Bought by KVNF, KFCF FM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 3
Slaves Waiting For Sale (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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How one particular painting of slaves waiting for sale changed things at the outbreak of the American Civil War; What was the real reason many Unio...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WTJU, WMUU-LP, KEDT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, KENW, and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KKRN, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
In Deep with Angie Coiro: The NYPD Tapes
From: Gordon Whiting
Caption: Broadcasting from Menlo Park, California
Adrian Schoolcraft blew the whistle on the NYPD. For his trouble they had him suspended and put into a mental ward. The NYPD Tapes author Graham Ra...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
Naomi Oreskes on “Merchants of Doubt”
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Naomi Oreskes
A recent Pew survey found that 48% of Americans are still unconvinced that global warming is happening and that human activity is causing it. How c...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bob Marshall: Louisiana Encroachment, Pt. I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Marshall
With so much focus on the BP oil spill and the havoc it has wrought on the Gulf Coast, it's easy to overlook the broader, more long-term environmen...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
#1221- Existentialism and Religion: An Interview with Jonathan Judaken
From: Sandburg Media
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Jonathan Judaken on existentialism and religion; Katy Scrogin on The Myth of the Muslim Tide.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 53:50
#1403- Live from Wheaton: Catherine Brekus
From: Sandburg Media
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Catherine Brekus on the Bible and democracy; Katy Scrogin on Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 35:56
#1404- The God Gap, Part 1: Amy Black
From: Sandburg Media
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Amy Black on the separation of church and state; Katy Scrogin on The Reason I Jump.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 34:11
Viva Voce and Civil War Selfies (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Today when we vote, we enter a private space, secretly make our choice, and go about our day. But early voting wasn’t just public; it was a raucous...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMNF, and WLIW


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Legacy of FDR
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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An entire generation of Americans grew up knowing no other president than Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served four terms and led them through the Dep...

Bought by WCNY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCWP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, and WTJU


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 5
Brigham Young: American Moses?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York whose life was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transform...

Bought by WJCT and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A look at the religious lives of the twelve U.S. presidents who have served since the end of World War Two.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, and WMNR


  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3