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Political Junkie Minisode 3-11-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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With all this talk of Hillary Clinton's email controversy, we thought it'd be fun to shed some light on some other famous (and not-so famous) First...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 6
No Peace for Women in Afghanistan
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Afghanistan is a place where peace just won’t stick. Radical Islamist Taliban insurgents have intensified their attacks on the capital with brazen ...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
Political Junkie 1-28-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Thomas Mann of the Brookings Institution explains what powers Congress has in shaping foreign policy, and who (if anybody) benefits from Benjamin N...

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  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Tet Offensive
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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William Ingalls new book tells the story of what one year in Viet Nam as a combat engineer was like. Based on 500 color slides taken by the author,...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 2014 Year in Review
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Ken Rudin looks back at the year that was with former NPR and Chicago Tribune political writer Frank James. We revisit past newsworthy segments fro...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Breaking the Rulers: The Neoliberal University
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In this episode we try to make clear what the term Neoliberal means and see how it can be applied to the world of the American University, and in ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 55:53
Political Junkie Minisode - 2015 Evergreen
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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In most cases, we know the difference between a good president and a bad one. But how do historians see them? Robert Merry, a longtime journalist w...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie 12-3-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Republicans learned what they needed to do to score big electoral victories in 2014, and now it seems they've also learned that shutting down the g...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 11-24-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Politico's Lauren French discusses President Obama's immigration order, and how Republicans, in lieu of an immigration bill of their own, might thw...

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie 11-12-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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2014 was a record-breaking election for women in Congress... but don't rush to declare it "The Year of the Woman" just yet. Debbie Walsh, director ...

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie 11-5-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The results are in. It's good news for the Republican Party. And a sweeping repudiation of President Obama and the Democrats. In the Senate, a new...

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  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 10-29-14 - 2014 Midterm Election Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Democratic pollster Anna Greenberg and Republican analyst and former Congressman Vin Weber talk about the national stakes of this year's midterms. ...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 23
Political Junkie 10-29-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Republican strategist Vin Weber and Democrat pollster Anna Greenberg lay out what's at stake on November 4th, and what it might mean for the final ...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 8
05-10: Earth Justice: Corporate Rights vs. The Rights of Nature, 11/19/2014
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Mari Margil
Why does “corporate personhood” consistently override the legal rights of citizens? And what about the rights of nature? Join innovative environmen...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
Food Sleuth Radio, Michael Graziano Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Can you imagine a world without functioning antibiotics? Sadly, we’re headed in that direction due to overuse and misuse of these precious drugs, ...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Political Junkie 10-8-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The Supreme Court's decision not to make a decision regarding same-sex marriage has effectively kept the rulings favoring such marriages intact. R...

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie 9-24-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Ken Rudin may be bedridden with bronchitis and no voice, but the Political Junkie show must go on. Neal Conan subs this week. And what a busy wee...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 9-10-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The race is getting very interesting in an unexpected place. Three-term GOP Sen. Pat Roberts and his independent opponent, Greg Orman debated in fr...

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 8-27-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Political Junkie Ken Rudin and New York Times Washington correspondent Carl Hulse discuss the president's vacation woes, and whether they reflect a...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Interview with Rabbi Lynn Goettlieb
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Generation Justice Intern Jordan Unverzagt interviews Rabbi Lynn Goettlieb about the militarization of local police departments and the connections...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 19:28
Political Junkie 8-20-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The political bombshell of the week was the indictment of Rick Perry on two felony charges of abusing his power and office. It came as the Texas g...

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 7-30-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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With less than a hundred days to go before Election Day, host Ken Rudin decided to bring Cook Political Report analyst Jennifer Duffy on the show t...

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Stan Sorscher, Labor Representative for SPEEA Local 2001, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Stan Sorscher, SPEEA Representative
Interview: Stan talks about what trade agreements are really about—the power to divide the profits—and then explains the changes in the power relat...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 27:50
Political Junkie 7-23-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Not all the fights we talk about on the Political Junkie are at the ballot box. Some are in court -- as we saw this week, in the latest attempt by...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ashkan Soltani on NSA surveillance (excerpt)
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Ashkan Soltani is a researcher for The Washington Post, who broke many of the NSA surveillance stories from the Edward Snowden leak. He tells us ab...

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1