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Top of Mind - Funny or Offensive? Why It's So Hard to Draw the Line in Humor.
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We love to laugh, but navigating comedy can feel like a minefield. Who gets to decide what is funny or offensive?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - The Changing Ways We Decide Who Gets into College and Why it Matters.
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Now that test score requirements are in flux and affirmative action is illegal, how do we decide who gets into college?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
2024-08-16 What the FERC Is Going on With the Electric Grid
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The nation’s electric grid needs to be expanded and made more reliable for our future energy demands and climate forecasts. The way we’ve built tra...

Bought by KMXT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
240816: 2024-08-16 What the FERC is Going On with the Electric Grid, 8/16/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The nation’s electric grid needs to be expanded and made more reliable for our future energy demands and climate forecasts. The way we’ve built tra...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
Top of Mind - American roads are dangerous. How can we make them safer?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The US has double the traffic deaths per capita of other wealthy nations. Why are American roads so dangerous and what would make them safer?

Bought by KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, and KOWS


  • Added: Aug 02, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Inside the Changing Role of Fathers in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The role of fathers is changing in America. Dads are doing more housework and childcare. How are families navigating this shift?

Bought by WXDU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KKGX Palm Springs Community Broadcasting, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Why America's Childcare Crisis is an Equation We Can't Seem to Balance
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We’re exploring why America's childcare crisis is an equation we can't seem to balance.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Jul 03, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Is Our Perception of Crime in America Accurate?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Americans are obsessed with crime. But most of us are safer today than we’ve ever been. What’s driving the disconnect in our perception of crime?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - The Pros and Cons of Treating Social Issues as Epidemics
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What are the pros and cons of treating social issues - like violence, opioids, loneliness and obesity – as epidemics?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - What Does It Mean to Be White in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Many Americans with white skin have begun to think explicitly about race and its consequences. What does it mean to be white in America?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - What Are the Effects of Marijuana Criminalization
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Our nation’s laws about marijuana are remarkably inconsistent. What are the effects of marijuana criminalization?

Bought by KZYX, KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Facing the Rising Flood Problem in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Floods are the most destructive natural disasters in the United States. Their damage is also the most preventable.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Ending Homelessness in America Feels Impossible. Is it?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Homelessness in America is at a 17-year high. Ending it feels impossible. But some communities are making headway. How?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - Political Primaries
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Why don’t more Americans vote in primary elections? Are open, partisan or closed primaries better for voter engagement?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Teen Mental Health
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Teen mental health in America is getting worse. What role do medication, sleep and social media play?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RadioStPete Florida, KMXT and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Tipping Culture is Changing. Here’s What You Need to Know.
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Tipping culture is changing in America. What’s driving tipflation and tipcreep – and what’s expected of consumers?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, KSTK, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - An Explosion of Union Activity in the US and What it Means
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The US is seeing an unusual spike in union activity and public support for unions. What does this moment mean for the future of labor in America?

Bought by KMXT, KSTK, KOWS, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Is Government Transparency Essential in a Democracy?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Government transparency is a basic tenet of American democracy. But openness in government always has a cost. What’s the right balance?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Many Students Lack Motivation to Learn. What Can We Do?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Between chronic absenteeism and shifting grading systems, we know many students lack motivation to learn. What can schools do differently?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Common Ground in the Debate Over Teaching Kids About Race in School
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Should public schools in America teach kids about race and racism?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, KOWS and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Is Perspective-Taking the Key to Overcoming Polarization?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Is perspective-taking (the ability to see things from another’s point of view) the key to overcoming polarization in society?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, WXDU, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Is Sports Fandom Good for America?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Most Americans are sport fans. But is all of that obsession with wins, losses and rivals good for us? How sports fandom could be the antidote to is...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMXT, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - How to Talk About Abortion
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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How to talk about abortion - and why it's crucial that we do, even if there's no chance we'll change our minds

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Why We Take Water for Granted – But Really Shouldn’t
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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It’s easy to take clean water for granted in America. But drought and decaying pipes mean it’s time to think differently about H2O.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Top of Mind - Community Traditions that Connect Us to Home
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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A look at how community traditions help us feel connected to the place we live.

Bought by KOWS, KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., GCR (Global Community Radio), KUHF and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:48
  • Purchases: 10