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On Behalf of the President
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Lauren A. Wright
First ladies have been a vital part of American policy and politics since the election of George Washington.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 71: Violence in Resistance
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Protests that turn violent have been a constant throughout American history. Professor Ashley Howard explains their origins, and how new laws, poli...

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  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 26:10
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 72: Power in Politics
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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The outsized influence of money in U.S. politics is a problem. Sean McElwee and Professor Tabatha Abu El-Haj describe how donors skew policy and ho...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 38:13
Episode 73: Sanctuary City Limits
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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As the federal government ramps up deportation efforts, myths about sanctuary cities are widespread. Professor Tom Wong shows how local sanctuary p...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:46
63: Firuzeh Mahmoudi, United4Iran; Samantha Miller To Bring Birth Control Pill Over The Counter
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Firuzeh Mahmoudi
Firuzeh Mahmoudi's organization United4Iran is using technology to improve civil liberties in Iran. And Samantha Miller is leading a pharma company...

Bought by KWMR, XRAY.fm, WLPR , WGBH Radio Boston, KUNM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 8
62: After The Women's March, What Now?; The Sound of Sexism
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Rhea Suh, NRDC, Credit: Zoe Fisher
This episode features: Conversations with Rhea Suh, president of NRDC on why they partnered with the Women's March; and Jess McIntosh, of Signal Bo...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 8
2016-01-08 The Sixth Annual Stephen Schneider Award: Naomi Oreskes
From: Climate One
Caption: The Stephen Schneider Award, Credit: Ed Ritger
Science historian Naomi Oreskes, author of “Merchants of Doubt,” has had her share of hate mail from climate deniers. But she insists that “we can'...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Sriram Madhusoodanan Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that Corporate Accountability International has been fighting global corporate abuse successfully for close to 40 years? Join Food Sle...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
An Extraordinary Time
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Marc Levinson
The 25-years after World War II were a golden age for much of the world. The end of that era in 1973 brought financial crisis, high unemployment, e...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Feminism Today
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Let's take a look at what it means to be a feminist. Students from Winona State University along with Dr. Mary Jo Klinker fill us in on how feminis...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KVSC, and KZYX


  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 42:59
  • Purchases: 3
Peace Greats (Part 2)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Memorable moments from Peace Talks Radio programs spotlighting Nobel Prize winners Mairead Maguire, Ralph Bunche, Muhammad Yunus, Jody Williams, Ma...

Bought by KCNP, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Food Sleuth Radio, Alan Guebert Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that one of the biggest changes to rural America has been the loss of farm families and farming communities? Houses, barns, and people...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
58:Tiffany Shlain, Regaining Equality; Zoe Elton Reviews "Arrival"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Tiffany Shlain
Tiffany Shlain has been nominated for an Emmy for her filmmaking, she's founder of the Webby Awards and Newsweek called her one of the women shapin...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 5
57: Eve Ensler "The Undeniable Rape Culture of Donald Trump"; Dr. Alison Crossley on Millennial Feminism
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler is known for creating "The Vagina Monologues," as well as VDay and One Billion Rising. Eve and I spoke about her work fighting violence ...

Bought by KCSB-FM, Public Radio for All, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRIR, KWMR and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
56: Anna Lappé & Jess McIntosh; Plus "Vote!" OpEd by Katie Goodman
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Anna Lappé
James Beard Leadership Award winner Anna Lappé has spent most of her career as a sustainable food advocate. We talk big food and marketing to kids-...

Bought by Public Radio for All, KUT, WRIR, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
55: Tracey Taylor & Lance Knobel, Berkeleyside; Arlie Hochschild "Strangers In Their Own Land"; Review of "Certain Women"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Tracey Taylor
Tracey Taylor and Lance Knobel are the co-founders of the "hyper-local" news site Berkeleyside.com and Uncharted, The Berkeley Festival of Ideas. W...

Bought by Public Radio for All, WRIR, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
53: Joan Blades, founder of MoveOn.org & Kate Schatz author of "Rad Women Worldwide"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Joan Blades
Liberal activist Joan Blades co-founded MoveOn.org, Moms Rising and Living Room Conversations. Now she has teamed up with Republican John Gable on ...

Bought by KWMR, KSJD, WRIR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Food Sleuth Radio, Zen Honeycutt Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that in the first three years since its inception, Moms Across America has engaged and mobilized mothers in all 50 states, and create...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Highest Glass Ceiling
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ellen Fitzpatrick
Since the late 1800s four women have run for the office of US president.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Food Sleuth Radio, George Leventhal Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the citizens of Montgomery County Maryland passed an ordinance banning county-wide use of “cosmetic” pesticides in public and pri...

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Ken Roseboro Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that 64 countries around the world have mandatory GMO food labeling laws, including Russia, China, Korea, India, and the European Unio...

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  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Makers & Takers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Rana Foroohar
Award winning business journalist Rana Foroohar explores the provocative question that is at the top of mind of today's business leaders: Is Wall S...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
46: Reshma Saujani of "Girls Who Code" and Jen Harris, co-author of "War By Other Means"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Jennifer Harris
"Women come to Washington to do something, men come to be someone." --Jennifer Harris, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author...

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, WMUU-LP, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
44: NARAL President, Ilyse Hogue & "Endo-What?" documentary filmmaker, Shannon Cohn
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Ilyse Hogue
Will the debate over reproductive freedom ever end? Ilyse Hogue of NARAL Pro-Choice America joins me to discuss why we continue to have a clash of ...

Bought by KWMR, WRIR, KSJD, WMUU-LP, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 02, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Incarceration Nation
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Peter Enns
America’s prison population has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 40-years. The “land of the free” has the dubious distinction of handing dow...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1