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Up Close And Acoustic with Tom Hampton
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Tom Hampton, Credit: Promo shot from Tom Hampton's Bandcamp page
Singer/songwriter, sideman extraordinaire, and player of seemingly all instruments Tom Hampton joins us today. Based in Nashville (but I knew him w...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:04:43
Top of Mind - Are All Medical Treatments Safe and Effective?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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It’s easy to assume medical treatments available in the US are safe and effective. Let’s challenge that assumption.

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


  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
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 - Do Traffic Stops Contribute to Public Safety
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Police officers spend a lot of time on routine traffic stops because they make us all safer, right? We're assessing our assumptions about public sa...

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


  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 11
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
Top of Mind - When Living Longer Conflicts With Dying Well
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What does it mean to die well? Too often people want easy ways out. Either do everything no questions asked, grin and bear it, or give me a suicide...

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


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Why We're Anxious About Retirement in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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There’s good reason to be anxious about retirement in America. The US shifted to a do-it-yourself system in the '80s that sets a lot of us up to fail.

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


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Why Do Family History
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What do you do when you discover the branch of your family tree that you've always been proud of includes a dark family secret? Is it always better...

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


  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Civics 101: Strikes, Unions, and Workers' Rights
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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This is the story of what happens (and what's happening) when the American workforce tries to get a seat at the table.

Bought by WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 12
Former San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chesa Boudin
If you look at the data, you'll probably notice that traditional incarceration-focused criminal justice approaches are both extremely expensive and...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Top of Mind - Where’s the Middle Ground on Affirmative Action?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The US Supreme Court is again considering whether universities can make an applicant’s race part of the decision to admit or reject.

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
National Writers Series: Barbara McQuade
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Five
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John Bacon talks with legal analyst and author Barbara McQuade.

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
Disclose! Divest!: Behind the Fight Over College Endowments
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A child running through the Stanford Divestment Encampment., Credit: Photo by RJ Lozada.
What does it mean to disclose and divest? We take a look at the demands behind the student encampments for Palestine and talk to Kelly Grotke about...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - How Can We Help More Kids Thrive in America?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Many children in America are really struggling. We are dealing with kids that are in a different space mentally than we've ever experienced before....

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


  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 7
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
Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Juan Cole
This week on Sea Change Radio, the second half of our discussion with Middle East expert Juan Cole of the University of Michigan. In this episode, ...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part I
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Juan Cole
Pro-Palestinian student protests are erupting on college campuses all over the country, often resulting in aggressive responses from local law enfo...

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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
Survival for All: Securing Vaccines for the Global South
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Healthcare worker provides COVID-19 vaccination, Credit: World Bank Photo Collection is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
The pandemic exposed stark inequalities around the world, especially in terms of vaccine access, leading to the deaths of untold thousands in the g...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Down-Ballot Politics With Daniel Nichanian of Bolts
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Nichanian
Election season is still a few months away, but the scent of it is already on the wind. There is a lot at stake in the presidential election, of co...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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 - 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 - How American Boys and Men are Falling Behind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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American boys and men are falling behind. Have we accidentally overlooked their struggles?

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


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • 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