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Tulsa's Black History Saturday School
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ribbon cutting at Tulsa's EduRec Youth Center for Black History Saturdays. , Credit: Credit: Black History Saturdays
When Oklahoma passed a law limiting discussion of race in classrooms, Tulsa activist Kristi Williams rallied the community to create Black History ...

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


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
World in Progress 21/09/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The troubling trend looming over Cairo's City of the Dead. Who gets to decide the best way to make space in a city? Officia...

Bought by WFHB, Troy Public Radio, and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - A Deeper Look at Wrongful Convictions in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Wrongful convictions happen all the time in America, and they could happen to anyone. How do we stop innocent people from going to prison?

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


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
2023-03-31 White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi on Willow & Biden’s Climate Agenda
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Biden’s policy wins have secured vast amounts of funding for the energy transition, and that money is just beginning to flow, with new programs bec...

Bought by KZYX, Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
230331: White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi on Willow and Biden’s Climate Agenda, 3/31/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Biden’s policy wins have secured vast amounts of funding for the energy transition, and that money is just beginning to flow, with new programs bec...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Pandemic and Profit
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Alt text: Four homemade masks made from patterned cloth sitting on top of a fabric cutting mat, Credit: Mai-Linh Hong
To mark the three year anniversary of the official start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we'll be looking at two alternative supply chains for masks that...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
IE: Inside Europe, 2/3/2023
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Clear signal: Czechs elect a former NATO General as head of state Scare tactics: Turkey’s Erdogan clamps down on the polit...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
Upstream: Worker Cooperatives
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Artwork by Phil Wrigglesworth
On today's show we learn about worker cooperatives: what are they and can they offer an alternative to the dominant capitalist mindset? Our partner...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Participatory Budgeting Project
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When the news broke of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, it was chilling to many people to learn that 40 percent of that small city’s budget wa...

Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
WorldCanvass: Corruption, Populism, and the Future of Democracy (part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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What is the link between corruption, anti-corruption campaigns, and the rise of populism? What conditions create an opening for autocratic-leaning,...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 26:06
70 Million: When a State Treats Drug Addiction Like a Health Issue, Not a Crime
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Miracles Club
A year ago, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. The goal is to reverse some of the negative impacts of the War on Drugs...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Democratizing Democracy: Redistricting by the People
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Redistricting has the power to shape elections, and this year, it’s more controversial than ever. After a contentious 2020 census, the development ...

Bought by KWMR, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Signs of speculation, cause San Francisco leaders to spend millions to buy apartment buildings
From: KSFP
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Worries that real estate investors are buying multi-unit housing properties in San Francisco, then evicting tenants to turn a quick buck. has promp...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Performer’s conservatorship is over, but activists say she’s not the only one
From: KSFP
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The end of Britney Spears' conservatorship raises questions about who gets "conserved" and why. "Civic" talks to mental health activists who are w...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 29:28
A History of Traditional Root Healing
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Left is a Mullein Plant and the author Michele Elizabeth Lee , Credit: Photo by Anita Johnson
In some parts of the world, traditional herbal remedies are the norm. When we think of natural remedies we tend to think of older generations liv...

Bought by KVNF, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Idaho lawmakers hear presentation on expanding state boundary into Oregon
From: Brian Bahouth
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To change a state border, all it takes is an interstate compact between two states and the approval of Congress. A movement has formed to do just t...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2021
  • Length: 20:12
Pandemic Economics: Robert Reich, Esteban Kelly, Mary Kay Henry, Stephanie Kelton
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The economic collapse unfolding before our eyes is much bigger than it appears and the solution isn’t simply to “build back better.” COVID-19 didn’...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Canada's Slavery Secret
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week we take a look at Canada and its history of Black enslavement. Canada, our northern neighbor, is rarely mentioned when we talk about the ...

Bought by WXDU and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Fighting for the Ballot: Race and Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Voter suppression and its target’s aren’t new phenomena. People of color and the poor have always been dissuaded from voting. We take a look at how...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Unblock the Vote 2020
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this episode, we'll explore felon disenfranchisement and the battle to restore the voting rights of people on parole. We will also turn our atte...

Bought by WXDU and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Metaphors of Correction: Sheila Jasanoff on Life Science
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Today’s show focuses on biology’s metaphors of control and how these are deployed to describe processes that are laughably uncontrollable. Sheila J...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Can Marijuana Create a Path to Justice?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The fight to legalize marijuana has never been easy, as evidenced by the recent collapse of months-long efforts in New Jersey and New York. A key i...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: U.S. Foreign Policy, Geopolitical Realignment, and Global Stability (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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The twentieth century has been called the American Century, a time when American ingenuity, economic growth, military power, and vibrant cultural e...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 26:25
WorldCanvass: U.S. Foreign Policy, Geopolitical Realignment, and Global Stability (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
Caption: David Rogers
The twentieth century has been called the American Century, a time when American ingenuity, economic growth, military power, and vibrant cultural e...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:53
Food Justice in Urban Agriculture
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Food --- from where it grows, to where it goes, all of it matters to our bodies and our communities. We begin October with a conversation about how...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1