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The “right to work.” The phrase sounds fair and equitable. After all, who shouldn’t have a right to work if they wish to? Twenty-six states now hav...
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- Added: Dec 06, 2016
- Length: 29:00
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Annual fiber artist event started by four local artists is now in it's 21st year. It has become one of the largest fiber art events in the nation, ...
- Added: Sep 07, 2016
- Length: 05:02
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...
- Added: Jun 21, 2016
- Length: 29:00
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Congress is at a standstill. They have been for several years. In 2010 political insiders Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein began searching for the c...
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- Added: May 11, 2016
- Length: 28:59
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Try to find a true democracy anywhere in the world and you’ll be challenged. What you’ll find instead is a nation ruled by the few, with the majori...
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- Added: Apr 21, 2016
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- Added: Jan 27, 2016
- Length: 29:00
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When you’re given instructions that you feel are morally wrong, do you speak up? A number of studies over the past 50-years conclude that the major...
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- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 29:00
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Victor Tan Chen, sociology professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, has studied the plight of the American worker … from successf...
- Added: Jul 09, 2015
- Length: 29:01
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According to author and attorney David Niose, American politics and public policy have been sliding in the direction of unreason. But, he says, a n...
- Added: Jun 11, 2015
- Length: 29:00
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Americans’ pensions are gone. Housing is down and 401k are unreliable. But our Social Security system is totally funded for more than two decades.
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 29:00
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America is the leading industrial country for incarcerated citizens.
Editor-in-Chief of Truthout, Maya Schenwar, envisions the possibility of a fut...
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- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 29:01
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Livestock, especially cattle, are Public Enemy Number One. That’s been the perceived wisdom for decades. It’s thought that cattle erode soils, poll...
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- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 29:00
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Big corporations and their super wealthy owners have bought many American politicians through campaign contributions and lobbying, according to pol...
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- Added: Aug 13, 2014
- Length: 29:00
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When David Gottfried come up an idea for green environmental building 20-years ago, he ran into a number of hurdles. The building industry had been...
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- Added: Jun 24, 2014
- Length: 29:00
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When one of Wall Streets biggest scams was revealed in a segment on 60 Minutes, viewers were outraged. Front Running. Although it is legal, it’s, a...
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- Added: Jun 06, 2014
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David M. Howitt is the founder and CEO of Merriweather Group, and he has guided the financial, strategic, brand, and marketing of companies ranging...
- Added: May 13, 2014
- Length: 28:59
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Today 4.7 million Americans have been unemployed for more than six months. In France it’s more than ten percent; Israel is above seven percent; and...
- Added: Feb 04, 2014
- Length: 28:58
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The Wall Street meltdown in 2008 brought the country to its knees and spawned nationwide protests against the lack of regulation and oversight in t...
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- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 28:58
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Consumption and consumerism – they are the cornerstones of American society. Many feel that that model is about to change. We either continue on th...
- Added: Dec 13, 2013
- Length: 28:58
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Joseph Jaffe is the author of the bestsellers, Life After the 30-second Spot, Join the Conversation and Flip the Funnel. His latest is co-authored...
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- Added: Nov 19, 2013
- Length: 28:57
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Andrea Leggitt's life and creative focus changed when she got some unexpected news shortly after she graduated from Arizona State University with a...
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 07:37
This book is not your dry read about markets and stocks. It’s the “Next Big Think” according to the publisher, Select Books. Cultural Economist Sai...
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- Added: Sep 05, 2013
- Length: 28:57
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David was looking for a slingshot. Goliath had money and power. This is the story of the fight against proposed and granted casinos in Philadelphia.
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- Added: Aug 06, 2013
- Length: 28:57
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We’ve all heard the stories of self-driving cars and 3D printers, but it’s the folks like futurists Simon Anderson and Jack Uldrich who make a care...
- Added: Jul 16, 2013
- Length: 28:58
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Author Sherry Blackman bring to life the vivid tale of a young wife and mother who awoke one day unable to feel her own body. Despite Jane Gagliard...
- Added: Jun 13, 2013
- Length: 28:58
