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Chuck Collins: Disturbing The Very Comfortable
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chuck Collins
The novelist David Foster Wallace once said, “Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” This week on Sea Change ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Meaningful Reform of Our Criminal Justice System
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In Part Two of my conversation with Chesa Boudin, we explore how his experiences as a child have informed his approach to criminal justice, and his...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Alexander Zaitchik on Effective Altruism + Longtermism
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alex Zaitchik
As the news that thirty year-old cryptocurrency baron, Sam Bankman-Fried‘s, FTX empire suddenly collapsed, the residual effects reverberated in the...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Deval Patrick Talks Governing: These Not So United States (MA Part One)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick talks about polarization in the U.S. and his improbable American journey.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 31:26
“To Serve & Protect” Whom? Alec Karakatsanis on Copaganda
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alec Karakatsanis
What comes to mind when you hear the words “crime” and “safety?” For many, these words evoke images of poor people stealing things, or police enfor...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
RL Miller of Climate Hawks Vote on the Inflation Reduction Act
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: RL Miller
Are you weary of having to care about where headline-seeking Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema land on important topics? Well, according to t...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Revisiting GOP Party Dynamics: The Decline of Moderates & Rise of Populism
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Revisiting GOP Party Dynamics: The Decline of Moderates & Rise of Populism
Applying a GOP history lesson to our current political moment

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2022
  • Length: 36:31
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Listen in Different Ways, with Graham Bodie of the Listen First Project
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: America Talks
It’s no secret that polarization is deepening divides across the US. Over the past few years, many people have started or joined what are called br...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
2022 California Primaries by Faction & Tortilla with Gustavo Arellano: These Not So United States (CA Part 2)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: 2022 California Primaries by Faction & Tortilla with Gustavo Arellano: These Not So United States (CA Part 2), Credit: The Purple Principle
If California progressives were a tortilla brand, they’d be delicious but expensive and inaccessible. By contrast, establishment Democratic tortill...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 31:46
Putin's Invasion of Ukraine in Context, with Stanford Political Scientist Dr. Kathryn Stoner
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we continue exploring the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - or as our guest, political scientist Dr. Kathryn Stoner, clari...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Exploring the historical and geopolitical context of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine w/Amir Weiner
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the historical and geo-political context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the role and actions of NATO. ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Who Speaks For The Water?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Varsha
In the film adaptation of The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss, the unscrupulous Aloysius O’Hare sells oxygen. The audience is shocked and dismayed by this want...

Bought by WFHB and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sammy Roth: Shutting Down Diablo Canyon
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sammy Roth
We are on the brink of the hottest months of the year. For those of us in California this means getting ready for the nuisance of rolling blackouts...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Power of Language & The Desire to Control It, with Dr. Laura Specker Sullivan
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: headshot: Laura Specker Sullivan
In this episode, we explore the role and power of language - words and phrases - in how we discuss the issues that affect us and that drive our new...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
News Coverage in the Pandemic, Emotion, Objectivity, & BIas, with John Zipperer
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the current state of news, and how the way news is presented in the U.S. has shifted during the pandemic, including a g...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Framing of AsianAmericans in News & Media
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore how Asian Americans are framed in mainstream news and media, and how that framing informs our understanding and discour...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Maurice Plaines on America’s Epidemic of Racism
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Maurice Plaines
This has been a difficult stretch for the country with millions sick, out of work, or simply stuck at home. But the horrific murder of George Floyd...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
News in Context: Social Media & The Presidential Campaign During COVID-19, with Dr. Amber Boydstun
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Dr. Amber Boydstun
In part 2 of my interview with Dr. Boydstun, we explore social media and our own behavior as media audiences and consumers… AND people connected to...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
News in Context: Framing During COVID-19, with Dr. Amber Boydstun
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Amber Boydstun, Associate Professor of Political Science at UC Davis, and author of Making the News… about how me...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Steve Almond: How To Take Back the White House in 2020
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Steve Almond
What can all the money in the world buy you? Thanks to the Beatles, we already know it’s not love, but could it perhaps buy you the most powerful o...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Census Problems (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Justice Department has submitted a controversial request to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. Experts say the questio...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KYUK, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 6
Presidential First Years (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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It’s been one year since the remarkable inauguration of President Donald Trump, and politicians and pundits across the country are being asked to t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KENW, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Shifting Sands (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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How the US is getting it wrong in the Middle East - The far-right takeover of Eastern Europe - Tracking foreign aid - Gaming out the rise and fall ...

Bought by WLPR and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Shifting Sands (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How the US is getting it wrong in the Middle East - The far-right takeover of Eastern Europe

Bought by WJCT, New Hampshire Public Radio, WVAS, WLPR , KWMR and more


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 13
Shifting Sands (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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How the US is getting it wrong in the Middle East - The far-right takeover of Eastern Europe - Tracking foreign aid - Gaming out the rise and fall ...

Bought by WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, WRGY and more


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 9