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Caption: Capitol Steps, Credit: Capitol Steps
Tune in this New Year’s and laugh, because making fun of fourteen candidates is way more fun than simply making fun of two.

Bought by WEKU, KWGS, KSFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Wisconsin Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: John Roderick
John Roderick is the singer and frontman of the band "The Long Winters" and a candidate for Seattle City Council (Position 8). He talks with hosts ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 39:14
Caption: Conor Casey, Archivist
Interview: Conor explains that the Labor Archives were founded to preserve history and make it accessible, and one of his jobs is bringing zeal to...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2015
  • Length: 27:58
Caption: Capitol Steps, Credit: Mike Reyna
This Independence Day, enjoy the Capitol Steps one-hour long special, “Politics Takes a Holiday!”

Bought by KUER, KMUN, KUT, WEKU, KSFR and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Noemi de la Puente talks about her comedy musical play "Manuel vs the Statue of Liberty" which is being staged off Broadway in July 2015. The play...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
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Potential Democratic candidate Lincoln Chafee, the former governor of Rhode Island, announced a presidential exploratory committee over the past we...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Robin comments on a high point in the human spirit—and on startling discoveries about how we process information. Guests: Karen Naimer of PHRC; Nel...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 54:52
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Robin takes on "I'm no racist" racists. Guests: Singer-songwriter Janita discusses her new, breakthrough album—with a WMCLive world premiere of her...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 55:16
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Robin on Hillary's email, and on young women joining ISIL. Guests: GA State Sen. Nan Orrock on politics at the state level; Charon Asetoyer exposes...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 56:08
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Robin sees through the Walmart raise. Guests: Carol McCabe Booker on black press pioneer Alice Dunnigan, Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday o...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 55:10
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The President has, as expected, vetoed the Keystone XL Pipeline bill. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already scheduled a vote on a veto...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Robin on Strauss-Kahn's pimping trial in France—and U.S. weather. Guests: Nigerian-American novelist Bridgett Davis; Millennials critique voluntour...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 56:11
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Robin on #BlackGirlsMatter, Vatican “women’s week,” and Obama’s religion flap. New study connecting domestic violence and mass shootings. Guests: c...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 56:11
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Guests: Lael Echo-Hawk on reforming Native tribal councils; NY City Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito on being a “first”; Jessica Neuwirth’s ne...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 55:55
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Guests: Eva Longoria talks about her Latina political activism; Ellen Bravo’s workplace update on the progress of paid leave legislation; Dana Cowi...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 54:41
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Guests: Lily Tomlin on the Kennedy Honors; Katrina vanden Heuvel on Molly Ivins, and UN Women director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on changing the world...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 56:03
Caption: ...including the mouse., Credit: Susan Cook
Sometimes, there is an ineffable quality to the offensiveness of negative campaign ads. We turn here to the sonnet to express deep concern about n...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 1
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Wonder Woman first hit the comic book page over 70 years ago. We look at how she's changed at what she means today.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 39:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Clela Rorex (R) and her friend Sue Larson (L).
Clela Rorex (R), a former County Clerk in Boulder, Colorado, tells her friend Sue Larson...

Bought by WEZU, WMUU-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, KMUD, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 5
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Hear a Biblical stand-up routine, Republican praise for Vladimir Putin’s decisive manliness, the adventures of a crime-solving succubus, Paul Ryan’...

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
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The Final Edition unearths a forgotten ‘60’s folk song that urges young people to stop being sissies and kill for US interests in Vietnam.

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:04
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As Obamacare starts to work, prominent conservatives rail against the liberal bias of empirical reality.

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:32
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Fox News teams with tuberculosis to denounce President Obama's stance against the infectious bacterium.

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 03:16
Caption: David Simon, Credit: American Library Association
In Treme, Simon explored New Orleans’ viability as an expression of its culture. After the 2005 levee failure, keeping New Orleans cuisine and musi...

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 52:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Your new favorite podcast.
Does the Obamacare website make you want to sing? Don't answer. Just listen. Pull up a campfire and a pair of ears and let The Good Fight's host Be...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:57