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Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?
From: Open to Debate
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Former criminal offenders in the United States face challenges reentering the job market after incarceration and so-called “Ban the Box” policies a...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?
From: Open to Debate
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American women are, on average, paid 84 cents for every dollar men make, according to the Department of Labor. Those in favor of closing the gap se...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KRVS


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Is the Republican Party’s Refusal to Raise Taxes Fiscally Irresponsible?
From: Open to Debate
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Whether to extend four trillion dollars in tax cuts or raise them next year is in question, with 34.1 trillion dollars in federal debt hanging in t...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - Feb 24, 1988 (part 2)
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive
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KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:41
KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - August 6, 2002
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive
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KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. This episode featured a conversation...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:18:12
KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - Feb 24, 1998 (part 1)
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive
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KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 35:45
Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?
From: Open to Debate
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While marijuana legalization is gaining more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating weed has long puzzled policy and lawmakers, with some star...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-06-11 The Rhetoric of Big Tech
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, KMUN, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 14
Has Globalization Backfired?
From: Open to Debate
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For a period of time, going global just seemed to make sense. But with China’s rise, Covid-19, and the war in Ukraine, more and more people are cal...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
Is the Banking System Safer Than It Was in 2008?
From: Open to Debate
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Silicon Valley Bank. Signature Bank. Credit Suisse. The global banking system may be facing its most significant crisis since 2008. Some say erodin...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2023-01-06 Molly Wood on Tech, Money and Survival
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET, the New York Times, and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the cl...

Bought by WGCU, KOWS, WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
230106: Molly Wood on Tech, Money and Survival, 1/6/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET, the New York Times, and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the cl...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
2022-11-27 (Why) Money Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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In an ideal society, would we even need money?

Bought by KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Ocean Capitalism: Under the Guise of New
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Is economic growth antithetical to the overall health of society? This week on World Ocean Radio we discuss the concentration of capital and offer ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 05:26
2021-11-21 Is Philanthropy Bad for Democracy?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What’s the difference between charitable giving from ordinary people and philanthropic giving from the very wealthy?

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Mask of the Public Good: What the University Costs Communities
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our guest is Davarian Baldwin, professor of American Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and author of In the Shadow of the Ivory ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
2021-05-02 Radical Markets: Solutions for a Gilded Age?
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is inequality an inevitable product of the free market?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WLPR , and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
2021-03-28 Repugnant Markets: Should Everything Be For Sale?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Should we have the freedom to buy products or services that might upset or disgust some people?

Bought by WNYO, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
2021-01-08 Talking Green, Playing Dirty: Corporate America’s Mixed Record
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Questioning science, funding vocal climate denial groups, and encouraging the focus on personal carbon footprints are corporate America’s preferred...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Maine Public Radio, Ohm Radio , WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
2102: Talking Green, Playing Dirty: Corporate America’s Mixed Record, 1/8/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Questioning science, funding vocal climate denial groups, and encouraging the focus on personal carbon footprints are corporate America’s preferred...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
210101: Erin Brockovich/Inconspicuous Consumption, 1/1/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Twenty years ago, Julia Roberts won an Oscar for her portrayal of maverick environmental activist Erin Brockovich in the film of the same name. The...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
2021-01-01 Erin Brockovich/Inconspicuous Consumption
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Twenty years ago, Julia Roberts won an Oscar for her portrayal of maverick environmental activist Erin Brockovich in the film of the same name. The...

Bought by Ohm Radio , KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGUA and more


  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
2020-12-25 Reimagining Capitalism / Fossil Fuels in Your Portfolio
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Maintaining a consumption-driven economy while keeping emissions down seems more and more like a pipe dream -- is it time to re-think capitalism al...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMUN, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
201225: Reimagining Capitalism / Fossil Fuels in Your Portfolio, 12/25/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Maintaining a consumption-driven economy while keeping emissions down seems more and more like a pipe dream -- is it time to re-think capitalism al...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
Ocean Equity Banking
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Manhattan Beach Pier, New York, Credit: Nathan Dumlao
This week on World Ocean Radio: part sixteen of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we talk about the blue and the green economy in th...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 06:09