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What’s Wrong, America? A 2024 Election Special
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Turns out Americans don't feel great about the direction of our country. But what exactly are they upset about, and are things as bad as they think?

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2022-08-05 REWIND: Climbing, Conservation and Capitalism
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Rick Ridgeway estimates he’s spent about five years of his life sleeping in tents, often in the world’s most remote places alongside fellow outdoor...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGUA, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
20220805: REWIND: Climbing, Conservation and Capitalism, 8/5/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Rick Ridgeway estimates he’s spent about five years of his life sleeping in tents, often in the world’s most remote places alongside fellow outdoor...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
Greening a Rural Charging Desert: The Intertribal Electric Highway
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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A new EV charging network fills a big gap in the nation's charging map and brings electric vehicles, jobs, and healing to reservations.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WFHB


  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Framing the Games: China’s Human Rights Problem
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What's the calculation for an Olympic athlete determined to make a protest statement at the games? And how has China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinj...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Misinformation on Social Media
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
Caption: Arushi Saxena
Imagine... widespread consensus around scientific facts and historic events. Online interactions based on mutual respect and dignity. Systems that ...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
The Return of the Strongmen
From: Mateo Schimpf
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One year after supporters of former President Donald Trump violently stormed the Capitol, how do we make sense of the January 6 insurrection?

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Risk Takers and Negotiators
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How do we know when it’s time to take a risk and push, or if it’s better to step back and negotiate?

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
How to Channel Eco-Anxiety into Climate Action
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, Caroline Hickman, a co-author of the study and a climate psychology researcher at the University of Bath, joins co-host Ray Suarez...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Why is Mexico Suing US Gun Makers?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Journalist Ioan Grillo, and author of Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels, helps us analyze Mexico’s unprecedented lawsuit against ...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Uni Description: Accessibility for Park Visitors
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
Caption: Brett Oppegaard
We talk with Dr. Brett Oppegaard, the lead investigator of the UniD project, which produces audio descriptions for the visually impaired.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Part Two: Desperately Seeking Doctors
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Judith Haggard is one of two nurse practitioners at the Otto Bean Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. The clinic has no full-time doctor so Haggard works with a collaborating physician outside of the SEMO Health Network, which runs Otto Bean., Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
The Missouri Bootheel is a region emblematic of the social and medical problems facing rural Missouri, and really, all of rural America. Life expec...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
U.S. Women: Not Exactly Number One
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The 2013 Global Gender Gap Index from the World Economic Forum is out. It measures overall equality between women and men in 136 countries. Is th...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
What Do Women Want in 2012? An Interview with pollster Celinda Lake.
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Women's votes are crucial to any candidate -- in fact, women can control any election. What are their priorities?

  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:32
Is There A 'Third Way' to Engage China?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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The Chinese economy and defense budget have grown at an enormous rate over the past five years. Do you think that this will lead to global confront...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
The Power of Economic Models
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Economic models were the basis for crucial practical decisions that led to the 2008-09 financial crisis. Yet government bailouts remain controversi...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Scott Belsky on Making Ideas Happen
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Scott Belsky believes that the greatest breakthroughs across all industries come from creative people and that teams are especially productive. So ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 24:01
  • Purchases: 1
Edward Glaeser on the Triumph of the City
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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"We live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommunicate across the globe, in which we could all just dial in from some sylvan suburb," says...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
Lustration: Purging Civil Servants in New Democracies
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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In transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy, systems must decide who to exclude from public office. What do you do with those who, without ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
The Impact of Dependence on Oil
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Oil is cost-efficient as a primary energy source -- in the short term. Long-term, however, oil poses economic risks and damages the environment. Sh...

Bought by WRFA-LP, WMNF, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Nuclear Power's Future
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Due to the high demand of energy, competitive costs, and environmental concerns, nuclear power seemed like a reasonable option. The earthquake and ...

Bought by WRFA-LP and WEKU


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Swan Paik on Nike Foundation and the Girl Effect
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Women and girls are a powerful accelerator for change, says Nike Foundation's Swan Paik. By allowing girls to fall through irreversible trap doors ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 30:32
  • Purchases: 1
Health Dollars and Polio
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Bill Gates is spending one billion dollars in two years to eradicate polio. Although a deadly and crippling disease, it is extremely hard to end an...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Defeating Piracy
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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In March 2011, there were over 50 vessels and 800 people held hostage by Somali pirates. What should be the response to these captures? Should a th...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Captain James Staples on International Piracy
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Everyone knows that the only real solution to piracy in the Indian Ocean is to stabilize Somalia and revive its economy, says Merchant Marine Capta...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1