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Kentucky’s Constitution Mandates “Free & Equal” Elections. Are the Commonwealth’s Manipulated Voting District Maps Legal?
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Kentucky’s Constitution Mandates “Free & Equal” Elections. Are the Commonwealth’s Manipulated Voting District Maps Legal?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WUTC, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Penalties Recommended for Church Organization and Pastor for Alleged Illegal and Unreported Contributions Supporting Anti-Ranked Choice Voting Effort
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Penalties Recommended for Church Organization and Pastor for Alleged Illegal and Unreported Contributions Supporting Anti-Ranked Choice Voting Effort

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Proposed Rule Change Could Make the Feckless Federal Election Commission Even Less Effective
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Proposed Rule Change Could Make the Feckless Federal Election Commission Even Less Effective

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WUTC, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 17, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Statement from Presidential Libraries Calls on Elected Leaders & All Americans to Take Action to Restore Faith in Democracy
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Statement from Presidential Libraries Calls on Elected Leaders & All Americans to Take Action to Restore Faith in Democracy

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Ohioans Mobilize for Aug. 8 Special Election to Defeat Assault on Citizen Ballot Initiatives
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Ohioans Mobilize for Aug. 8 Special Election to Defeat Assault on Citizen Ballot Initiatives

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
State of the Union -- Will the President Address the Majority?
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Last year's State of the Union Speech was pretty short on details for the majority of Americans -- women. Will he pass them by again this year?

  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 02:37
Listening to Our Braver Angels
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Red, blue, rich, poor, country, city, left or right. Chances are you probably fall into one of those categories. And you may be quite happy where y...

Bought by KWMR, KDNK, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Should activists run for Congress? Pramila Jayapal & Dominique Stevenson
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7th) and Baltimore activist Dominique Stevenson discuss activism, political involvement and why leaders...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
The Polluted Public Coversation with James Hoggan, Author and PR Professional
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: James Hoggan
James Hoggan, author of I’m Right and You’re An Idiot : The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up, Chair of the David Suzuki Found...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 1
Cathy Cresser, Write-in Candidate District 3 Talks Politics on Unspun
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Cathy Cresser
Cathy Cresser, local write-in candidate for Shasta County Supervisor District 3, Joins us in the studio to tell us more about herself and her camp...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2016
  • Length: 57:45
"People Get Ready" to Reclaim Democracy with Robert McChesney
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Robert McChesney
Robert W. McChesney, the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the autho...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2016
  • Length: 58:21
Collective Delusions of America with Prof. Jerry Kroth, Psychologist and Author
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Jerry Kroth
Unspun challenges American delusions and the myths that underlie our collective insanity with Jerry Kroth, Assoc. Professor Emeritus of Psychology ...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 57:47
  • Purchases: 1
5th Annual SOTU Breakdown with NewsVandal, JP Sottile
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: JP Sottile
JP Sottile, the NewsVandal, joins us again to take an in-depth look at President Obama's 2016 State of the Union speech before Congress. JP brings...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 1
Unspun with Cohost Pamela Spoto, Looks at the So-Called Criminal Justice System with Prof. Michael J. Coyle
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Michael J. Coyle
Dr. Coyle is currently Associate Professor, in the Political Science Department of California State University, Chico. He teaches courses on "Pris...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Bush v. Gore -- Like It?
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: MAY 2015
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Burt Neuborne reads from his new book, Madison's Music: On Reading The First Amendment. Founding Father James Madison, main writer of The Bill of R...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
The Politics of Voter Suppression
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Tova Andrea Wang
In her new book, Tova Andrea Wang examines the history of how US election reforms have been manipulated for partisan advantage and establishes a ne...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Angela Davis and Tim Wise: Capitalism, Privatization and Hope
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Angela Davis and Tim Wise, Credit: SpeakOut
Anti-racist author Tim Wise examines how society is being divided and conquered on the basis of race and class. But legendary activist Angela Davis...

Bought by WMMT and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Fighting for Our Health
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Health Care for America Now logo
What are your feelings about the Affordable Health Care Act? “Obamacare” as it’s become known. Few issues are receiving more attention today than...

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
Women's Health
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: 1999 US Postage Stamp, Credit: Istock photo
Recent controversies surroundings reproductive health issues have sparked outrage among across the country. From the halls of Congress, to Richmon...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
The Obama Question
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gary Dorrien
While attacks from the right on President Obama and his administration have been unrelenting, progressives have not shrunk from harsh words for a p...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
Is My Thirty Bucks Better Quality Than Your 2.4 Trillion: A Congressional Guide to "The Quality of Money"
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Our elected officials need reminders about what money is actually used for. , Credit: Susan Cook
As our Elected Officials struggle with Debt Ceiling Reduction, perhaps some homework on how my 30 bucks can be better quality than their 2.4 trilli...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:12
COINTELPRO 101 (Part 2)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Over the next two weeks, we broadcast the documentary film “COINTELPRO 101,” about the secret FBI program which ran from 1956-1971, and disrupted m...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Forest Preservation
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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How do we put value on the forests as an indispensable element of our survival? Can we balance market mechanisms with regulations and consumption w...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
He Joined the Army after 9-11
From: The humble Farmer
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A young man was so upset over 9-11 that he immediately joined the army.

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: :20
  • Purchases: 1
Why Does A Powerful Nation Fall?
From: The humble Farmer
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One more thing you are not taught in school

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Aug 21, 2008
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1