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889: Luminous: Your brain on 'shrooms / 890: Against cynicism, 4/13/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Luminous: Your brain on 'shrooms" - More and more scientists believe psychedelics can open a window into how our minds work. And for som...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
What We Need to Make Democracy Work
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Longtime Washington journalist Jesse J. Holland talks with Jess about changes in journalism and communicating science in the age of social media an...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
869: The Cult Of The Self / 870: Journeys Through Gender, 2/3/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Cult Of The Self" - In the world of internet influencers and YouTube stars, it’s not enough to be ordinary anymore. So how special a...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
(January 3, 2024 Re-Air) Naomi Klein: How Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories Gain Power
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In her new book, "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World”, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein describes being confused with Naomi Wolf, a con...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
841: Building Twisted Worlds / 842: Rituals Of Fear, 10/28/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Building Twisted Worlds" - What’s scary today isn’t haunted mansions but haunted… tape decks? Cassette recorders? HR manuals? We'll intr...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:58
819: Forged By Hand / 820: Empathy For Monsters, 8/12/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Forged By Hand" - You would think that handcrafting, like iron forging and copper smithing, would be on the way out. But COVID has shown...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Asian Americans & Anti-Blackness: Truth vs. Fiction on Affirmative Action (August 2, 2023 release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Affirmative action's foes worked with conservative Chinese American organizations to sue two colleges over their admissions processes. The result w...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
779: Out Of The Anxiety Box / 780: Against Cynicism, 3/25/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Out Of The Anxiety Box" - It's 7 a.m. You're not even out of bed and you're already worrying. So let's talk about it: How anxious we are...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Climaturity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Marc Cortez
The controversary surrounding climate change is frequently charged with emotion. It’s a challenge. If you believe the health of the planet is in da...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
How to Save Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Eli Merritt
We constantly hear that America’s democracy is in peril. Corruption is running amuck. Authoritarianism is on the rise. And very few in the hall of ...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Walk the Walk
Policy change policing is critically important. But to fix policing, we need to change the culture. The culture surrounding law enforcement. The va...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Preparing for War
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Brad Onishi
The riot at the US Capitol in January 2021 was not a blip or an aberration. In the thinking of Dr. Bradley Onishi and others, it was the logical ou...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Progress Illusion
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jon D. Erickson
It’s a fairytale we constantly hear. Growth always leads to prosperity. Logically that should mean that we have endless resources. In that case, wh...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
You Can’t Always Say What You Want: The Paradox of Free Speech
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dennis Baron
History shows us that freedom of speech is a fluid and evolving concept that requires continual defense. It’s always under threat. And it’s never a...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Going For Broke, Part Two: Making Up Our Minds
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
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In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health challenges can push people into...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
2022-10-28 Anand Giridharadas: Persuaders in a Hot and Polarized World
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In a democracy, meaningful change often requires adapting views and building coalitions. Some believe finding common ground and building rapport is...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 9
221028: Anand Giridharadas: Persuaders in a Hot and Polarized World, 10/28/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In a democracy, meaningful change often requires adapting views and building coalitions. Some believe finding common ground and building rapport is...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
Chaotic Neutral: How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ed Burmila
The Democrats have lost their footing since the New Deal. That’s how Ed Burmila sees it. Now, he says, they haven’t been able to grasp that they ne...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
733: The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace / 734: Guilt Tripping, 10/15/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace" - 1936 was an ominous year. A young George Orwell was headed to battle in Spain. But first, he plant...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
The Prophetic Lens: The Camera and Black Moral Agency from MLK to Darnella Frazier
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Phil Allen, Jr.
This program is a second in a conversation with author Phil Allen, Jr., in which he highlights the prophetic potential of the camera. Its imagery p...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The History of Democracy Has Yet to be Written
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Thomas Geoghengan
End the filibuster. Abolish the Senate. Make everyone vote. Only if we do this, and a little bit more, says labor lawyer and former candidate for A...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Prophetic Lens
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Phil Allen, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Darnella Frazier captured images of injustice for the world to see. Like a professional cinematographer, King understoo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Raj Patel, Credit: TheStar.com
The network of systems that make up our bodies – respiratory, digestive and nervous system to name a few - is seen by conventional medicine as self...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Book Jacket Cover
It’s no coincident that our planet is on fire. Look more closely and you’ll find that our society, politics and bodies mirror the world. We, too, a...

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Our Veterans
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Suzanne Gordon
America’s military veterans face a number of issues when they return from foreign wars. Lingering physical and emotional problems are the ones we m...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1