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Jumaane Williams & Hell Gate on Rikers: Why is it So Hard to Close a Jail?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The plan to permanently close Rikers in New York City and replace it with four borough facilities has hit roadblocks. Why is it so hard to close a ...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Militarization and Uvalde: the Context Media Coverage Omits
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Whether it’s Buffalo, NY, Uvalde, TX or Philadelphia, PA — we are witnessing an unprecedented wave of terror at the muzzle of a gun. But all mass s...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 2
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
AOC & Noam Chomsky: The Way Forward
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this historic, inter-generational meeting of minds, Laura Flanders brings together New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and MIT profe...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KMUN


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Gender Justice Requires more than Money say the Feminists Taking on Philanthropy during Covid
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently made a splash by donating nearly $3 billion to more than 280 nonprofits working in ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Part VII (Section 1): "Objective Observations"
From: Jed Alexander
Series: The Whistleblower Project
Caption: Dr. Fiona Hill, Credit: Provided by the Brookings Institution
In 2019, Dr. Fiona Hill testified in the first impeachment trial of former President Trump. Dr. Hill recently served as Deputy Assistant to the pre...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 07:22
Episode 7: Representing Rural America
From: Elia Powers
Series: Areas of Agreement
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The urban-rural divide is growing in the United States. How can disparate communities find common ground?

  • Added: May 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:34
Domestic Violence in Lockdown: COVID-19 and the UK’s Domestic Abuse Bill (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Domestic abuse affects everyone it touches—intimate partners, children, and elders. COVID-19 created new problems for victims of domestic violence ...

  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
Nevada lawmaker feels backlash for attending Trump’s March to Save America rally
From: Brian Bahouth
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Conservative Republican Annie Black is a newly elected member of the Nevada State Assembly representing District 19. She’s from Mesquite, a town of...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2021
  • Length: 16:00
Texts Not Jails! Before and After Covid-19 via 70 Million
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Covid-19 has transformed jails and prisons into death traps. How are some communities jailing less people in the first place. After someone is arre...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
On Pandemics and Panopticons
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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We look at the local effects of COVID-19 in Italy with IU prof Andrea Ciccarelli and then turn to the socio-political impacts of becoming a digital...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
December 30th RERUN - “Edge of Democracy”; Brazil, A Cautionary Tale
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In her new film, The Edge of Democracy, director Petra Costa tells the story of how Brazil went from a rising star among free nations to a democrac...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Women Warriors: Climate Revolutionaries highlights activist Greta Thunberg
From: Crossover Media Max Horowitz
Series: Women Warriors - The Voices of Change podcast series
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The September 20th 2019: Women Warriors — Voices of Change multimedia concert performed by Orchestra Moderne NYC, under the direction of Amy Anders...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 01:40
WorldCanvass: U.S. Foreign Policy, Geopolitical Realignment, and Global Stability (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
Caption: David Rogers
The twentieth century has been called the American Century, a time when American ingenuity, economic growth, military power, and vibrant cultural e...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 24:43
321: Building A Better Ballot Box / 322: Is The Nation State Splintering?, 11/3/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Building A Better Ballot Box" - Compulsory voting? Pay citizens? Let children vote? This hour, we'll find a better way to do elections. ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
WorldCanvass: The Politics and Impact of Immigration (Part 2)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass begins its tenth season of internationally focused discussions with “The Politics and Impact of Immigration.” Arguments over reasonabl...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 25:33
Michael Isikoff - Russian Roulette
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show is proud to present Michael Isikoff, author of Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election o...

Bought by WPCA-LP and KRZA


  • Added: May 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
David Cay Johnston - It's Even Worse Than You Think - Part 1
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two-part interview with David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times and author of It...

Bought by WPCA-LP, KGNU Community Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
David Cay Johnston - It's Even Worse Than You Think - Part 2
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two-part interview with David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times and author of It...

Bought by WPCA-LP and KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
U.S. Democrats and the European Left - Do They Connect?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Xenophobia, austerity, and an activated constituency -- there's a lot in common across international progressive fronts. Voices from the Progressiv...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Healthcare Isn't Big Business Or Big Philanthropy! Ben Palmquist & Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Over 30million Americans are uninsured, and even more are sickened by the sky-high costs. While Congress seems sunk in a partisan fight over the Af...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Free Market Assault on Science: Kerryn Higgs #212 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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What exactly are “think tanks” supposed to be thinking about? Are some of them part of a campaign to cast doubt on science when it could interfere ...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Feb 13, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Ava Siegler - How Do I Explain This to My Kids? - Parenting in the Age of Trump
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Dr. Ava Siegler, renowned child psychologist and author of How Do I Explain This to My Kids? - Parenting in the Age o...

Bought by KRZA and KMUD


  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Marceline Lasater - One Person, One Vote?
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Marceline Lasater, Attorney at Law, One person, One vote? A Texas attorney explains why, since 1911, our votes are no...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:31
Jim Hightower - TOWER POWER
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Jim Hightower, National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and New York Times best-selling author, Jim Highto...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:30