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Political Junkie 4-2-16
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The deadline to sign up for the Affordable Care Act is past, and now comes the fun part: the political recrimination and finger-pointing. Janet Ho...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and WRKF


  • Added: Apr 02, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie 3-26-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has done his thing in Crimea, and U.S. President Barack Obama has responded with sanctions. Now Congress will hav...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Mar 26, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 3
Political Junkie 3-19-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Scott Brown's likely entry into the New Hampshire Senate race livens up a campaign that Republicans had thought was a lost cause ... though he stil...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 3-12-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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A big victory for the GOP in a special Florida congressional seat highlights this week's Political Junkie. Host Ken Rudin speaks with Adam Smith o...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WRKF


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie 3-5-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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It's official: primary season has begun. With the midterm election fast approaching, Political Junkie host Ken Rudin sits down with regular guest a...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie 2-26-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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What's the matter with Kansas? Well, we learn that Sen. Pat Roberts, seeking a fourth term this year, may not have an actual residence in the stat...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRKF, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4
Political Junkie 2-19-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Another vote -- this time on raising the debt ceiling -- and other fissure exposed inside the GOP. Carl Hulse of the New York Times talks to Polit...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and WRKF


  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 3
Political Junkie 2-12-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The decision by the House Republican leadership to postpone any discussion about getting an immigration bill on the floor has had its greatest poli...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 2-5-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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President Obama told us about the state of the union... now it's time to hear about the state of the states. Political Junkie host Ken Rudin talks...

Bought by WXXI Rochester and WRKF


  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 1-29-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The State of the Union is... strong. And so is this week's Political Junkie! Former Clinton speechwriter Paul Glastris joins us with an assessmen...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 1-21-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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This week on The Political Junkie, we review President Obama's speech on NSA surveillance with Josh Gerstein of POLITICO. And with the State of the...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 21, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 1-14-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Continuing where he left off in 2013, Chris Christie remains the most talked about Republican in the country ... only this time he may not like wha...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 1-7-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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2014 is an election year, with control of the House and Senate at stake. Host Ken Rudin talks to political analyst Stu Rothenberg about what to wa...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 12-17-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Republicans in Congress were prepared to agree to a fairly innocuous budget deal with the Democrats with little fuss. But many conservatives were n...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 12-10-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Nelson Mandela's passing brought this week's Political Junkie show back to the mid-1980s, when Washington was split over how to deal with the South...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 12-3-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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We know for certain that President Obama pardoned a turkey this Thanksgiving. But is Healthcare.gov a turkey as well? Host Ken Rudin speaks with W...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-26-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The word of the week is “nuclear,” and the latest Political Junkie show is all over it. First, Political Junkie host Ken Rudin talks with Cameron ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-19-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks with Wall Street Journal congressional correspondent Siobhan Hughes about the changing fortunes on Capitol Hill. D...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-12-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Host Ken Rudin welcomes back his old friend from NPR's Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan, to the Political Junkie. They talk about the emergence of Ch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-6-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The 2013 Elections are over, and though the winners aren't a surprise, some of the insights are. Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks to NPR's Mara Lia...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Slumdog Space Race (November 7, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What India's latest space mission to Mars can tell us about the difficulties in reconciling the aspirations of the "haves" and the "have nots."

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
Ode to Mr. Roubini's West Grand Lake Bass Update
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: There are experts that agree with you, Mr. Roubini, the Grand Lake Stream Guides., Credit: Susan Cook
In Maine, Bass fishing on West Grand Lake is a destination respite for many, including Mr. Nouriel Roubini, the legendary economist who was almost ...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:18
Obama 2012: The Lesser Evil?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Barack Obama’s first term has been a disappointment for many, and leaves open the question for those with a progressive agenda—is voting for Obama ...

  • Added: May 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Taxcast (February)
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Series: The Taxcast
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In February's Taxcast: How Facebook is saving billions in tax via Ireland and Bermuda. Are City of London Police really serious about prosecuting f...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 14:52
Taxcast (January)
From: [redacted] [redacted]
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In our inaugural TaxCast we discuss the implications of the Vodafone vs India landmark tax case, compare Bill Gates and Mitt Romney's attitudes to ...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2012
  • Length: 15:00