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Political Junkie 4-23-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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In most cases, we know the difference between a good president and a bad one. But how do historians see them? Robert Merry, a longtime journalist w...

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


  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 5
Political Junkie 4-16-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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With the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, comparisons between LBJ and Barack Obama are being made. Johnson, who left office in 1969 ...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRKF and more


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 6
Political Junkie 4-9-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The Supreme Court's McCutcheon v. FEC decision has eliminated even more restrictions on the amount citizens can contribute to federal political cam...

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


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 4
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
Talking Foreign Policy Tackles Cyber-War
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
An expert panel discusses the foreign policy implications of cyber warfare.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 59:21
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
Europeans Fret Over Politically Incorrect Gesture (February 6, 2014)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What a popular new hand gesture in France can tell us about the line between offensive and racist.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
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
The Uncomfortably Familiar Face Of Evil (January 30, 2014)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What recently discovered personal letters from a senior Nazi can tell us about the uncomfortably familiar face of evil.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:01
The Gender Gap in China (January 23, 2014)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What the growing gender gap in China can tell us about future threats to an increasingly worried Communist Party leadership in Beijing.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:56
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
Worries Over Brazil World Cup Mounting (January 9, 2014)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What delays in completing preparation in Brazil for the World Cup can tell us about the pros and cons of hosting global sporting events.

  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 01:58
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
North Korean Elite Devours Its Own (December 19, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What the execution of the North Korean supreme leader’s uncle can tell us about the future stability of this isolated, and impoverished, country.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
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
France, the Gendarme of Africa (December 12, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What French intervention in Africa this week can tell us about the importance of avoiding failed states and safe havens.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:11
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