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The Stink Over PFAS with Tracy Frisch
From: Doug Wood
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Scientist Dr. Tracy Frisch explains why spreading fertilizer from sewage sludge is a really bad idea.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
Wet Hot American Summer
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess talks with UCLA climate scientist and Weather West blogger Dr. Daniel Swain about this summer of extremes.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Robber Barons are Back -- And One of 'em is from Disney
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Rockefeller, Astor, Carnegie, Stanford. Rich guys from the late 1900s for sure, but what else? Robber barons. Big boys at the top of U.S. business,...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Beware What You Wear with Alden Wicker
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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After the news, author and investigative journalist Alden Wicker talks about toxic chemicals in the fashion industry.

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 2
Special Episode - Under Pressure
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks from her experience conducting deep ocean research to answer questions raised by UCS scientists and staff about the recent disasters of...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 19:00
The Environmental Nightmare of Plastic with Erica Cirino
From: Doug Wood
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was just the beginning for author and photographer Erica Cirino.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:25
The Dirt on PFAS with Tracy Frisch
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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NY Sierra Club's Tracy Frisch tells why spreading sewage sludge on farmland is a really bad idea that will contaminate fields forever.

Bought by WRFA-LP, WMUU-LP, and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:15
  • Purchases: 3
The Politics of Plastic with Judith Enck
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Fore EPA Region II Administrator Judith Enck tells why we need legislation to make companies like Coca Cola do the right thing.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 1
The Pandemic Lessons We Haven’t Learned (And Why It’s Not Too Late)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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It’s been three years since the lockdowns of COVID-19. How can we make up for lost time?

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The New Nuremberg? Cambodia’s Genocide Tribunal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Why did it take so long to prosecute war crimes in Cambodia?

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
How Technology Fights – and Fuels – Misinformation
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode of On Shifting Ground, we look at the global relationship between misinformation, war, and peace.

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Larry Brilliant on Stopping The Next Pandemic
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode of “On Shifting Ground,” epidemiologist Larry Brilliant joins Ray Suarez to break down what the global pandemic response com...

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ambassador Michael McFaul on Putin’s “Failed” War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray sits down with former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, to talk about the current state of affairs in Ukraine.

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
What is the Future of Abortion in the Americas?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez talks to three women north and south of the U.S. border to understand how overturning Roe v Wade would fit into the region's reproductiv...

Bought by WJCT, Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
White Supremacist Terrorism: From Christchurch to Buffalo
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez invites Daniel Byman, author of Spreading Hate: The Global Rise of White Supremacist Terrorism, to discuss the roots of the global white...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and WUGA (part of GPB)


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The End of Neutrality? Finland’s NATO Bid
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode of WorldAffairs, we tackle the question, how does a country–or an individual–survive the threat of Russian aggression?

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  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
War Crimes: From Belgrade to Kyiv
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode we tackle these questions with a war-crimes prosecutor, a former student organizer who played a critical role in the downfal...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Lt. Col. Alex Vindman and the New Cold War with Russia
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In an interview with Ray Suarez, retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman speaks about his time in the Trump White House, the consequences of the politicizati...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
21st Century Alliances
From: Mateo Schimpf
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California Congressman Ami Bera joined Ray Suarez to talk about countering aggression from Russia and China, why immigration is such an important p...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Nothing About Ukraine Without Ukrainians
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We’re joined by Iryna Tsilyk, documentary filmmaker from Kyiv, and historians Katherine Younger and Emily Channell-Justice, to hear the story of mo...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Where Will Afghanistan’s Refugees Go?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we hear from Nazanin Ash and Kelsey P. Norman about the evolving situation for Afghan refugees. Then, journalist Hana Baba ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Are the Olympics Worth It? Athletes and Historians Weigh In
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode, we take a look at what it takes (and costs) to host the world’s largest sporting event during a global crisis. We hear from...

Bought by Classic107.3, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jul 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
How Has COVID-19 Changed Education?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we look at the lasting effects of the pandemic on education around the world.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Israel and Palestine: Will the Ceasefire Last?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we look at this seemingly never-ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Biden and Netanyahu’s approaches to the conflict, and emergin...

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  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Mon. 12/10 - iPhone Sales Banned in China
From: Brian McCullough
Series: Techmeme Ride Home
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iPhone sales blocked in China, Apple’s getting into the A&R business, pump the breaks on the e-scooter hype, and forget the notch, 2019 might be th...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2018
  • Length: 20:11