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No Miracles Required: We Can Solve Our Energy Problems Right Now
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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This week we discuss: microplastics and your kidneys, AI's demands on energy and water, and Dr. Mark Jacobson talks about solving our energy crisis.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:07
240909: THINK: Is it Time to Rewrite the Constitution?, 9/9/2024
From: KERA
Series: Think
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MONDAY, 9/9 With so much disagreement about how to interpret the Constitution, is it time for a new one? Krys Boyd talks with the dean of the UC-Be...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 58:52
240905: THINK: Can Cheapskates and Big Spenders Coexist?, 9/5/2024
From: KERA
Series: Think
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THURSDAY, 9/5 Can big spenders and cheapskates peacefully coexist? Krys Boyd talks with the author of “Tightwads and Spendthrifts: Navigating the M...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:53
811-Martian Meteorite Hunters
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Cacao, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Perhaps someday humans will travel to Mars, walk the surface of the red planet, and collect meteorites. Recent studies suggest Mars to be an excit...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, Raven Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Democracy Under Siege: Battling Disinformation in the 2024 Election
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In the wake of Donald Trump's shooting, falsehoods flooded our feeds faster than facts. The problem of disinformation, the deliberate spread of fal...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Jul 31, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Why People Don’t Vote Week: Some of the Solutions to Getting Nonvoters to Register & Vote
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Why People Don’t Vote Week: Some of the Solutions to Getting Nonvoters to Register & Vote

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 11, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Political Violence & MAGA Militancy: Strategies to Protect Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Political violence is on the rise and has reached just about every corner of the country, whether it's confrontations on social media, at school bo...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, Radio Catskill, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
801-Jacqui’s PHA
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Astronaut on an Asteroid , Credit: NASA (Advanced Concepts Program)
My Catalina Sky Survey teammate Jacqueline Fazekas was asteroid hunting with our small but mighty Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, Arizona when sh...

Bought by KCHW, Raven Radio, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
787-Far Out
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Milky Way Rising Over the Gila Wilderness, Credit: David Thornburg
In 2024, Voyager I is 163 times further from the Sun than we are and is the most distant, human made, traveler in the night.

Bought by KCHW, KRWG, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Jenny Odell on Saving Time
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Excerpt from the book cover, reading "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" superimposed on top of orange and pink geological features., Credit: Penguin Random House
We speak with Jenny Odell, author of "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock," about how the ways we think about time shapes our lives. A...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Patriarchy Trap
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Can a crisis of masculinity explain why men are falling behind?

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


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
As 2022 Election Results Roll In: Concern, Context, & Perspective
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Our best guest insights to keep in mind during these polarizing 2022 midterm elections

  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 17:36
Price Shock: The World Economy, Upside Down
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In light of rising inflation, we revisit a conversation with filmmaker Rupert Russell about his book and film, “Price Wars: How the Commodities Mar...

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


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Can China Erase History in Hong Kong
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week's episode, we hear about the various ways that Beijing is tightening the screws on Hong Kong's freedom of expression, speech, and press.

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


  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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...

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
How Commodity Traders Cause Global Chaos
From: Mateo Schimpf
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WorldAffairs host Ray Suarez talks with Rupert Russell about his new book and film, “Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World.”

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


  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
How Critical Race Theory Changed an Election & What Dems Could Do About It
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From the contest for governor of Virginia to school board races across the country, opposition to Critical Race Theory proved an effective tactic f...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KMUN


  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Untold Story of the 2021 MN State Fair in the Time of COVID
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with a variety of Minnesota State Fair exhibitor...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 30:00
A Perfect Storm for Depression
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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All across the country, life is inching towards a pre-pandemic normal, but the mental health impact of the pandemic will cast a long shadow. This s...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2021
  • Length: 04:26
Hasta la última gota
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Edición Especial de la Pandemia en Español
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¿Intentando destruir el coronavirus? ¡La Organización Mundial de la Salud dice que se lave las manos! Veinte segundos en el lavamanos es suficiente...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
#939- The Feds mandates and are they solving anything SHORT NEWS PIECE
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Are the remedies from the Federal Reserve and the government really solving the crisis? From 08/09, Y2k, dot com crash and now CoVid, the only solu...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 26, 2020
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
#933- "Rookie investing mistakes" SHORT NEWS PIECE
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Rookies and beginners to investing make common mistakes THIS news piece is a Money Matters classic and so applicable today! From KVMR TOP REVE...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2020
  • Length: 04:20
“What does ‘Protesting’ Mean to Someone in this Current Moment?”
From: Jed Alexander
Caption: BLM rally in North Hollywood, Credit: Jed Alexander
Even in complicated times, we tend to forget the simplicity of, “why we protest” even if the issue is a no-brainer or has complicated edges. We kno...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 07:34
#309- FULL SHOW "Market disconnect" MONEY MATTERS 29 min
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Shortened version due to Covid "market disconnect" details the markets quirky rise to near record highs in some sectors while millions are out of ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:20
Every Last Drop
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Trying to destroy coronavirus? The World Health Organization says get to scrubbing! Twenty seconds at the sink should do it. But what if you don’t ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1