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A Silver Tsunami: Challenges and Opportunities of Global Aging
From: Mateo Schimpf
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As if signing up for Medicare wasn't hard enough

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Forgetting the Lessons and Losses of Covid
From: KSFP
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The first years of the COVID-19 pandemic are behind us and it’s time for an early reckoning of our successes and failures. An epidemiologist shares...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 21:30
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 7: Meredith Broussard, Author of "More than a Glitch"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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The biases embedded in technology are more than mere glitches, argues Meredith Broussard in her new book, "More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Ge...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 5: Carissa Véliz, Author of "Privacy is Power" and Jon Fasman, Author of "We See It All"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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"Tech companies have abused their power and it is time to resist them." Oxford professor Carissa Véliz describes why privacy is so important, and h...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 3: Kelly Weill, Author of "Off the Edge"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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The Flat Earth conspiracy got a huge boost from Facebook and YouTube, as Kelly Weill explains in her book "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 1: Carolyn Chen, Author of "Work Pray Code"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Many tech employees in Silicon Valley are pressured into joining a new religion, worshiping work and taking spiritual direction from their companie...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 6: Cory Doctorow, Author of "Chokepoint Capitalism"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Amazon took over books, Spotify and Google took over music, and musicians and authors are struggling as a result. Cory Doctorow talks about what we...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 4: Douglas Rushkoff, Author of "Survival of the Richest"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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A few years ago, Douglas Rushkoff was invited to speak to a group of billionaires. Rather than asking about current tech trends, the billionaires w...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 2: Alec MacGillis, Author of "Fulfillment"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Alec MacGillis discusses his book "Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America" – about how Amazon has had drastic effects on the economy,...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 8: Nita Farahany, Author of "The Battle for Your Brain"
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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The tech industry is launching new brain-surveillance devices intended to monitor your mental state and, yes, even read your thoughts. Nita Farahan...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
Techtonic Season 1 Episode 9: Internet Addiction and the ITAA: Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous
From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst
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Internet addiction is a growing problem, thanks to the intentional design of Silicon Valley platforms to "hook" users. The ITAA can help: Internet ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
The American-Made Cuban Crisis
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From Crisis to Normalization – and Back Again

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


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Monica Guzman on the importance of curiosity to build relationships that bridge divides
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we explore how bridging by building relationships and being curious can connect peo...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Eco Report – February 16, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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Coming up in this edition of Eco Report, Agrivoltaics and Climate Resilience as Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze brings us Part Three of his d...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:41
Click, Rage, Retweet: How American Enragement Drives Politics
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How the digital world tears us apart...and the lives of the people responsible for moderating it.

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


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
When the Press Becomes A Casualty of War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The dangers of conflict reporting past and present

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


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Closer Look At Hamas
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist political organization and militant group has had a complex relationship with the concept of peace talks, particularl...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:28
Israel, Hamas & Universal Human Rights: Former UN Official Craig Mokhiber Describes Path Forward
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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2023 marks the 75th anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What does it mean to commemorate Human Rights Day in a time of genoci...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN, KDNK, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sound the Alarm: An Unthinkable Return of Nuclear Warfare?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The problem with casual talk

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, Classic107.3, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Covert War on LGBT+ Rights
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From Berkeley to Uganda

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Will Netanyahu’s Long War Wash Away Saudi Arabia 2030?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How the War in Gaza reality-checked the region

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
What Is The Difference Between Constructionist, Originalist and Liberal Justices?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How do Supreme Court justices differ in the way they interpret the Constitution?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
How do concession speeches work?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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There's no law that says they have to happen, but the presidential candidate concession speech is an important element of the peaceful transition o...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2023
  • Length: 04:30
Rethinking Riches: The Global Push for Wealth Equality
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Why we need a global shift in the wealth paradigm

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


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Human Rights, or Right to Exist? Perspectives on Israel-Hamas War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates predicts how war in Israel could ripple through the Middle East. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with Trita Par...

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


  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5