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“OK Boomers” Get Back to Work
From: Mateo Schimpf
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While many Baby Boomers have already left the workforce behind, almost half are considering coming out of retirement in search of a new purpose in ...

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


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Medical Apartheid and the COVID-19 vaccines (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The world is struggling to contain COVID-19, as variants continue to emerge in countries where the virus is spreading unchecked, killing thousands....

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
When Your Country Doesn’t Trust You (AAPI Heritage Month Story)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we hear from US Congressman Andy Kim about how the power competition between China and the US creates fear and anxiety on the home...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Democracy in Peril + A Resurgent Russia
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we’re partnering with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University to talk about the state of dem...

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


  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Brexit: What Happens Now?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we talk with Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole and two political activists on opposite sides of the Brexit debate.

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
How White Supremacy Fueled the Attack on the Capitol
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, former FBI special agent Michael German explains why the bureau deprioritized the threat posed by white supremacists. Then, historian Ne...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Global Economy After COVID-19
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we revisit a conversation about the future of the global economy with James Manyika, Chairman and Director of the McKinsey ...

Bought by Classic107.3, WHRV, WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Anand Giridharadas: Are Elites Really Making the World a Better Place?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, compels us to take a deeper look at elite leaders, their i...

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


  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
We Have the Power to Stop World Hunger
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week we’re looking at how to solve food insecurity around the world. We’ll hear from nonprofit leaders working on the frontlines and a doctor ...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KWMR


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Does The Perfect Healthcare System Exist?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel joins co-host Ray Suarez to compare different healthcare systems around the world. Then, producer Teresa Cotsirilos ...

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


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Women Rising. Migrations: Standing in Solidarity With the Desperate
From: Making Contact
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Women Rising Radio chronicles the rise of three different movements to advocate for immigrant rights in the USA, and to support immigrants and refu...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
#882- AOC and Warren and stirring the brown stuff
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Hot piece on Sears, Eddie Lampert and workers severance. Hot piece. Preview first- true Money Matters stuff. Controversial for sure.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:21
#869- The Cost of Universal Health care
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
What is the dollar cost of Universal Health care? The costs according to the Congressional Budget Office and one other analyst is discussed.

  • Added: May 11, 2019
  • Length: 03:10
Florida Gun Murders---Will Vermont Respond?
From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Alt - Center
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It’s barely four months since the Las Vegas massacre, and already it’s all but forgotten. Now comes the Florida high school mass shooting and we mu...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2018
  • Length: 03:16
#770- Trumps first orders
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
The new President start issuing executive orders and some of those are cutting back expenses. Learn who and what is targeted and what it might mean...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
EP 13 Trump vs. Asia ?!
From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Orient Espresso
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As President elect Trump orders China to cease "annexing" islands it claims as its own and cozies up to Taiwan, there seems now a real possibility ...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:50
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending June 19, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Civil Liberties Advocates Say USA Freedom Act Falls Short on Reforming N...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending May 15, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Seeds of Change Found in the Ashes of Baltimore's Uprising; New Book Chron...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending May 8, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Saudi Airstrikes and Blockade Exacerbate Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis; As P...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending January 30, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: FBI 9/11 Whistle-blower Coleen Rowley: Post-Charlie Hebdo Massacre Rush to...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for Week Ending January 23, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Freedom of the Press a key Issue in Trial of Former CIA Officer Jeffrey St...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending Jan. 16, 2015
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: G-20 Pushes New Banking Rule That Could Confiscate Deposits and Pensions i...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine Week Ending November 14, 2014
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Investigation Reveals New GOP Tactic to Purge Millions of Minority Voters ...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • 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
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