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The FDA Super Bowl
From: Tradeoffs
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Every 5 years, the FDA has to renegotiate billions of dollars in user fees with the drug and medical device companies it regulates. Congress has to...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 18:33
Call Your Elders: Meet the Barraus
From: Feet in 2 Worlds
Series: A Better Life
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In our first Call Your Elders conversation, Haitian-American producer Florence Barrau-Adams checks in on her parents, Monique and Eric, to see how ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 07, 2020
  • Length: 14:18
  • Purchases: 1
Ellinger, Jim- What is Community Radio
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Community Radio is one of the most personal forms of radio.  It exists world-wide and provides basic information in times of crises and normalcy.  ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Episode 36: Perfect Specimen
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The 500-year-old Treaty Oak in Austin, Texas was once called “the most perfect specimen of a North American tree.” But in 1989, Austin’s city fores...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 22:17
  • Purchases: 1
The Man who Named 'Earth Day'
From: Reid Frazier
Caption: Julian Koenig, who coined 'Earth Day'., Credit: Photo Courtesy of Sarah Koenig
Who came up with the name 'Earth Day'? It turns out, a legendary Madison Avenue ad man named Julian Koenig. He was responsible for some of the most...

Bought by KMXT, WSLR, KUOW, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 7
Remembering Robin Williams' visit to KALW
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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In August 2014, we lost a man who inspired laughter in the Bay Area and all around the world – Robin Williams. Robin Williams was a local, and actu...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Top 100 Americans?
From: Jeff Karr
Series: The Jeff Karr Show
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What's wrong with this list?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
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
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
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...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Peter Yarrow Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
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
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
Political Junkie 12-3-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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We know for certain that President Obama pardoned a turkey this Thanksgiving. But is Healthcare.gov a turkey as well? Host Ken Rudin speaks with W...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-26-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The word of the week is “nuclear,” and the latest Political Junkie show is all over it. First, Political Junkie host Ken Rudin talks with Cameron ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-19-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks with Wall Street Journal congressional correspondent Siobhan Hughes about the changing fortunes on Capitol Hill. D...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-12-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Host Ken Rudin welcomes back his old friend from NPR's Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan, to the Political Junkie. They talk about the emergence of Ch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-6-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The 2013 Elections are over, and though the winners aren't a surprise, some of the insights are. Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks to NPR's Mara Lia...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 10-29-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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With less than a week to go before the 2013 elections, Political Junkie Ken Rudin speaks to Stu Rothenberg, the editor and publisher of the Rothenb...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Fracking Economy
From: Civic Commons
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New methods of drilling for natural gas and oil have opened up previously unreachable resources deep below the Earth’s surface in Ohio. Depending o...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 58:44
The Cycle of Cyberbullying
From: Philly Youth Radio
Series: Students of Violence
Caption: Self-portrait painted by Thien To
Twenty-year-old Thien To first learned about cyberbullying in her native Vietnam. The South Philadelphia High junior has since learned about cyberb...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 05:48
  • Purchases: 1
Livin' La Vida Loko
From: Katherine Perry
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The makers of Four Loko, a highly alcoholic drink packed with caffeine, guarana, and taurine, have said Wednesday (today) that they will pull the s...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
Is Air Pollution Really Harming Us?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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A new government report says be careful out there. Others disagree.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Religion Gets Me High
From: Youth Outlook
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This week on YO!Radio -- father and son go on 3 million dollar spacewalk, girls outsmart boy and religion is the anti-drug. PLUS: Youth Speaks goes...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 07:22