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This week on the show: NATO warns allies to block China buying spree. Sweden resists a Covid-19 national lockdown. Concerns over the 'misuse and o...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: COVID 19 Word Cloud, Credit:  EpicTop10.com
In this episode, we explore how the news media is doing in covering COVID-19 – including the responses of public officials… the data on infections ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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This week on the show: Locked up - How can prisons help prepare inmates for the outside world once they are released? In Germany one big conc...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Steve Almond
What can all the money in the world buy you? Thanks to the Beatles, we already know it’s not love, but could it perhaps buy you the most powerful o...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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This week on the show: After the Escape - Nicaraguans living in exile push for political change in their home country, refugees with disabi...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin and an all-star lineup of political reporters, commentators and special guests for a full hour of analysis of the 2...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WJSU, Spokane Public Radio, KVNF, and KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Ken Rudin hosts a special reflection on John McCain's life and legacy, featuring interviews with several of McCain's friends and colleagues.

Bought by WRGY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, RadioFreePalmer, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
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Pay no attention to what the media says about how undermined Jeff Sessions is. POTUS may bait him publicly via tweet, but in private, at the DOJ, S...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
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This month our Dig Deep topic is about the big stories from 2017. Minnesota Brown's Aaron Brown and Strong Town's Chuck Marohn discuss the topic o...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2018
  • Length: 20:35
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One police chief decided he needed to apologize for an incident 77 years ago: a lynching in his small Georgia town in 1940. LaGrange Chief Louis De...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:09
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From Obama-era task forces to widespread protests, the idea of community policing has become part of our national conversation. Jerry Clayton, the ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:25
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Facial recognition technology is being used by police all over the U.S. using images of millions of innocent Americans. It’s a lot less accurate th...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:14
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This week we talk about ad hominem, Soviet propaganda, and red herrings. We also discuss Pravda, logical fallacies, and hypocrisy.

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 27:25
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This week we talk about chronological snobbery, signaling theory, and the Chicken Connoisseur. We also discuss social cognition, Discover Weekly, ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 44:37
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This week we talk about the Harlem Hammer, COINTELPRO, and punching nazis.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 42:03
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This week we talk about enemies who are friends, globalization, and non-polarized opinions.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 36:24
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This week we talk about noble lies, compassion fatigue, and addiction.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 36:55
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This week we talk about smart mobs, reddit, and Kompromat.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 41:27
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This week, we talk about self-driving trucks, Malthusian catastrophes, and human obsolescence.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 47:03
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This week we discuss protests in several different contexts.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 52:53
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This week we talk about the German kunstschutz unit, the Venus de Milo, and slavery reparations.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 44:53
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Donald Trump has finally decided on a nominee for secretary of state, but it turns out that this may be the most controversial Cabinet appointee of...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KCCU Radio, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Jeff Tiberii, a political reporter North Carolina public radio station WUNC, talks about the belated concession this week of Republican Governor Pa...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Even though it was Donald Trump who said he might not accept the results of the presidential election, it turns out that Jill Stein -- the Green Pa...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KSFR, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
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John Dickerson, the host of "Face the Nation," has a new book that is filled with his favorite political moments in history. He brings many of the...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 3