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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

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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.

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  • 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

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Covert War on LGBT+ Rights
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From Berkeley to Uganda

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  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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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?

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  • 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
The Ghosts of Nagorno-Karabakh
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In Putin's shadow

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
New Policies, Old Wounds: Brexit's Impact on Good Friday's Legacy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Are there still troubles in Belfast?

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Putin Meets Kim: A Handshake Worth A Thousand Guns?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Desperate times call for desperate measures

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Wagner’s Wake: Rubles, Rebels and Russia’s Unraveling
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Coups from Moscow to Niamey

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Putin’s Prigozhin Trap, with Anne Applebaum
From: Mateo Schimpf
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He was on the plane, right?

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  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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Mutinies, Memes and Mind Games
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What do Tetris and Twitter have in common?

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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The Global Players Behind Poverty and Peace
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Can a single gathering of world leaders really pull billions of people out of poverty?

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Meaningful Reform of Our Criminal Justice System
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In Part Two of my conversation with Chesa Boudin, we explore how his experiences as a child have informed his approach to criminal justice, and his...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Should SCOTUS Focus on the Original Meaning of the Constitution?
From: Open to Debate
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Originalism is a way of interpreting the Constitution that could help it be understood through either framer’s intent or what the public would’ve i...

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Patriarchy Trap
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Can a crisis of masculinity explain why men are falling behind?

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  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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How Long Can Ukraine Hold On?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we look at the remarkable resilience of Ukraine, and the complex geopolitical stakes for Russia, the US, and China as Putin’s war drags on.

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The New Nuremberg? Cambodia’s Genocide Tribunal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Why did it take so long to prosecute war crimes in Cambodia?

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
All Eyes on Sudan: Putin, Biden, and the Fight for Democracy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week's episode, we look at where Sudan stands three years after a revolution ousted longtime dictator Omar Al-Bashir.

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Taiwan and the US-China Tug of War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, Ray takes a close look at Taiwan: its colonial past, vibrant democratic tradition, and what recent disputes over independence could mean...

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  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The impact of fentanyl on communities, with SF Substance Use Expert Dr.Phillip Coffin
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the sharp increase in fentanyl deaths across the country, including in San Francisco and the Bay Area, which had thus f...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
The End of Neutrality? Finland’s NATO Bid
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode of WorldAffairs, we tackle the question, how does a country–or an individual–survive the threat of Russian aggression?

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  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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.

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Data shows an increase in street fires, but that’s not the whole story
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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A look at homeless encampment fires in the Bay Area with Three journalists at the San Francisco Public Press and Mission Local have been tracking f...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1