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Is San Francisco a Sanctuary When You Don’t Have Housing?
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Increases in the number of migrants arriving in San Francisco have stress-tested the city’s shelter system, revealing the dire need for more housin...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Unheard: The Plight of Mayans Struggling with Addiction in SF
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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The impact of the COVID 19 pandemic led to a rise in fatal overdoses among the tens of thousands of Indigenous Mayans living in the Bay area. That...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
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
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
Top of Mind - Tipping Culture is Changing. Here’s What You Need to Know.
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Tipping culture is changing in America. What’s driving tipflation and tipcreep – and what’s expected of consumers?

Bought by RADIOLEX, KSTK, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - An Explosion of Union Activity in the US and What it Means
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The US is seeing an unusual spike in union activity and public support for unions. What does this moment mean for the future of labor in America?

Bought by KMXT, KSTK, KOWS, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
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
What’s Wrong, America? A 2024 Election Special
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Turns out Americans don't feel great about the direction of our country. But what exactly are they upset about, and are things as bad as they think?

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


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Day After Tomorrow in Palestine-Israel: A Tale of Two Peace Activists
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Is there room for optimism?

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


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Rise of the New Labor Movement
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Brunswick cafe, Little Dog, where workers organized a union., Credit: Alex Spear, Bowdoin Orient
On the forefront of the next labor revolution, we visit a coffee shop in Maine called Little Dog whose workers start to organize a union and we tal...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Should Congress Pass the Secure the Border Act?
From: Open to Debate
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In response to a surge in migrants and asylum seekers at America’s borders, the Secure the Border Act of 2023 aims to enforce stricter limitations ...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
But Next Time Part 2: Language Justice and the Road to Recovery After Disaster (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: But Next Time hosts Rose and Chrishelle pose for a photo with members of indigenous language radio show, Radio Autóctona Indigenista on KBBF., Credit: Leah Mahan
This week we continue delving into community-rooted disaster relief in California. From building mutual aid networks, to translating emergency mess...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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Fentanyl-related deaths among teens more than tripled across the U.S. from 2019 to 2021. And the CDC reports that two thirds of teens who died had ...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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
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
The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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As overdose fatalities reach two to three deaths a day in San Francisco, demands for supervised consumption sites are getting more urgent. But city...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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
The War on Drugs Revisited: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 4
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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Some San Francisco city officials are advocating jail for unhoused people who use drugs and murder charges for people who sell drugs. Critics say t...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Criminalizing Drug Use: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 3
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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San Francisco city officials have decided that arresting unhoused people for using drugs is the way to get them into treatment programs. Critics sa...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
How Drug Addiction and Homelessness Connect: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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While San Francisco is on track to break records for the highest number of fatal overdoses in one year, health experts say the city is failing when...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
The Origins of Rampant Opioid Addiction: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 1
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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San Francisco is experiencing its worst rate of drug-related fatalities ever, and as city officials impose increasingly punitive measures against p...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Regulating Big Tech: Is TikTok Still on the Clock?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Time moves slowly... so slowly

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


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5