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We've assembled a panel of the world’s foremost piracy experts to discuss the continuing challenges of maritime piracy.
- Added: Sep 16, 2013
- Length: 59:02
In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Hark!, WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KQED
- Added: Jul 29, 2013
- Length: 06:37
- Purchases: 5
The recent revelations that the NSA is collecting cell phone and Internet data from millions of Americans has left many asking questions. Is this a...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 02:08
- Purchases: 1
Secret recordings have been a headache for some high-profile politicians. Many question the morality of the practice, especially when the media get...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 02:13
- Purchases: 1
A fight on Mt. Everest between Nepalese Sherpas and European climbers has again raised questions about tourism and the world's tallest mountain. Sh...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:59
Talking Foreign Policy is an hour-long program hosted by Associate Dean Michael Scharf and produced by Case Western Reserve University and WCPN 90....
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 59:04
As authorities searched for one of the Boston Marathon bombers, the city of Boston and its suburbs were put on lockdown. Was this action justified?...
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 02:09
The hope that existed at the beginning Arab Spring has been marred by violence and conflict in Syria, Libya, Egypt, and elsewhere. Have we entered ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:06
A brutal gang rape on a New Delhi bus has sparked global outrage and national soul-searching in India. Many are calling for the death penalty for t...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:02
Our panel of experts discuss what the appointments of John Kerry (State), Chuck Hagel (Defense) and John Brennan (CIA) will mean for American forei...
- Added: Feb 06, 2013
- Length: 59:07
From Spain to Scotland to even the United States, separatist movements are making headlines. Do any of these have a chance to succeed? Or all they ...
- Added: Dec 17, 2012
- Length: 02:02
As Superstorm Sandy made clear, natural disasters can wreak havoc on rich and poor countries, alike. However, the Western media's coverage often ti...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 02:01
- Purchases: 1
Today I share part I of my interview with Santa Fe’s new superintendent of schools, Joel Boyd.
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 28:11
Is it time to reform the U.S. electoral structure? Should more views be represented? Do narrow interests have too much power?
- Added: Nov 08, 2012
- Length: 02:03
Anti-gay legislation is garnering support in Ukraine and many other countries are backtracking on equal rights for homosexuals. Is there anything i...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 02:05
- Purchases: 1
Under rules codified at the 1961 Vienna Convention, diplomatic missions are generally considered inviolable. But with the murder of Libya Ambassado...
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 02:07
With the crisis in Syria escalating, many analysts think a lasting resolution will be found in an internationally negotiated comprehensive settleme...
- Added: Sep 04, 2012
- Length: 02:09
The gun control debate in the United States has been revived in the wake of the Aurora massacre. With thousands of firearm-related homicides each y...
- Added: Aug 01, 2012
- Length: 02:00
With Somali piracy surging over the last four years, the UN is calling for travel and financial sanctions on senior pirate leaders. Is this an effe...
- Added: Jul 23, 2012
- Length: 02:03
Americans are used to hearing about drones being used in Pakistan and Yemen, but they are increasingly being deployed domestically. With organizati...
- Added: Jul 12, 2012
- Length: 01:56
ARAPAHOE COUNTRY, Colo. - Tents and makeshift stores selling holidays goods have popped up throughout Colorado in the past few weeks leading up to ...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 01:45
FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Triple-digit record temperatures, wind, and extreme low humidity combined to spark five new wildfires in Colorado this weeken...
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 01:56
INDIANAPOLIS - A letter is going out to Indiana's gubernatorial candidates - Democrat John Gregg and Republican Mike Pence - urging them to get on ...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 01:50
DENVER - Good news for more than 121,000 Colorado families: Health insurance companies will be paying rebates of about $227 per family thanks to th...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 01:40
CHINOOK, Mont. - Border control powers under the Department of Homeland Security would be expanded under a bill approved by the U.S. House of Repre...
- Added: Jun 21, 2012
- Length: 02:09
