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Following Questionable Late Voter Registration Purges, the U.S. DOJ Issues State Guidance and Asks for Help from Impacted Voters
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Following Questionable Late Voter Registration Purges, the U.S. DOJ Issues State Guidance and Asks for Help from Impacted Voters

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 12, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Texas AG Paxton Sues Two Counties to Suppress Voter Registration Effort
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Texas AG Paxton Sues Two Counties to Suppress Voter Registration Effort

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 10, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
GOP Lawsuit Targets 225,000 Registered Voters in North Carolina Only Days Before Early Voting, and 11 Weeks Before the Election
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
GOP Lawsuit Targets 225,000 Registered Voters in North Carolina Only Days Before Early Voting, and 11 Weeks Before the Election

Bought by WFAE, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 04, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Is Organized Labor the Campaign Money Bogey Man the Right Claims? The Data Shows Otherwise.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Is Organized Labor the Campaign Money Bogey Man the Right Claims? The Data Shows Otherwise.

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
How Do VP Candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. J.D. Vance Compare on Democracy Issues?
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
How Do VP Candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. J.D. Vance Compare on Democracy Issues?

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 07, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
John Stoehr: Customer Service Politics and the ’24 Presidential Election
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Stoehr
No matter what your current stance may be on the upcoming presidential election, the past few weeks of debate debacles and failed assassination att...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
NH Voter Suppression Bill Eliminates Sworn Affidavits for Voter Registration, Demanding Citizenship Documents for Otherwise Qualified Voters. It Could Disenfranchise Thousands.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
NH Voter Suppression Bill Eliminates Sworn Affidavits for Voter Registration, Demanding Citizenship Documents for Otherwise Qualified Voters. It Co...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Purcell Principle: A SCOTUS Decision Intended to Avoid Voter Confusion May Now Be a Stealth Voter Suppression Tactic
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
The Purcell Principle: A SCOTUS Decision Intended to Avoid Voter Confusion May Now Be a Stealth Voter Suppression Tactic

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
FBI, CISA and ODNI Issue Guidance to Election Officials to Harden Websites, Train Staff and Educate Voters, Anticipating Foreign Influence Campaigns
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
FBI, CISA and ODNI Issue Guidance to Election Officials to Harden Websites, Train Staff and Educate Voters, Anticipating Foreign Influence Campaigns

Bought by Angelica Community Radio, WUTC, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Neel Dhanesha on the Lesser Prairie Chicken and Other Dispatches
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Neel Dhanesha
This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to environmental reporter Neel Dhanesha of Heatmap to learn about his new media startup, discuss the landma...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chuck Collins: Disturbing The Very Comfortable
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chuck Collins
The novelist David Foster Wallace once said, “Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” This week on Sea Change ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bianca Fortis on Florida's Efforts to Disenfranchise Former Prisoners
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bianca Fortis
Florida sort of defines the term "swing state." The smallest of variables can push the outcome of Florida's elections in one direction or another -...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Escape to Cairo from Kerning Cultures
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week, we bring you a story from our partner Kerning Cultures about Patrice Lumumba’s children, and their escape to Cairo.

Bought by WXDU and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Militant Trump supporters attack BLM protesters in Nevada City, California
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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Since the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, in small towns and large cities across the United States, Black Lives Matter p...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 10:23
Hallelujah Farewell: Chris Hedges and Reverend Billy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chris Hedges explains why President Donald Trump is just the predictable end of a long sad history of American avaric...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 1
The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: An Investigation
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
Caption: Hugh Turley, The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton
Heart failure, accident, or murder? John Shuck interviews Hugh Turley about the mysterious death of Thomas Merton.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2018
  • Length: 57:01
All Families Belong Together: Immigration & Incarceration
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Families torn apart at the border and through our prison system. Can we use this moment of public awareness to create change? Emani Davis, a long-s...

Bought by KDNK and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
After Maria: Puerto Rican Self Determination
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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While the money media shifts to emerging social crises, many continue to struggle for basic supplies, medical care, and services including electric...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Immigration and Incarceration
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week’s episode begins to explore the intersections of borders, documentation, and incarceration. We look at the history of U.S. immigration po...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Dec 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:11
  • Purchases: 1
Bend the Bars
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we recorded at Bend The Bars, a conference in Columbus, Ohio, that brought together former prisoners, various organizations, and people ...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
Kite Line: The Debut Episode
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This first episode of Kite Line is an introduction to some of the issues we want to cover here on the show. We give updates on prison news, talk ab...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
It's Not What You're Given, It's What You Do: A Parenting Guide to Understanding Presidentialism
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Human Growth and Development textbooks may be the ‘go to’ reference to explain ‘what the hell is going on’ as the new Republican opponent appar...

  • Added: May 04, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
Republicanese and Democratese- A Citizen's Guide to Your Hostility Curriculum
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Seventy thousand Google responses to ''Republicans Refuse'' or 37000 responses to ''Democrats Refuse'' say Donald Trump is not the first to bring ...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
A Musical Tribute to the 2016 Presidential Primaries: "Tonight" (The song and dance genre)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The River Is Wide today offers a musical tribute to the 2016 Republican primaries to the tune of "Tonight" from the Broadway musical "West Side Sto...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2016
  • Length: 01:22
Where Have All the Women Gone: Forgetting How She Got to Where She's Gotten
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Riding on the train to the Democratic National Convention one year, I had the good fortune to talk with a former president of N.O.W. For young twen...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 05:03