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Caption: Negotiator Sue Williams
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll take a look at hostage negotiations. From criminal kidnappings to political pawns, hostage taking is a ...

Bought by KUNM and WPSU


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Demonstrators call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to US military aid to Israel at the Port of Oakland in November 2023., Credit: Brooke Anderson (photo has been cropped from original)
For weeks people around the world have been witness to Israel's deadly assault on Gaza. Today, we uncover the military corporations profiting from ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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October 7 didn’t happen in a vacuum. As Israel retaliates, with customary super-violence, reducing little Gaza to rubble, in the occupied West Bank...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:44
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With renewed violent clashes in the Middle East, we visit the remarkable Seeds of Peace summer camp near Portland, Maine, where Israeli and Arab te...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM, Spokane Public Radio, WRKF, RadioStPete Florida, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
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The trauma of war and intergenerational PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) is discussed. And how state of the art ‘telepresence’, a technology ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 24:40
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In this episode, we explore the historical and geo-political context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the role and actions of NATO. ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Poster for "From Kabul to Kolkata" photography exhibition
Even though the touching stories in books and delicious kebabs in tiny restaurants are part of our enjoyment of “diversity,” they are also a remind...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
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Topic 1: Many states allow children under 18 to get married with parental consent. Should that be illegal? Topic 2: Brain scans in the criminal jus...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 48:25
Caption: Janessa Gans Wilder
The story of how Janessa Gans Wilder, a CIA analyst working in Iraq during the war, became inspired to leave the agency to run a non-profit organiz...

Bought by KSJE and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Janessa Gans Wilder
The story of how Janessa Gans Wilder, a CIA analyst working in Iraq during the war, became inspired to leave the agency to run a non-profit organiz...

Bought by WPSU, KUNM, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Catskill, and KUNM


  • Added: May 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Nidhi Chaphekar, Credit: Ketevan Kardava
Kardava was doing what is her job as a journalist. The media is doing what they think is their job. The only person who has no choice in this is th...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
All happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, Tolstoi wrote as the first sentence in Anna Karenina. The epitaph he c...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2015
  • Length: 04:45
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How effective have nonviolent resistance movements been to effect social and political change, compared to armed violent uprisings? This time on P...

Bought by WYSO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 29, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
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How effective have nonviolent resistance movements been to effect social and political change, compared to armed violent uprisings? This time on P...

Bought by KISA Digital Studios, KRZA, Aspen Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Today, Dr. Gary Slutkin's effort to treat violence like an infectious disease and a conversation with former U.S. intelligence officer Ray McGovern...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: West Point Austin Welch, Credit: westpoint.edu
The United States Military Academy's Cadet First Captain Austin Welch shares how the loss of a dear friend changed not only his perspective on Memo...

Bought by WSGE, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:39
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Michael Scharf
In this broadcast, our expert panel discusses how the Islamic State emerged so quickly as America’s newest grave threat. They critique President O...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:00

  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Samuel "Jesse" Smith, Credit: Katy Gross
Samuel "Jesse" Smith was so determined to defend his country after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, he lied about his age to get into the Marines....

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Michael Scharf
An expert panel discusses the foreign policy implications of cyber warfare.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 59:21
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War and violence never exist in a vacuum. Intrastate conflict often has far-reaching effects that extend outside a nation’s borders. War News Radio...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Oct 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michael Scharf
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
Caption: Michael Scharf
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
Caption: We should treat the truth better than that., Credit: Susan Cook
Corrupting the Message: Remembering the Iraq War Ten years ago this week, the Iraq War began. Like every other atrocity in history, or let's limi...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 03:48
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On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:47