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Top of Mind - Common Ground in the Debate Over Teaching Kids About Race in School
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Should public schools in America teach kids about race and racism?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, KOWS and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
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
Top of Mind - Is Perspective-Taking the Key to Overcoming Polarization?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Is perspective-taking (the ability to see things from another’s point of view) the key to overcoming polarization in society?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, WXDU, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • 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.

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


  • 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

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Darren Samuelsohn: Untangling Trump’s Trials
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Darren Samuelsohn
The self-proclaimed “greatest country on earth” is in an unfathomable position. Heavily favored to win the Republican Party’s nomination for presid...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Bob Berwyn of Inside Climate News on COP28
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Bob Berwyn
COP28, or the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, took place recently in the United Arab...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
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 WUWM, KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
A World in Turmoil: 2023's Defining Moments
From: Mateo Schimpf
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That's a wrap.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Closer Look At Hamas
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist political organization and militant group has had a complex relationship with the concept of peace talks, particularl...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:28
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
Top of Mind - The Hidden Cost of Fines and Fees
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Fines and fees have become the default way we punish people; deterrence is the ultimate goal, but do fines actually deter bad behavior?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
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
Top of Mind - Why Do Wars Happen?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What leads a society to look at the inevitable devastation that war causes and fight anyway? The answer provides the path to peace.

Bought by KMXT, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WYAP, KSTK and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 10
The Covert War on LGBT+ Rights
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From Berkeley to Uganda

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 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
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?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and RadioFreePalmer


  • 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 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

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