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Season 1, Episode 7 - 'Green Amendment' feat Maya K van Rossum
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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We all deserve clean air and clean water.

Bought by WDSE, KTRT RADIO INC, and WOJB


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Pete Buttigieg on Repowering America
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From EV's to conspiracy theories

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


  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Why is America So Afraid of China?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Have the US and China given up on engagement?

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


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Why China Can’t Forget the Century of Humiliation
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Authors Orville Schell and John Delury join Ray to discuss China’s quest for global dominance.

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


  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Why the World Cup is So &#*$&%! Expensive
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray teases the tournament's most interesting storylines and untangle FIFA's complicated ledger to understand why the tournament is so expensive.

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Hate Speech and Extremism: What to Listen For Ahead of Midterm Elections
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Former Obama speechwriter, Cody Keenan, joins Ray to discuss his new book, "Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America." And lat...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
What Brittney Griner’s Detention Can Teach Us About Putin’s War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we tell the stories of two Americans detained abroad—not by rogue terrorist groups but established foreign governments.

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Blurred Civilian/Soldier Line? Accountability and Ethics in the Age of Drones
From: Mateo Schimpf
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First, Ray talks with journalist Azmat Khan about accountability remote warfare and later, with professor Shannon French, about the ever-evolving f...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
How the Story of Vincent Chin Still Inspires Calls for Asian American Justice
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We revisit a 2021 interview with filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña about her documentary, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” and then speak with her and activist...

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


  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Biden’s Ukraine Strategy, At Home and Abroad
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, Ray Suarez discusses President Biden’s Ukraine strategy with US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet. Then, KPBS’s Gust...

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


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
An American Hostage Story
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we hear Jason Rezaian's story of being held hostage in Iran, and why he thinks it’s essential that the US government and me...

Bought by Classic107.3, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
How the Far Right is Changing World Politics
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, Ray Suarez talks with two domestic intelligence agents, one in Germany and the other in the United States. What have they learned ...

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


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Return of the Strongmen
From: Mateo Schimpf
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One year after supporters of former President Donald Trump violently stormed the Capitol, how do we make sense of the January 6 insurrection?

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
War and Peace
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In an episode originally aired in April, we look at what happens when you think you know what you’re doing… and don’t listen to the people you are ...

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


  • Added: Dec 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
From Moscow to Monte Carlo
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we explore the layers of Russian state corruption revealed through the Pandora Papers and the work of Alexei Navalny.

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Trailer for Shifting the Narrative
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Narratives are all around us. These big meta-stories tell us who we are as a nation and the values we share. Narratives help us explain why things ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:12
F-Word: Mourn Justice Ginsburg, Fight to Close Irwin Detention Center
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"...one fitting way to honor the historic justice would be to take action on some unfinished feminist business. Justice Ginsburg is on my mind toda...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
Why is there a rain sound...
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT was written in two parts, but are intertwined. This brief audio clip will help the listener understand why there is a light rain sound during ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 02:23
The Importance of SEEing. with Civity Co-Founders Malka Kopell & Palma Strand
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo_Civity
Civity co-founders Malka Kopell and Palma Strand discuss the importance of SEEing, and how the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have led to an increase i...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Sidewalks Versus Surgery
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes,...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:18
Rough Roads Ahead
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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The word that best describes America's infrastructure is "crumbling," says Henry Petroski. Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engi...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:07
Sea Change
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
The Cheap Shot in American Politics- A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
We live in extremely violent times. Words can provoke aggression, insult and personal harm very quickly. Politicians spend much time trying to r...

  • Added: May 30, 2016
  • Length: 04:26
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry:What's the Difference Between the Political Candidate as Demigogue and the Political Candidate as Demigod?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Today’s Sixty Second Moral Inquiry asks :As politicians one-up each other, what’s the difference between the candidate as demagogue- who openly app...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 01:21
Take the LEAP with Professor David Long on the Failed War on Drugs
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: David Long
Unspun talks with Prof. David Long, LEAP spokesperson, about the so-called "War on Drugs". With four states now legalizing recreational marijuana...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 58:35
  • Purchases: 1