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Reformer to Enforcer? Biden’s Immigration Policy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Can lawmakers fix our broken system?

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  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Why Russia Is Stealing Ukraine’s Future
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What can Russia's declining population tell us about war crimes in Ukraine?

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Man Who Runs The World: Xi Jinping’s China
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What is Xi Jinping’s plan to reset China, and how do we make sense of his enigmatic rule?

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bound By Oil: Rethinking Biden’s Middle East Strategy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, Ray Suarez sits down with two Middle East policy experts to debate the best path forward for US engagement in the region.

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
COVID 19 - an Unequal Opportunity Killer, with Daniel E. Dawes, Esq.
From: Claudia Cragg
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KGNU's Claudia Cragg, @claudiacragg speaks here with Daniel E. Dawes, a nationally recognized leader in healthcare law and policy, who has been an ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:33
What Does "21st Century Policing" Really Mean?
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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What does "21st Century policing" actually mean, and how would a forward-thinking department be different than what most jurisdictions have now? Ro...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:25
Comey Saw It Coming: Why No One Went To Jail For The Housing Crash
From: Megan Harris
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James Comey wasn’t the nation’s embattled former FBI Director in 2002; he was the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan. It was around then that he g...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
No One Has A Reliable Count On Police-Involved Shootings
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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The federal government doesn't track how often or what happens when police shoot civilians, and there's no official national database to show how b...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:22
The Conservative Case For Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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The Trump administration has promised a return to "tough on crime" criminal justice policies, including a recent memo that instructs federal prosec...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 1
Fingerprints, Ballistics & Bite Marks Aren't Indisputable: The Case Against Failed Forensic Science
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to renew the National Commission on Forensic Science in April, effectively ending federal efforts to standa...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:19
Meet One Federal Judge Who Quit The Bench Over Mandatory Minimums
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a 2013 memo written by his predecessor, Eric Holder, that told prosecutors not only will they abid...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:14
PEACE Police Interrogation Method Promises Fewer False Confessions
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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DNA tests have proved something surprising: people sometimes confess to terrible crimes that they definitely did not commit. One reason seems to be...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:35
Facing the Danger of Facial Recognition
From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice
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Facial recognition technology is being used by police all over the U.S. using images of millions of innocent Americans. It’s a lot less accurate th...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 04:14
2014 Election Post-Mortem with JP Sottile, the NewsVandal
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: JP Sotille
JP Sottile, the NewsVandal, joins us for an Election Day Postmortem. JP brings his credentials to the discussion along with his wit. As the produ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
What To Do Today to Reduce Energy Consumption
From: Green Connections Radio
Series: Green Connections Radio
Caption: Kate Gordon of The Center for the Next Generation
Energy policy expert Kate Gordon of The Center for the Next Generation talks about what state and local governments, as well as Congress and the Pr...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 28:18
Going Over the Fiscal Cliff: Women and Kids First
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Dr. Heidi Hartmann, President of the Institute for Women's Policy Research in Washington on the fiscal cliff an...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:17
Women's Equality Day? Not yet.
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Every president, regardless of party, designates August 26 as Women's Equality Day, to commemorate women getting the vote in 1920. But do we reall...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:17
Political Leadership & Mothers Making Change
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Joan Blades/Mary Robinson
Mother's Day is celebrated in the in May, and mothers are now becoming a political force. Female political leaders can leverage their concerns at ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 56:49
  • Purchases: 1
Roe v. Wade at 39/ Where Women Stand in 2012
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Sarah Weddington, Credit: Weddington Center
Equal Time series host Martha Burk interviews Sarah Weddington, who successfully argued the Roe v. Wade case legalizing abortion in the United Stat...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUT


  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 56:48
  • Purchases: 2
On the Ground in Egypt
From: Spencer Downing
Series: BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS
Caption: Ian Masters
Conversations with two women--one a 17-year-old journalist in Alexandria and the other an established novelist/author in Cairo--to explain the situ...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
Report on the Financial Collapse; Gun Control, Gun Laws, and Arizona; Egypt Today
From: Spencer Downing
Series: BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS
Caption: Ian Masters
William Cohan talks about the soon-to-be-released report arguing the economic collapse was preventable; former ATF Gerald Nunziato on gun laws; Sam...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 53:58
Obama's Presidency Now; Russia; Bradley Manning in the Brig
From: Spencer Downing
Series: BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS
Caption: Ian Masters
Jonathan Alter talks about Obama's presidency at year 3; Columbia University Professor Kimberly Marten on Chechnya and Russian bombings; Jane Hamsh...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
January 19, 2011 - Banks; Arab Democracy, Shock of Gray
From: Spencer Downing
Series: BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS
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Simon Johnson, author of 13 BANKERS, analyzes about banks in American economic life. John Feffer discusses "Arab Democracy Now!" Ted C. Fishman t...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2011
  • Length: 54:59
January 18, 2011 - NBC-Comcast; China-US relations; Haiti and Duvalier
From: Spencer Downing
Series: BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS
Caption: Ian Masters
Craig Aaron of Free Press discusses the NBC-Comcast deal; Gordon Chang analyzes US-China relations as Hu Jintao arrives in Washington; Amy Wilentz ...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2011
  • Length: 53:58