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Top of Mind - Ending Toxic Polarization in American Politics
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Division is nothing new in America, but this political divide feels different. Why are we so angry? How can we end this toxic polarization?

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Crime & Migration: An Abolitionist Plan for Immigration Justice
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When it comes to crime and migration, all sorts of politicians have justified mass detention and incarceration in the name of confronting a dangero...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, WNYE, and KWMR


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pandemic and Profit (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Caption: Homemade masks made by the Auntie Sewing Squad Alt-text: Four homemade masks made from patterned cloth sitting on top of a fabric cutting mat , Credit: Credit: Mai-Linh Hong
On today's show, we'll revisit the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic by looking at two alternative supply chains for masks during the fallout fro...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Elizabeth Hernandez and other tenants protest rent hike , Alliance for Californians for Community Empowerment Action
While wages have flatlined for most working class people, rents have reached new highs, leaving most people struggling. But it’s not just in the US...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Starting Over After Life in Prison
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Nearly half of people who leave prison will end up back behind bars. Why don't they stay out? And how would their lives be different if no criminal...

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
2022-10-14 Countdown to COP 27: Feeling the Heat
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For decades, scientists and activists have called for action to slow the pace of global warming. The political process has struggled and largely fa...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WAMU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
221014: Countdown to COP27: Feeling the Heat, 10/14/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For decades, scientists and activists have called for action to slow the pace of global warming. The political process has struggled and largely fa...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
Will Latinization Bring Moderation? Hispanic American Swing Voters (Part 2 of 3)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Part 2 of our series on understanding Hispanic voters

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:16
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 2
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - Harm Reduction-Saving Lives or Enabling Drug Use?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Do harm reduction methods prevent drug use long-term? Are they supposed to?

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Re:Work Soul Force, Part 1
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rev. James Lawson Jr., Credit: Reed Hutchinson
On Dec. 11, 2021, the UCLA Labor Center’s historic MacArthur Park building was officially named the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, in...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mariame Kaba: Rooting Out Our Culture of Harm
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this inspiring Juneteenth conversation, abolitionist Mariame Kaba joins Laura and the Reverend Dr. Jacqui Lewis, to discuss how each of us—paren...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Lessons From Defund the Police
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It's been a year since the call to "Defund the Police" rang out through the George Floyd Protests. The idea isn't new - redistributing police funds...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Star of David, Immigration
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Star of David; Topics 2 and 3 - Immigration

Bought by WMUU-LP, WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, and KOWS


  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 51:52
  • Purchases: 4
Inauguration 2021: Democracy Demands a Democratic Economy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A new administration takes office in the midst of an ongoing public health catastrophe and an economic crisis, on the heels of one of the most pola...

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
A Year Of Reckoning And Loss In The World Of Sports
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: TTBOOK Favorites of the Week for PRX Remix
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There's never been a year in sports quite like 2020. Sportswriter Kurt Streeter spoke to "To The Best Of Our Knowledge" executive producer Steve Pa...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Three years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. We bring you a Haymarket Books talk by Ma...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Dreamer
From: Israel Story
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David Ben Shabat hates being called a prophet. As he sees it, he’s just a guy who stumbled upon a deep truth and wants to share it with the people....

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:17
Voter Info & Making Your Voting Plan
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Karuna Koppula
Who is the Rising American Electorate? Generation Justice talks to The Voter Participation Center, based in Washington D.C., to learn more about ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 17:49
Police Psychological Screening with Dr. Richard Zonderman- Miami Dade College School of Justice Police Academy, Formerly CIA Washington D.C.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Police Psychological Screening with Dr. Richard Zonderman- Miami Dade College School of Justice Police Academy, Formerly CIA(Central Intelligence A...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Jun 05, 2020
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 1
Who is Protecting Essential Workers?
From: Suzanne LaGrande
Series: We Are All In This Together
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Suzanne LaGrande interviews Nicole, a grocery worker with 20 years experience about what it's like to be an essential worker during the Covid-19 Pa...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 10:05
The Edge of Democracy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In her new film, The Edge of Democracy, director Petra Costa tells the story of how Brazil went from a rising star among free nations to a democrac...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Postcard Activism in Texas - Lisa in Austin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Lisa from Austin describes postcard activism projects in Texas and around the country. She explains how postcards can help get out the vote and in...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 05:33
On the Detention Centers at the Border - Vanessa in Austin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Vanessa from Austin, Texas, talks about why she wants the detention centers at the border to be closed. She describes what she saw in the children'...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 04:10
Will Falk — Fighting for Ecosystem "Entities"
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes spoke with environmental activist Will Falk.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1