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The Legacy of The War on Poverty
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion
Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler
In this episode, we’ll look at the legacies of the Great Society, the War on Poverty, and LBJ’s Presidency. And we’ll ask, what did the policies t...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 51:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Road to Realization for Medicare and Medicaid
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion
Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler
In this episode, we explore Medicare’s tenuous and little-known road to realization and the masterminds behind its conception.

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 50:52
  • Purchases: 1
The (Revolutionary) Economic Opportunity Act
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: American Compassion
Caption: American Compassion, Credit: Bonnie Siegler
In this episode, we will pull apart the fine details of the Economic Opportunity Act and hear some conversations that illustrate the tension and th...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 51:42
  • Purchases: 1
How would Project 2025 "target immigrants and anyone who looks like one"?
From: KALW
Series: What's in Project 2025?
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We continue our series on Project 2025 by digging into the far right's plan to deport millions of people.

Bought by KUNM, WLPR , KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WVTF, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 19, 2024
  • Length: 52:32
  • Purchases: 5
How will Project 2025 "restore a culture of life in America"?
From: KALW
Series: What's in Project 2025?
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We continue our Project 2025 series by focusing on the plan’s authoritarian promise #1: Restore the family as the centerpiece of American life and ...

Bought by WLPR , KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WVTF, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 19, 2024
  • Length: 53:03
  • Purchases: 4
Who are the conservative groups behind Project 2025?
From: KALW
Series: What's in Project 2025?
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We continue our series on Project 2025 by learning more about The Heritage Foundation and the more than 100 conservative groups that have thrown th...

Bought by WLPR , KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WVTF, Angelica Community Radio, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:46
  • Purchases: 5
How would Project 2025 change life in the US?
From: KALW
Series: What's in Project 2025?
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KALW begins a series about the "Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise," more commonly known as Project 2025. This Heritage Foundation-le...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2024
  • Length: 53:11
  • Purchases: 6
3 - The Last Line of Care
From: Tradeoffs
Series: The Fifth Branch
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Alternative response teams are being asked to tackle vexing problems: mental illness, homelessness, addiction. How much can they actually do? We ex...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 37:34
Is AI the Real Threat in November? A 2024 Election Special
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We look at whether AI could swing the vote and how Congress is getting its arms around the issue.

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


  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • 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
Where do we go from here?
From: Aspen Public Radio
Series: Aspen Psychedelic Symposium 2023
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This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “Where do we go from he...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Going For Broke, Part One: Change Of Address
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
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In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke," all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WGBH Radio Boston, WKSU, WGUC/ WVXU, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Politically Persuadable But Focused on Jobs? Hispanic American Swing Voters (Part 1 of 3)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Episode Artwork
The first of 3 episodes in a mini-series on Hispanic American Swing Voters. During National Hispanic Heritage Month, and in the lead-up to the 20...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 31:21
Less Partisan Elections in Alaska 2022?: These Not So United States (AK Part One)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Talking Alaska's elections and polarizing politics, launching on the state's 2022 Primary Day and Special Election Day. Featuring Independent Alask...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:14
2022 San Francisco Mime Troupe: Back to the Way Things Were -- Velina Brown Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Velina Brown talks popcorning ideas, saying no, and not wasting a good tragedy.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2022
  • Length: 14:28
Episode 5: Conclusion - What We’ve Learned
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Over the past few episodes, we introduced you to the idea of what Shifting the Narrative is and what it looks like in gun sense, the war on poverty...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 15:01
Episode 3: On Guns - Bridging the Divide on Stage
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Gun violence is an issue that divides many Americans. But a theater company in New York set out to build a bridge by helping people with firsthand ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 31:30
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
Part VII (Section 2): "Objective Observations"
From: Jed Alexander
Series: The Whistleblower Project
Caption: Dr. Fiona Hill, Credit: Provided by the Brookings Institution
The continuation of my interview with Dr. Fiona Hill. She starts discussing her dealings with former President Trump.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 08:04
Part VII (Section 1): "Objective Observations"
From: Jed Alexander
Series: The Whistleblower Project
Caption: Dr. Fiona Hill, Credit: Provided by the Brookings Institution
In 2019, Dr. Fiona Hill testified in the first impeachment trial of former President Trump. Dr. Hill recently served as Deputy Assistant to the pre...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 07:22
Episode Six: When a horse goes 'home'
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Montana, two ranchers adopted ‘Delilah.’ They’re among the growing number of people actually getting paid to adopt wild horses and burros.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 15:40
Episode Five: The unsexy burro
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Arizona, two incarcerated men rehabilitate wild donkeys for adoption.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 18:19
Mnuchin’s World
From: Center for Public Integrity
Series: The Heist
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Who is Steven Mnuchin? He somehow manages to fly under the radar, but as Treasury Secretary he has tremendous power. How did a man with no record o...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2020
  • Length: 35:39
Elena
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Immigrant Voices
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Elena from El Salvador was excited to come to the United States but found her predicament for her and her son difficult. Not knowing any English, s...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
Alejandro
From: Media Humboldt
Series: Immigrant Voices
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Meet Alejandro. He discusses why he came here, the difficulties of finding meaningful work, his involvement with his community and his love for his...

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1