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Our pilot episode focuses on the upcoming Presidential Primary Election in Ohio: In a political season rife with loud angry voices looking to shake...
- Added: Jun 24, 2016
- Length: 30:13
Wheeling and dealing like Donald Trump? MBAs, capitalism and society
- Added: Jun 20, 2016
- Length: 03:50
Cathy Cresser, local write-in candidate for Shasta County Supervisor District 3, Joins us in the studio to tell us more about herself and her camp...
- Added: Jun 05, 2016
- Length: 57:45
In the mid-90’s, Dr. Mark Rosenberg was leading gun violence research at the CDC. Republican Arkansas Congressman Jay Dickey, the NRA’s so-called '...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and XRAY.fm
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 37:50
- Purchases: 3
When should a judge step aside? As more and more money floods into judicial elections across the nation, states are grappling with this question. P...
- Added: May 19, 2016
- Length: 30:36
More than 30 foreign residents of Korea have been chosen to be part of Seoul's Foreign Residents Council. Korea FM spoke with a few of its English-...
- Added: May 19, 2016
- Length: 07:01
There are 28 judicial emergencies on federal courts throughout the country. A judicial emergency is when there's been a vacancy on the court for to...
- Added: May 03, 2016
- Length: 22:00
Domestic oil drilling offers private landowners the promise of riches in their own backyard. But what if you don’t want to live next door to an oil...
- Added: Apr 19, 2016
- Length: 22:39
As anti-Muslim rhetoric has increased, members of the Muslim Community of Western Suburbs in Canton, Michigan are becoming more politically involve...
Bought by XRAY.fm, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRIR
- Added: Apr 17, 2016
- Length: 09:37
- Purchases: 3
This edition of Making Contact is Part I of our special series examining how immigrants are responding and participating in elections and politics ...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Apr 16, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Beginning in 1907, states in the US began to forcibly sterilize over 60,000 Americans -- people considered by scientists to be “unfit” -- the menta...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Added: Mar 22, 2016
- Length: 22:29
- Purchases: 1
In Kansas, public schools are at the heart of a debate about how much money the state should budget for education -- a debate that comes down to a ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 32:54
All over the country, critics argue that ID laws discourage voter participation--particularly among poor and minority voters. This is particularly ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 24:44
In 2012 President Obama took matters into his own hands. His administration signed a memo addressing all branches of the Department of Homeland Sec...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 23:50
In the U.S., juries are often seen as democracy in action. Twelve men and women are asked to hear an entire case, and ultimately, decide another pe...
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 23:13
Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman talk distance, authenticity, and having a free hand.
- Added: Jan 11, 2016
- Length: 29:56
For Israelis, especially in recent years, Rabin can take on almost any shape or form. Shai Satran speaks to filmmakers, educators and politicians a...
- Added: Nov 11, 2015
- Length: 09:29
The law isn’t actually written in stone. It morphs and changes with the times. What happens when laws change all of a sudden and people find themse...
- Added: Jul 14, 2015
- Length: 19:32
Public infrastructure – parks, libraries, roads, and sidewalks – surrounds us. But have you ever wondered how any of it actually came into being? A...
- Added: Jul 13, 2015
- Length: 07:44
This American statesman's newest book is "The Negotiator." He knows a thing or two about heated negotiations from his role as Senate majority leade...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 09:58
- Purchases: 1
In the summer of 1970, when she was 21, Patrice Gaines spent several weeks in jail facing charges for possession of heroin. She was a drug abuser s...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 07, 2015
- Length: 11:48
- Purchases: 1
There’s an undeniable problem with our criminal justice system, but one organization offers some hope. To date, The Innocence Project has exonerate...
Bought by KENW, WTJU, KCMJ Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KPVL and more
- Added: Jul 02, 2015
- Length: 03:33
- Purchases: 7
Bounty hunters are kind of like human bloodhounds. They’re dogged. They won’t stop until they get who they’re looking for. Frank Abramovitz is a bo...
- Added: Jun 30, 2015
- Length: 20:22
"She called us on the phone and said, 'You will not be allowed to return to the Y.'"
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 08:32
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 08:48
- Purchases: 1
