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America's formidable guardian of the Constitution, Justice Antonin Scalia, is dead...
- Added: Feb 20, 2016
- Length: 02:22:45
We’ve all read about “the Boston Tea Party,” as well as the famous “shot heard ‘round the world”. These two important events occurred 28-months apa...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 10, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In this Innovate Media interview, sociologist, political writer, novelist and cultural commentator Todd Gitlin discusses how he came to understand ...
- Added: Jan 29, 2016
- Length: 43:59
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
Tent cities have popped up across the country, from New Jersey to Texas to New Mexico. Many are starting to build more permanent living structures....
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Jan 20, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
American is standing on the brink of an extraordinary revolution: an energy revolution.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 29, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
Well, you might believe some, of course. "Watergate" was a conspiracy, indeed.... Touching on a more recent national trauma, author Rob Brotherton ...
- Added: Dec 11, 2015
- Length: 01:40
Investigative journalist Lou Freshwater writes:
"In the middle of the United States there is a landfill contaminated by nuclear waste which was lef...
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 28:43
KGNU's Claudia Cragg speaks here with the delightful Philip Weinstein about his latest work Jonathan Franzen: The Comedy of Rage.
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 25:50
When you look up at the sky the last thing you probably think about is the law. But space is exactly where the next frontier of law is being played...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 24, 2015
- Length: 14:42
- Purchases: 3
Robust economic growth has become the Holy Grail of public policy and politics. But some economists and many scientists have come to believe growth...
Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Nov 17, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 4
I will not overlay my Facebook profile picture with the French tricolor.
- Added: Nov 16, 2015
- Length: 06:00
What we actually learn from school and why it might be at risk.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: 11:15
- Purchases: 1
Like the JFK assassination, everyone remembers what they were doing when they heard the news. For Aliza Goren, that isn’t so hard – she was one of ...
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 09:56
Political scientist Matt Gabel on how international courts work - and why countries should sometimes be allowed to bend the rules.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 11:24
An urban studies professor explores some of the problems shared by cities around the globe.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 10:00
Tune into our Innovate interview with Managing Editor Robert Rimm and Liz Maw, CEO of Net Impact. Liz discusses nonprofit strategy and the importan...
- Added: Oct 23, 2015
- Length: 34:18
The purposes and expansion of the educational system.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 19, 2015
- Length: 17:21
- Purchases: 2
Some of America’s most corrupt politicians can be found in the state of Maine. According to a Gallup Poll last year, citizens rate their legislator...
- Added: Aug 20, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 3
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine is baffling for most Americans. It’s understandable because it is so convoluted. How many of us h...
- Added: Aug 12, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
Colorado is one of many states that has tried to create a cash for recycling program, or bottle bill. However, opposition from some surprising sour...
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 06:31
A look at the ways, both health and unhealthy, that people integrate an upbringing in a fundamental religion into their adult life. Interviews with...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 06:40
- Purchases: 1
Anthropologist David Graeber, author of “Debt: The First 5,000 Years,” traces the history of debt to see what we can learn. His 2011 talk was recor...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Jul 09, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
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
According to author and attorney David Niose, American politics and public policy have been sliding in the direction of unreason. But, he says, a n...
- Added: Jun 11, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
