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Turns out Americans don't feel great about the direction of our country. But what exactly are they upset about, and are things as bad as they think?

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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How are Asian-Americans fighting back against accusations of divided loyalties and the sense of “perpetual foreignness”?

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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A congressional ban on removing anyone from Medicaid will expire early next year. What will happen to people who lose their coverage, and how are s...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 18:50
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Students at CUNY's Hunter College in New York City are complaining about mice running the halls, broken windows, and leaky ceillings. But, the scho...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
Caption: Episode 14: A Civic Way to Reverse Polarization? New Vitality in Education & Legislation
In “A Civic Way to Reverse Polarization,” The Purple Principle takes on these questions with four special guests well versed in civics, kicking off...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 39:53
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The Supreme Court case that said racial segregation was constitutional, and the landmark decision that, decades later, overturned it.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WYAP, WCMU Michigan, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Vaccines Prevent Viruses; What Combats COVID Vax Skepticism? An Interview with Dr. Jeanine Guidry, Director of VCU’s Health & Media Lab
In this episode, the Purple Principle speaks with Dr. Jeanine Guidry, Director of the Media and Health Lab at Virginia Commonwealth University, on ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KSFR, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: May 18, 2021
  • Length: 31:52
  • Purchases: 3
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In this episode of The Purple Principle, we wonder, what’s behind those red and blue maps of American political and social geography and our deepen...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 32:20
Caption: Episode 1: Portrait of the Arsonist as a Young Congressman
Does history create vulnerabilities that any number of populist politicians could seize upon? Or do exceptional populists create those opportunitie...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 34:19
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The Year 2020 has not exactly been brimming with good news. Certainly in terms of public health and the economy, you could say it was the worst of ...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2020
  • Length: 28:06
Caption: Democracy & Elections Under Stress: A Discussion with Trevor Potter of the Campaign Legal Center
The 2020 election has revealed the partisan state of American politics and society like no other event in recent history. How did we get to this po...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 41:13
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Independent candidate David Krucoff is running for the non-voting D.C. Congress position without much hope of unseating incumbent Democrat Eleanor ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 18:02
Caption: Episode 7
Did you hear the one about bipartisanship? Two opposing congressmen walk into a town hall…and civil discussion breaks out.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 26:08
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On today’s program: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson explains why London thinks Russia is responsible for the nerve agent attack on a forme...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
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To make sense of this new era in low-income housing in San Francisco, we’re going to travel back in time and follow the story as it unfolds into th...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: If implemented, Laura’s Law would allow courts to compel those suffering from severe mental illness to outpatient treatment. , Credit: Flickr user andersdenkend
The shooting at Seattle Pacific University marks the latest gun-related tragedy in the U.S. It follows the attacks in Isla Vista at UC Santa Barbar...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 09:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Oakland Police Department, Credit: Credit under CC license from Flickr user vision63
In every police department, there’s a special division just for policing the cops. Its responsible for investigating all officer misconduct, includ...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:45
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David Cutler, Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government speaks about the economics of the Affordable Care Act, healt...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 24:57
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A county wants to spend $100 million on economic development and everybody wants a piece of the pie

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 28:31
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The national budget is one of the main topics during a political roundtable hosted by Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Chief Rick Dunham. Other ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Bruce A. Jacobs, Credit: www.aliasbruce.typepad.com
Today on a very special Culture Clique we cover a topic that some people approach timidly: Race Manners. We visit with Bruce A. Jacobs, author of R...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Gary Cloutier, small business owner, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
An unfortunate byproduct of the health insurance mandate in Massachusetts -- the marketing of health plans that don't add up.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2