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Caption: 12 Moms Initiative member Jamie describes water and mold damage to her home at the Coppertree Village Apartments to members of the National Low Income Housing Coalition during a bus tour hosted by Houston's housing justice organizers., Credit: Leah Mahan
Today in Houston, Texas we meet a group of moms who stand up for local housing policies that keep families of color trapped in unsafe homes for yea...

Bought by KMUN and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Caption:  SVB sign in front of Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California., Credit: Minh Nguyen, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
We talk to John Nichols and Jeet Heer from The Nation about the decisions that led up to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and why it wasn't just an...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Originalism is a way of interpreting the Constitution that could help it be understood through either framer’s intent or what the public would’ve i...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The US has more than $31 trillion in national debt. If it is breached, the government may go into default, leading to national and global consequen...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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By several measures, men are in trouble. Women outnumber them in college enrollment. And even once there, men are not as likely to graduate. Men al...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Ray teases the tournament's most interesting storylines and untangle FIFA's complicated ledger to understand why the tournament is so expensive.

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


  • Added: Dec 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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For nearly six decades, the US government passed no comprehensive climate legislation. Now that’s changed. The Inflation Reduction Act contains app...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 12
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For nearly six decades, the US government passed no comprehensive climate legislation. Now that’s changed. The Inflation Reduction Act contains app...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
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Solar United Neighbors is building a movement by helping neighbors go solar.

Bought by KZYX, WFHB, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Logo: America Talks
It’s no secret that polarization is deepening divides across the US. Over the past few years, many people have started or joined what are called br...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore the sharp increase in fentanyl deaths across the country, including in San Francisco and the Bay Area, which had thus f...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Natalia Galvan speak with two women of color who are vying for local and national polit...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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We begin our episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances contributed by Perilous Chronicle. We close out the episode with a call from ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, we cover carceral non-profits in an interview with Drs. Zhandarka Kurti, a professor of criminology and Criminal Justice at Loyola Unive...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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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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
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In his recent book, Rural Rebellion, author and journalist Ross Benes takes a multi-decade look at how Nebraska went from being a progressive state...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
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Former NSA analyst Reality Leigh Winner was convicted in 2018 of leaking information about Russian hacking into the 2016 American elections. She re...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Headshot: Danny O'Brien
In this episode, we explore issues of free expression, privacy, and the roles of corporate and government entities in moderating social media conte...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Screenshot of Podcast Recording, Credit: Gina Baleria
In this episode, we explore the influence and impact of framing - in particular how mainstream news tends to frame national issues as gamified, two...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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Congress enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 which doubled the estate, gift, and generation skipping transfer tax exemption. Hear more about ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:34
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As Congress and the Trump Administration roll back environmental protections, some communities are especially harmed. But Professor David Konisky e...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 25:59
Caption: Justin Dillon
Social Entrepreneur, Justin Dillon discusses his book, "A Selfish Plan to End the World: Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: May 27, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Changing public opinion and high costs have death sentences in decline in America. Professor Frank Baumgartner explains that when they do happen, r...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:31