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Down-Ballot Politics With Daniel Nichanian of Bolts

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

Election season is still a few months away, but the scent of it is already on the wind. There is a lot at stake in the presidential election, of co...

70 Million - Highway Robbery: How a Small Town Traffic Trap Became A Legal Black Hole

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Sandra Harris, photographed in her home. , Credit: Amarr Croskey

On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a small town in Alabama, where an eager new police chief, unsuspecting m...

Bought by WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN

Pandemic and Profit

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Alt text: Four homemade masks made from patterned cloth sitting on top of a fabric cutting mat, Credit: Mai-Linh Hong

To mark the three year anniversary of the official start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we'll be looking at two alternative supply chains for masks that...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer

Hundreds of units of housing for homeless people are move-in ready, but sitting empty

From: KSFP

Hundreds of units set aside for the homeless in San Francisco sit empty. An investigation by the San Francisco Public Press and ProPublica finds ou...

Performer’s conservatorship is over, but activists say she’s not the only one

From: KSFP

The end of Britney Spears' conservatorship raises questions about who gets "conserved" and why. "Civic" talks to mental health activists who are w...

Interview with The Honourable Maxime Bernier, 3-Time Cabinet Minister and Founder & Leader of The People's Party of Canada, by Dr. Sam Dubé

From: Ray Samuels

In this edition of The Toronto Business Journal, we sit down with one of the most prominent figures in the Canadian political landscape today - non...

Fighting for the Ballot: Race and Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Voter suppression and its target’s aren’t new phenomena. People of color and the poor have always been dissuaded from voting. We take a look at how...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida

Returning Civility to Political Discourse (29:00)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

National polling in recent years has consistently reported that 2/3rds of those polled feel that there’s a major problem with civility in our natio...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KWMR, and KUNM

Episode 92: A Seat at the Table

From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon

Residents are experts on their neighborhoods, but their voices often go unheard in local decision making. Professor Tia Gaynor discusses initiative...

Bought by KRZA

Facing the Danger of Facial Recognition

From: Megan Harris
Series: Criminal Injustice

Facial recognition technology is being used by police all over the U.S. using images of millions of innocent Americans. It’s a lot less accurate th...

Bloomington City Council Primary Candidates: District 4 Democrats

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Host Doug Storm welcomes the candidates vying for the Democratic party nomination to run for the District 4 Bloomington City Council seat: Dave Rol...

Cannabis Radio News #26

From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show

In this edition we study a year of legal marijuana in Colorado and more. We hear from Marco Vasquez, Chief of Police in Erie, Colorado and Marijua...

Bought by KVMR

Political Junkie 11-24-14

From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)

Politico's Lauren French discusses President Obama's immigration order, and how Republicans, in lieu of an immigration bill of their own, might thw...

Bought by KCCU Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUER, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WRKF and more

Hacking Democracy

From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon

Is American democracy broken — are we being well-represented, or not? If not, why not? And what’s to do about it?

Bought by WUFT, WMMT, and KZYX

Global Ethics Corner: Was the Boston Lockdown Justified?

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

As authorities searched for one of the Boston Marathon bombers, the city of Boston and its suburbs were put on lockdown. Was this action justified?...

Global Ethics Corner: Which Separatist Movements Will Succeed?

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

From Spain to Scotland to even the United States, separatist movements are making headlines. Do any of these have a chance to succeed? Or all they ...

Global Ethics Corner: Should U.S. Elections be Reformed?

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

Is it time to reform the U.S. electoral structure? Should more views be represented? Do narrow interests have too much power?

Global Ethics Corner: Anti-Gay Legislation: What Can Be Done?

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

Anti-gay legislation is garnering support in Ukraine and many other countries are backtracking on equal rights for homosexuals. Is there anything i...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Beyond the Spin: Week 1

From: WEAA
Series: Beyond the Spin

The premier of Beyond the Spin, a new weekly program focusing on issues relating to the 2012 elections with community radio hosts and reporters fro...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WVAS, KVNF, KVMR, and RadioFreePalmer

Global Ethics Corner: Do Stricter Gun Controls Reduce Gun-Related Violence?

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

The gun control debate in the United States has been revived in the wake of the Aurora massacre. With thousands of firearm-related homicides each y...

Medical Marijuana - New Jersey moves bill, New Mexico's active program

From: Chris Goldstein

Caption: NJ Assembly Medical Marijuana hearing 6-4-09

Actuality Audio from the NJ Assembly health committee hearing on medical marijuana 6-4-09 and interview with New Mexico Drug Policy Alliance on the...

Bought by KSFR

Student Calls for Peace After Shooting + MSNBC Marijuana Inc with Al Roker

From: Chris Goldstein
Series: Active Voice Radio

Commentary on the police shooting of 20 year old college student Derek Copp in Michigan last week plus a segment on my brief appearance in MSNBC's ...