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Should the U.S. Ban TikTok?
From: Open to Debate
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The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its parent company, Bytedance, does not divest from it. Th...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
2021-12-26 The Examined Year: 2021
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KICI Iowa City, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSKQ


  • Added: Dec 07, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
The Post-Pandemic College Experience
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Coronavirus concerns forced many universities to close their campuses this fall. The mix of fewer students on campus, canceled athletics, and onlin...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2021
  • Length: 04:12
Techno-Racism & COVID at Home and Abroad
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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During the pandemic, disinformation campaigns have been targeting people of color with lies like African Americans can’t get COVID or denying the p...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:24
The Untold Story of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency's $100 Million COVID Housing Assistance Program with Commissioner Jennifer Ho
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Commission...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
A Blind Date with Dividends: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith on Polarizing Algorithms
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith
How do social media algorithms feed us news, entertainment, advertisements, even suggesting friends and lovers? By simplifying human nature, accord...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:02
Political Ads, Mosquitoes, AI and Religions
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Political ads and social media. Topic 2: Why do some people attract mosquitoes more than others? Topic 3: What is AI's role in religion?

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Mar 23, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
Alvaro Bedoya: Privacy and Civil Rights in the Age of Facebook, ICE, and the NSA
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Right: U.S. Sen. Dennis Chavez (NM); Right: Professor Alvaro Bedoya
What is the history of surveillance in the US? What are its implications for today's activists, immigrants, and people of color? Professor Alvaro B...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 57:53
Contradictions in U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the contradictions in U.S. nuclear weapons policy with author and professor Dr. Seyom Brown, who is currently an adjunct se...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Listening
From: Stanford Storytelling Project
Series: State of the Human
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Listening is way more than just paying attention, and this week's show explores how.

Bought by WMUU-LP, CHSR-FM 97.9, and WKCC


  • Added: Jun 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 3
Volunteers hack technology to improve Oakland city government
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Data visualization of Oakland’s budget (2012-13) created by Open Budget Oakland
It’s a Tuesday evening in Oakland’s City Hall. A group of people ranging in age from their 20s to 50s are sitting, many in front of their laptops. ...

  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:54
Activism in Memory of Aaron Swartz
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We’re trying also to locate Aaron Swartz as a landmark in the culture and the age.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:35
The Age of Radiance
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Craig Nelson
Bestselling author Craig Nelson provides an in depth examination of the history of the Atomic age from x-rays to the 2011 meltdown in Japan.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #25- Unsung Icons of Soviet Design (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Imagine you're a country with 17 timezones. Your citizens want cassette players, but your factories only make tanks. What do you do?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #22- Free Speech Monument (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The inscription on the granite reads, “This soil and the air space extending above it shall not be a part of any nation...”

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
Materialism, Youtube-d
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: Miran Rijavec, Flickr
An audio Collage about "Materialism" constructed of the first 200 responses when searching 'materialism' in youtube.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 08:09
Connecting a City through Greenways
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on Smart City, we'll learn how green space can connect a community, even in one of the most industrialized states in America. And we'll ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, WBEZ, and WFSU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
About the Video Game and its Relation to the Soul
From: Matthew Sahr
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Why do I play videogames?

  • Added: Nov 24, 2006
  • Length: 09:56
RN Documentary: The Self-Made Man
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Cyborg Steve Mann claims his computer enhanced body can help create a more democratic society.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2005
  • Length: 29:31