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Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?
From: Open to Debate
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Former criminal offenders in the United States face challenges reentering the job market after incarceration and so-called “Ban the Box” policies a...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Is the Republican Party’s Refusal to Raise Taxes Fiscally Irresponsible?
From: Open to Debate
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Whether to extend four trillion dollars in tax cuts or raise them next year is in question, with 34.1 trillion dollars in federal debt hanging in t...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?
From: Open to Debate
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While marijuana legalization is gaining more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating weed has long puzzled policy and lawmakers, with some star...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Is the Banking System Safer Than It Was in 2008?
From: Open to Debate
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Silicon Valley Bank. Signature Bank. Credit Suisse. The global banking system may be facing its most significant crisis since 2008. Some say erodin...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2021-05-02 Radical Markets: Solutions for a Gilded Age?
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is inequality an inevitable product of the free market?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WLPR , and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
190315: EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on Cars, Coal, and Climate, 3/15/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The U.S. Senate recently confirmed Andrew Wheeler as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Greg Dalton sits down for a rare in...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
2019-03-15 EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on Cars, Coal, and Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The U.S. Senate recently confirmed Andrew Wheeler as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Greg Dalton sits down for a rare in...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, Nevada Public Radio, NPR Now, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
Corporations and the Future of Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can money really be a form of speech?

Bought by KMUN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
A Flailing State: Daron Acemoglu and Matt Taibbi on Economic Inequality
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We’re somewhere between the legend and the facts of the U.S. economy. The legend, still in our heads, is it’s a rough-and-tumble democracy and a c...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:35
  • Purchases: 1
Blowing the Whistle
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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Has the perception of whistleblowers changed? With high-profile cases like Edward Snowden and increased protections for those who accuse their empl...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 21:21
Taxes are for Suckers
From: Making Contact
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Imagine paying almost nothing in taxes.. Sounds great doesn’t it? Some of America’s biggest companies are doing just that and making millions...or...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
ECONOMIC INSANITY
From: Joseph Carraro
Series: THE AVERAGE JOE
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Senator Joe Carraro discusses how the economy is being driven to ruin by people who keep screwing up and getting ahead.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:21
Alice Korngold on "Connecting Executives and Non-Profits"
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Julia Kennedy interviews Alice Korngold on her work connecting corporate executives with non-profit boards.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Christine Bader on "Business and Human Rights"
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Julia Kennedy interviews Christine Bader on the intersection of human rights and business.

Bought by KVSC and CKMO


  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 2
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
Active Voice Radio Essay: The American Marijuana Market
From: Chris Goldstein
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22-60 Million pounds of marijuana grown domestically in 2007, worth from $50-$230 Billion, serving 25-80 million consumers. This massive market rem...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 1