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Civics 101: Is Santa A Criminal?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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In an uncharacteristic wash of holiday cheer, today we investigate how the actions of Santa could be interpreted in a court of law.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 23:35
  • Purchases: 1
Oslo
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Sometimes the only thing you need to solve an intractable interntional conflict is waffles.

Bought by KFCF FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 19
215: James Madison & the 4 Letters
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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It's 1789 and the beginning of bureaucracy in the United States. James Madison is writing letters to smooth the path of George Washington's disorga...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Voice of Reason for Independent Minds: Talking Media & Polarization with CNN's Michael Smerconish
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Voice of Reason for Independent Minds: Talking Media & Polarization with CNN's Michael Smerconish, Credit: Fluent Knowledge LLC
Join us today for this master class from Michael Smerconish on partisan politics in the media and partisan media in politics, the tightly-wound sym...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
Celebration & Polarization, Holiday Survival Kit (Part 1): Deflating Political Football
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Our featured guest, social psychologist Tania Israel, thinks not and should know. Dr. Israel has been holding workshops over the past two decades t...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:12
The Costly, Confusing Medicare Choices Facing 62 Million Americans
From: Tradeoffs
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It’s Medicare open enrollment — the one chance each year that all 62 million beneficiaries have to shop for better coverage. But choosing a new pla...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 22:50
139: Mummy Passport
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Ramesses II (Also known as Ramses or Rameses) became Pharaoh at the age of 14, had more children than any other Egyptian ruler, and reigned during ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
Will and Lawyers
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will's jokes extended outside of politics to discuss other topics, like lawyers

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
WRM10 - Will and Congress
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers loved to poke fun at Congress. Now he keep an eternal eye on them.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Labs in Translation
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Mistranslation? Awkward. Surprisingly, it was a classic mistranslation after the Franco-Prussion War that prompted the acceptance of biosafety. Now...

  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
WRM09 - Will Rogers and Elections
From: KRSC
Series: The Will Rogers Minute
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Will Rogers had a lot to say about elections

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 06, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
  • Purchases: 1
105: Prohibition Cow Shoes and Hollow Canes
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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From 1920 to 1933, the United States had a ban against the sale and import of alcohol. Almost immediately the whole nation began to find innovative...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
Panicked Purchases
From: Sandra Tsing Loh
Series: The Loh Down on Science: Special Pandemic Edition
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Why would a pandemic lead to toilet paper hoarding? Uncertain times result in irrational decisions when faced with the aisle of a grocery store. Th...

Bought by KSQM 91.5 FM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
93: Farting Herring
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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Welcome to our funniest episode yet. Scientists avert international tension between Sweden and Russia, learn something we didn't know about herring...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 04:37
89: Jiu Jitsu Suffragettes
From: Trace Kerr
Series: Brain Junk
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That's right. Way back in the early 1900s, when women were protesting for the right to vote, there was a four-foot eleven-inch woman teaching the S...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 09:26
Starter Kit: How a Bill (Really) Becomes a Law
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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4% of bills become laws. 90% die in committee. Here's why.

Bought by WFHB, WNYO, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 24:42
  • Purchases: 3
Starter Kit: Judicial Branch
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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They used to meet in a basement.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 20:54
  • Purchases: 2
Founding Documents: Declaration of Independence
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The shortest document with the biggest possible job.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 26:36
  • Purchases: 3
No MSG please
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: MSG 2 Movie Poster
At first he was funny. A bearded man with flowing hair dressed in his garish best, his forearms curly with knots of hair. But Ram Rahim is no ordi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 2016 Presidential Election Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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After a year-and-a-half of heated primary battles, fierce debates and explosive rhetoric, the historic presidential election of 2016 is finally com...

Bought by KUOW, Spokane Public Radio, KSUT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Nov 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Skeptic Check: Science and the Election
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Science and the Election, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s a divisive election year, but there is public consensus that science and technology policy issues matter. So why aren’t the candidates discus...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Iran Belongs to Its Youth
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Veteran journalist Reese Erlich takes us to Iran, where young people, who make up over 40% of the country’s population, are looking toward the futu...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Can you Satirize Poor Customer Service from Big Cable Companies?
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
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Episode 130: Given all the horrible experiences people have had over the telephone with massive cable companies, it isn't clear that one can design...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 15:02
Jimmy Kelly, Founder of the Annual Western Worker Labor Heritage Festival
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Jimmy Kelly
Interview: Jimmy gives us real and fun insights about the festival’s history, which includes artists, activists, organizers, educators, hell raise...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2015
  • Length: 28:13
Political Junkie Minisode 5-6-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie got some bad news last week when two of his former aides were indicted on charges they deliberately blocked traf...

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


  • Added: May 07, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5