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Is Free Speech Threatened on Campus?
From: Open to Debate
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Tensions have been ramping up at universities across the country as students continue to protest the war in Gaza. Reports of antisemitism, islamoph...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, WMUU-LP, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Golden, Kevin Z. — "Lawsuit to Ban Genetically Modified Alfalfa"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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This program was originally broadcast May 7, 2007. The consequences of growing genetically modified alfalfa were deteremined by the United States ...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman – "Brothels of Calcutta, India"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: March 15, 2007 Born Into Brothels “Born into Brothels” received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. A t...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 26:23
Denial of the Funk: The Impact of Racism on our Nation's Health
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Portrait of Dr. Cornel West, Credit: Gage Skidmore (from creative commons)
On today's show, we hear from noted author, scholar, and self-described intellectual freedom fighter, Dr. Cornel West. In his discussions, West use...

Bought by WUWM, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Civics 101: How Should We Teach Civics?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Civics and social studies education are getting a lot of attention these days. How do we teach about our democracy?

Bought by KSKA and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 2
David Brooks on the Art of Seeing and Hearing Others
From: Open to Debate
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With polarization rising within our society and two wars encouraging division, people are feeling more afraid to engage with people who have differ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 29, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Martha McCabe– "Culture and Racism"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: August 2, 2006 Praise At Midnight Life, culture and racism are the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, in conversatio...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Who are electors?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The 538 people who actually elect the president.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:23
What do politicians do after they leave office?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Three things you can do if you lose an election.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:19
How do elections rise to the Supreme Court?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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When do the robes get involved?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:34
Third Parties
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What do third parties do to American politics?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 25:04
What is "court packing"?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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How justices are added to the Supreme Court, via partisan or nonpartisan means.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:32
Civic Action: Protest
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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We explore the long scope of public dissent from the Boston Tea Party to the current #blacklivesmatter protests.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 25:14
  • Purchases: 1
What are democratic norms?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The unwritten rules that keep our government in line.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
Test Driving Ranked Choice Voting: These Not So United States (AK Part 2 & NV)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Part of our Season 3 series on state-level polarization and partisanship.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 26:09
08-16: Restorative Justice: From Harm to Healing, 8/31/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Fania Davis
Oakland, California, has had the reputation of being one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Then the Restorative Justice movement started...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
Great American Independents (Part One): Amy Chua on Political Tribalism
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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A refreshingly independent voice for this Independence Day episode: Amy Chua talks with host Robert Pease about our zero sum American orthodoxies, ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 1
Eve Ensler – "Meet the Author of the Vagina Monologues"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
The Power Worshippers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katherine Stewart
There is a powerful movement in America that is reshaping our political landscape. Anyone who does not agree with their agenda is disenfranchised. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2219: What Is Ideology?, 5/10/2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How is ideology different from dogma?

  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Nelson, Alondra— "Health Care & The Black Panthers"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: February 13, 2012 The exodus of approximately six million black people from the American South between 1915 and 1970 had a s...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Dismantlng Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Unprecedented concentrations of wealth. Fundamental changes in the economy. A weakened institutional government, making it more difficult to meet p...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Privatization of Everything
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Democracy is more efficient, and equally distributed when public goods are created. Things like free education, public health, open parks, clean wa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
2021-10-17 John Dewey and the Ideal of Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Dewey the quintessential American philosopher?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WLPR , Oregon Public Broadcasting, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Lerner, Gerda Ph.D. — "The Foremother of Women’s History"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received recog...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00