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Top of Mind - Benefits of Social Relationships: Mending Fractures and Widening Our Circles
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We often hear about the mental and physical health benefits of social relations. But can relationships also be a way to heal our societal divisions?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
China’s Dream of Global Dominance
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The aftermath of the Chinese surveillance balloon saga revealed a growing diplomatic divide between the US and China. Where does this mistrust come...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Do Traffic Stops Contribute to Public Safety
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Police officers spend a lot of time on routine traffic stops because they make us all safer, right? We're assessing our assumptions about public sa...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 8
Do Unions Work for the Economy
From: Open to Debate
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Unions may be on the verge of a resurgence. After decades of declines, workers are organizing across household-name companies, like Starbucks, Amaz...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, KUOW, WGBH Radio Boston, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - Adoption from the Adoptee Perspective
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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A lot of us think about adoption as a happy ending for a child and a new family. But many adoptees have a different take. We're assessing our assum...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - When Living Longer Conflicts With Dying Well
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What does it mean to die well? Too often people want easy ways out. Either do everything no questions asked, grin and bear it, or give me a suicide...

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 4
Ctrl+Alt+Trauma: How To Protect Human Rights And Minds Online
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Where's the undo command...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Learning from the Stories of Refugees in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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With thousands of people fleeing their countries and seeking asylum around the world, what can we learn from stories of refugees in America?

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Whistle Stops: The 1948 Presidential Campaigns
From: Lester Graham
Caption: President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the inaccurate headline: Dewey Defeats Truman., Credit: public domain
2024 is an interesting election year, but still not as raucous as 1948.. All the columnists and commentators who were polled agreed Thomas Dewey w...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2023
  • Length: 55:31
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Why Do Family History
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What do you do when you discover the branch of your family tree that you've always been proud of includes a dark family secret? Is it always better...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
From Detroit to the World: How Global Economies are Building Back Better
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Buy local, trade...global?

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Mutinies, Memes and Mind Games
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What do Tetris and Twitter have in common?

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ethnocide -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Barrett Holmes Pitner discussed ethnocide.

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Global Players Behind Poverty and Peace
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Can a single gathering of world leaders really pull billions of people out of poverty?

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
What the SVB Failure Teaches us About Investment Banking (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: SVB sign in front of Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California., Credit: Minh Nguyen, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
We talk to John Nichols and Jeet Heer from The Nation about the decisions that led up to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and why it wasn't just an...

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin on Meaningful Reform of Our Criminal Justice System
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In Part Two of my conversation with Chesa Boudin, we explore how his experiences as a child have informed his approach to criminal justice, and his...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Top of Mind - Stick With It Stories: Episodes That Challenged Us
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We are wrapping up Season 3 with a look at episodes that challenged us. We're finding new empathy and clarity, on Top of Mind.

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 8
Turkey and Kosovo: NATO’s Achilles Heel
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The alliance may have been strengthened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but it's not an entirely rosy picture.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Why Black San Franciscans Are Fighting for Reparations
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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San Francisco is considering reparations for Black San Franciscans. To understand why advocates are pushing for reparations in the city, we dive de...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KALW


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Should SCOTUS Focus on the Original Meaning of the Constitution?
From: Open to Debate
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Originalism is a way of interpreting the Constitution that could help it be understood through either framer’s intent or what the public would’ve i...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Pete Buttigieg on Repowering America
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From EV's to conspiracy theories

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Weighing the Pros and Cons of Free Expression
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We cherish the right to free speech in America. But words can also cause real harm. Where is the balance between free expression and protecting the...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXDU, KTNA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 10
Should Congress Abolish the Debt Ceiling?
From: Open to Debate
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The US has more than $31 trillion in national debt. If it is breached, the government may go into default, leading to national and global consequen...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
This Asian American Life
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How are Asian-Americans fighting back against accusations of divided loyalties and the sense of “perpetual foreignness”?

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Should Being a Bystander Be a Crime
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Why do some people help when others stand by? Every heroic act starts with paying attention to what other people need. Resisting the urge to stand ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6

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