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2021-07-18 Foreign Aid—or Injury?
From: Philosophy Talk
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What's the right way for developed nations to fight global poverty?

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Public Health Under Attack
From: Celine Gounder
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During the pandemic public health workers have been threatened, and in some cases, been the targets of violence. This misdirection of anger has led...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 03:21
Women’s Health: Fertile Ground for COVID Myths
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Some of the most persistent myths about coronavirus and the vaccines developed to fight it have to do with women’s health. In this segment, we’ll h...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 1
210611: Colorado River Reckoning: Drought, Climate and Equal Access, 6/11/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The Colorado River supplies water to more than 40 million people across seven states. Current projections indicate that this summer, Lake Mead will...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
A Utopian Solution
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode, part thirty-nine of the multi-part BLUEprint series, we follow up on last weeks' examination of China's response to the climate cr...

  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 05:38
Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Three years after Hurricane Maria hit, Puerto Ricans are still reeling from its effects and aftereffects. We bring you a Haymarket Books talk by Ma...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
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?

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  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Power of Language & The Desire to Control It, with Dr. Laura Specker Sullivan
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: headshot: Laura Specker Sullivan
In this episode, we explore the role and power of language - words and phrases - in how we discuss the issues that affect us and that drive our new...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
What’s Behind Those Red and Blue Maps? The Social Geography of U.S. Polarization
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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In this episode of The Purple Principle, we wonder, what’s behind those red and blue maps of American political and social geography and our deepen...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2021
  • Length: 32:20
Self Evident: Hate Goes Viral
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sojung Yi, Charlie Wang and Melissa Borja, Credit: Self Evident
Two incidents of anti-Asian hate — the beating of an elderly grandfather in a San Francisco park and the harassment of a mourning son in a New York...

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  • Added: Apr 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Invisible Women
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Domestic workers have been especially hard hit by the pandemic but have been consistently excluded from bills meant to help frontline workers. In t...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 04:10
Learning from Nebraska: Ross Benes
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
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In his recent book, Rural Rebellion, author and journalist Ross Benes takes a multi-decade look at how Nebraska went from being a progressive state...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Free Reality Winner: Billie Jean Winner Davis and Wendy Collins
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
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Former NSA analyst Reality Leigh Winner was convicted in 2018 of leaking information about Russian hacking into the 2016 American elections. She re...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
American Awakening
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Joshua Mitchell
As we examine the last four years of America’s political scene, there is a striking shift. To say that changes have occurred is an understatement. ...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2021-02-21 John Rawls
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The life and thought of political philosopher John Rawls, born February 21, 1921.

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  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Geraldine's Story: How Public Schools Are Failing Black Students with Dyslexia
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Geraldine Robinson, center, and one of her sons, right, wait for her to be honored for her advocacy by the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund in September 2019
Black students with dyslexia carry a heavy burden in public schools. This program centers around a grandmother who fought for years to get her gran...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
210205: This Moment in Climate with Michael Mann and Leah Stokes, 2/5/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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With a new pro-science, pro-climate action administration in the White House, there are more pathways — and far greater political will — than ever ...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
2021-02-05 This Moment in Climate with Michael Mann and Leah Stokes
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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With a new pro-science, pro-climate action administration in the White House, there are more pathways — and far greater political will — than ever ...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS and more


  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
Free Expression, Privacy, & Safety in Digital Spaces with Danny O'Brien with the Electronic Frontier Foundation
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Headshot: Danny O'Brien
In this episode, we explore issues of free expression, privacy, and the roles of corporate and government entities in moderating social media conte...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
President Biden and America's Expectation
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Today, a divided nation experiences one of the most tumultuous presidential transitions in US history. Leaders from marginalized communities across...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Washington Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler on Accountability Journalism
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Headshot: Glenn Kessler
In this episode, we talk with Glenn Kessler, editor… and chief writer of the Washington Post Fact Checker… and credited with doing the first offici...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
2020-12-11 Mary Nichols: A Climate Champion’s Legacy
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Throughout a 45-year career as an environmental regulator, Mary Nichols has been a powerful champion for climate action and cutting emissions. Havi...

Bought by KUOW, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
201211: Mary Nichols: A Climate Champion’s Legacy, 12/11/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Throughout a 45-year career as an environmental regulator, Mary Nichols has been a powerful champion for climate action and cutting emissions. Havi...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
Episode Six: When a horse goes 'home'
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Montana, two ranchers adopted ‘Delilah.’ They’re among the growing number of people actually getting paid to adopt wild horses and burros.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 15:40
Episode Five: The unsexy burro
From: Alan Wartes
Series: Wildish:Wild horses in a not-so-wild west
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In Arizona, two incarcerated men rehabilitate wild donkeys for adoption.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 18:19

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