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"What gives me hope is watching the sparkle in the eye of a child, a young mother, a middle-aged business person, or an elderly person when they im...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🌟📚 Dive into the Evolution of English with us! 📚🌟 🎙️ This week on The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview series. We're thrilled ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 31:17
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Homelessness in America is at a 17-year high. Ending it feels impossible. But some communities are making headway. How?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
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What population can the earth handle?

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Why don’t more Americans vote in primary elections? Are open, partisan or closed primaries better for voter engagement?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
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In this first episode of Laura Flanders & Friends (formerly The Laura Flanders Show), Laura is joined by Angela Davis, a leading voice in the movem...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
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HOUR ONE: "Let's Celebrate Crying" - When was the last time you cried in front of someone? It’s human to feel grief and pain, but most of us learne...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
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An interview with Stan Clawson of Art Access, a nonprofit that increases accessibility in the arts through opportunities for artists with disabilit...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 05:26
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Tipping culture is changing in America. What’s driving tipflation and tipcreep – and what’s expected of consumers?

Bought by RADIOLEX, KSTK, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: john a. powell
How do we change the story of corrosive racial inequity? First, we have to understand the stories we tell ourselves. In this program, racial justic...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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The US is seeing an unusual spike in union activity and public support for unions. What does this moment mean for the future of labor in America?

Bought by KMXT, KSTK, KOWS, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
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On this episode of Audacious, get to know a few secrets and stories - from the White House to Russia - from retired CIA Chief of Disguise, Jonna Me...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Caption: Indigenous college student, Alina Sierra, Credit: Bean Yazzie / Grist
Two-way interview with Tristan Ahtone, a member of the Kiowa Tribe and Grist editor-at-large investigates the Land Grant University system.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 05:57
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
It isnt money! LISTEN Classic Money Matters feel good piece LISTEN

  • Added: Mar 03, 2024
  • Length: 04:14
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In 1963, a 12-year-old Freeman Hrabowski III accepted Martin Luther King's challenge to march, and that week set the course of his life.

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
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How our cities are designed has a direct impact on our humanity towards one another.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 57:44
  • Purchases: 2
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Government transparency is a basic tenet of American democracy. But openness in government always has a cost. What’s the right balance?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Laura Flanders
In this special episode of the Bioneers, guest host Laura Flanders explores “Community Wealth Building,” a model that democratizes the economy, cre...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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We all know what Post Traumatic Stress is, yet today we focus on Post Traumatic Growth.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 57:43
  • Purchases: 2
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For more than a century, it was almost impossible to find out much about people buried on Hart Island. But in 2008, that all changed — thanks in la...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 17:56
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Back in 1995, LaMont Dottin was 21 years old and a freshman at Queens College when, one evening, he didn’t come home. His mother went to the local ...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 09:00
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The Belvedere Hotel is in the heart of New York City’s theater district. Many of its guests come to see the sights, take in a show. But there are a...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 07:55
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Angel Irizarry spent years working as a detective, and in 2021 he set out on a personal investigation to track down an uncle who’d been estranged f...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 12:15
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This week's episode is the January edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce War...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:06
  • Purchases: 1
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What we wear defines us in so many ways. But in recent decades we’ve moved away from long-lasting, quality pieces in favor of disposable fast fashi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10