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Will Millennials Be Left Behind?
From: Open to Debate
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The oldest members of the Millennial generation are reaching their forties and feel they’ve been left behind emotionally and financially. Those who...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Is Florida Eating New York's Lunch?
From: Open to Debate
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Last year, more people traded the New York chill for the Florida sun than ever before. But is it a better bet? Those who argue “yes” say New York’s...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for January 18, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: GOP Extremists are Burning Down the House; Republican House Vote to Repeal...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Upstream: Worker Cooperatives
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Artwork by Phil Wrigglesworth
On today's show we learn about worker cooperatives: what are they and can they offer an alternative to the dominant capitalist mindset? Our partner...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUT


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 10, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Passage of H.R. 1, ‘For The People Act,’ Urgently Needed to Repair America...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Inauguration 2021: Democracy Demands a Democratic Economy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A new administration takes office in the midst of an ongoing public health catastrophe and an economic crisis, on the heels of one of the most pola...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Jan 21, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for December 30, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Inadequate COVID Relief Bill Pressure on Biden to Target Aid to Most Vul...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Self Care as Selfless Act: Mental Health at the Root of Activism
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Activists in the Latinx immigrant community of Los Angeles share what they do to take care of their mental health. Self-care becomes a “selfless ac...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Design for Justice: Disabled Hackers are Leading the Way
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can technology advance society if it doesn't include all of society? This week, we talk with three disability justice activists who have ideas abou...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KDNK


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Revolution at the Federal Reserve and Public Banking: Nomi Prins & Thomas Hanna
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As the World Economic Forum takes place in Davos, Switzerland, we talk about the way central banks steer world development and for whom. Former Gol...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jan 24, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mike Elliott, former Burlington Northern Train Engineer, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Mike Elliott
Interview by Ken Winkes: Mike describes his concern for train safety, which eventually puts his own career on the line.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:04
Healthcare Isn't Big Business Or Big Philanthropy! Ben Palmquist & Dr. Steffie Woolhandler
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Over 30million Americans are uninsured, and even more are sickened by the sky-high costs. While Congress seems sunk in a partisan fight over the Af...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Michele Stelovich, President of the NW WA Central Labor Council
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Michele Stelovich
Interview by Lori Province: Michele describes right to right, which is not about work but instead about taking freedoms away from workers.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Gillian Locascio, Executive Director of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition & Alma Vargas, Fellowship from UCLA Labor Center, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: WA Fair Trade Coalition
Gillian Locascio, Executive Director of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition & Alma Vargas, Fellowship from UCLA Labor Center, Part 2. Interview b...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:22
  • Purchases: 1
Dale Bright, President of the Martin L King County Labor Council and Political Director of the Laborers Union Local 242
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Dale Bright
Interview by Gary Kanter: Dale explains what is going on with the Martin L King County Labor Council and some of their new organizing methods.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 27:43
The Authoritarian Creep
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Charlie Chaplin in The Great Dictator
As a follow-up to last week’s program, “The Elected Coup,” tonight we confront The Authoritarian Creep.

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:15
  • Purchases: 1
Lynne Dodson, Secretary-Treasurer of the WSLC, Leonard Kelley, Secretary-Treasurer of the Snohomish County Labor Council & Mayor of Stanwood, and Mark Lowry, President of NWWCLC & ATU, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Leonard, Lynne, Mark
Interview by Gary Kanter: Lynne, Leonard, and Mark discuss what will happen to Unions under Trump and the GOP.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: 27:44
Phillip Lindquist, Gov Affairs Dir of the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, District 5
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Phillip Lindquist
Interview by Lori Province: Phillip describes wage thief and what you can do about it.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
April Sims, Washington State Labor Council Field Director
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: April Sims, WSLC
Interview by Lori Province: April talks about I-1433 (Raise Minimum Wage and Earn Sick Days) and Labor Neighbor.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 28:11
Jim Cullen, Editor of The Progressive Populist Newspaper, Part 2
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Jim Cullen, Progressive Populist
Interview by Ken Winkes: Jim brings us good information about what the government has done for the people.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 27:58
Jim Cullen, Editor of The Progressive Populist Newspaper, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Jim Cullen, Progressive Populist
Interview by Ken Winkes: Jim provides a survey of positive progressive progress. For more information, go to http://www.populist.com/.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 27:52
Life of the Law #83: Recuse Yourself
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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When should a judge step aside? As more and more money floods into judicial elections across the nation, states are grappling with this question. P...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:36
Gownsburg: The Messy Child Born of a Dysfunctional Couple
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Universities are paternalistic and infantilizing and municipalities enable them. This translates loosely into "If you're father says it's okay..." ...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2016
  • Length: 57:25
Tia Koonse, Legal and Policy Research Manager for UCLA Labor Center, Part 1
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Tia Koonse, UCLA Labor Center
Tia Koonse, Legal and Policy Research Manager for UCLA Labor Center Interview by Ken Winkes: Tia explains the reports on low-wages, the people who...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:06
Dean Shelton, 10th District Representative of the Washington State Council of Firefighters
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Dean Shelton, WSCFF
Dean Shelton, 10th District Representative of the Washington State Council of Firefighters Interviewed by Rich Austin: Dean explains what is going...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:30