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Angela Davis: A Revolutionary Roadmap for Building a Better Future
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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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
Idaho’s United Vision Project: Confronting Extremism in America's Heartland
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As the 2024 presidential election campaign heats up, Idaho is not a place that Democratic campaign strategists will be thinking about, but writing ...

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


  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
2023-10-29 Referring to the World: Ken's Final Work
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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A special episode devoted to Ken Taylor's posthumous book.

Bought by KMXT, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Too Soon? The First Family 60 Years On
From: Mike Flanagan
Caption: The First Family, Credit: Courtesy Cadence Records
A 60th Anniversary review of the funniest album of the Kennedy era. The Grammy Award winning Album of the Year that was ultimately withdrawn from c...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 57:17
The Haunted Highway
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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There are no visitor facilities. Roads are mostly washed-out jeep tracks. There is no water. And there's no way out, unless you come back the way y...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
My Iron Lung
From: Radio Diaries
Caption: Martha Lillard in an iron lung in the 1950s., Credit: Courtesy of Martha Lillard
Martha Lillard is one of the last two people in the United States who depend on an iron lung to breathe.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 12:41
  • Purchases: 2
The Sierra Club’s Ben Jealous: Parables of Healing for the Environmental Movement
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Earth's temperature is rising and time is running out to change direction according to the IPCC. But veteran organizer/strategist Ben Jealous (...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Remembering Chuck Johnson - Dean of Montana Politics
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week we bring you an encore episode of our conversation with the Dean of Montana political journalism, Chuck Johnson. Johnson passed away unex...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 1
Warrior Women & Wounded Knee at 50: Madonna Thunder Hawk & Marcella (Women's History Month) Gilbert
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What role did Warrior Women play in the Wounded Knee Occupation, and the American Indian Movement (AIM)? This February 2023, as we mark the 50th an...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WJAB, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Beyond Evacuation with Najib Azad
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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KQAL's Jiovani Bermudez Meets with author Najib Azad who has lived in Afghanistan where he worked as a spokesperson for the former Afghan president...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 15:22
The Legendary Lynette Shaw, once our Nation's Greatest Bounty Hunter, Turned New York Detective, now Fights for Mental Health and First Responders
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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The Legendary Lynette Shaw, abducted at 7 years of age, became the Nation's youngest bounty hunter then, our Nation's Greatest Bounty Hunter, Turne...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2022
  • Length: 26:42
Bill McKibben & Akaya Windwood: Boomers, Big Banks & Solving the Climate Crisis (Release Date: 10/12/2022)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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(Release Date: 10/12/2022) Hey Boomers: When it comes to the climate crisis, are you the problem, the solution or both? In this episode Laura sits...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, WNYE and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
CASA
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Lucas County CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates – is a non-profit organization of volunteers who work for the juvenile court judges to advoca...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1
Finding Reliability
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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On October 3rd, 2010 Jeremy Bigelow was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. It's been a long road, but the road cont...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
GN_3.41_Take a Coat Leave a Coat
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A professional psychologist gone taco stand owner, has helped the people of Dallas stay warm by providing a "Take a Coat Leave a Coat" system.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_4.37_Cooperative Drugs
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Health care in America has always run at a high cost. In Utah, hospitals are taking action to make pharmaceuticals affordable for all.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Honor Hope and Healing - Healthcare Worker Music Special
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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Music selected by healthcare workers and front line responders in honor of their colleagues

  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:03:01
The Captain's Log Project Volume 13
From: KXCI
Series: The Captain's Log Project
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Inspired by Star Trek and Captain Kirk’s logs recording his life in space, your host Amy A. explores life in the Covid19 era by asking community me...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 25:01
The Captain's Log Project Volume 12
From: KXCI
Series: The Captain's Log Project
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Inspired by Star Trek and Captain Kirk’s logs recording his life in space, your host Amy A. explores life in the Covid19 era by asking community me...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 25:01
The Captain's Log Project Volume 11
From: KXCI
Series: The Captain's Log Project
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Inspired by Star Trek and Captain Kirk’s logs recording his life in space, your host Amy A. explores life in the Covid19 era by asking community me...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2020
  • Length: 25:01
The Captain's Log Project Volume 10
From: KXCI
Series: The Captain's Log Project
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Inspired by Star Trek and Captain Kirk’s logs recording his life in space, your host Amy A. explores life in the Covid19 era by asking community me...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 25:00
Ep. 26: What Are You Making?
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: MinneCulture Podcast
Caption: Twin Cities hip-hop artist Nur-D., Credit: Ryan Dawes
We’re still social distancing. But we’re still making stuff. Some artists have changed what they make. Others have changed how they make it. KFAI’s...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 26:36
The Captain's Log Project Volume 9
From: KXCI
Series: The Captain's Log Project
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Inspired by Star Trek and Captain Kirk’s logs recording his life in space, your host Amy A. explores life in the Covid19 era by asking community me...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 24:57
The Captain's Log Project Volume 8
From: KXCI
Series: The Captain's Log Project
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Inspired by Star Trek and Captain Kirk’s logs recording his life in space, your host Amy A. explores life in the Covid19 era by asking community me...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 25:01
The Captain's Log Project Volume 7
From: KXCI
Series: The Captain's Log Project
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Inspired by Star Trek and Captain Kirk’s logs recording his life in space, your host Amy A. explores life in the Covid-19 era by asking community m...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 25:01
  • Purchases: 1