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What is the Electoral Count Reform Act and How Will it Protect Presidential Elections at the Federal Level?
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
What is the Electoral Count Reform Act and How Will it Protect Presidential Elections at the Federal Level?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WUTC, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 11, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
An American Sonnet to a Fire Gone
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: The epilogue and Frost's "Reluctance" "Ah when to the heart of man/was it ever less than treason/to go with the drift of things...
Everything changes, if only we can see it.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 11, 2024
  • Length: 01:20
  • Purchases: 1
Hope Is Not the Thing With Feathers
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
This Democracy brings us optimism, change and always, hope.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 11, 2024
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 1
The State of Education 70 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
From: WABE
Series: Closer Look National Specials
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When the Supreme Court issued its landmark desegregation ruling in 1954, it was thought that it would improve America’s public education system. Wh...

Bought by WKSU, Oregon Public Broadcasting, WYSO, KFCF FM, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 18
The 50th Anniversary of Nixon's Resignation
From: Letters from an American
Series: Letters from an American
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Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American is a chronicle of today's political landscape. You can't get a grip on today's politics without a...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 09, 2024
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 1
Choose Carefully -- You Could Be Voting for the Next Two Prezes
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Most people think Vice Presidents don't matter -- just window dressing for low level events. But history shows they could become number one at any ...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
From Lab to Life: What AI Tells Us About ‘Long Covid’
From: After the Fact
Series: From Lab to Life
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In this episode of “From Lab to Life,” Keyla Sá, a researcher at Yale University School of Medicine, discusses her work tracking how long COVID dev...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2024
  • Length: 20:47
923: Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds / 924: Shock Value, 8/10/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds" - In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Mental health challenges can push p...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:00
Heather Cox Richardson on How the Republicans are Returning to Their Old Narratives
From: Letters from an American
Series: Letters from an American
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Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American is a chronicle of today's political landscape. You cant get a grip on today's politics without an...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 1
Science unscripted (DW) 08/06/2024
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week, hosts Gabe and Conor look deeply into each other's eyes as they discuss a study on eye contact - and also, why are boys better than girl...

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 08, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
How Do VP Candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. J.D. Vance Compare on Democracy Issues?
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
How Do VP Candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. J.D. Vance Compare on Democracy Issues?

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 07, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Affordable housing with Shelter WF
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Mallory Phillips and Nathan Dugan co-founded Shelter WF, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating housing options for low to middle-income ea...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 1
Oversubscribed -- Groks Science Show 2024-08-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Julio Vincent Gambuto discussed his book, Please Unsubscribe, Thanks.

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
(Release Date August 28, 2024) Ai Weiwei's 'ZODIAC': How Art Battles Censorship and Inspires Hope
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In “ZODIAC: A Graphic Memoir”, the renowned artist Ai Weiwei writes that artists should “ignite stories”, “fight for freedom” and “help us hope.” O...

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


  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
(Release Date August 21,2024) Angela Davis on War, Climate, and Building a Better World: Insights from Her Five-Decade Activism Journey
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...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
(Release Date: August 14, 2024) How Political Intimidation Endangers Marginalized Communities and Conservatives Alike
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Political violence is on the rise and has reached just about every corner of the country, whether it's confrontations on social media, at school bo...

Bought by KDNK, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, WNYE, and KWMR


  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Heather Cox Richardson on the Delusion of Trumps Power vs the Reality of Governing
From: Letters from an American
Series: Letters from an American
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Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American is a chronicle of today's political landscape. You cant get a grip on today's politics without an...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 14:59
  • Purchases: 1
3 - The Last Line of Care
From: Tradeoffs
Series: The Fifth Branch
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Alternative response teams are being asked to tackle vexing problems: mental illness, homelessness, addiction. How much can they actually do? We ex...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 37:34
2 - Keeping People Safe
From: Tradeoffs
Series: The Fifth Branch
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How do you keep crisis responders and the people they’re helping safe? We look at HEART’s impact on the safety of Durham residents in crisis, the ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 36:46
1 - Convincing the Cops
From: Tradeoffs
Series: The Fifth Branch
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How do you convince police officers that it makes sense to send unarmed mental health workers to some 911 calls? (Part 1 of a 3-part series.)

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 33:59
Arizona: Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Cooperating in Fake Elector Investigation; Fearing Violence, Schools Opt Out as Polling Places
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Arizona: Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Cooperating in Fake Elector Investigation; Fearing Violence, Schools Opt Out as Polling Places

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
240807: East Orosi's Long Struggle for Water Part 2: The Role of Community Utility Districts, 8/7/2024
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact (Automated Delivery)
Caption: A person holding a “Justicia para East Orosi” sign., Credit: Sandra Tsang
This week we head back to East Orosi, California, and we take a deep dive into the organizations that run basic services in unincorporated areas al...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
East Orosi's Long Struggle for Water Part 2: The Role of Community Utility Districts
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A person holding a “Justicia para East Orosi” sign., Credit: Sandra Tsang
This week we head back to East Orosi, California, and we take a deep dive into the organizations that run basic services in unincorporated areas al...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WXDU, WETS, and KGLP


  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
2024 By Degrees Climate Summit: How Local Communities are Planning for the Future
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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New Hampshire Public Radio, in collaboration with New Hampshire PBS presents the 2024 by degrees climate summit. Over the last few years, devastati...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:00
2024 By Degrees Climate Summit: Rising Tide of Solutions-Based Journalism
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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New Hampshire Public Radio, in collaboration with New Hampshire PBS presents the 2024 by degrees climate summit. Over the last few years, devastati...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:00

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