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This special broadcast from Aspen Public Radio was recorded live at the 2023 Aspen Psychedelic Symposium earlier this year. “Where do we go from he...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Caption: Out in the Bay's federal courts analyst details how the US Supreme Court's anticipated decision in Mississippi abortion case jeopardizes LGBTQ rights., Credit: Courtesy ACLU/AP
How deeply are LGBTQ civil liberties threatened by abortion cases now before the conservative-led U.S. Supreme Court? Federal courts journalist Lis...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: May 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Republicans say they hate debt. So why did they push for a tax bill that would add almost two trillion dollars to the country’s tab? Only one Repub...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2020
  • Length: 42:50
Caption: OutCasting youth participant Alex and Juli Grey-Owens
OutCaster OutCaster Alex talks with the longtime transgender activist Juli Grey-Owens about GENDA, which was finally enacted in January after almos...

Bought by KZYX, Radio Catskill, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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After innocent civilians were murdered in Tiananmen square, Chinese revolutionaries learned that political activism couldn't be the only solution. ...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 14:51
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We're all familiar with the title, but what does a White House Chief of Staff actually do? What does the daily routine entail? And how much power d...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 13:01
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Episode 132: Ever since the last time Chris Mitchell spoke with Blair Levin on Episode 37, we have wanted to have him back for a friendly discussi...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2015
  • Length: 37:30
Caption: Jaun Williams and Mr. Flowe in the press pool, Credit: UC at Denver
After the 1st Presidential Debate, held in Denver during Barack Obama's bid for re-election Mr. Flowe caught up with surrogates for both the Obama ...

  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 02:50
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School Boards seem to have arisen alongside public schooling in general. In 1826 Massachusetts formally established the system of school committees...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 55:19
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Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin

  • Added: Nov 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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As a new federal report shows,unionized workers not only earn more than non-union workers, but also have much better benefits.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:19
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Congress is only adding to our economic problems by refusing extra aid to the unemployed and to states faced with having to lay off many vital publ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 04:10
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A commentary on labor leader Harry Bridges, one of the 20th century's greatest leaders of any kind, on the anniversary of his death.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2010
  • Length: 04:21
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President Obama's lengthy honeymoon with labor has finally ended.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:18
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MSD (musculoskeletal disorder) is the most common of the serious injuries suffered by U.S. workers, but corporate interests have blocked attempts t...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 04:17
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The number of unionized workers varies widely from state to state, but whatever the state, union members do much better than non-union workers.

  • Added: Feb 18, 2010
  • Length: 03:05
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Senate Democrats loss of their filibuster proof 60 vote majority with the election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown seems certain to doom at...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:55
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The AFL-CIO and a coalition of its allies have launched a major campaign aimed at creating many thousands of new jobs.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 03:27
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Organized labor is throwing its great political strength into the drive for a reformed health care system.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 02:59
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It's the 75th anniversary of "Bloody Thursday," the day in July of 1934 when open warfare between police and striking longshoremen raged on San Fra...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2009
  • Length: 04:45
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Jack Henning, a remarkable labor leader, led a lifelong crusade in behalf of working people.

  • Added: Jun 11, 2009
  • Length: 04:03
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African-American workers have been hit especially hard by the alarming growth of unemployment.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 17, 2009
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Congressman Ron Paul
Congressman Ron Paul is interviewed by Chris Goldstein for Active Voice Radio on 4-2-09 about medical marijuana, decriminalization and President Ob...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2009
  • Length: 12:36
Caption: Congressman Barney Frank
Congressman Barney Frank is interviewed on 4-2-09 about medical marijuana, decriminalization and President Obama's recent comments on legalization.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2009
  • Length: 10:14
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It's time for us to celebrate a national Cesar Chavez Day.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2009
  • Length: 04:17