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Is Free Speech Threatened on Campus?
From: Open to Debate
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Tensions have been ramping up at universities across the country as students continue to protest the war in Gaza. Reports of antisemitism, islamoph...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Has Citizens United Undermined Democracy?
From: Open to Debate
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The landmark Citizens United Supreme Court case is in the news again in this high-stakes election year. Those who agree with the decision say it up...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KICI Iowa City, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
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
Civics 101: How Should We Teach Civics?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Civics and social studies education are getting a lot of attention these days. How do we teach about our democracy?

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:30
David Brooks on the Art of Seeing and Hearing Others
From: Open to Debate
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With polarization rising within our society and two wars encouraging division, people are feeling more afraid to engage with people who have differ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 29, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Are DEI Mandates for University Faculties a Bad Idea?
From: Open to Debate
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More American colleges are adopting DEI as a core value, affecting professors' tenure, hiring, and promotion. Has what was intended as solidarity t...

Bought by KUNM, WMUU-LP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
05-18: Social Medicine: Restoring Public Health by Changing Society, 9/13/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Rupa Marya, Credit: Nikki Ritcher
We are told that our personal health is our individual responsibility based on our own choices. Yet, the biological truth is that human health is d...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 9, 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: US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion Indi...

Bought by WFHB, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., and WETS


  • Added: Aug 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - Where’s the Middle Ground on Affirmative Action?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The US Supreme Court is again considering whether universities can make an applicant’s race part of the decision to admit or reject.

Bought by KMXT, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Braver Angels Challenging Polarization: An Approach with Promise
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
Polarization is an ongoing problem that has been linked to violence in our streets, angry outbursts in our homes, and civil unrest. Numerous groups...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 44:12
What Happens When the People Decide?
From: Jenna Spinelle
Series: When the People Decide
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Learn about the basics of the ballot initiative, the history of how it caught on in the United States, and the pros and cons that she will explore ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 32:45
Great American Independents (Part One): Amy Chua on Political Tribalism
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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A refreshingly independent voice for this Independence Day episode: Amy Chua talks with host Robert Pease about our zero sum American orthodoxies, ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 1
2219: What Is Ideology?, 5/10/2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How is ideology different from dogma?

  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
New York's Hunter College is falling apart
From: Julian Abraham
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Students at CUNY's Hunter College in New York City are complaining about mice running the halls, broken windows, and leaky ceillings. But, the scho...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
2021-10-17 John Dewey and the Ideal of Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Dewey the quintessential American philosopher?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WLPR , Oregon Public Broadcasting, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
A Civic Way to Reverse Polarization? New Vitality in Education & Legislation
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Episode 14: A Civic Way to Reverse Polarization? New Vitality in Education & Legislation
In “A Civic Way to Reverse Polarization,” The Purple Principle takes on these questions with four special guests well versed in civics, kicking off...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 39:53
Embrace Complexity To Overcome Polarization? Discussing a Way Out with Dr. Peter Coleman of The Difficult Conversations Lab
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Embrace Complexity To Overcome Polarization? Discussing a Way Out with Dr. Peter Coleman of The Difficult Conversations Lab
Police reform, gun violence, global warming... When did you last have a civil, informative, productive conversation with someone of differing opini...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:10
2021-02-21 John Rawls
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The life and thought of political philosopher John Rawls, born February 21, 1921.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNYO and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Data Boom! Rana Foroohar on Surveillance Capitalism
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rana Foroohar
The biggest tech companies generate enormous wealth and power by harvesting information about people. It’s called surveillance capitalism. This epi...

  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Witch Hunts and Enclosures: Bodies, Land and Women
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Silvia Federici
Today, witch hunts are still happening, in places like East Timor, India and Cambodia. Federici, who never really left the subject of witch hunts, ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Students on the Move: Keeping uprooted kids in school
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
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Moving a lot is hard on school kids. And millions of children in the United States have unstable housing. A growing body of research finds that re...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Oct 01, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 1
Why Cities Lose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jonathan A. Rodden
The path to political victory should be simple: accrue more points that your opponent, and you will win. Not so fast. U.S. elections aren’t nearly ...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Is Philanthropy Bad for Democracy?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What’s the difference between charitable giving from ordinary people and philanthropic giving from the very wealthy?

Bought by KMUN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WDSE, KMSU, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 9
Money, Machines, and More
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Educator Rachel and engineer Pius introduce Season 4 and brainstorm about what interests us in K-12 engineering education today. We talk about scho...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2019
  • Length: 31:25
Dr. Anthony Zaragoza — Neo-liberalism in your neighborhood
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople host Alan Wartes talks with professor of Political Economy, Anthony Zaragoza.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Dec 06, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1