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“OK Boomers” Get Back to Work
From: Mateo Schimpf
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While many Baby Boomers have already left the workforce behind, almost half are considering coming out of retirement in search of a new purpose in ...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), KICI Iowa City, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Sugar Unglued -- Groks Science Show 2023-10-18
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Richard Jacoby discussed his book, Un-Glued.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Untold Story of the Minnesota Humanities Center with Kevin Lindsey
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Kevin Lindsey from the Minnesota Humanities...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
Insurance in a New Climate Era
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We are aware of the key role played by insurance, more so as we face increasing events of extreme weather destruction. Government agencies are sign...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 05:16
Emergent Strategies for Abolition: Andrea J. Ritchie’s Toolkit for Activists
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The Laura Flanders Show
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In “Practicing New Worlds: Abolition and Emergent Strategies”, movement lawyer and organizer Andrea J. Ritchie has written a toolkit for organizers...

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


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
How can I get involved with Public Utilities Commissions?
From: Possibly
Series: What does a Public Utilities Commission have to do with climate change?
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In another episode, we talked about a state agency that can play a big role in helping us get more of our energy from renewable sources. Here in Rh...

Bought by Raven Radio and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 2
Shaun Radley on bike racing in Montana
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week's guest is Shaun Radley, purveyor of all things at MTCX and master of bike race organizing in western Montana. There is something special...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:22
After a series of suicides, the USS George Washington returns to sea with more mental healthcare
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: The USS George Washington is returning to sea after a six-year maintenance cycle when it remained in the shipyard in Norfolk, Va., Credit: Steve Walsh / American Homefront
The deaths among Washington crewmembers occurred during a six-year period when the carrier remained in the shipyard for maintenance.

Bought by KPBS, KMXT, WRFA-LP, KUT, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 6
2023-10-15 The Lives and Ideas of the Vienna Circle
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Wouldn’t it be great if our society were based on sound logical principles instead of outdated superstition?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
2342: The Lives and Ideas of the Vienna Circle, 10/17/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Wouldn’t it be great if our society were based on sound logical principles instead of outdated superstition?

  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Living Planet 10/13/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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They're beautiful. They're historic. But they're not really built for this new era of extremes. From Paris to Venice to Rotterdam, how European cit...

Bought by WXDU, Radio Kansas, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Mayhem in Palestine/Gaza. An Interview With Michael Lynk
From: David Kattenburg
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The GPM spoke with Michael Lynk about the unfolding situation in Gaza and Israel. Lynk is Associate Professor of law at Western University, in Lond...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 32:42
MN Reads: "Trauma Sponges" by Jeremy Norton
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Firefighter and author Jeremy Norton talks about his new book "Trauma Sponges"

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 11:55
World in Progress 12/10/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: On Saturday, in the early morning hours of October 7th, Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets into Israel and stormed ...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for October 11, 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: Hamas’ Brutal Attack on Israel Provokes New Cycle of Bloodshed and Vengean...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
“Powerlands”: Indigenous Youth Fight Big Oil & Gas Worldwide
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The Laura Flanders Show
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In the film "Powerlands", director Ivey-Camille Manybeads Tso meets Indigenous communities across three continents to explore the global resistanc...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Molly Kruckenberg of the Montana Historical Society
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week's guest is Molly Kruckenberg, director of the Montana Historical Society, an organization charged with protecting and sharing Montana's p...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Medical Art -- Groks Science Show 2023-10-11
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Allen Sussman discussed his book, Saving the Art of Medicine,

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Alternatives to War
From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials
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With renewed violent clashes in the Middle East, we visit the remarkable Seeds of Peace summer camp near Portland, Maine, where Israeli and Arab te...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM, Spokane Public Radio, WRKF, RadioStPete Florida, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 11
Where do we go from here?
From: Aspen Public Radio
Series: Aspen Psychedelic Symposium 2023
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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
2023-10-08 Can Architecture Be Political?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How can a building express a political viewpoint?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Before 2011, the military forced out thousands of LGBTQ+ troops. Now, some are suing.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Jules Sohn (left), who now is the LGBTQ+ Liaison for the Los Angeles Police Department, is among the plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to upgrade the discharges of thousands for LGBTQ+ former service members., Credit: Courtesy Jules Sohn
The federal lawsuit seeks upgraded discharges for more than 30,000 former service members.

Bought by North Country Public Radio, KMXT, Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRFA-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 8
Canada Equivocates - Old Nazis & International Law
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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A small Canadian lake records humanity’s impact on Planet Earth. On the floor of Canada’s House of Commons, an old Nazi veteran gets a standing ova...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:14
National Writers Series: Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Five
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Benjamin Busch talks with journalists Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson about their book "American Gun."

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Ed Yong
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Five
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Interlochen Public Radio's Ed Ronco talks with science journalist Ed Yong.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1

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