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A Pennsylvania man saw the true power of Atomic Annie
From: WITF
Caption: Tom Lambert
70 years ago, Tom Lambert witnessed the only time a nuclear device was fired from a cannon

  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 13:07
Hypothesis Driven -- Groks Science Show 2023-09-27
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Alex Cowan discussed his book, Hypothesis Driven Development.

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


  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Before the Ground Runs Dry: BIPOC Media on the US Water Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The Laura Flanders Show
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In this episode of Meet the BIPOC Press, a monthly collaboration between The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, we take a closer look at the US wa...

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


  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
2340: Disinformation and the Future of Democracy, 10/3/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon devotees, 9/11 truthers — should people this deluded really be allowed to report the news or hold elected office?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
The Untold Story of Project Connect with Sheila Moriarty
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 SCSU Professor from the School of Social Wo...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:55
2023-09-24 What Is Masculinity?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Ideals of manhood differ across times and cultures—why think there’s any one thing it means to be a man?

Bought by KJZZ, WVTF, KTSW 89.9, KUOW, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 18
Planetary Boundaries Breached
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Six out of nine planetary systems key to the survival of the human species are under threat. Is Earth still a safe operating space for human beings...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:33
Inclusion on Purpose
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ruchika Tulshyan left and Ijeoma Oluo.
Thought leaders in our nationwide conversation about race and belonging, Ruchika Tulshyan and Ijeoma Oluo discuss Tulshyan’s book, Inclusion on Pur...

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The 12 Million People Lost in a Maze of Medicare and Medicaid
From: Tradeoffs
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Many of America’s poorest and sickest patients are stuck navigating two separate insurance programs — Medicare and Medicaid — to get the care they ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 24:12
  • Purchases: 1
Hispanic Heritage Month: the United Farm Workers & a Surprise!
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
It's Hispanic Heritage Month, so let's recognize their leaders, and raise a glass to the founder of the United Farm Workers. If you’re thinking Ces...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:01
2023-09-22 Naomi Klein and Carolyn Beeler: Covering Big Ideas and Personal Stories
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The climate crisis can be difficult to cover in a way that most people can relate to. The mechanism of harm goes from a person's gas car or stove t...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
World in Progress 21/09/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The troubling trend looming over Cairo's City of the Dead. Who gets to decide the best way to make space in a city? Officia...

Bought by WFHB, Troy Public Radio, and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Living Planet 09/22/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Reenvisioning the restroom (RERUN)

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


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Regulating Big Tech: Is TikTok Still on the Clock?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Time moves slowly... so slowly

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
In Good Faith - Grief
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith
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On this podcast, our guests discuss how to respond to grief, and how their faith helps them do so.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Stark on overlooked American history
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week's guest is Peter Stark, bestselling author of Astoria, Young Washington, and now the newly released Gallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and W...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:32
RESCUE, part 33: A Personal Call to Action
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we wrap up the 33-part RESCUE series with a a checklist of steps and questions for a practical, personal plan and st...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 05:19
Last Island -- Groks Science Show 2023-09-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Adam Goodheart discussed his book, The Last Island.

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


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Coping 101: At the Forefront of Suicide Prevention
From: C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
Series: Coping 101
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Seattle-area high school senior Luz sits down with Megan Reibel from Forefront Suicide Prevention to candidly destigmatize the conversation around ...

Bought by WHFR and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 47:23
  • Purchases: 2
Naomi Klein: Tackling the “Doppelganger”, Disinformation & Lies
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The Laura Flanders Show
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In her new book, "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World”, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein describes being confused with Naomi Wolf, a con...

Bought by KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KDNK, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
2339: What Is Masculinity?, 9/26/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Ideals of manhood differ across times and cultures—why think there’s any one thing it means to be a man?

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2338: Are We Living in a Simulation?, 9/19/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How would we even tell the real world from a simulated one?

  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-09-17 Are We Living in a Simulation?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How would we even tell the real world from a simulated one?

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


  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
The GOP, Gun Violence, and a Great Plan
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
If you're getting nervous these days about going to the grocery or taking your kid to the ballpark for fear of getting shot, rest easy. Republicans...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Girls Are in a Mental Health Crisis. What Can Schools Do?
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Shekinah Jackson and friends.
Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and La...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 20:47

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