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‘That Rotten Spot’
From: Distillations
Series: Innate
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When the plague broke out in San Francisco in 1900, the public health department singled out Chinatown—as if Chinatown were the problem.

  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 51:34
2021 Producer’s Choice Awards – Part 1
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Producer's Award for 2021 Music Find- Art Bears!
Today we’ll hear four clips from four shows that weave together ideas of slavery, imperialism, and ideological and environmental pollution.

Bought by KNCT FM


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for September 9, 2020
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: Nurses Union Warns Public About Hazards of a Trump Rush to Distribute Vacc...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Sep 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 8, 2020
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: Netanyahu Rushes Plan to Illegally Annex Palestinian West Bank Land Before...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Jul 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Struggle To Test and Trace COVID-19
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we take a closer look at contact tracing in California and what it might look like in the future. We hear from San Francisc...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 1, 2020
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: Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, U.S. Economic Sanctions on Iran, Venezuela a ‘Crim...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Apr 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dispatch 320 - Bottle of Lies
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Bottle of Lies book cover
Katherine Eban's book "Bottle of Lies" exposes the criminal dealings of some of India pharma's drug producers

  • Added: Feb 03, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Vienna March for Science
From: Kristina Young
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In April 2017, scientists from around the world gathered together to say that research-based science is essential for our societies. These are the ...

  • Added: May 12, 2018
  • Length: 08:10
Ep.09: Detoxing Kids Toys, Parabens in the Bathroom
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Episodes
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Detoxing kids toys. Which toxin to watch out for in the bathroom. We celebrate "Talk Like William Shatner Day."

  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 12:46
COP-21 Accords and Near Term Human Extinction
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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195 nations and countless environmental activists were present at the 21st Conference of the Parties held in Paris, France. The Accords adopted at...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
Born to Run: Is Nearly Barefoot Best?
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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As runners gear up for race season, Christopher McDougall's book is timely. He spurred on the barefoot running revolution several years ago with hi...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and Radio Newark


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 2
Unspun Talks Ebola With Robert Walker, President of the Population Institute
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Robert Walker
Unspun takes a serious look at the Ebola Crisis facing the world and our part in the creation and possible solutions.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:38
Author Charles Mann and Life in the New World
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus,” science writer Mann describes what some of the North and South American nations looked ...

Bought by WTJU, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 3
Moyers & Company Show 245: The Path of Positive Resistance
From: Moyers & Company
Series: Moyers & Company
Caption: Bill Moyers, Credit: Dale Robbins
Activists resisting on the front lines. Next on Moyers & Company.

Bought by KVMR, KTRL, KGNU Community Radio, KBRP Community Radio, KPVL and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 31
Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
From: National Press Club
Series: The National Press Club Luncheon Series
Caption: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko speaks at a National Press Club luncheon, July 18th, 2011.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Dr. Steven Chu, US Secretary of Energy
From: National Press Club
Series: From the National Press Club
Caption: Dr. Steven Chu
Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, talks about accelerating innovation to help meet our energy and climate goals at a National Press Club luncheo...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1