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2024-05-03 When California Dreams Hit Political Reality
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The Golden State has staked much of its reputation on its green credentials, with state leaders touting its role on the leading edge of global and...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KALW, KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
240503: When California’s Climate Dreams Hit Political Reality, 5/3/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The Golden State has staked much of its reputation on its green credentials, with state leaders touting its role on the leading edge of global and...

  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
War Of The Words
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Dr. Jo Lukito of the University of Texas, Austin has made using science to understand political language her life’s work. She joins Jess for the th...

  • Added: May 01, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Survival for All: Securing Vaccines for the Global South
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Healthcare worker provides COVID-19 vaccination, Credit: World Bank Photo Collection is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
The pandemic exposed stark inequalities around the world, especially in terms of vaccine access, leading to the deaths of untold thousands in the g...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: Apr 30, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
883: Let's Celebrate Crying / 884: The Resilient Brain, 3/23/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Let's Celebrate Crying" - When was the last time you cried in front of someone? It’s human to feel grief and pain, but most of us learne...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
The State of the Science
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Dr. Mindy Romero, founder of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the University of Southern California, talks with Jess about current election sc...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
823: Going For Broke: Change Of Address / 824: Up All Night, 8/26/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Change of Address" - In the first episode of a three-part series on the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Man...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
The New Dark Ages
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks with Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the influence of fossil fuel dark money in politics today.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Is the FDA Too Cautious?
From: Open to Debate
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While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to approve safe and effective drugs as quickly as possible to patients who need them, it must al...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ethnocide -- Groks Science Show 2023-07-12
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Barrett Holmes Pitner discussed ethnocide.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jul 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
2023-07-02 Democracy By Numbers
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is it mathematically (im)possible to create a true democracy?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2327: Democracy By Numbers, 7/4/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is it mathematically (im)possible to create a true democracy?

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
America's Drug Price Nightmare: Public Production Can Save Lives
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What progress is being made to tackle America’s killer drug price problem?

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
2023-01-01 The Examined Year: 2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!

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


  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Faith Rogow Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that media literacy is essential for a healthy democracy and planet? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hem...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Overdose Crisis in San Francisco: Part Two
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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In this episode, the second in a two-part series, we talk to experts about what measures have been taken to address this health crisis, how people ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for January 26, 2021
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: North Carolina Voters Challenge GOP Rep. Cawthorn’s Right to Run for Congr...

Bought by WETS and WKPW


  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Finding Reliability
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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On October 3rd, 2010 Jeremy Bigelow was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. It's been a long road, but the road cont...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Cunning Figure of the Virus
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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As the Delta variant reaches into more communities..."The fact that the Virus is a symptom of capitalism seems like a simple conclusion, but Povine...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Vaccination Verification: Ticket to Ride or Social Divide?
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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How do you let people who are fully vaccinated get back to normal life without creating super-spreader events for those who haven’t yet been vaccin...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 04:19
Vaccinating the World Part I: The Problem with Patents
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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President Joe Biden said the United States would be the world’s “arsenal of vaccines” but critics say current plans to donate 80 million doses arou...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 03:40
With Us, For Us
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Black healthcare workers are taking on the mission to inform and hopefully convince more people of color to get vaccinated. We’ll hear where this o...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:52
Invisible Women
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Domestic workers have been especially hard hit by the pandemic but have been consistently excluded from bills meant to help frontline workers. In t...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2021
  • Length: 04:10
In For The Long Haul
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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COVID “long-haulers” are people who have extended experiences with COVID symptoms that never let up, or keep recurring. The virus is so new that we...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:03
2016: Climate Ambition with Gina McCarthy, Annie Leonard, and Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, 10/16/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Environmental groups like NRDC, 350.org, and Greenpeace helped move climate onto the presidential agenda last year, pushing Joe Biden and other Dem...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 58:58