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What’s Wrong, America? A 2024 Election Special
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Turns out Americans don't feel great about the direction of our country. But what exactly are they upset about, and are things as bad as they think?

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


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Cryptomania: How Cryptocurrency Can Save—or Destabilize—a Country
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we take a deep dive into the global world of cryptocurrency.

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


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Boris Out, Liz In: The Global Impact of the British Election
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we break down the global implications of new British leadership and then travel to Northern Ireland, where the fate of a B...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Tracing the Peace Line in Northern Ireland
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On the centenary of Northern Ireland’s birth, we look at the lines and borders that define it.

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
GN_4.40_Denver Day Works
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
The homeless epidemic affects millions of people in the US each year. In Denver, a program is giving the homeless jobs, resources, and getting them...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
IE: Inside Europe, 3/23/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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On today’s program: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson explains why London thinks Russia is responsible for the nerve agent attack on a forme...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
Not in Anyone’s Backyard, pushing back on landfill expansion
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The Penobscot Nation lives on the river that shares their name. Just upstream from their island reservation is Juniper Ridge, Maine’s largest landf...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 23, 2017
  • Length: 13:04
  • Purchases: 2
Longing for a Poem, Getting MPBN Numbers Instead
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
I hope you’re in the mood for some numbers. Or at least I hope you’re not in the mood for a poem. In Maine, the daily poem we all could feast on fo...

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 07:35
The true cost of fast fashion: a look inside Los Angeles sweatshops
From: Making Contact
Caption: Santee Alley , Credit: Ana Gremard / Used Under CC/ flickr
On this edition of Making Contact we’ll take you on a trip through LA’s garment district, notorious for sweatshop conditions, abuse, and the outrig...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Life of the Law Episode #62: No Lawyers Allowed
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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At disciplinary hearings in prison, inmates are not guaranteed the right to an attorney. In fact, they aren’t allowed to have one at all.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2015
  • Length: 21:22
Climate Change: It's Not Just The Sun
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer on how scientists know that climate change is not just due to the Sun.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 04:02
Life of the Law #52: Birth Rights
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Pregnant with options. There’s the stroller, the crib and the adorable baby clothes. And, for more than 50,000 women each year birthing plans also ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 17, 2015
  • Length: 14:17
  • Purchases: 1
SRP: Responses to Obama's Sudan Plan
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear Sudanese opinions on US President Barack Obama's new policy towards Sudan.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 06:36
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03