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Wet Hot American Summer
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess talks with UCLA climate scientist and Weather West blogger Dr. Daniel Swain about this summer of extremes.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Pandemic Lessons We Haven’t Learned (And Why It’s Not Too Late)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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It’s been three years since the lockdowns of COVID-19. How can we make up for lost time?

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


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The New Nuremberg? Cambodia’s Genocide Tribunal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Why did it take so long to prosecute war crimes in Cambodia?

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


  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
How Technology Fights – and Fuels – Misinformation
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode of On Shifting Ground, we look at the global relationship between misinformation, war, and peace.

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


  • Added: Nov 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Larry Brilliant on Stopping The Next Pandemic
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode of “On Shifting Ground,” epidemiologist Larry Brilliant joins Ray Suarez to break down what the global pandemic response com...

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ambassador Michael McFaul on Putin’s “Failed” War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray sits down with former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, to talk about the current state of affairs in Ukraine.

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


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
What is the Future of Abortion in the Americas?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez talks to three women north and south of the U.S. border to understand how overturning Roe v Wade would fit into the region's reproductiv...

Bought by WJCT, Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
White Supremacist Terrorism: From Christchurch to Buffalo
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez invites Daniel Byman, author of Spreading Hate: The Global Rise of White Supremacist Terrorism, to discuss the roots of the global white...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and WUGA (part of GPB)


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The End of Neutrality? Finland’s NATO Bid
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode of WorldAffairs, we tackle the question, how does a country–or an individual–survive the threat of Russian aggression?

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  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
War Crimes: From Belgrade to Kyiv
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode we tackle these questions with a war-crimes prosecutor, a former student organizer who played a critical role in the downfal...

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
21st Century Alliances
From: Mateo Schimpf
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California Congressman Ami Bera joined Ray Suarez to talk about countering aggression from Russia and China, why immigration is such an important p...

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


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Nothing About Ukraine Without Ukrainians
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We’re joined by Iryna Tsilyk, documentary filmmaker from Kyiv, and historians Katherine Younger and Emily Channell-Justice, to hear the story of mo...

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


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Where Will Afghanistan’s Refugees Go?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we hear from Nazanin Ash and Kelsey P. Norman about the evolving situation for Afghan refugees. Then, journalist Hana Baba ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
April 3, 2017
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Hosts Cornelius Wright and William Hosea speak with pharmacist John Homes. Aside from dispensing medications, a pharmacist helps patients understan...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2017
  • Length: 55:45
Claudia Rowe discusses "The Spider and the Fly"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Claudia’s writing has been published in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Women’s Day, the Huffington Post and The Stranger, among other magazines ...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 13:03
September 19, 2016
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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Clarence Boone and Leila Randle hear about the newly launched Progressive Thought Matters organization from leader Robin Winston. The organization...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 58:19
Unspun More Cynical Than Alex Scrivener of Global Justice Now
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Alex Scrivener
Unspun sits down with Alex Scrivener, Policy Officer at Global Justice Now in London. They recently released a report, Gated Development – is t...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 1
Sunsetting the Patriot Act with NSA Whistle-Blower, Kirk Wiebe
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Kirk Wiebe
Unspun talks over the illegal surveillance carried out by the National Security Agency with NSA retiree and whistle-blower, Kirk Wiebe. Next Monda...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2015
  • Length: 59:50
  • Purchases: 1
Dr Aviva Chomsky on her book They Take Our Jobs and 20 Other Myths about Immigration
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
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She speaks to us about her "Her latest book They Take Our Jobs and 20 Other Myths about Immigration, she dismantles common assumptions and beliefs ...

  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 27:30
Unspun Talks "Electile Dysfunction" with Brad Friedman of BradBlog
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Brad Friedman
Brad Friedman of Bradblog shares his knowledge of election fraud, voter suppression and outright rigged results in our elections.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:42
2014 Election Post-Mortem with JP Sottile, the NewsVandal
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: JP Sotille
JP Sottile, the NewsVandal, joins us for an Election Day Postmortem. JP brings his credentials to the discussion along with his wit. As the produ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
Interview No 2 with Alison Weir, Pres. of the Council for the National Interest, Author and Researcher
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
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Alison Weir, author of Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. was used to Create Israel , Executive Director of If America...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:55
Interview with Norm Stamper, Battle in Seattle Police Chief, On Ferguson, MO
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Norm Stamper, Credit: KPLU
Co-host, Pamela Spoto, and I speak with 34-year veteran Top Cop, Norm Stamper of Battle in Seattle fame. He is author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop'...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:26
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
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