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Bending In 2020

From: Ahri Golden
Series: Bending In 2020

BENDING IN 2020 started off as a gift for my courageous friend, Alaiya, whose husband died by suicide, before Covid. I was curious to know how she...

A Mother's Lens

From: Ahri Golden
Series: A Mother's Lens

A Mother's Lens is a "new genre" experimental podcast series converging original lyrics + radio to focus on the culture change of our times. The vi...

Techtonic Season 1 Episode 7: Meredith Broussard, Author of "More than a Glitch"

From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

The biases embedded in technology are more than mere glitches, argues Meredith Broussard in her new book, "More than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Ge...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM

Techtonic Season 1 Episode 5: Carissa Véliz, Author of "Privacy is Power" and Jon Fasman, Author of "We See It All"

From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

"Tech companies have abused their power and it is time to resist them." Oxford professor Carissa Véliz describes why privacy is so important, and h...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM

Techtonic Season 1 Episode 3: Kelly Weill, Author of "Off the Edge"

From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

The Flat Earth conspiracy got a huge boost from Facebook and YouTube, as Kelly Weill explains in her book "Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy ...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM

Techtonic Season 1 Episode 1: Carolyn Chen, Author of "Work Pray Code"

From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

Many tech employees in Silicon Valley are pressured into joining a new religion, worshiping work and taking spiritual direction from their companie...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM

Techtonic Season 1 Episode 6: Cory Doctorow, Author of "Chokepoint Capitalism"

From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

Amazon took over books, Spotify and Google took over music, and musicians and authors are struggling as a result. Cory Doctorow talks about what we...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM

Techtonic Season 1 Episode 4: Douglas Rushkoff, Author of "Survival of the Richest"

From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

A few years ago, Douglas Rushkoff was invited to speak to a group of billionaires. Rather than asking about current tech trends, the billionaires w...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM

Techtonic Season 1 Episode 2: Alec MacGillis, Author of "Fulfillment"

From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

Alec MacGillis discusses his book "Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America" – about how Amazon has had drastic effects on the economy,...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM

Techtonic Season 1 Episode 8: Nita Farahany, Author of "The Battle for Your Brain"

From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

The tech industry is launching new brain-surveillance devices intended to monitor your mental state and, yes, even read your thoughts. Nita Farahan...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM

Techtonic Season 1 Episode 9: Internet Addiction and the ITAA: Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous

From: WFMU
Series: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

Internet addiction is a growing problem, thanks to the intentional design of Silicon Valley platforms to "hook" users. The ITAA can help: Internet ...

Bought by WCUW 91.3 FM

Bonus: Christmas

From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Rural Horror Picture Show

We talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre represents the darker side of the holiday season.

Episode 5: Legacy

From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Rural Horror Picture Show

We zoom out to examine the real-world impact of rural horror movies. From economic boosts to persistently harmful stereotypes, these films have lef...

Episode 4: Supernatural

From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Rural Horror Picture Show

We talk about folk horror, and how the genre uses rural places to illustrate modern tensions between science and the supernatural.

Episode 3: Isolated

From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Rural Horror Picture Show

We talk about the fear of isolation–both physical and emotional–and how it’s connected to portrayals of grief in rural horror movies.

Episode 2: Killbillies

From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Rural Horror Picture Show

We talk about some iconic movies from the 1970s, and their infamous villains–the killer hillbilly and his degenerate rural family.

Bonus: Christmas

From: Center for Rural Strategies

In this episode we talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre depicts the darker side of the holidays.

Episode #31 A Billie Holiday Holiday

From: Rebecca Glotfelty
Series: The Red Jacket Jamboree, an old time radio variety show

Caption: Jennifer Barnett, Credit: Second Sandbar Productions

Join host Lena Dorey, the cast of The Red Jacket Jamboree and guests for a Christmas episode which pays tribute to jazz singer Billie Holiday. In ...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio, WNMU-FM, and Southern Branch Bluegrass

Going For Broke, Part One: Change Of Address

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)

In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke," all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WGBH Radio Boston, WKSU, WGUC/ WVXU, Iowa Public Radio and more

THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE - Optional Bonus Hour For The Fans

From: Paul Ingles

Previously un-aired bonus content from THE EMERGENCE OF JACKSON BROWNE series by producer Paul Ingles. They gathered so many comments and tributes...

Bought by KBBI Alaska

Politically Persuadable But Focused on Jobs? Hispanic American Swing Voters (Part 1 of 3)

From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast

The first of 3 episodes in a mini-series on Hispanic American Swing Voters. During National Hispanic Heritage Month, and in the lead-up to the 20...

Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 13

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour

Two conversations of sorts about Ghost Town(ing).

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)

Less Partisan Elections in Alaska 2022?: These Not So United States (AK Part One)

From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast

Talking Alaska's elections and polarizing politics, launching on the state's 2022 Primary Day and Special Election Day. Featuring Independent Alask...

Among friends

From: Maria-Cristina Marras
Series: Exploration on darkness

There is no generic description that captures the essence of darkness. And this is what makes darkness so compelling.

TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Mary Wharton on her Tom Petty Film

From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me

A 2021 documentary film about rocker Tom Petty's landmark WILDFLOWERS album is the focus of a conversation with the film's director Mary Wharton. A...

Bought by KSPB Pebble Beach, KGLT, KAZU Seaside, Calif., and KRCU Public Radio

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