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Anand Giridharadas: Are Elites Really Making the World a Better Place?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, compels us to take a deeper look at elite leaders, their i...

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  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
We Have the Power to Stop World Hunger
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week we’re looking at how to solve food insecurity around the world. We’ll hear from nonprofit leaders working on the frontlines and a doctor ...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Redefining Latino Identity
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Join co-host Ray Suarez and VICE's Paola Ramos for a conversation on how communities from New York to Texas and California are defining the controv...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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What Biden Can Do to Secure Our Climate Future
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we discuss climate policy with former California Governor Jerry Brown, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and former Colombian pres...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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The Lure of Authoritarianism + Biden’s Foreign Policy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this episode, we’re looking at the Biden Administration’s foreign policy challenges and how Trump compares to past authoritarian leaders.

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Is Trump Setting Too Many Fires for Biden to Put Out?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, career diplomat Nicholas Burns talks with Ray Suarez about the Trump Administration’s recent maneuvers abroad and how to rebuild U...

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
F-Word: The Media’s Quadrennial Eclipse
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"All this how’s-he-doing coverage is par for the course as we transition to the next administration, but someone’s missing from this picture of our...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
Does The Perfect Healthcare System Exist?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel joins co-host Ray Suarez to compare different healthcare systems around the world. Then, producer Teresa Cotsirilos ...

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Political Junkie Evergreen 10-09-20
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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Carol Anderson, a professor at Emory University, discusses her book, “One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy.” John...

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  • Length: 53:58
A Big Deal, Not a Peace Deal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This month, Israel signed deals with two Gulf States on the White House South Lawn. These are the first Arab-Israel agreements in 25 years, known a...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Universal Basic Income: Does it Work?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What if we could lower COVID-19 rates all over the world with one program? It’s not a medical innovation, but an economic one. If all the world’s c...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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From Oakland to Johannesburg: Can We Reform the Police?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The United States is three months into a mass movement against police violence. We are the midst of a national conversation about the relationship ...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Why We Still Need to Talk About White Supremacy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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It’s been three months since George Floyd was killed by a white police officer in Minnesota. The movement prompted an outpouring from lawmakers in ...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Coronavirus and Sub-Saharan Africa
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at Uganda and Rwanda, two countries who have fought pandemics before and were ready for this one. Both countries have lost...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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How Developing Nations Are Fighting COVID-19...And Winning
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Even with its close proximity to China, where the pandemic started, parts of Southeast Asia have managed to control the coronavirus far better than...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Russia, Afghanistan and America’s Longest War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we take a closer look at how the war in Afghanistan has served as a proxy conflict between the US and Russia and how it fits into ...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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F-Word: Paradigms Take Years to Shift
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"Defund Police. Invest in Black Lives. What just weeks ago was a slogan is fast becoming law." The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring timely ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2020
  • Length: 03:30
Thank you Bernie. Screw You, New York Times
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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The F-Word is features timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. The latest: "It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical ...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
News In Context: Contextualizing Information, w/John Zipperer
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Artwork by Joyce Cheng
Gina sits down with John Zipperer, Vice President of Editorial at The Commonwealth Club of California, to discuss the importance of contextualizing...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:28
Women Rising. Migrations: Standing in Solidarity With the Desperate
From: Making Contact
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Women Rising Radio chronicles the rise of three different movements to advocate for immigrant rights in the USA, and to support immigrants and refu...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Addressing Economic Class Conflict
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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While some organizations and individuals believe there is multidimensional inequality in the U.S., this PEACE TALKS RADIO program is only about eco...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
#882- AOC and Warren and stirring the brown stuff
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Hot piece on Sears, Eddie Lampert and workers severance. Hot piece. Preview first- true Money Matters stuff. Controversial for sure.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:21
Finding Moral Ground: The Limits of Logic and the Abstraction of Deitys in These Times
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...finding moral ground..., Credit: Susan J. Cook
Moral Development thinkers of the 1960's and 70's helped make sense of those polarized times. The "moral" twist of these times is often reduced to ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2019
  • Length: 07:35
#875- The worlds happiest country goes broke?
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Rated the happiest country on earth, this country just reached an economic impasse and the ruling government resigned. Preview first. Controversial...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:40
Dana Frank on the Long Honduran Night
From: Making Contact
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June 2019 marks ten years since then President of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was ousted in a military coup. In this program, Dr. Dana Frank, author ...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2019
  • Length: 29:59