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Borders: What are they good for?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: White text reading "Borders: What are they good for?" superimposed on top of a greyscale background showing the jagged border between two sides of a sand dune., Credit: Original photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash. Digitally altered by Lucy Kang.
What are borders, and why do we have them? And how is violent border enforcement at the US-Mexico border connected to Israel's brutal assault on Ga...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: May 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
World Ocean Radio: Looking East From West
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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After a recent visit to Japan, an island nation, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill ponders, what if, as in Japan, we applied values individually, ...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll take a look at transitional justice through Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. We’ve looked at the t...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Destroyer of Worlds
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Music Archive Showcase #155 - TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Author David Leaf on Brian Wilson + The Beach Boys - Part 2 of 2
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: "GOOD ONLY KNOWS: The Story of Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and the California Myth" book by David Leaf
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles continues his talk with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KAAD-LP, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 24, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Cultural Appropriation Consideration
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Claudia Fox Tree
On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we’ll explore the challenges surrounding conflicts around cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation invo...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP224 Eric Bibb
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Eric Bibb's musical career spans 50 years. His 2023 Album "Ridin' " is a collection of great words for our world today.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: May 23, 2023
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
Faith No More in the 1990s
From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about a new book in the "Decades" series that documents the band Faith No More and thei...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 27:59
How To Be A Better Ally For Peace and Justice
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Kevin Groen
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll be talking about what it means to be a ally to members of marginalized communities, and the necessary d...

Bought by KCNP and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
773: As Read By The Author / 774: Hope: Where Does It Come From?, 3/4/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
EP218 "From the Cradle" Eric Clapton
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A look back at Eric Clapton's 1994 album "From the Cradle"

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Dec 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Blue Dimensions K42: Connie Han Jazzifies The Myth Of The Goddess Inanna
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from pianist Connie Han, exploring the theme of the goddess Inanna of Sumerian mythology

Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), KKRN, Royalton Community Radio, KHNS and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Sovereignty and the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're offering two extremely important ocean examples where the opposition of sovereignty and commonality collide. T...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 05:21
Historic Political Transitions in Honduras, Colombia, and Haiti - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Jack Eidt discusses new government transitions in Honduras and Colombia. Professor Gerard Pigeon covers the history of Haiti, and why we have seen...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP202 Joe Louis Walker
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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A performing artist for over 6 decades, Joe Louis Walker is one who is due some recognition.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:26
  • Purchases: 1
Improving The Peace Prize
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The Nobel Peace Prize was established by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and philanthropist, in 1901. Committee members in Norway meet privately...

Bought by WKSU


  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Improving The Peace Prize
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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The Nobel Peace Prize was established by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and philanthropist, in 1901. Committee members in Norway meet privatel...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Billion Oyster Project
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean episodes that highlight optimism in ocean news, science and advocacy. In this episod...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #147a - A Lost Classic - Stephen Stills' MANASSAS (single hour version)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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On this edition of the Music Archive Showcase, we spotlight musician Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, Nash and (sometimes) Young. Each of those 4...

Bought by KGLT, KFSK, WRVO Public Media, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., North State Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
EP195 Mr. Jack "Somethin's Not Right"
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Host of "Cruisin' the Blues With Mr. Jack shares some of his own music from his 2022 Released album, "Somethin's Not Right"

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 56:50
  • Purchases: 1
EP192 Veterans of the Blues
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Crusin' The Blues with Mr. Jack
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Both of these veteran artists were born in 1939 and are still performing in 2022.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2022
  • Length: 01:00:02
Role of Anarcho-Pacifism in Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Perhaps, you’ve heard of “Pacifism” but have you heard of “Anarcho Pacifism.” What’s the difference between the two? On this edition of Peace Talk...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #145 - Mavis Staples' Soul: A Celebration (Hour 2 of 2)
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
Caption: Mavis Staples
Hour 2 of a music and talk celebration of the indomitable spirit and talent that Mavis Staples has shown over a career that tacks from the late 194...

Bought by KFSK, KNCT FM, Capital Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, KSJE and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Paul Ingles' MUSIC ARCHIVE SHOWCASE #141 - Mary Wharton on her Tom Petty film
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Paul Ingles' Music Archive Showcase
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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. ...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, KUHF, KSJE, and KUPR low power FM


  • Added: Jan 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Is the United Nations Still Relevant?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We look at the UN’s achievements, its shortcomings and what the future holds for international cooperation.

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


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5