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"It's A Grand Night for Bailing!" In the Department of Poetic Justice (some Lyrics for the Great American Wrongbook) !

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: ..And somewhere a Bird Who Is Bound he'll be heard is giving his lawyer a call,,,,.., Credit: Susan Cook

In The Department of Poetic Justice (with lyrics for The Great American Wrongbook ) , remembering another moment of ex, um disclosure!

"A Sonnet for the Waterfall" Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: Ruth Bader Ginsburg March 15, 1933 - September 18, 2020, Credit: Susan Cook

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died at age 87. " When the spark had finally stopped, ending finally, the luscious waterfall, (the opulent deceit, the ple...

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Remembering September 11, 2001: "The Fall"

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: Breathing: American Sonnets, Credit: Poems by Susan Cook

On the anniversary of September 11, In Memoriam , "The Fall" (submitted 9/16/2013 in "Blue: American Sonnets" to the Beatrice Hawley (now Alice Ja...

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Journalist Suppression and Fear for Democracy- Sonnet for the Journalist Who Said 'Wink, Wink'

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook

Sonnet for Wink, Wink -Susan Cook- There are places here on earth where a wink at the wro...

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The Mass Shooting Sequence: In Memoriam

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

We know too much of the sequence of the aftermath of a Mass Shooting Sequence.

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What’s Wrong, America? A 2024 Election Special

From: Mateo Schimpf

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

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...

Shaming and Humiliating By Choice: Roe v. Wade and Denying Consequence

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: At the 1996 Dem National Convention, at the beginning of the Platform debate, women protested for the right to choose..., Credit: New York Times, August 28, 1996

As 6 Supreme Court Justices end Roe v. Wade, shaming and humiliating Pro-Choice advocates becomes the anti-choice strategy.

The Texas Abortion Ban, Vigilante Justice and Frankie Valli's Love for Human Connection

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: ...wide river as ever..., Credit: Susan Cook

The Supreme Court decision to ignore the inhumane aspects of the Texas Abortion law reminds us to look to the places where human connection is val...

Do Good For Evil, My Grandmother Used to Say

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: There's a quote from the Bible I've taken to lately..., Credit: Edgar Cook

There are many many examples of malice these days. And then there are the opportunities to do good.

Making Sense of a Growing Refugee Crisis

From: Mateo Schimpf

In this episode, journalist Hana Baba talks with former refugee Maryan Hassan and author Ty McCormick, whose new book "Beyond the Sand and Sea" tel...

Bought by Classic107.3, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge

When Your Country Doesn’t Trust You (AAPI Heritage Month Story)

From: Mateo Schimpf

In this episode, we hear from US Congressman Andy Kim about how the power competition between China and the US creates fear and anxiety on the home...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge

Facing Our Climate Future

From: Mateo Schimpf

This week, we talk about climate policy with former California Governor Jerry Brown, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and former Colombian president Juan...

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

Can We Vaccinate 7.9 Billion People?

From: Mateo Schimpf

If you live in the United States, there’s a good chance you’ve already been vaccinated, or at least have an appointment booked, but people who live...

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Exporting America's Gun Problem

From: Mateo Schimpf

In this episode, journalists J Brian Charles and Ioan Grillo join us to talk about how complicated gun violence is, and how tighter gun laws could ...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP

Doing Good for Evil: An American Sonnet

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: ...your business in life, to do good and to do good for evil..., Credit: Susan Cook

My father often said his mother always told him, "Do good for evil." It's drawn from the Bible "This is your calling, your business in life- to do...

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Syrians Reflect on Ten Years of War

From: Mateo Schimpf

The Syrian people are caught in the crossfire and have essentially lost their country. A decade of war has killed an estimated 600,000 people and d...

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Israel Heads to the Polls Again, But What About the Palestinians?

From: Mateo Schimpf

In this week’s episode, we get two perspectives on the Middle East's political transitions, one Israeli and one Palestinian.

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Why They’re Protesting in Burma

From: Mateo Schimpf

Burma was supposed to be a transitioning democracy, and the power-sharing agreement between its military and civilian leadership was regarded as on...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP

Why the Solarwinds Cyberattack Was Inevitable

From: Mateo Schimpf

This week on WorldAffairs, New York Times reporters David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth join us to talk about the threat of cyberwarfare, how the Unit...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP

America's Sonnet

From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide

Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets" by Susan Cook, Credit: Shermans.com, GulfofMaineBooks@gmail.com

From America's Sonnet, "This sonnet's yours America, but you will not take all my loves, turn my Black, brown, blue."

Democracy in Peril + A Resurgent Russia

From: Mateo Schimpf

In this episode, we’re partnering with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University to talk about the state of dem...

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Yemen's Hunger Ward

From: Mateo Schimpf

After more than five years of civil war, Yemenis are bracing for what could be the worst famine the world has seen in decades. Hunger Ward, a new d...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP

Security in an Uncertain World: How Intelligence Fights Far-Right Extremism

From: Mateo Schimpf

In this episode, Ray Suarez talks with two intelligence agents, one in Germany and the other in the United States. What have they learned in their ...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP

Unraveling the Brexit Divide

From: Mateo Schimpf

As the UK’s new trade deal with the EU rattles the country’s economy, Teresa Cotsirilos talks with two political activists on opposite sides of the...

Bought by Classic107.3

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