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Caption: Dr. Stacey Patton
We speak with author Dr. Stacey Patton about her book, Spare the Kids: Why Whupping Won't Save Black America. The book examines the unique cultural...

Bought by WVAS and WFHB


  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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America’s unwillingness to assess the ugly truth about systemic inequality has created a perpetual sinkhole of denial. A reality that existed long ...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Dec 07, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In the aftermath of Northern California’s Tubbs Fire in 2017, undocumented families found support outside of traditional disaster service agencies ...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Nov 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Burbank (EOI)
Interview by Lori Province: John talks about the mission of the Economic Opportunity Institute, its successes, and future plans.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2018
  • Length: 28:01
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HOUR ONE: "Building A Better Ballot Box" - Compulsory voting? Pay citizens? Let children vote? This hour, we'll find a better way to do elections. ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: LELO
“Learn Yourself” with Conor Casey, Labor Archivist for the Labor Archives of Washington Interview by Mike Dumovich: Nemesio, Cindy, Garry, and Cono...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:06
Caption: Paul Hope
Interview by Ken Winkes: Paul explains the Washington State teachers’ current salary negotiations.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Mike Elliott
Interview by Ken Winkes: Mike describes his concern for train safety, which eventually puts his own career on the line.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:04
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Afrofuturism is a growing genre-movement that spans literature, art, music, and film. It provides radical alternatives to dominant Western narrativ...

Bought by WMMT, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KQED, KVNF, WRIR and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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For decades, controversy has brewed in DC over whether the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should be opened to oil and gas exploration. This week, ...

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 19:59
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Carbon pricing has emerged as a market based policy solution to climate change. The general idea is that by making it more costly to pollute, we wo...

  • Added: May 04, 2018
  • Length: 33:20
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Interview by Ken Winkes: Margaret, Pedro, and Guillermo explain the Working Families Party.

  • Added: Mar 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:02
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HOUR ONE: "Facing Hate" - Is fascism back? Neo-fascist groups are winning hearts and votes in Europe and beyond. This hour, why we should be worrie...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:56
Caption: Karen and Larry
Interview by Mike Dumovich: Larry and Karen, who protect the legal rights of protestors, reveal what is happening to protesters.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Feb 16, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michele Stelovich
Interview by Lori Province: Michele describes right to right, which is not about work but instead about taking freedoms away from workers.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "The Magnicent Five": (from left) Henryk Wujec, Lech Dymarski, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Jacek Kuro?, Jan Rulewski. , Credit: Photo by Jan Krzysztof Kelus.
Dance in Chains, traces the history of modern political imprisonment from its origins in the mid-nineteenth century and draws on examples from regi...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Length: 59:28
Caption: Jonathan Rosenblum
Interview by Ken Winkes: Jonathan describes the historic Fight for $15 minimum wage in Sea Tac, WA.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:19
  • Purchases: 1
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HOUR ONE: More and more power is getting consolidated in the hands of a few. If capitalism is broken, what's next? HOUR TWO: Why does an empire c...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Mark McDermott
Interview by Ken Winkes: Mark gives many examples of why the truth matters in our lives and tells us about his new workshop called Fighting for ou...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Petra, Cordelia, Faviola
* Interview by Ken Winkes: Petra, Cordelia, and Faviola talk about their successful bargaining agreement with Draper Valley.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
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HOUR ONE: "Clash Of Civilizations" - President Trump thinks Western Civilization is in trouble. But does the West need saving? HOUR TWO: "Artific...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Paul Hope, Educator
Paul Hope, President of the Washington Education Association Fourth Corner, Part 1. * Interview by Ken Winkes: Paul explains the Washington State’s...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 10, 2017
  • Length: 27:56
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Conor Casey
Conor Casey, Labor Archivist at the Labor Archives of Washington, Part 3. Interview by Mike Dumovich: Conor reports on the lifelong labor activist ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: WA Fair Trade Coalition
Gillian Locascio, Executive Director of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition & Alma Vargas, Fellowship from UCLA Labor Center, Part 2. Interview b...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:22
  • Purchases: 1