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Graeme MacQueen, 9:11: The Pentagon's B Movie
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Dr. Graeme MacQueen
Graeme MacQueen shows how the 9/11 attacks were a psychological manipulation on Americans to get U.S. citizens to accept loss of civil rights and s...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 16, 2017
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Science Behind the Collapse of the Three World Trade Center Towers on 9/11
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Dr. Niels Harrit at microscope
Dr. Niels Harrit, retired professor of chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, discusses the collapse of three skyscrapers on September 11th, 2001.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Stand Your Ground: America's Love Affair With Lethal Self-Defense
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Caroline Light
Harvard Professor, Caroline Light, explores the racist "Stand Your Ground" history.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Green vs. Gray: How Can Trees Clean up the Great Lakes?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Combined sewers at Heider Creek in Avon Lake, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
Scientists believe greening projects and vegetation can filter water before it gets into the lake, but it may not be the solution for every city.

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WRVO Public Media, and WCMU Michigan


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 4
Presidential Election Review with Brad Friedman of The Bradblog and The Bradcast
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Brad Friedman
Brad Friedman of The BradBlog and The Bradcast radio show joins us again to help make sense of these primary elections and electoral politics in th...

  • Added: May 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:45
Dissecting American Capitalism with Prof. Richard Wolff
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Richard Wolff
Unspun takes a look at the dirty underbelly and the not-too-bright future of American Capitalism with Prof. Richard Wolff. Prof. Wolff is currentl...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 57:35
We Talk the Thermodynamics of Civilization with Professor Tim Garrett
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Tim Garrett
Professor Tim Garrett of the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, joins us to discuss the thermodynamic implications of our ene...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:12
  • Purchases: 1
The Economics of Climate Change V. The Cost of Business-As-Usual with Dr. Mark Jacobson
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Mark Jacobson
Dr. Mark Jacobson, distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, is on-air with us to explain the economic...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:24
  • Purchases: 1
Where Have All the FEMA Trailers Gone?
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: FEMA trailer with bicycles. , Credit: Courtesy of Akasha Rabut
Ten years later and thousands of miles away, Hurricane Katrina lives on.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 27:58
Death by Infection: Bacteria in a Post-Antibiotic World
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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The number of people dying from infections is likely to rise over in the coming years as more and more bacteria become drug-resistant. One of them,...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:44
Power Poses: Are They Ultimately Good or Bad?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Striking a power pose--standing like a superhero--may boost your confidence and get you short-term gains. But scientists don't yet know if, or when...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
New Orleans Calling: "After The Flood" - How Community Radio Station WWOZ Was Saved In 2005
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: WWOZ's abandoned studio in Armstrong Park, New Orleans
Ten years ago, there was a storm, and then there was a flood, and they changed New Orleans forever. Many stories from that time have been told, but...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Lesson in American History with Professor Harvey J. Kaye
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Harvey J. Kaye
Unspun talks with Prof. Harvey J. Kaye, Harvey J. Kaye is the Ben and Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
Water Pressure 3: Water Isn't Just Running Out In California
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
Caption: Swansea Water Manager Robert Marquis
Our biggest source of freshwater is running out -- everywhere.

Bought by WABE, WLPR , and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 3
Water Pressure 1: New England Stole California's Snow
From: Rupa Shenoy
Series: Water Pressure
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Our relationship with water is changing, and we can’t ignore that water’s moods are getting a lot more dramatic.

Bought by WLPR and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 2
Climate Change: Affecting The Seasons?
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer says scientists don't yet know if climate change is affecting the timing of the se...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:24
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Change: It's Not Just The Sun
From: Robert Frederick
Series: The Conjectural
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Climate scientist and MacArthur "Genius" award-winner Ben Santer on how scientists know that climate change is not just due to the Sun.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 04:02
Part Three: The Small But Mighty Rice Farm
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Chuck Earnest's rice fields near Steele, Mo., are a waterfowl sanctuary during the non-growing season., Credit: Kristofor Husted
For such a small region, this sprawling landscape of the Bootheel has some of the most productive farmland in the U.S. A solid water supply and nut...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:50
Part Two: Desperately Seeking Doctors
From: KBIA
Series: Shortage in Rich Land
Caption: Judith Haggard is one of two nurse practitioners at the Otto Bean Medical Center in Kennett, Mo. The clinic has no full-time doctor so Haggard works with a collaborating physician outside of the SEMO Health Network, which runs Otto Bean., Credit: Bram Sable-Smith
The Missouri Bootheel is a region emblematic of the social and medical problems facing rural Missouri, and really, all of rural America. Life expec...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2
Unspun Talks with Ernst Wolf, Journalist and Author of Pillaging the World: The History and Politics of the IMF.
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Ernst Wolf
Unspun talks with Ernst Wolf about the current economic and political crises in Europe and why it should matter to Americans. Ernst is a freelance...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 1
A Surprising Profession Where Diversity is Lagging Behind
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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They are supposed to mold and inspire minds, but that may some argue that will be difficult while 80% are white.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2015
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
Etsy Goes From DIY to IPO
From: Rendered
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Online crafty marketplace Etsy went public in April 2015. What does that mean for the makers who sell their goods on the site?

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
Houma Tribe Fights for their Existence 5 Years After BP
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Reporter Anna Simonton takes us down to Southern Louisiana, where the Houma people have been battling BP--and the entire oil industry--for decades,...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 11:49
  • Purchases: 1
TaskRabbit takes hold in Bay Area divided by income gap
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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The way we make a living is changing. For about a third of Americans, regular hours and benefits are giving way to a patchwork of contracting, temp...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 1
"The stuff dreams are made of" - the search for the Maltese Falcon
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - The Litography Project
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The mystery over what the falcon really is, whether it even existed, and why it has any value has remained so compelling, in fact, that over the ye...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1