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We talk about folk horror, and how the genre uses rural places to illustrate modern tensions between science and the supernatural.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 37:01
We talk about the fear of isolation–both physical and emotional–and how it’s connected to portrayals of grief in rural horror movies.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 35:35
We talk about some iconic movies from the 1970s, and their infamous villains–the killer hillbilly and his degenerate rural family.
- Added: Dec 15, 2023
- Length: 37:16
Part 2 of music special producer Paul Ingles' thoughtful, heart-felt, year-end music mix program that allows us all to honor many of the music grea...
Bought by WORT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSJE, KFSK, KRVS and more
- Added: Dec 14, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 29
Student activists in York, Pennsylvania organized a silent protest when hundreds of books were banned from their classrooms, paving the way for las...
- Added: Dec 13, 2023
- Length: 28:10
Library workers often risk their livelihoods when they speak out against censorship, spurring community members to pick up the fight for intellectu...
Bought by WORT
- Added: Dec 13, 2023
- Length: 25:35
- Purchases: 1
This week we continue delving into community-rooted disaster relief in California. From building mutual aid networks, to translating emergency mess...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Dec 12, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The writer John Nichols first achieved national fame at age 24 with 'The Sterile Cuckoo', but went on to a second act when he moved to Taos, New Me...
- Added: Dec 09, 2023
- Length: 27:14
In this episode we talk about Christmas horror movies, and how this gleefully perverse genre depicts the darker side of the holidays.
- Added: Dec 08, 2023
- Length: 37:12
Fentanyl-related deaths among teens more than tripled across the U.S. from 2019 to 2021. And the CDC reports that two thirds of teens who died had ...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Dec 01, 2023
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
After the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision in June 2022, Dr. Emily Silverman spoke with Dr. Alison Block – a family medicine physician, abor...
- Added: Nov 27, 2023
- Length: 48:10
We talk about the lasting legacy of rural horror, and what the tropes and shorthand used by horror filmmakers continue to reveal about the world ar...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 41:33
We dig into the folk horror and how it uses rural places to illustrate modern tensions between science and the supernatural.
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 37:01
Join us for a closer look at a set of iconic movies that made a horror trope out of an over-the-top stereotype, introducing us to an infamous class...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 37:16
We look at urban fears about the country, and rural fears about the city. Which is scarier, and should we take more issue with the tropes, or the i...
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 36:38
Banning of so-called “classics” grabs public attention, but books like To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984 don't need your defense. It's the more recent...
- Added: Nov 08, 2023
- Length: 19:25
As overdose fatalities reach two to three deaths a day in San Francisco, demands for supervised consumption sites are getting more urgent. But city...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Nov 02, 2023
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Mike Curato talks about his award-winning graphic novel Flamer, his writing practice, and how it feels to have his story vaulted into national head...
- Added: Nov 02, 2023
- Length: 16:39
Several youth describe their strategies and therapies for mental wellness. Powerful and helpful recovery stories for all ages.
Bought by WMUU-LP
- Added: Oct 30, 2023
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
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Series: A group of young people in Montana sued the state for not taking climate change seriously. What happened at the trial?
Series: A group of young people in Montana sued the state for not taking climate change seriously. What happened at the trial?
A group of young people in Montana sued the state for violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthy environment. They brought in all ...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and Raven Radio
- Added: Oct 27, 2023
- Length: 07:13
- Purchases: 2
(A compilation of Episodes 3 and 4 for stations desiring a 59 minute version.)
First half: Youth with disabilities had great challenges with onlin...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Oct 26, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
A compilation of Episodes 1 and 2 for stations desiring a 59 minute version.)
1) Youth experienced challenges on their mental health during the pa...
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Oct 26, 2023
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 1
Over the past few years, school board races have become more heated and more political — and books have become the center of that political storm. ...
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 26:32
The birth of obscenity laws in the 1870s provides a cautionary tale for the present moment, when far-right conservatives incorrectly label books “s...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 26:15
- Purchases: 1
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Series: A group of young people in Montana sued the state for not taking climate change seriously. What happened at the trial?
Series: A group of young people in Montana sued the state for not taking climate change seriously. What happened at the trial?
I’ve been hearing about this landmark climate case in Montana, where a group of young people sued the state, and won. How did they do it?
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WRFA-LP, and Raven Radio
- Added: Oct 23, 2023
- Length: 03:51
- Purchases: 3
