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An American conversation with global attitude — on the arts, humanities, and global affairs — with your host, Christopher Lydon.

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For shorter stand-alone radio stories and podcasts: check out our series "Open Source Shorts."

Full-length conversations are also available via podcast or at radioopensource.org

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Series

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In Search of Monsters: The Rise and Fall of American Empire 
22 Pieces

Inspired by John Quincy Adams’s admonition that America “goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy,” this limited-series collaboration with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft explores America’s role in the world across history in order to see a better way forward.

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Open Source Shorts and Podcasts 
30 Pieces

Everything but the broadcast hours.

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Open Source with Christopher Lydon 
457 Pieces

An American conversation with global attitude - on the arts, humanities, and global affairs, hosted by Christopher Lydon.

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Radio Open Source: Reading Chekhov 
5 Pieces

“Reading Chekhov” is the name of this game – a podcast experiment with, by all accounts, the greatest short-story writer of them all, the medical doctor who was also the “Cherry Orchard” playwright, Anton Chekhov.

Pieces

Lessons Learned
From: Open Source
Series: In Search of Monsters: The Rise and Fall of American Empire
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A conversation with international relations experts David Kang, Stephen Wertheim, and Emma Ashford about lessons learned from the war in Ukraine.

Bought by KJZZ


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lessons Learned
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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International relations scholars react to the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine; guests include Stephen Wertheim, David Kang, and Emma Ashford.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSFR, KMXT and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 8
A New Nuclear Age
From: Open Source
Series: In Search of Monsters: The Rise and Fall of American Empire
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Conversations with Joseph Cirincione, Elaine Scarry, and Serhii Plokhii about nuclear weapons and the war in Ukraine.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
A New Nuclear Age
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Joseph Cirincione, Elaine Scarry, and Serhii Plokhy about nuclear weapons and the war in Ukraine.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSFR, KMXT and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
Of Banks and Tanks
From: Open Source
Series: In Search of Monsters: The Rise and Fall of American Empire
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A conversation with historian Adam Tooze about the war in Ukraine.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
Of Banks and Tanks
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with historian Adam Tooze about the war in Ukraine.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMXT, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Russian Invasion
From: Open Source
Series: In Search of Monsters: The Rise and Fall of American Empire
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Conversations with Masha Gessen, John Lewis Gaddis, Monica Toft, and George Beebe.

Bought by WYAP and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
Russian Invasion
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Conversations with Masha Gessen, Monica Toft, John Lewis Gaddis, and George Beebe about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7
A Soldier's Tale
From: Open Source
Series: In Search of Monsters: The Rise and Fall of American Empire
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A conversation with Andrew Bacevich about the sorrows of American empire.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
A Soldier's Tale
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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A conversation with Andrew Bacevich about the sorrows of American empire.

Bought by WMUU-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KMXT, KICI Iowa City, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Feb 17, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6

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