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Resistance: The Ballot and The Bullhorn
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From no, I won't to yes, we will. It’s official, over a hundred women, more women than ever, were voted into Congress including New Mexico’s Deb Ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kingston Calling: Making Media Into Action
From: Laura Flanders
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For many, mass movements have made them aware of media's failure to inform and represent them. Activists are now working to make their own media, a...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
Habermas and Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Could rational communication really be the true key to real democracy?

Bought by KSKQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Fear
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is fear the engine of civilization?

Bought by KMUN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Weird Radio Signals (from Outer Space)
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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were received...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 02:36:37
Hell Is Other People
From: Popula
Series: Radio Sermon with Brother Layne
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The first will be last.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
The Kingdom of God Is Within You
From: Popula
Series: Radio Sermon with Brother Layne
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Above and Below.

  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
Bodies, Borders, Resistance, Rebirth: Arundhati Roy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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India in the throes of a fascism that echoes what we have in America. The country is undergoing a political upheaval with PM Modi at its front, and...

Bought by Radio Catskill and KDNK


  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 2
2021-03-07 The Value of Care: Feminism and Ethics
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do notions like care, compassion, and empathy change the way we view our obligations to others?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Lisa Servon, author of "The Unbanking of America"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Lisa Servon about her book "The Unbanking of America: How the New Middle Class Survives"

  • Added: Jun 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Communities Over Commodities: How to Get There?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Housing affordability and power by design? This week on the show, Monique George of Picture the Homeless and Gianpaolo Baiocchi from NYU's Urban De...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
WhatsApp for?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Need a quick booster shot of national pride? How about a “quote" of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange praising the Indian prime minister? Need to help fome...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
After Maria: Puerto Rican Self Determination
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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While the money media shifts to emerging social crises, many continue to struggle for basic supplies, medical care, and services including electric...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Delta Epiphany
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ellen Meacham
In the spring of 1967, Senator Robert F. Kennedy had an experience that changed his thinking about America, and his own responsibilities. His awake...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The late Puerto Rican Poet & Fiction Writer Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with a look at Puerto Rico’s culture and stories through the eyes of the late Judith Ortiz Cofer. In the...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
183: Roadtrippin' / 184: Do Protests Still Matter?, 7/8/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Roadtrippin'" - What makes a road trip something special? It's not the destination. HOUR TWO: "Do Protests Still Matter?" - In the wa...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:56
"Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: The Cutting Edge
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Discussion on the lingering history of racist ideology in the Americas and beyond.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:02
The Future of Democracy: Sec. Leon Panetta
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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It’s not unusual for a new president to find the adjustment from candidate to leader to be jolting but President Trump’s first week in office has b...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Right to Work
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Cedric de Leon
The “right to work.” The phrase sounds fair and equitable. After all, who shouldn’t have a right to work if they wish to? Twenty-six states now hav...

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  • Added: Dec 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
13-06: How Close Does It Have to Get?: The Open Space of Democracy, 11/2/2016
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Terry Tempest Williams
In her writing and her life, Terry Tempest Williams reflects an expression of something better and higher in each of us. Here she wrestles with th...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Kathryn Smith
The Glass Ceiling: That’s a term that’s been bandied about for some time. Those women who reach the top of their field whether it’s in business or ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Missouri Poets of the Midwest Poets Series
From: New Letters on the Air
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Discover the poetic variety of Missouri in this special program featuring readings from the Midwest Poets Series by three very different Missouri p...

Bought by WNJR and WJCU


  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ep 22: Labor Day with Rodney Dangerfield
From: Jim Sawyer
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On Labor Day, let’s consider the Rodney Dangerfield theory of labor. Coined after the now-deceased comedian, this theory along with a winner-take-a...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Sep 03, 2016
  • Length: 06:20
  • Purchases: 1
15 Years After 9/11, Still Searching for Monsters to Destroy
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A new era began on September 11, 2001 - one marked by an unending War on Terror, dragnet surveillance, and attacks on people perceived to be Muslim...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dan Barry
In the winter of 2009, a social worker with the Iowa Department of Human Services, received an anonymous tip: A couple dozen disabled men were liv...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1