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Protecting Ourselves From Tyranny: Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny & Ryan Alford, Permanent State of Emergency
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with historian Timothy Snyder about his book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. The book is a kind of vaccine to inocul...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:02
Political Classical
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Mrs. President the opera, Credit: Kevin Patterson
We'll hear music with a political slant by Steven Stucky (August 4, 1964), Michael Daugherty (Jackie-O), and Victoria Bond (Mrs. President). A land...

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, WETS, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 83: 21st Century Safety Net
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Social security, health insurance, and unemployment insurance help Americans through life’s ups and downs. Benjamin Veghte explains the benefits an...

  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 24:39
Episode 81: On Tyranny
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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In the 1900s, dictators rose to power across Europe as democracies fell to fascists and communists. History Professor Timothy Snyder argues that de...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:53
Episode 76: American Job Guarantee
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Development efforts in American cities often push out long-term residents and communities of color. Zeroing in on Baltimore, Professor Brandi Bless...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
Democracy in Crisis Episode 2: Against Normalization: Journalism in the Ages of Hitler & Trump
From: Democracy In Crisis
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In the latest episode of the Democracy in Crisis Podcast, hosts Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner speak with Ron Rosenbaum. He is the author of "Expla...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Richard Cahan
In 1942, the government rounded up more than one hundred thousand Japanese living in the U.S. They were incarcerated for the duration of the war.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gandhi the human
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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On October 2 India will mark the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. But his status as an icon of humanitarianism may be at risk.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:59
  • Purchases: 1
Wellesley Commencement Address: Hillary Rodham Clinton
From: Wellesley College
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This is the full audio from the 1969 Wellesley College commencement speech delivered by Hillary Rodham Clinton, then Hillary Rodham, the first ever...

Bought by KZYX, WHQR, Wisconsin Public Radio, MPR News Stations, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 16: Liberty's Pitchman - Robert LeFevre & The Freedom School
From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here
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In the mid-20th Century, a man named Robert LeFevre (pronounced Luh-FAVE) created a small mountain academy just north of Colorado Springs called Th...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1
Political Strategist David Axelrod
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
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If there was ever a political strategist who could be consider a transformer of government, it would be David Axelrod. David has accomplished more ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
New York Times bestselling author Karen Abbott
From: Joseph Sr Dobzynski
Series: We All Live Here For What It's Worth
Caption: Best Selling Author Karen Abbott, Credit: karenabbott.net
Karen Abbott is the New York Times bestselling author of SIN IN THE SECOND CITY, AMERICAN ROSE, and, most recently, LIAR TEMPTRESS SOLDIER SPY,

  • Added: Apr 08, 2016
  • Length: 23:13
A discussion with Peter Finn about "The Zhivago Affair"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Reader's Corner host Bob Kustra talks with the Washington Post's Peter Finn about his fascinating book.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:10
Buying American Elections
From: History Talk from Origins
Series: History Talk Shorts
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Money and politics have never been like oil and water. We explain why on this edition of "History Talk."

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
The Contentious ACA
From: History Talk from Origins
Series: History Talk Shorts
Caption: Sandra Tanenbaum, Steven Conn, and Tamara Mann join the conversation.
What does the ACA do and what is Obamacare about? Historians consider the contentious history of healthcare policy leading up to the ACA.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
Inside the St. Cloud Correctional Facility
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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No one wants to go to prison, but when the St. Cloud Correctional Facility opened its doors to the press last year during its 125th anniversary, KF...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:12
In Deep with Angie Coiro: The NYPD Tapes
From: Gordon Whiting
Caption: Broadcasting from Menlo Park, California
Adrian Schoolcraft blew the whistle on the NYPD. For his trouble they had him suspended and put into a mental ward. The NYPD Tapes author Graham Ra...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
The Tet Offensive
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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William Ingalls new book tells the story of what one year in Viet Nam as a combat engineer was like. Based on 500 color slides taken by the author,...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 2014 Remembrances Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2014 draws to a close, Political Junkie Ken Rudin remembers the lawmakers and newsmakers from the world of politics who passed away this year. K...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WEZU, WCQS, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 20
The Man Who Refused His Knighthood!
From: Peter Johnson
Series: The Author's Corner on Public Radio daily show: JUNE 2014
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(Our first daily reading for June:) A famous, enigmatic personality stood before the King and Queen of England and refused the honor of knighthood....

Bought by KCSM


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:40
  • Purchases: 1
The French Sensation
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Capital is a giant, data-packed tome on income inequality covering three hundred years of history by the French economist Thomas Piketty. Is there ...

  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 58:35
Harlem In Revolt - Part #3 (Malcolm X unedited interview)
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)
Caption: Malcolm X (1964), Credit: Associate Press
Malcolm X 1963: The uncut interview.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 01:09:59
Harlem In Revolt - Part #2
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)
Caption: Malcolm X 1964, Credit: Associate Press
This is the second hour of the documentary 'Harlem In Revolt.' It was made by a young writer called Austin Clarke and looked at the state of Harlem...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
Harlem In Revolt - Part #1
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)
Caption: Malcolm X 1964, Credit: Associate Press
A little more than fifty years ago, 1963, was a time of great upheaval in the United States. The fight for civil rights was in full force with peop...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 54:59
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in History: Jack Kemp Announces Bid for President in 1988
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
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This week in history looks back to April 1987 and the Republican race to succeed Ronald Reagan. This week, Jack Kemp, a longtime Congressman and fo...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2014
  • Length: 04:40