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Ghosts, Dogs, and the Law: On Constructing Criminality and Negating Persons
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our program is a conversation with Colin Dayan, author most recently of two lauded books, With Dogs at the Edge of Life and The Law Is a White Dog....

  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 58:05
Nation of Nations (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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With immigration rising, the United States will soon no longer have a white, Anglo ethnic profile. Plus: A Cuban's love for Mayberry. (And more...)

Bought by WCNY, KQED, WMUU-LP, KRDP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 9
Nation of Nations (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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With immigration rising, the United States will soon no longer have a white, Anglo ethnic profile. Plus: A Cuban's love for Mayberry. (And more...)

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WABE, KFAI Minneapolis, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 10
The Graphically Radical Paul Buhle
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Cartoon Paul Buhle, Credit: Steve Chappell
Our guest is Paul Buhle, one of the foremost historians of American Radicalism and the American Left having authored or edited over 30 books, inclu...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:36
For Want of a Better Choice: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton
From: WFHB
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A new book, False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton, offers a detailed look at Hillary Clinton’s track record on welfare, Wall S...

Bought by WRGY


  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:37
  • Purchases: 1
If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Time: Wendell Potter on Big Money
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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How can you, the citizen, with your “one vote,” compete against a system where all the pulleys and levers are greased by graft? Wendell Potter ackn...

  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Raj Thamotheram: Forcing Corporate Stewardship
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Raj Thamotheram
What will it take to get the CEOs of the world's largest fossil fuel companies to wake up to the realities of climate change? Our guest this week o...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 2
Robin McDowell: Exposing Modern Slavery
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Robin McDowell
Human slavery. Many of us think of it as a terrible chapter of US history that ended in the 19th century. But, according to the United Nations, sla...

Bought by WMUU-LP, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time: Wendell Potter on Big Money
From: WFHB
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How can you, the citizen, with your “one vote,” compete against a system where all the pulleys and levers are greased by graft? Wendell Potter ackn...

  • Added: May 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
Gary Nabhan: Seeds of Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gary Nabhan
The next time you are putting a slice of tomato on your sandwich, ask yourself where it came from. Not which area of the country, but which seed st...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, KFCF FM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 4
Zoe Weil: Sustainable Education, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Zoe Weil
What if every child emerged from the public educational system with an appreciation for the connectivity of all human and non-human life, and with ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Ideas Books: Will Atkinson, Class
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
Caption: Ideas Books: Will Atkinson
Interview with author Will Atkinson about his book, Class. The topic of class is not only amongst the oldest and most controversial of all concepts...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
Zoe Weil: Sustainable Education
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Zoe Weil
What’s the purpose of schooling? Reading, writing and ‘rithmetic, right? Well, our guest today begs to differ. Zoe Weil, author and the founder of ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Leaving The Station: John Rennie Short on Public Transit
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Rennie Short
If you live in the US, chances are you have at some point been frustrated that our public transit systems don’t do a great job linking urban center...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KFCF FM, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Great Heaps of Grain and People (and Diseases): On Being Domesticated by the State
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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My guest in this hour is James Scott whose writing is a trek through the history of state-making and resistance to being shackled to governance. Hi...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
David Rolf: The $15 Minimum Wage Fight
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Rolf
Back in 2014 we spoke with David Rolf, president of the Pacific Northwest branch of SEIU, the Service Employees International Union, about his effo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Methane Disdain
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tim McDonnell
Along with the Affordable Care Act, the Clean Power Plan may end up being one of President Obama’s signature accomplishments. We learned recently, ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
Pathways for Peace (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Many displaced Iraqis returning to their homes are finding landmines and booby-traps left for them by ISIS fighters. One woman opened her refrigera...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KKRN, and WLIW


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 4
Pathways for Peace (Hour Long)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Many displaced Iraqis returning to their homes are finding landmines and booby-traps left for them by ISIS fighters. One woman opened her refrigera...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 6
Tim Dickinson: Sunshine State In The Dark
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Tim Dickinson
Think about the sunniest states in the U.S. Florida, the place that calls itself "the sunshine state" is sure to come to mind. Indeed, the solar i...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Alex Camacho: Supreme Court Climate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alex Camacho
Remember the Paris Climate Agreement, when it looked for a moment like world leaders were actually going to address our shared global concern? Well...

Bought by KVNF, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Johan Rockström: A Swedish Perspective On Climate Change
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Johan Rockstrom
Given its northern latitude, Sweden is warming more rapidly than many other places in the world. Johan Rockström, one of Sweden’s leading environme...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Roy Scranton’s Arctic Cruise
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Roy Scranton
When we try to visualize the Arctic, we usually think of ice as far as the eye can see. But, unfortunately, that’s changing. This week’s guest on S...

Bought by WMUU-LP, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
The Speed of Sound: Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: The Speed of Sound
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The Smashing Pumpkins released their most recently celebrated album, Monuments To An Elegy, in 2014. Kyle Meredith caught some microphone time wit...

Bought by WLPR , KSUT, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 3
National Park Service at 100: Wild At Heart
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jason Mark
As we ring in the new year, we should recognize that 2016 marks the centennial of the National Park Service. Today on Sea Change Radio we speak wit...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1