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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
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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
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
Caption: Gloria Steinem, Credit: Annie Leibovitz
Writer, activist, and social entrepreneur Gloria Steinem speaks with Lauren about her new book "My Life on the Road." Plus she shares her advice on...

Bought by KKRN, KFCF FM, WMUU-LP, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Dec 11, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Dan Dicker
Some energy analysts predict that the past year’s downward trend in oil prices will continue. Our guest this week on Sea Change Radio, energy exper...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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We investigate the complex world of tax avoidance, starting with the mining industry in Zambia. Activists, documentarians, and economists give pers...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:04
Caption: Adam Browning
Is your home one of the millions that haven’t been able to get solar because you’re a renter? The cost of solar panel installation is half of what ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Given their significance to global economies, corporate leaders' influence reaches beyond the walls of their businesses. How do they use that power...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:39
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Jill Stein was the Green Party candidate for president in 2012 and is seeking the party nomination again in 2016. The Green Party of the United St...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2015
  • Length: 19:39
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It comes as little surprise that the author of a book entitled Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future is a critic of...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dan Dicker
Last week we spoke with energy analyst Dan Dicker about the reasons behind the sudden drop in oil prices and the potential impact this could have o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David Rolf
Economists these days are confirming what many already know – the gap between the haves and have-nots is widening. In the face of soaring productiv...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Leigh Fondakowski
When we talk about corporations trying harder to do the right thing when it comes to the environment, it’s important to remember the consequences o...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
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The fear of public speaking can be debilitating. For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares, and so many of us avoid doing it altogether.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Everybody talks jobs, but where do they really come from?

  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 28:40
Caption: Victor deNoble and Charles Evans, Jr. San Francisco, CA 1/19/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Filmmaker Charles R. Evans, Jr. and scientist/activist Victor DeNoble talk addiction, idealism, and taking on the tobacco industry.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 16:20
Caption: Jesse Jenkins
The bankruptcy of solar startup, Solyndra, earlier this year had the clean energy naysayers up-in-arms, saying that Solyndra’s demise proved that g...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: In You-Know-Who's time, Marshmellow questions have changed., Credit: Susan Cook
Delayed gratification has changed. Social science experiments often mirror cultural values and our best learners absorb them well. They do what th...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:57
Caption: Charles Ferguson, 9/21/10, San Francisco, CA, Credit: Andrea Chase
Charles Ferguson talks bodyguards, confrontation, and getting to the facts for his Oscar(tm)-winning documentary.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 17:09
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This week on Smart City Katy Locker and Dave Egner from the Hudson Webber foundation will tell us about Time Magazine's new Detroit Bureau, and Pra...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WFSU, WLRN, WBEZ, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 5
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This week on Smart City: High speed trains criss cross Europe and Asia, but in the U.S. we're still stuck in gridlock. Rick Harnish of the Midwes...

Bought by WFSU, Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 08, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03