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The Diet-Climate Connection
From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials
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Ideal for broadcast around Earth Day: What was the carbon footprint of your dinner last night? Listeners to this sound-rich inquiry will learn that...

Bought by WUWM, WHYY, WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 23
Relativity
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Is melanin a genetic marker for superiority?

Bought by KCHW, KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 31
PE 2335
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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So It's Only Luring You...

Bought by WPVM 103.7, KHNS, WFHB, WFiT Melbourne 89.5 FM, KEOS and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 21
Spill
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A harrowing look at the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion.

Bought by KFCF FM, KWMR, KMUN, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:01
  • Purchases: 19
How We Got Here, Part 3: The Fight For Meaningful Work
From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here
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The final section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and acceptable to crisis like the current pandemic. Part 3 lo...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
How We Got Here, Part 2: The Road To Shareholder Capitalism
From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here
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The second section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and susceptible to crisis like the current pandemic. Part 2 ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
How We Got Here, Part 1: The Great Risk Shift
From: Sam Harnett
Series: How We Got Here
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The first section of a 3-hour radio documentary about why Americans are so precarious and susceptible to a crisis like the current pandemic. Part 1...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
Special: Cooperation vs Authoritarianism in Spain
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Social change and systems change go hand-in-hand. Movements for democracy and human rights are most effective when they aim to transform unjust, un...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Democracy: Past, Present... and Future?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Don't remember the past? Does that mean you're condemned to repeat it? What does our country's past tell us about our present— and how can it help ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 26, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Wilde's facility with words contributes to his undoing.

Bought by KKRN, WCPN, KKRN, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 01:57:58
  • Purchases: 17
10 years after the crash: Recovery Not for All
From: Making Contact
Caption: Nomi Prins and Julianne Malveaux
This month is the ten year anniversary of the stock market crash of 2018. Nomi Prins talks about her new book, “Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigg...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
Balancing Denial
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Qualia
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Cindy Gagnon was betrayed by her friends for a very common reason. And you'd do the same.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 16:55
DO THE KNOWLEDGE Rakim podcast / interview / mix by DJ Eclipse and Brian Coleman
From: Brian Coleman
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Renowned DJ, producer, artist manager and radio personality DJ Eclipse has teamed up with author Brian Coleman on a new podcast series called "Do T...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 21:30
Sound Ecology: Allen's Hummingbird
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Sound Ecology
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An audio postcard highlighting the amazing migration of Allen's Hummingbirds along the pacific flyway. Best aired late winter through spring and su...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Occupy: 5 Years Later
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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September marks the 5 year anniversary of Occupy. We go to Zuccotti Park, and Oakland to talk to individuals that were part of Occupy Wall Street a...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Humankind Special— The Power of Nonviolence: Connecting with the 'Other Side’
From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials
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Produced by David Freudberg in association with WGBH/Boston. This sound-rich documentary travels to the scene of a truly bold experiment in peace-m...

Bought by WVBI-LP, WUMB, WHRV, Radio Catskill, Central Florida Public Media and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
What is a RHIB?
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Capt of more than one Greenpeace ship Capt Peter Wilcox tells us what a RHIB is. (like a life boat, but not.)

  • Added: Mar 03, 2016
  • Length: 01:36
What We're Reading, January 11, 2016
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Tammy Bobrowsky speaks with young adult fantasy author, Marie Lu, about her new book, "The Rose Society," and adds to her To Read list "Girl Waits ...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2016
  • Length: 08:17
BP Five Years Later: Deepwater Horizon and the Cost of Oil
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Louisiania bayou
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, not everyone is “back to normal.” On this edition, we follow BP’s trail fro...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Heat of the Moment: Sea Level Rise
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Climate change is here affecting weather conditions and sea levels. In India it's also having a more surprising influence on the country's tigers. ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Apr 05, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Plasticity
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Sound
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What happens when visual information is sent to the hearing centers in the brain? Hear about this interesting experiment and more generally, why th...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 09:52
Starting Over at Sea-Tac
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Refugees in Puget Sound
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New refugees have to juggle a lot. There's finding housing, getting kids enrolled in school; often there's learning English. And there's finding a ...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:10
Not My Zion: American Jews Divided on Israel and Palestine
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The American consensus on Israel and Palestine is breaking down. And Jewish Americans are playing a major role. But it's not easy. On this edition:...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Seeking Justice and Police Accountability in Jamaica
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Jason Smith's Candlelight Vigil , Credit: Madeline Bair
Jamaica has a long history of police violence and corruption. In May 2010 a government crackdown left 73 people dead and a city in chaos. The major...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: May 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Engineers of the New Millennium: Sustainable Design for the Future
From: Spectrum Radio
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Sustainable Design for the Future, from IEEE Spectrum Magazine and the National Science Foundation. Sustainable planning – of buildings and communi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KZYX, KISU, WNYC, KZYX and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9