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Top of Mind - Ending Toxic Polarization in American Politics
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Division is nothing new in America, but this political divide feels different. Why are we so angry? How can we end this toxic polarization?

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
No, COVID Isn’t “Over,” and the Need for Continued Community
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: On an orange background, six black line illustrations depicting: a COVID-19 virus, a face mask, a lung filled with COVID viruses, a person's head tilted back with a nose swab, a swab in a test tube, and a rapid antigen test. In between these illustrations, Credit: Original image by jKartak from Pixabay. Digitally altered by Lucy Kang.
March marks four years since the beginnings of the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health failures and government inaction have forced communities to tak...

Bought by WUWM, WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Mar 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Voices from the Climate March
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Five speakers from the March to End Fossil Fuels are featured in this week's show

Bought by WRFA-LP and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 2
Mexicans Confronting Racism: Aztec myths to modern stereotypes
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ismael Rivera, historian and cultural guide, in front of ancient Aztec ruins in Mexico City. , Credit: Anthony Wallace
Lies the Spanish conquistadors told about the Aztecs have led to racist tropes that still affect brown Mexicans today. Now, brown Mexicans are lead...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
250: Building the Solidarity Economy: Awakening to Our Mutuality and Shifting the Terrain of Power, 5/24/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Manuel Pastor
At the core of our civilizational breakdown is an extractive economy that wastes both nature and people, at the same time it is Hoovering extreme w...

  • Added: May 16, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Top of Mind - Starting Over After Life in Prison
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Nearly half of people who leave prison will end up back behind bars. Why don't they stay out? And how would their lives be different if no criminal...

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - American Guns, Cultivated Chicken
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Illegal Gun Purchases Fuel Violent Crime in the US and Latin America; Topic 2: Chicken Nuggets From Chicken Cells

Bought by KMXT, RADIOLEX, KSTK, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:46
  • Purchases: 8
2022-10-14 Countdown to COP 27: Feeling the Heat
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For decades, scientists and activists have called for action to slow the pace of global warming. The political process has struggled and largely fa...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WAMU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
221014: Countdown to COP27: Feeling the Heat, 10/14/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For decades, scientists and activists have called for action to slow the pace of global warming. The political process has struggled and largely fa...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
Will Latinization Bring Moderation? Hispanic American Swing Voters (Part 2 of 3)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Part 2 of our series on understanding Hispanic voters

  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:16
Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 11
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour
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Two stories about local government.

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 2
re:Work - Redemption
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This episode explores the story of Billy Taing, a Cambodian refugee who got caught up in the US criminal justice system at a young age.

Bought by KALW and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - Ending Poverty: "It's Going to Take the Community"
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We’re learning that poverty is more than an individual’s problem.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), KOWS, RADIOLEX, and KSTK


  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Harm Reduction-Saving Lives or Enabling Drug Use?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Do harm reduction methods prevent drug use long-term? Are they supposed to?

Bought by KSTK, KSTK, KNCT FM, RADIOLEX, and KOWS


  • Added: Mar 21, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Re:Work Soul Force, Part 1
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Rev. James Lawson Jr., Credit: Reed Hutchinson
On Dec. 11, 2021, the UCLA Labor Center’s historic MacArthur Park building was officially named the UCLA James Lawson Jr. Worker Justice Center, in...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Three-Fingered Salute, McDonald's, Foreign Policy
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Hunger Games Revolution Symbol Evolves in Real-World Asian Protests; Topic 2: Why There Are So Many Golden Arches in Black Communities; To...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2021
  • Length: 51:37
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - America's Wars, Toxic Workplace
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Why the Greatest Threats to America Cannot Be Solved With the World’s Greatest Military; Topic 2: Something’s Toxic at Work and Companies ...

Bought by KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2021
  • Length: 51:46
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Cherokee Language, Rent Control, Praising Kids
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Will the Cherokee Language Survive? Topic 2: Rent Control—Help or Harm? Topic 3: You and I and Our Relationship

Bought by KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:46
  • Purchases: 5
Civil Rights: Korematsu v United States
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Is it Constitutional for the government to remove and relocate American citizens to camps without due process of law? In 1944, SCOTUS said yes.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 32:22
Top of Mind - Democracy, Scholarships, WAVES
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Democracy; Topic 2 - Scholarships; Topic 3 - WAVES

Bought by KSTK


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 51:47
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - 4th of July Special
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Flags; Topic 2: US Senator Tammy Duckworth; Topic 3: Patriotism

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KETR-FM, KCLU, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 17
Lessons From Defund the Police
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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It's been a year since the call to "Defund the Police" rang out through the George Floyd Protests. The idea isn't new - redistributing police funds...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
NMPIRG Civic Engagement Panel
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Why should YOU vote? Tune in for inspiring speeches on the importance of voting from students, political consultants, and academic leaders in the 2...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 55:21
Voter Info & Making Your Voting Plan
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Karuna Koppula
Who is the Rising American Electorate? Generation Justice talks to The Voter Participation Center, based in Washington D.C., to learn more about ...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 17:49
A Blind Date with Dividends: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith on Polarizing Algorithms
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith
How do social media algorithms feed us news, entertainment, advertisements, even suggesting friends and lovers? By simplifying human nature, accord...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:02