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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

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

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

Top of Mind - Can Non-Citizens Vote? The Complicated History of Voting Rights

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Most places require you to be a citizen to vote. Is there value to this restriction?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, KSTK, KMXT and more

MN Reads: "Climate Grief" by Shawna Weaver

From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads

Shawna Weaver talks about her new book "Climate Grief"

Top of Mind - What Makes a City Great?

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

“You don’t have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one.”

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

Top of Mind - Starting Over After Life in Prison

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

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

Smart Growth Strategies - 1

From: KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle

Strategies to improve our environment. Three part series.

Top of Mind - Incarceration, FBI and MLK, America’s Poverty Food Crisis

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1: A new book details the financial, emotional, and social strain of incarceration on prisoners and the family members trying to care for the...

Bought by KSTK, KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, KTNA and more

Beyond Evacuation with Najib Azad

From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique

KQAL's Jiovani Bermudez Meets with author Najib Azad who has lived in Afghanistan where he worked as a spokesperson for the former Afghan president...

2022-10-14 Countdown to COP 27: Feeling the Heat

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

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

221014: Countdown to COP27: Feeling the Heat, 10/14/2022

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed

For decades, scientists and activists have called for action to slow the pace of global warming. The political process has struggled and largely fa...

Will Latinization Bring Moderation? Hispanic American Swing Voters (Part 2 of 3)

From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast

Part 2 of our series on understanding Hispanic voters

Mountain Time Podcast Hour Episode 11

From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: Mountain Time Podcast Hour

Two stories about local government.

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

Coping 101: Gender Identity & Coming Out

From: C89.5 - KNHC Seattle
Series: Coping 101

Taking the step to come out to family and friends can be a very stressful time and support from loved ones makes a world of difference. As we celeb...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Top of Mind - Harm Reduction-Saving Lives or Enabling Drug Use?

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Do harm reduction methods prevent drug use long-term? Are they supposed to?

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

Top of Mind - What is Race?

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Is race real? Two researchers say biological race is a myth, but that racism is very real.

Bought by KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more

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

Top of Mind - Children under Fire, Money to the Homeless, Brown Fat

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Topic 1: Even amidst the pandemic, gun violence persisted across the US. Topic 2: What if we just gave newly-homeless people several thousand dolla...

Bought by RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more

Bois Forte Veteran Series - Jerome Whiteman

From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
Series: Bois Forte Veterans Series

KBFT Bois Forte Veterans Day Series featuring Anishinaabe Men and Women of the Bois Forte Nation of Chippewa in Minnesota. In this episode, we hear...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle

Where Will Afghanistan’s Refugees Go?

From: Mateo Schimpf

On this week’s episode, we hear from Nazanin Ash and Kelsey P. Norman about the evolving situation for Afghan refugees. Then, journalist Hana Baba ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX and more

Kimberlé Crenshaw & Soledad O’Brien Call Out the Media on Critical Race Theory

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

The right wing has found its newest racist wedge issue: Critical Race Theory. This decades-old movement in legal scholarship has suddenly become a ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR

Lessons From Defund the Police

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

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