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Recorded on January 20, 2009, the day Barack Obama became President of the United States, Radio Curious visited again with Congressman Sam Farr, wh...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Former Wall Street manager and author of It Takes A Pillage, Nomi Prins, reveals how Wall Street and the banks have looted the Treasury, stolen the...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 28:38
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When war is a foreign insurgency, balancing human risks and possibility of success is a fundamental ethical dilemma for leaders. What do you think ...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
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When choosing Nobel Peace Prize winners, should the Nobel Committee think of the future, using the Nobel's prestige to encourage peace-making? Or s...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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By 2050 some estimate that climate change will displace 150 million people, but the displaced won't qualify as refugees under international law. Wh...

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Should cultural treasures, acquired under dubious circumstances, be returned to their places of origin?

  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Can we regulate international space like the oceans? Pollution and illegal or unregulated fishing plague international waters. How can the problem ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 13, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The southeast corner of the Dow Chemical plant, from the vantage  of Midland's Whiting Overlook Park, which features an homage to and  history of the company and its founder., Credit: Shawn Allee
Residents are asking why it's taken so long to clean up the dioxin. Shawn Allee looks for an answer.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:17
Caption: Valdus Adamkus, Credit: This photograph was produced by Agência Brasil, a public Brazilian news agency.
Shawn Allee meets a man who took the Dow and dioxin issue to Congress years ago and is shocked it hasn't been dealt with.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2009
  • Length: 03:40
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear about a Sudanese woman journalist who was arrested for wearing pants in public–and refused to plead guilty.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
Caption: Feb. 12, 2009 plane crash near Clarence, N.Y., as photographed by citizen journalist "Traceur Zero" for CNN's iReport, Credit: Courtesy CNN
Two one-hour CBC Radio programs about changes to our understanding of 'journalism' now that anyone can create, report and publish news.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KQED, Spokane Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2009
  • Length: 52:14
  • Purchases: 7
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Who pays to stop global warming? How to allocate emissions allowances? If people are entitled to an equal share of the world's resources, should na...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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How do we put value on the forests as an indispensable element of our survival? Can we balance market mechanisms with regulations and consumption w...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Do states have a responsibility to protect the planet? If so, who would decide when environmental protection is a legitimate reason to interfere in...

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Do immigrants help or hurt America? Closed borders cut off the world's best and brightest, while open borders may invite the world's desperate, cri...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Should we observe Morgenthau's principles--avoid the crusading spirit and heed others' perspectives--or is promoting democracy and taking a forcefu...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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Are ethics primary questions that precede and surround practical leadership? Are these daily questions that inform each political decision?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:38
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How will President Obama deal with the hopes and fears of people abroad? Will his priority be the interests of the United States or will the welfar...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:28
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The presidential candidates assert that America must renew its global moral authority, but they dance, offering no solutions. Let’s take a closer l...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: Iraq War veterans carry Tomas Young up the Capitol steps in Washington DC, Credit: Kevin McKinney / Mobilus Media
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Apr 17, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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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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IN IT’S THIRD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WORKING WOMEN;S DAY PROGRAM, CASA ATABEX ACHE & MOMMAS HIP HOP KITCHEN PRESENT “.A WOMYN OF COLOR’S RESPONSE TO ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 54:15
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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
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New York City Councilmen concerned about Gas Drilling in Watershed calls a hearing September 10, 2008

  • Added: Feb 23, 2009
  • Length: 03:58
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An exploration of underage prostitution in Oakland, California

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 20:45