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The Lisa Show - Being the Fun Parent
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: The Lisa Show
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Can we ever meet our kids expectations?

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
685-Exiled Asteroid(463)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist’s concept illustrating a catastrophic collision between two rocky exoplanets in the planetary system BD +20 307, turning both into dusty debris. Ten years ago, scientists speculated that the warm dust in this system was a result of a planet-to-plan, Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook
An asteroid is exiled to the outer regions of the solar system during Jupiter's rampaging tack away from the Sun long ago. During that process enou...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Women's History Month: Women's Choice is More Than Roe vs Wade
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipeline to prison for the vulnerabl...

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


  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
684-Our View(462)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Night Sky, Credit: NPS
Modern technology provides us with stunning views of objects in the Universe in wavelengths invisible to our eyes, however, nothing is as moving an...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KGLP, WTIP and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10
Women's History Month: The Feminists Taking on Philanthropy during Covid Say Gender Justice Requires more than Money
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently made a splash by donating nearly $3 billion to more than 280 nonprofits working in ...

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


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Untold Story of the Central Minnesota Theatre with Sean Donahue
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, the lights are starting to be turned on once again on the area’s theatrical stages, but after two yea...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
How Commodity Traders Cause Global Chaos
From: Mateo Schimpf
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WorldAffairs host Ray Suarez talks with Rupert Russell about his new book and film, “Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World.”

Bought by WMUU-LP, Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
How to Stop a Civil War (Before It Starts)
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez interviews acclaimed author Barbara Walter about the risk factors than can contribute to the outbreak of violence and civil war.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
220219 Beatles and Bonaparte's Retreat, Bands Named "The Monarchs," and James Pagliasotti's book; What It Was; Growing Up When The Music Mattered.
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
Caption: Monarchs
We feature the first rock and roll songs that you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of because public radio can ignore the overwhelmin...

Bought by KPRG, KFCF FM, Prairie Public, WQCS, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 02:57:01
  • Purchases: 5
Their name was Pauli Murray
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pauli Murray circa 1931, age 21, Credit: Courtesy of Amazon Studios
Pauli Murray was a 20th century Black Queer civil rights trailblazer and legal scholar you’ve probably never heard of. On this edition of Out in th...

Bought by KALW, KVSC, KUT, and WORT


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
679-Hammer(453)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Artist's illustration of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) which will crash into the asteroid Didymos., Credit: NASA/John Hopkins University/Cov
When Asteroid Hunters find a relatively large asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth, the challenge is to change its path to make it miss...

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, RADIOLEX, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Harm Reduction’s Road From Fringe to Federal Drug Policy
From: Tradeoffs
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More people died from drug overdoses during the first year of the pandemic — over 100,000 — than in any previous year. In response, the Biden admin...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 23:30
UPDATED AUDIO: Freedom for Women Requires Abolition Feminism: Suzanne Pharr & Beth Richie
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court could overturn Roe v Wade, imperiling all women’s freedoms, and creating a new pipeline to prison for the vulnerabl...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
2022-01-14 Should Nature Have Rights?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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If corporations can be legal persons, why can’t Mother Earth? In 2017, New Zealand granted the Whanganui River the full legal rights of a person....

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
220114: Should Nature Have Rights?, 1/14/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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If corporations can be legal persons, why can’t Mother Earth? In 2017, New Zealand granted the Whanganui River the full legal rights of a person....

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
08-14: Cosmomimicry: We’re The Universe Mattering, 1/5/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: David McConville
“If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do, then how would I be and what would I do?” asked visio...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
How Critical Race Theory Changed an Election & What Dems Could Do About It
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From the contest for governor of Virginia to school board races across the country, opposition to Critical Race Theory proved an effective tactic f...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KMUN


  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
669-Seeds(356)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Voyager Leaving Solar System, Credit: NASA
What plant seeds will be left for interstellar travelers to take with them?

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 12
Trisco Pearson of Force M.D.'s: Lyrics Like That Always Broaden People's Minds
From: Shefik Macauley
Series: Shefik presents Invocation: The Journey Continues
Caption: Trisco Pearson of Force M.D.'s, Credit: Shefik
Acceptance - Force M.D.'s is a vocal group formed in 1981. Trisco Pearson later joined the group. They released a collection of R&B hits throughout...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:29
Is the United Nations Still Relevant?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We look at the UN’s achievements, its shortcomings and what the future holds for international cooperation.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Untold Story of Artist Mick Benson and His Upcoming Exhibit at the Whit Gallery
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack dodges roving packs of grandmas as he follows artist a...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:40
David Hill discusses "The Vapors"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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David Hill is a writer from Hot Springs, Arkansas. His work has appeared regularly in Grantland and The Ringer, and has been featured in The New Yo...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 14:16
Canada’s Fight for Truth and Reconciliation
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we look at Canada’s journey towards truth and reconciliation with its native people.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
MWMF Special Giving Tuesday
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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Today on Art Beat we talk about MWMF, art, and giving back. For 11 years, MWMF has brought all kinds of incredible music to our area, and along wit...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 25:51
663-Alien Rock?(409)
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
Caption: Asteroid Illustration, Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A rock from another solar system is likely to have streaked by Earth before heading back into interstellar space.

Bought by KENW, Allegheny Mountain Radio, Simply Beautiful, KICI Iowa City, KGLP and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 10

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