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Thank you Bernie. Screw You, New York Times
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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The F-Word is features timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. The latest: "It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical ...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Finding Moral Ground: The Limits of Logic and the Abstraction of Deitys in These Times
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...finding moral ground..., Credit: Susan J. Cook
Moral Development thinkers of the 1960's and 70's helped make sense of those polarized times. The "moral" twist of these times is often reduced to ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2019
  • Length: 07:35
We Won't Take That Away From You! In the Department of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Climate change will make Florida much hotter..., Credit: Susan Cook
A musical tribute to a special soon-to-be-retiring Government Elected! George Gershwin might not mind if you sing this to his 1937 "They Can't Take...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 03:51
Dept. of Poetic Justice tune: "Nate Silver's Been Counting All the Numbers..." sung to "It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas..."
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: There are race tracks that run horses daily...Picking ponies a good gig...", Credit: Susan Cook
A musical tribute to polling before Election Day! In the Department of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning) with lyrics for "The Great American Wrongboo...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:20
The Kindness of Strangers: What Fools These Mortals Be
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: The kindness of strangers made NYC subway and Obamacare..., Credit: Susan Cook
There is not a single insurance company in the country that has gone out of business because of the ACA . They’ve created new alliances, to wit Op...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2017
  • Length: 06:03
On Being Sane In Insane Places: A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The lessons of D.L. Rosenhan's study of imposters pretending to have psychiatric illness on psychiatric units have not been lost on the world of me...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 07:32
Mob Justice
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Kanhalya Kumar
Television is not just news. It has become the lynchpin of the lynchmob.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
The Lonely Right to Dissent
From: KALW
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As more writers return awards and honors, cynics ask if this is an outbreak of Award Returnitis

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
The Clock Struck Prejudice
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Ahmed Muhamed
Mahesh Sharma, India’s Culture minister, and a high school in Irving, Texas have more in common than they realize.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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The Bravery of Jimmy Carter
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Jimmy Carter
The secrecy around an illness can become the great taboo. What Jimmy Carter did by going public was break that taboo and face the disease squarely....

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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One Speech to Bind Them All
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Shashi Tharoor
It’s not a kitten video or an on-air blooper or a wardrobe malfunction. Who would have thought a 15 minute debating society speech could go viral? ...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bilateral Relations
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Abhishek Bachchan and Keith Vaz
In the last decade Bollywood has snuck into America. Bollywood aerobics. Bollywood theme parties. It even snuck into the Oscars via Slumdog Million...

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  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
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Rice Bucket Challenge
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Shiva Shankar from Hyderabad gets his niece Vaishnavi from Pune to donate rice to a woman who works there
Sandip Roy investigates the latest social media challenge and finds out what all this 'Rice' is about.

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  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
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Is there any hope for the "Middle Way?"
From: KALW
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The controversy over Tibetan independence won't likely be over anytime soon, but is the Middle Way, promoted by the Dalai Lama himself, any way to ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:30