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Has Amazon Ruined Whole Foods?
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Half Hour
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Plus: Get Rich With These 6 Simple Steps & Is The Party Over For Elon Musk And Tesla?

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
IE: Inside Europe, 3/23/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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On today’s program: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson explains why London thinks Russia is responsible for the nerve agent attack on a forme...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
Longing for a Poem, Getting MPBN Numbers Instead
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
I hope you’re in the mood for some numbers. Or at least I hope you’re not in the mood for a poem. In Maine, the daily poem we all could feast on fo...

  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 07:35
Episode Two: Tools for Smart Giving
From: Tiny Spark
Series: Tiny Spark Guide to Good Giving
Caption: Chronicle of Philanthropy Editor, Stacy Palmer, Credit: Stacy Palmer
In part two of Tiny Spark's Guide to Good Giving, we speak with Stacy Palmer, editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She offers advice on vetting...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2015
  • Length: 14:17
  • Purchases: 3
Dr. Larry Chu, Founder and Executive Director of Stanford Medicine X
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Larry Chu, anesthesiologist and Professor at the Stanford School of Medicine whe...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
How California’s CAP program curbs emissions
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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I’m here at Pick-n-Pull to sell my beat-up 1998 Subaru Outback Legacy to the State of California under the Consumer Assistance Program, or CAP.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 12:51
http://kalw.org/post/evolution-affordable-housing
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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To make sense of this new era in low-income housing in San Francisco, we’re going to travel back in time and follow the story as it unfolds into th...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Business of Humanitarian Aid and Philanthropy: A Case Study
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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By using a single organization, SaveLIFE Foundation in India, as a case study, this episode of Impact explores how NGOs in emerging markets adopt b...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2014
  • Length: 27:16
  • Purchases: 1
Alameda County grapples with implementing Laura’s Law
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: If implemented, Laura’s Law would allow courts to compel those suffering from severe mental illness to outpatient treatment. , Credit: Flickr user andersdenkend
The shooting at Seattle Pacific University marks the latest gun-related tragedy in the U.S. It follows the attacks in Isla Vista at UC Santa Barbar...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 09:14
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The New Gold Rush: How tourist rentals are affecting San Francisco’s housing market
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Can this property be legally rented to tourists?, Credit: Ben Trefny
The sharing economy in San Francisco is humming. Companies like Airbnb have figured out how to make a lot of money by using existing housing stock ...

  • Added: May 18, 2014
  • Length: 08:40
Oakland City Administrator says civilian oversight of police faces roadblocks
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Oakland Police Department, Credit: Credit under CC license from Flickr user vision63
In every police department, there’s a special division just for policing the cops. Its responsible for investigating all officer misconduct, includ...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:45
An Equation to Predict Crime?
From: Aaron Mendelson
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In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 5
Lynn Quincy, Sr. Health Policy Analyst for Consumers Union
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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She talks about her recent report on design architecture for state-by-state insurance exchanges being set up under the Affordable Care Act - and ho...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 24:59
Dr. David Cutler, Harvard Health Care Economist on the economics of health reform
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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David Cutler, Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government speaks about the economics of the Affordable Care Act, healt...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 24:57
The $100 million dollar question
From: Civic Commons
Caption: www.theciviccommons.com
A county wants to spend $100 million on economic development and everybody wants a piece of the pie

  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 28:31
Fade To Darkness: The Age Of Alzheimer's (hour special)
From: 90.9 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station
Caption: Bernice Osborne Pollard and her 74-year-old mother, Mary Osborne, who is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease, Credit: Deb Becker/WBUR
Alzheimer’s is the incurable disease that destroys memory, speech and function. Scientists say the number of Americans with Alzheimer's may triple...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
Who will be displaced in the new healthcare economy?
From: KALW
Caption: California Pacific Medical Center is negotiating with San Francisco to build a new hospital at Van Ness and Geary.
May 11 marked the two-month anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The 9.0 quake set off a devastating tsunami, taking the lives of more t...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 10:08
"Seashells and Gunpowder"
From: Pat Duggins
Series: "Oil & Water: Recovering from the Spill"
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The Alabama beach tourism industry was hit hard by the Gulf oil spill, and it could take years before local officials know if visitor businesses ha...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:39
Political Roundtable
From: National Press Club
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The national budget is one of the main topics during a political roundtable hosted by Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Chief Rick Dunham. Other ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
PG&E reveals missed opportunities at review hearing
From: KALW
Caption: A police officer monitors a resident checkpoint in San Bruno after the gas line explosion., Credit: Flickr photo by Thomas Hawk
Energy giant PG&E has been under close scrutiny since its gas pipeline burst in San Bruno last September, killing eight people and leveling 37 home...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Bruce A. Jacobs, Credit: www.aliasbruce.typepad.com
Today on a very special Culture Clique we cover a topic that some people approach timidly: Race Manners. We visit with Bruce A. Jacobs, author of R...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
Another Year
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Afghan security man asks local people to get out of the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009., Credit: (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
Features on the war in Afghanistan.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
Mental Health Latest Target of State Budget Cuts
From: Grace Hood
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As state governments cut their budgets amid the national recession, funding for the uninsured or under insured with mental illness has become a rec...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2009
  • Length: 04:31
Insurance Scams in Massachusetts
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Gary Cloutier, small business owner, uninsured, Credit: Karen Brown
An unfortunate byproduct of the health insurance mandate in Massachusetts -- the marketing of health plans that don't add up.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2
Sustainability
From: 90.1 WFYI Public Radio
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Hosted by Barbara Bogaev, and produced by Richard Paul, Sustainability looks at what is being done to address our energy needs and environmental c...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 27