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The demand for affordable housing has reached an all-time high in both Europe and North America. In this episode, Tomma Suki investigates the housi...
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- Added: Mar 31, 2022
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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
Police reform, gun violence, global warming... When did you last have a civil, informative, productive conversation with someone of differing opini...
- Added: Jun 29, 2021
- Length: 29:10
We don’t have to win the war against Covid as much as we need to learn to make peace with its existence in our world for now.
- Added: Jun 02, 2020
- Length: 06:00
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
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An elderly couple steps up to defend their farm and neighbors when pipeline developers won’t back down from a risky, environmentally damaging proje...
- Added: Jul 01, 2019
- Length: 27:53
For some US students, escalating costs are putting college out of reach – whereas in Germany higher education is considered a right, tuition is nor...
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- Added: Apr 24, 2019
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The CEO of Tech Mahindra said that the top 10 IT companies in India only take 6% of the engineering graduates. What happens to the other 94% he won...
- Added: Jun 05, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Saving our Planet with Ban the Straw and Debris Free Oceans. Ban the Straws' Marilu Cristina Flores with Chelsea Reed and Debris Free Oceans' Caiti...
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- Added: May 28, 2018
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Mindful Mediation is a growing area of wellness management making its way into the work place hospitals and as a viable approach to PTSD (post trau...
- Added: Feb 13, 2017
- Length: 27:03
Dr. Roger Kligler had been fighting prostate cancer for 14 years before he got the news: it's terminal. With no more treatment options, Roger sued ...
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- Added: Nov 23, 2016
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In this episode Dr. Glennon talks about how water markets work in the United States. We take a look back at the American legal history that makes w...
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- Added: Feb 09, 2016
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One of the best mission statements I’ve read is the original NPR mission, which was written in 1969 by Bill Siemering. Bill is an amazing guy who, ...
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- Added: Jan 15, 2016
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Here in the Bay Area, rents are rising, and housing inventory is shrinking. It’s forcing many here to decide -- either you have to leave the area c...
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- Added: Oct 02, 2015
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In the heart of the Tenderloin, amid the crowded corners and occupied stoops, there’s an anomaly that’ll catch your eye. It’s a man in a suit and a...
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- Added: Jun 05, 2015
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In one of America's most expensive cities, there's a fringe political party whose name sums up their concerns: The Rent is Too Damn High. That city...
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- Added: May 04, 2015
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There are at least 7,000 homeless people in San Francisco each night, and only enough shelter space to house a small fraction of them. This is one ...
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- Added: May 04, 2015
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How do neighborhoods develop distinct identities? Why was San Francisco’s North Beach an enclave for poetry, for example? Or the Castro a haven for...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 07:06
One in four homeless people are veterans. There are approximately 800 homeless veterans on San Francisco’s streets.Experts in the field believe the...
- Added: Mar 23, 2015
- Length: 09:07
Getting around sprawling Santa Clara County is a trick for anyone, but for those without housing, getting to and from services and opportunities is...
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- Added: Mar 23, 2015
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Every morning in the Tenderloin, when people all around San Francisco are starting to wake up, around 30 people gather at St. Boniface Church, wait...
- Added: Mar 16, 2015
- Length: 08:07
For over a decade, Oakland has attempted to abate the illegal dumping of mattresses, electronics, furniture, and other large items onto city street...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 07:20
More than 2.7 million minors in America live with a parent in prison. Studies show that the majority of incarcerated parents reside over 100 miles ...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 06:18
At the age of 51, William Bennett was one of the oldest people in California who could claim that. But in June 2013, eight months after leaving pri...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 07:25
Bennett and Porter do their cooking in a shared kitchen that’s part of a transitional house in West Oakland. But they met many years ago.
“Well, w...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 10:42
