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Is Modi's India Heading in the Right Direction?
From: Open to Debate
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Under prime minister Narendra Modi, pro-Hindu nationalism and civil rights issues have led to India’s downgrade to an electoral autocracy (accordin...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Is Netanyahu's Government Heading in the Wrong Direction?
From: Open to Debate
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Since his 2022 re-election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has introduced plans for a new judiciary reform, leading to large-scale publi...

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  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Has China's Power Peaked?
From: Open to Debate
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This was supposed to be the “Chinese century.” In just a few decades, China transitioned from a developing economy to the world’s second largest. A...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2305: Citizenship and Justice, 1/31/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is citizenship the best recipe for non-discrimination?

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
2021-07-18 Foreign Aid—or Injury?
From: Philosophy Talk
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What's the right way for developed nations to fight global poverty?

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
An Autocratic Solution
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Nanshan Cultural Tourist Zone in Sanya, China , Credit: Denny Ryanto @runninghead
In this episode, part thirty-eight of the multi-part BLUEprint series, we examine some statistics that show steps China is taking to confront the c...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 05:38
Stephen M. Walt, author of "The Hell of Good Intentions"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Stephen M. Walt about his book "The Hell of Good Intentions"

  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
Habermas and Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Could rational communication really be the true key to real democracy?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Radical Democracy Movement
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can we create a democracy that doesn't end up oppressing minorities and dissenters?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Democracy in Crisis
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do you really have democracy when things favored by the majority can't even come to a vote?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Is Democracy a Universal Value?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is democracy an inherently good thing, or is it, as Plato thought, one of the worst possible forms of government?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Ecopolitical Regions
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Mangroves Near Waitangi, Credit: Gordon and Julia Gardner
We are living in a time of great environmental, social, and political change, and our outdated ways of living and governing are failing. The 21st c...

  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 05:52
Sand Wars
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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After water, the largest volume of natural material used to support global growth is sand. Demand for sand has grown exponentially in the last two ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 05:08
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
192: Who's Thinking Ahead About Climate Change?
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: A melting iceberg in Antarctica. , Credit: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
Is anyone out there thinking ahead about climate? In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will answer by outlining two particular or...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2012
  • Length: 06:03
176: The Ocean Commons
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the obstacles to greater progress in caring for and protecting our ocean and wi...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:44
171: A Hidden Cost of Oil
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share a recent article written by Joseph P. Kennedy II regarding the phenomenon of oil ...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
170: Failed Governance
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Climate Talks Durban (COP17), Credit: Courtesy inhabit.com
While many countries are at work analyzing the challenges for conservation and management, international and national governance of ocean issues ha...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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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 ...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Peace Elders Part 2 / Dr. Bernard Lown (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Dr. Bernard Lown
A conversation with 1985 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Bernard Lown about his book "Prescription For Survival: A Doctor’s Journey to End Nuclear Mad...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:59