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Toxic Tracks (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The text "Toxic Tracks" on a background of railroad tracks., Credit: Background image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay
On today's show, we'll hear an encore of a show from our archives that first aired in April. We'll be looking at the environmental impact of the ra...

Bought by WXDU and WFHB


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-02-24 Housing Density as a Climate Lever with Scott Wiener
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The lack of affordable housing in the U.S. has contributed to a homelessness crisis and has forced people to move farther away from urban centers. ...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
20230224: Housing Density as a Climate Lever with Scott Wiener, 2/24/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The lack of affordable housing in the U.S. has contributed to a homelessness crisis and has forced people to move farther away from urban centers. ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
2022-12-16 Stefan Rahmstorf: 2022 Schneider Award Winner
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Every year, Climate One grants an award in memory of pioneering climate scientist Steve Schneider, who fiercely took on the denial machine from the...

Bought by 90.5 WESA, WMUU-LP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11
20221216: Stefan Rahmstorf: 2022 Schneider Award Winner, 12/16/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Every year, Climate One grants an award in memory of pioneering climate scientist Steve Schneider, who fiercely took on the denial machine from the...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
2022-09-23 The Inflation Reduction Act Passed. Now What?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The IRA allocates around $370 billion over ten years to invest in renewable...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGUA, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
20220923: The Inflation Reduction Act Passed. Now What?, 9/23/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In August, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. The IRA allocates around $370 billion over ten years to invest in renewable...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Reaction to Elizabeth Warren’s town hall meeting in Carson City
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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Elizabeth Warren conducted a town hall style rally in Carson City at the MAC recreation and sports facility, Wednesday evening, June 2, 2019. An e...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2019
  • Length: 13:14
  • Purchases: 1
Riffs, Rhythm, Rhyme, and Ramadan
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Ramadan Tent Project 2016, Beaverton, Oregon
Xavier theologian brings theology down to earth and university students bring Ramadan to their community.

Bought by KWIT, KUNM, KPIP-LP, and WETS


  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
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
Food Fight!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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In an India bristling with news about beef raids, vegetarian only housing societies and animal slaughter bans, being vegetarian has started soundin...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
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.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Selma Slights More than LBJ
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
There’s been a lot of controversy over the movie Selma and the Academy Awards. Selma is rightfully centered on Dr. King, and has been rightfully cr...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
December is for Celebrating -- and Remembering
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
We celebrate a lot during the holiday season – family, faith, giving, shopping. But since 2012 in the U.S. the season is not all about celebrating.

  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Obama: Say No to This "Partnership"
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
After a drubbing in the elections President Obama says he wants to work with the new Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Cannabis Radio News #14
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition of Cannabis Radio News, Jax Finkel, Deputy Director for Texas NORML and originator of the ambitious 2014 Texas NORML Voters’ Guide ...

Bought by KVMR and KFCF FM


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cannabis Radio News #12
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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In this edition of the Cannabis Radio News - Les Stark is Executive Director of Keystone Cannabis Coalition and details a beehive of marijuana acti...

Bought by KFCF FM and KVMR


  • Added: Oct 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cannabis Radio News #6
From: Cannabis Radio News
Series: Cannabis Radio News - weekly show
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Dale Gieringer, Executive Director of California NORML describes the death of the latest effort to reform California’s medical marijuana system. I...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Good News for Women – It’s an Election Year
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Love it or hate it, we're now in an election year. This is good news for women, because they are the majority of voters, and candidates know it.

  • Added: Jan 09, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Congress, the President, and Libya
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Should the president be supported by the legislative branch when making difficult foreign policy decisions requiring the use of force? How does thi...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Training SEAL Team 6: The Point of the Sword
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Could SEAL Team 6 have captured bin Laden alive? Should training for elite military forces prioritize thoughtfulness at the risk of indecision?

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Turkey, Islam, and Democracy
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Turkey’s democracy has been extolled as a model in the Middle East, but has also been belittled for its creeping authoritarianism. Does Turkey offe...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
America on a Global Ethics Thermometer: Image and Reality
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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How well do the institutions of government live up to the expectations of their people? What has America got right? What should it change? How do o...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Climate Protectionism and Competitiveness
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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The global circulation of goods is a major source of both prosperity and carbon emissions. This short video on ethics asks: Can trade be regulated ...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Mosque at Ground Zero
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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The proposed building of an Islamic community center two blocks from 9/11’s Ground Zero has become a contentious issue. Would building the center p...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 02:00