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Soft Power
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Maria
It’s almost hidden in plain sight. Every day we’ll hear about a national or international action the involves “soft power.” Most of us just don’t t...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Supreme Court Decisions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Bill Halal
Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court as left a majority of American’s wondering if the country is headed in the wrong direction. Many feel th...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Augurs: Women of an Age
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Eleanor Wilner
THE AUGURS: WOMEN OF AN AGE is a special public poetry reading, featuring a group of women poets, all over the age of 60, sharing their work and vi...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
703: Are You Ready For The Psychedelic Revolution? / 704: Who Owns Seeds?, 7/2/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Are You Ready For The Psychedelic Revolution?" - Could a psychedelic compound undo years of depression or addiction? Meet the CEO behind...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
The Betrayal
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ira Shapiro
It is as though today’s political arena is grounded on egg shells. The image of a fragmented system is everywhere. A source of the problem points t...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
699: You're Not OK. That's OK. / 700: Difficult Summer Reading, 6/18/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "You're Not OK. That's OK." - One of our producers created a yard sign. It reads: "You're not OK. That's OK." 300 signs later, it's causi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
697: Mysteries Of Migration / 698: Religion Without Doctrine, 6/11/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Mysteries Of Migration" - Millions of animals migrate every year to a destination they've never seen. How do they do it — and what can w...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 2
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Josh Weiss discusses "Beat the Devils"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Josh Weiss is a novelist who lives in Philadelphia.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 26:48
The Return of Conquest? Why the Future of Global Order Hinges on Ukraine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Tanisha Fazal
The ongoing war Russia initiated against Ukraine in February has NATO allies in an awkward position. Whether it’s assisting Ukraine with weapons fo...

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  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
693: The Hidden Geometry Of Everything / 694: Solace Of Nature, 5/28/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Hidden Geometry Of Everything" - The human brain is naturally mathematical. But there's one particular kind of math that's the secre...

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Clash: Presidents and the Press in Times of Crisis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jon Marshall
Former President Donald Trump attacked the press relentlessly before and after his term in office. A master at manipulation, he even admitted that ...

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  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
689: How To Be An Ethical Traveler / 690: Traveling By Book, 5/14/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "How To Be An Ethical Traveler" - Uttakleiv, Norway, population 13, is inundated by 250,000 tourists every year. This hour, how can we tr...

  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
The Power Worshippers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katherine Stewart
There is a powerful movement in America that is reshaping our political landscape. Anyone who does not agree with their agenda is disenfranchised. ...

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  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
687: Writing As A Political Act / 688: Deep Tracks (Live In Studio), 5/7/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Writing As A Political Act" - In peaceful times, and in moments of violence, writers have used their art as protest, remembrance, and so...

  • Added: May 06, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
Meet the BIPOC Press- Ibram X. Kendi: How to Make America Antiracist?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The fight over what can and can’t be taught in schools is shaping up to be one of the most controversial issues in a pivotal mid-term election year...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
683: Poetry In A Troubled Time / 684: Books We Can't Forget, 4/23/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Poetry In A Troubled Time" - Why do people turn to poetry during troubled times? Poetry is often the one language we need. Join us for a...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
2022-04-22 Climate & Democracy with Jamie Raskin, Heather McGhee and Rebecca Willis
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) took the national spotlight as the lead manager for the second impeachment trial of the former president. As a memb...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
220422: Climate & Democracy with Jamie Raskin, Heather McGhee and Rebecca Willis, 4/22/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) took the national spotlight as the lead manager for the second impeachment trial of the former president. As a memb...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
2021 Producer’s Choice Awards – Part 2: The Poetry Show
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Today we feature four poets who help us see our own predicaments – one who shows us we contain multitudes; one whose life and writing was always an...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Is Putin a Tyrant?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Andrew Fiala
The question, “Is Putin a Tyrant” is a loaded one. After all, over the centuries leaders of all strips have been called tyrants. Realistically, the...

Bought by KFCF FM and KCBX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Stephen Zunes
Russia invades Crimea in 2014. Eight years later they attack Ukraine. In the meantime, President Biden emphatically states “any use of force to cha...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tyranny from Plato to Trump: Fools, Sycophants, and Citizens
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Andrew Fiala
Bullies are everywhere in all societies and at all levels. The worst of the bullies are those who hold power over the state and its people. They be...

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Off the Edge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Kelly Weill
It’s an age-old conundrum. Getting the facts to the people. Think of the telephone game. As the story passes through several tellers, distortions a...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Coronavirus Criminals
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: John Nichols
Since the beginning of the Coronavirus outbreak, one in five Americans have been infected. Nearly one million have died. Nurses, doctors, bus drive...

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1

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