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2019-06-28 The Uninhabitable Earth
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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According to David Wallace-Wells, we’re cooked – literally. In his new book "The Uninhabitable Earth," Wallace-Wells explores how climate change wi...

Bought by WCNY, WJCT, Nevada Public Radio, WCQS, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
Steve Schechter
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes spoke with clean energy activist and advocate Steve Schechter.

  • Added: Feb 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1628 (Hour 1 & 2) 04/12/2018
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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Philadelphia’s “Little Bird” Jimmy Heath, now at 91, swings away on tenor sax while McCoy Tyner eases up with a piano ballad. From one of two big b...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WEJP-LP 107.1, WVBI-LP, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:59:59
  • Purchases: 8
2018-02-11 Climate On Your Plate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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What should climate-conscious people do to eat most sustainably? How people approach their diet is deeply personal and can be extremely controversi...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KUHF, KUNM, KBBI Alaska, KWIT and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Danny Goldberg, In Search of the Lost Chord: 1967 and the Hippie Idea
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Danny Goldberg
Music executive, Danny Goldberg, discusses 1967 and the counterculture.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WETS, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 3
Not So Strange Bedfellows
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Prime Minister Modi and Prsident Trump
A spate of lynchings in India has Sandip thinking that the U.S. and his home country are not so different.

  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
The Draft, Duty, and Dissent: G.I. Resistance to War
From: Making Contact
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It was the 1960s – and throughout the United States, opposition to the War in Vietnam was growing. The Draft forced young men to make a choice abo...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sandip Roy's Dispatch - Spelling Foreign
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: 12 year old Ananya Vinay, Credit: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
The Scripps National Spelling Bee has a new winner. 12 year old Ananya Vinay. Another Indian American. That’s not news anymore. But Ananya Vinay’s ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
EP 5: Trump might be better than Obama re US/China relations
From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Orient Espresso
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Might President Trump be better than President Obama in managing U.S. - China relations? A spirited discussion in the ongoing series, "Orient Espre...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2016
  • Length: 04:52
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending April 1, 2016
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
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This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Ratings and Profit "Trump" Journalism, As Big Media Gives "The Donald" Bil...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
What To Do After Paris?
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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With Amb. Chas Freeman, a freethinking veteran of foreign service, and the French journalist Sylvain Cypel, we’re in the Open Source situation room...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KMXT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 4
Understanding Israel/Palestine part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Eve Spangler
This is a follow up interview with sociology professor Eve Spangler on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Bought by KPVL and KCBX


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Violent Extremism, East and West
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Next Wednesday the White House is convening a summit on ‘countering violent extremism.’ The details are sketchy — a press release announces that th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Dollar Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Peter Matthews
Big corporations and their super wealthy owners have bought many American politicians through campaign contributions and lobbying, according to pol...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Andrew Bacevich: America’s War for the Greater Middle East
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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How do you end an endless war? Thirty years ago Jimmy Carter declared the Persian Gulf a "vital" focus of American foreign policy. Since then, U.S....

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 58:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 soccer World Cup many are questioning the economic, environmental, and social cost of this sporting mega-event....

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: May 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America - part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: PTSD book cover, Credit: Lexington Books
This is a continuation of a conversation with sociologist Jerry Lembcke. His book, -PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Stray or Great?
From: KALW
Caption: Seth India Today Cover, Credit: India Today
He is one of the best known Indian writers writing in English these days. But Vikram Seth is a very private man. But Dec. 11, 2013 changed all that.

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Feb 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Slumdog Space Race (November 7, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What India's latest space mission to Mars can tell us about the difficulties in reconciling the aspirations of the "haves" and the "have nots."

  • Added: Nov 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
Tiananmen Explosion Tests Beijing (October 31, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What a suicide attack in Tiananmen Square can tell us about the Chinese government's struggle with dissent.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:07
Guest Phyllis Chesler on Understanding the World 10-17-13
From: David Kaufman
Series: Understanding the World
Caption: Phyllis Chesler
Great interview with Dr. Phyllis Chesler. Phyllis Chesler is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at City University of New York...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 57:43
Brunei to Implement Sharia Law (October 23, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What the adoption of Sharia in Brunei can tell us about the importance of modern interpretations of Islamic law.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:15
An Empire of Influence (October 10, 2013)
From: Timothy Spangler
Series: The Bigger Picture
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What the modern-day remnants of the British Empire can tell us about being an effective force for change when the news cameras stop recording.

  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
Legendary poet Gary Snyder
From: New Letters on the Air
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Winner of the 2012 Wallace Stevens Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Academy of American Poets, Gary Snyder discusses the changing worlds of ...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Aug 21, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dark and Beautiful
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Dark is Beautiful Campaign
Shah Rukh Khan is probably the biggest star in India right now. And if one of his newest ads is to believed the secret of his success is the Fair a...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1