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Ghosts from the past stalk Europe again today in the wake of Russian tanks and missiles. To find a path forward, we might need to look back.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WHFR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WLPR , KUNM and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
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HOUR ONE: "The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace" - 1936 was an ominous year. A young George Orwell was headed to battle in Spain. But first, he plant...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: "Worshiping Waterfalls" - Jane Goodall has seen chimpanzees stop at a roaring waterfall and bristle with excitement. Are they having spir...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "Rewriting The Romance Script" - Love is in the air, as it has been every Valentine's Day since 496. And we're still trying to get it rig...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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The emergency room is a place of intensity—a place of noise and colors and human drama. This is the setting of Dr. Michele Harper's memoir, The Bea...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 36:02
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HOUR ONE: 'A Parenting Revolution' - The pandemic has made clear that parents are walking a tightrope with no safety net. Is it time for a parentin...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "Up All Night" - On...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "The Power Of Pleasure And Joy" - Joy, pleasure and delight feel good. But are they also politically powerful? HOUR TWO: "God Talk" - S...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
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Faith, finance, and the business of religion.

Bought by KKRN, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:59
  • Purchases: 36
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HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in th...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Living With Loneliness" - In countries all over the world, rates of loneliness are skyrocketing. How did it become a condition of modern...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Finding Meaning In Desperate Times" - The pandemic isn't just a health crisis, it's an x-ray into our psyches. This hour, how COVID-19 i...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
Caption: PaviElle French, Credit: Sharolyn B. Hagen
Recent songs by PaviElle French reflect her deep disappointment with the deep cultural rifts that came to the forefront with the George Floyd Murde...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: PaviElle French, Credit: Sharolyn B. Hagen
Recent songs by PaviElle French reflect her deep disappointment with the deep cultural rifts that came to the forefront with the George Floyd Murde...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
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HOUR ONE: "When Mountains Are Gods" - Science tells us mountains are giant piles of rock, formed millions of years ago. But that's not all they are...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "Everything is Exhausting" - Staying productive is harder than ever these days. When everything is exhausting, how do we stop the burnout...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: "Eye-To-Eye With Animals" - Have you ever locked eyes with an animal in the wild? It can be a shattering experience. HOUR TWO: "Books W...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "Our Time Of Mourning" - The pandemic is waning in many places. But before we go back to normal life, let's not forget to mourn our loss...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:01
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HOUR ONE: "The Resilient Brain" - In 1848, an explosion drove an iron rod through the skull of a railroad foreman. Find out how it changed science ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Essayist Lauren Hough in 2018, Credit: Karl Poss IV / Vintage Books
In our queer nod to Veterans Day, we bring you writer Lauren Hough, who grew up in the infamous Christian free-love cult The Family. At 18, she joi...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: clockwise from top left; Lori Dokken, Patti Peterson, Rachel Harder, Judy Vinar, Credit: Lori Dokken
I Am Woman Hear Me Roar shines lights on great women artists of the past 50 years or so. Lori Dokken is the great motivator of this event which inc...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
Caption: clockwise from upper left; Lori Dokken, Patty Peterson, Rachel Harder, Judy Vinar, Credit: Lori Dokken
I Am Woman Hear Me Roar shines lights on great women artists of the past 50 years or so, 7PM this Friday night at the Belvedere at Crooners in Minn...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2021
  • Length: 08:00
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Anni discusses her dating etiquette related experiences and insights. Anni self-identifies as a CIS-gender female who has fluid sexuality. #lesbi...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 58:48
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We talk with Carl Hart about his book, Drug Use For Grownups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear. We also talk with Hari Ziyad about their memoir...

  • Added: May 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:01
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Randy and his older brother, Angel Villegas, talk about Angel’s undocumented status and how it affected their relationship growing up.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:30