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Lessons from Fukushima Dai-ichi. Have we really learned anything from Japan's Fukushima disaster?? In this two part interview, Sidney Goodman, en...
- Added: Aug 03, 2011
- Length: 28:35
African-Americans have endured more than 246 years of slavery, 100 years of racism and segregation. The trauma from that experience continues to im...
- Added: May 05, 2011
- Length: 29:59
Narcissists and Sociopaths have always been among us and yet recent research brings us new understanding of just what these serious emotional disab...
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 47:10
Call-ins bring violent offenders face to face with police and attorneys so they can access services such as education and employment training. Soun...
- Added: Mar 28, 2011
- Length: 10:18
Jack Wade (JackWadeShow.com), Doug Cunningham (LaborRadio.org) and I will talk about national labor issues, then Barb Toncheff will talk about Buy ...
- Added: Mar 21, 2011
- Length: 50:02
Health problems are one long-term consequence of foreclosure. Another is community stability. Right now the city of Oakland has about 5,000 propert...
- Added: Mar 06, 2011
- Length: 07:48
Salinas, California is an agricultural town of about 150,000 people – mostly Latino, located just about in the middle of the state. Law enforcement...
- Added: Mar 06, 2011
- Length: 08:26
We’ll hear excerpts from the Oscar-nominated movie Gasland, including stories from residents who say their drinking water catches on fire—one of th...
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio
- Added: Mar 02, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
"Say It Loud" traces the last 50 years of black history through stirring, historically important speeches by African Americans from across the poli...
Bought by WDDE, WAMU, New Hampshire Public Radio, WGTE Public Media, Nevada Public Radio and more
- Added: Feb 16, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 81
The sub-title of the book pretty much sums it up: "How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single...
Bought by KISU and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Feb 11, 2011
- Length: 29:05
- Purchases: 2
The Chairman of the Federal Reserve talks to a National Press Club audience about the challenges facing the U.S. economy.
- Added: Feb 04, 2011
- Length: 53:58
Sasha Abramsky, a California-based journalist and author, explains why the recent measure to legalize marijuana in California, which polls showed m...
- Added: Jan 26, 2011
- Length: 38:22
Scientists have discovered that deep ocean waters near Antarctica have been heating up. Learn about the consequences now and for the future.
- Added: Jan 06, 2011
- Length: 01:59
James Kakalios discussed the amazing story of quantum mechanics.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT
- Added: Dec 04, 2010
- Length: 28:14
- Purchases: 3
The revolving door between the federal government and its favorite contractors sets up abuses.
- Added: Sep 20, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Scientists predict fish stocks worldwide will collapse by mid-century unless drastic changes are made to humankind's impact on the oceans.
- Added: Sep 20, 2010
- Length: 02:00
When there aren’t enough hours of work to go around, why not share them? That’s the premise of “shared-work” programs in seventeen states around th...
- Added: Aug 12, 2010
- Length: 07:10
Despite Obama’s words of support of small business, experts say some aren’t relying on government, but more and more on community groups and micro-...
Bought by WCSU-FM, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Aug 12, 2010
- Length: 09:00
- Purchases: 3
We look at how the unemployed are getting creative about making ends meet, from starting their own businesses to work-sharing.
Bought by WCSU-FM and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 03, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
We take a look at the Police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio
- Added: Jul 15, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
When China loosens the peg of its currency to the dollar, the U.S. will benefit--but it may hurt labor in China. While the looser Chinese currency ...
- Added: Jun 29, 2010
- Length: 02:00
In Rwanda, 92 percent of citizens have government-mandated health insurance, collectively owned by the policy-holders themselves. Does organizing h...
- Added: Jun 29, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Governments have a moral responsibility to protect their citizens. How far does that extend? Is a "kill list" justified?
- Added: Jun 29, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Should the U.S. be helping developing countries when it has its own dramatic domestic problems?
- Added: Jun 08, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Will the next dominant international conflict be between state capitalism and free market capitalism? Will it supplant the war on terror? What do y...
- Added: Jun 01, 2010
- Length: 02:15
