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Are We A Democracy Or A Republic?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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Is the US a democracy or a republic? And why do we only have two dominant political parties?

Bought by Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:32
  • Purchases: 1
Gerrymandering
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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The line between fairly splitting a state into voting districts, and purposely grouping voters to give one party an advantage.

Bought by WKSU and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
How Secure Are Our Elections?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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A wave of recent legislation across the country promised to make our elections "more secure." Where did this suspicion of our voting process come f...

Bought by Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 51:31
  • Purchases: 1
Disinformation, Misinformation, and Propaganda
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit
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In preparation for the upcoming election, we’re going to talk about lies, manipulation, and confusion.

Bought by WHFR and Vermont Public


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 2
Posse Comitatus
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What does it mean when the police use military gear and tactics to enforce that law?

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 19:35
Agitation to a System: Trans Resistance in Louisiana
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Hands holding up public comment cards in the Louisiana Senate chamber on Pride Day at the Capitol 2023 in Baton Rouge, LA., Credit: Raegan Labat
Louisiana, like many other states, has seen a slew of anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced this legislative session. Sophie Ziegler joins to...

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


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Green Planet Monitor Podcast # 12
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
Caption: Birtukan Kebede shows of wheat landrace grains, Credit: David Kattenburg
War is not healthy for children and other living things, so the Sixties saying went. It isn’t healthy for Planet Earth’s climate system either. The...

  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:16
All Eyes on Sudan: Putin, Biden, and the Fight for Democracy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week's episode, we look at where Sudan stands three years after a revolution ousted longtime dictator Omar Al-Bashir.

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Nov 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Below the Waterlines, Houston after Hurricane Harvey - Hour Long Special
From: KUHF
Series: Below the Waterlines, Houston after Hurricane Harvey
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Hurricane Harvey was a seminal moment in the history of Houston. Five years later, where do things stand? Houston Public Media examines efforts to ...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Remembering Urvashi Vaid
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Urvashi Vaid (right) and her long-time partner Kate Clinton (left)
The South-Asian Queer activist Urvashi Vaid passed away on May 14th, but her influence remains.

  • Added: May 17, 2022
  • Length: 06:00
Why A Major Immigration Law Might Be Unconstitutional
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Emily Green tells us the story of Edgar Lopez, a grandfather of four who was killed trying to make his way back hom...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Making Sense of A Disaster in Haiti
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we feature an audio diary from an English teacher living in Les Cayes, Haiti. Then we speak with former US Ambassador to Haiti, Pa...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Escape from Kabul
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we unpack the war in Afghanistan, the misguided way it began and the catastrophic way it ended.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Tahoe Housing Havoc
From: Erin Breen
Caption: For sale...but how much?, Credit: Erin Meehan Breen
group discussion of Covid caused housing problems in Tahoe and solutions in the works.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:01
Covid impacts Tahoe Wildlife
From: Erin Breen
Caption: Covid immigration impacts Tahoe wildlife, Credit: Erin Meehan Breen
City folk moving to Tahoe in the pandemic are adding to injuries to wildlife and a rise in the bear population. The Tahoe Wildlife Care Center is t...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:07
The Fight for Sheikh Jarrah + NATO
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Co-host Ray Suarez explores one of the underlying tensions that fuels the Israeli-Palestinian crisis by focusing on a single house in East Jerusale...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
CBC S 1 E 4: Minneapolis, The Supply Chain
From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts
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Mistakes were made in keeping PPE and other essential medical supplies available for health care and emergency workers during the pandemic. Are we ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 21, 2020
  • Length: 21:59
  • Purchases: 1
Big Tech and Democracy: What Went Wrong
From: Mateo Schimpf
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As we race towards a particularly contentious presidential election in the US, we look at the influence of social media on our democracy. And, as p...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
United States Post Office
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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It’s the government on your doorstep — the only Executive Branch agency that visits every home in the country on a regular basis. So how does the U...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2020
  • Length: 23:52
Farmworkers Risk Smoke, Heat, And COVID-19 As California Burns
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From Santa Rosa to Salinas, farmworkers are harvesting as California burns. Workers are risking heat, smoke, and COVID-19 to pick grapes and harves...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 10:51
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie - Great Moments in Presidential Debates (2020)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin for a review of many great moments from the history of televised presidential debates, with commentary from several...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WUWM, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WJCT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 13
Goodbye My Tribe (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Goodbye My Tribe
The author of Goodbye My Tribe: An Evangelical Exodus chronicles his journey away from his fundamentalist religion.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WYAP, KMUN, WFHB, WJCT and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Political Junkie - Great Moments in Convention History (2020)
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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Join Political Junkie Ken Rudin on a journey through political history as we revisit memorable and historic moments from national party conventions...

Bought by WVPE, Vermont Public, KCPW Salt Lake City, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Bombing of MOVE, 35 Years Later
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Our radio adaptation of the film, Let the Fire Burn. Directed by Jason Osder, examines the controversial, 1985 clash between police in Philadelphia...

Bought by KOSU and KVSC


  • Added: May 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Pandemic Forces Oregon Ballot Initiatives to Spend Far More than Planned
From: Kate Kaye
Caption: An Oregon petition signature sheet, Credit: Oregon Secretary of State
COVID-19 is a problem for the 50 initiatives, referenda and referrals that still technically could end up on the ballot in Oregon in November. To g...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 04:57