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Public discourse is at an all time low. Even without considering the political polarization of today, civility in public discourse is challenging.
- Added: Jul 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
We have entered a brand new era of persuasion. This is completely untested water’s. In a world of everything computer, a world where our household ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 24, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Diversity is the product of nature’s creativity. It also turns out that creativity in nature and culture follow very similar fundamental principles.
- Added: Jun 18, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Filtering People
Prejudices exist in almost every human context, but how do we overcome them and act without stereotypes? This program’s guest is ...
- Added: May 28, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Hierarchies are deeply embedded in human societies. They are so much a part of our being they’re hardly given a second thought. Status is sought af...
- Added: May 27, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Here’s the conundrum: a good person doesn’t knowingly create devastation and suffering. Yet, that is exactly what we’re doing with our environment....
- Added: May 19, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Imagine an election in the future that boasted turnout at record levels. Better access to voter registration and polling places. District lines and...
- Added: May 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Science deniers and attacks on science are more prevalent today. Interestingly, America leads the world in the sheer number of people who have cont...
- Added: May 03, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
How accurate was Vonnegut when he described the end of the world? We tackle climate science with climate researchers from the Scripp’s Institute of...
- Added: May 01, 2019
- Length: 24:57
OutCaster Andrew speaks with Drew Adams, a transgender student who sued his high school for discrimination, and his lawyer from Lambda Legal, Tara ...
Bought by KZYX, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KWMR
- Added: Apr 30, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
References to conspiracy theories are more prevalent today. To have a theory, however, implies there is evidence to substantiate the claim. Today’s...
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- Added: Apr 26, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Zooey, a grad student and dance instructor, loves to both lead and follow. There was never a question about whether or not she would continue to do...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 23, 2019
- Length: 06:48
- Purchases: 1
America is set to lose tens of millions of job in the next 15 years. Some of the best research today estimates that one half of all U.S. jobs will ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Apr 10, 2019
- Length: 21:26
- Purchases: 1
Over the past decade many low and middle income white American’s have thrown their support to conservative politicians. The claim is to make Americ...
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- Added: Apr 05, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Recent events in America have once again turned the spotlight on the issues of race. Just when we think we are overcoming our racial divide, anothe...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KVSC, and KCBX
- Added: Mar 28, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
America’s workers are experiencing another setback in workplace safety. The Trump Administration is blocking a rule that requires most employers to...
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- Added: Mar 22, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Just two generations ago, breastfeeding was considered second best to infant formula. Today, however, it’s regarded as a newborn’s birthright.
- Added: Mar 07, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
America is one of the most racially diverse nations in the world. We’re also a country full of racial tension. These conflicting truths make it esp...
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- Added: Mar 01, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In 2018, New Orleans celebrated its 300th year. The colorful tapestry that make up its history is like no other in America. Likewise, the dichotomy...
- Added: Feb 22, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Nearly 2-million people will be declaring bankruptcy this year. It’s not because they are careless with their expenses. The cause is unpaid medical...
- Added: Feb 15, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
As The Jazz Age roared to like in the 1920s so did the suffragette movement. In 1918 women were granted voting rights, and they took that to mean i...
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- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Illiberalism. Now that’s a word you just don’t hear very often. If it sounds like a play on liberalism, you’re right. It’s the lack, or even oppos...
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- Added: Feb 08, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Democracies around the world are struggling. Autocratic regimes are on the rise. Now, America’s democratic structures are showing signs of stress.
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- Added: Feb 03, 2019
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
The financial crash of 2008 hit middle and working class families especially hard. They are still struggling.
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KCBX
- Added: Jan 23, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
