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Meet the BIPOC Press: Is Earth Day Still Relevant?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Corporate greenwashing has hijacked Earth Day, but the ideas behind the holiday are more urgent than ever. There are environmental issues all aroun...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
What We Need to Make Democracy Work
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Longtime Washington journalist Jesse J. Holland talks with Jess about changes in journalism and communicating science in the age of social media an...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Monica Guzman on the importance of curiosity to build relationships that bridge divides
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we explore how bridging by building relationships and being curious can connect peo...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
NY Times Columnist David Brooks on How to Know and See a Person
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with New York Times columnist David Brooks, about his new book - How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Not Wanted at Harvard? BIPOC Media on Claudine Gay, Anti-Zionism & Diversity in Education
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Dr. Claudine Gay made history as the first Black President of Harvard. She faced fierce backlash over the school’s statements on the Israel-Hamas W...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
International Relations Expert Seth Kaplan: Fragile Neighborhoods Repairing American Society One Zip Code at a Time
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the importance of strong neighborhood and community relationships to the health of nations… and discuss how many neighb...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
2023-11-10 Putting It All on the Line with Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. and Jacqueline Patterson
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Climate affects everyone, but not equally. Those affected first and worst are often the same communities that suffer from housing and income inequa...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 9
The Systemic Challenges of Addressing Homelessness, with Tony Sparks
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the persistent challenge of how to ensure that everyone has adequate housing. We discuss why the U.S. faces these issue...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Human Rights, or Right to Exist? Perspectives on Israel-Hamas War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates predicts how war in Israel could ripple through the Middle East. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with Trita Par...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
“OK Boomers” Get Back to Work
From: Mateo Schimpf
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While many Baby Boomers have already left the workforce behind, almost half are considering coming out of retirement in search of a new purpose in ...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Spinning Science for Profit with Dr. Laura Vandenberg
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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After the news headlines, Dr. Vandenberg talks about her work studying the techniques big companies use to undermine science and create doubt.

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Connecting Outside of the Algorithm: Circumventing the Mediated World of Digital Media Via In-Person Connection, with Riaz Patel
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode, we explore how much of the information we get is mediated - edited - and we all get different edits based on what the algorithm th...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Before the Ground Runs Dry: BIPOC Media on the US Water Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode of Meet the BIPOC Press, a monthly collaboration between The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, we take a closer look at the US wa...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
Tracking & Defending Press Freedom in the U.S.
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we discuss press freedom in the U.S. in the wake of a police raid of the local paper in Marion, Kansas. In that raid, officers con...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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...

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Chesa Boudin on how criminal justice reform can improve public safety, and the importance of basing decisions on evidence and data
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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Welcome to News in Context – I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we talk with former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin, founding executive director of ...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Memorial Day - Honor the Military Dead, and Some Others Too
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Memorial Day is when we honor those who died while serving in the armed forces. It dates from 1866, when women decorated graves from both sides of ...

  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 06:00
Muslim Americans in the Media: From Islamophobia to Power
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Dangerous stereotypes around Muslim Americans persist, with very real consequences for Muslim  people and American democracy at large. Even in Cong...

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  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Lynn Parramore on Reframing Economics for the People & Solving Systemic Economic Issues
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore how economic issues are often talked about in ways that minimize the needs of those who may not have the means to withs...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Flipping Extremists To Bolster Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Mubin Shaikh
A threat of both international and domestic terrorism has been a constant in our world for decades now. Radicalization of individuals to practice ...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Eric Tars on How Seeing Humanity Helps Us Address Homelessness More Effectively
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore how othering has led to increased marginalization and vilification of people who are un-housed, and how civity can help...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Laura & Stephanie Flanders: Sisters Debate the Economic Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Laura and Stephanie Flanders are sisters with different points of view but a common fascination with economics. Tune in to this episode where they ...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Countering The Politics of Division by Coming Together in Solidarity, with Ian Haney López
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore how engaging across our racial and class divides can help bring us together to care for and nurture our democracy. My ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
The Effects of Strategic Racism on Democracy, with Ian Haney López
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the strategic use of racism in electoral politics to divide citizens across racial and other differences in an effort t...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
Strengthening Democracy by Increasing Social Trust & Cultivating Connections Across Difference, with Robb Willer
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore a massive new study on improving the health of democracy. The Strengthening Democracy Challenge invited more than 30-th...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:30