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Past American Voice of novelist E.L. Doctorow
From: New Letters on the Air
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E.L. Doctorow passed away in July 2015, but left behind twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction, and a stage drama, winning most of the major...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KAAD-LP, WNJR, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
2022-04-03 The Doomsday Doctrine
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do we justify keeping so many nuclear weapons—and continually threatening to use them?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, KWMR and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Poet, editor, and translator, Wayne Miller
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Wayne Miller
Poet and editor Wayne Miller reads from his book, THE CITY, OUR CITY, a 2012 finalist for the William Carlos Williams Poetry Award. He also discus...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
War, Sacrifice, and the Media
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Does fighting a war require an enemy to demonize?

Bought by KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KTSW 89.9, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Ethics of Drone Warfare
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are drones the herald of a more sanitized and efficient form of war, or do they represent the dystopian reign of uncaring technologies?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Military: What Is It Good For?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is the "citizen soldier" an outmoded concept of a bygone era?

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Folktale of Patriotism & Remembrance
From: Northeast Indiana Public Radio
Series: Folktales
Caption: WBOI's Folktale of Patriotism & Remembrance, Credit: Julia Meek
It's a time of military memorials in our world, and that's the hallowed path we walk on this week's edition, with musical reflections on battles--a...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WVIA, WGHC-LP 98.3 FM Chicago, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 18
Missouri Poets of the Midwest Poets Series
From: New Letters on the Air
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Discover the poetic variety of Missouri in this special program featuring readings from the Midwest Poets Series by three very different Missouri p...

Bought by WNJR and WJCU


  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: Way Will Open
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we'll meet Shelley Kotz, a person so involved in the community of Toledo it's hard to cover everything she doe...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:03
Our Worst War
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Seymour Hersh, Noam Chomsky, and Christian Appy on the legacy of Vietnam.

Bought by KPIP-LP and KZYX


  • Added: May 10, 2015
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
Contradictions in U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious discusses the contradictions in U.S. nuclear weapons policy with author and professor Dr. Seyom Brown, who is currently an adjunct se...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Camp Lovewave's 354th Show - Neo-Economist Jim Smith
From: Terran Lovewave
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Lord Satan's "Action Figure Theater" returns live from his radio show "Darkness at the Speed of Light" and our Camp Neo-Economist, Jim Smith, retur...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2009
  • Length: 59:18