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Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?
From: Open to Debate
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Former criminal offenders in the United States face challenges reentering the job market after incarceration and so-called “Ban the Box” policies a...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Trust-Busting 2024 with Stacy Mitchell & Matt Stoller: A Bipartisan Battle Against Monopoly Power
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Is 2024 the year of trust-busting? This bipartisan issue of small versus big is a fight taking place on the streets and in the federal and state co...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
240119: Wardrobe Malfunction: The Climate Impact of Clothing, 1/19/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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What we wear defines us in so many ways. But in recent decades we’ve moved away from long-lasting, quality pieces in favor of disposable fast fashi...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
2024-01-19 Wardrobe Malfunction: The Climate Impact of Clothing
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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What we wear defines us in so many ways. But in recent decades we’ve moved away from long-lasting, quality pieces in favor of disposable fast fashi...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
Insurance in a New Climate Era
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We are aware of the key role played by insurance, more so as we face increasing events of extreme weather destruction. Government agencies are sign...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 05:16
Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?
From: Open to Debate
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While marijuana legalization is gaining more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating weed has long puzzled policy and lawmakers, with some star...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
What the SVB Failure Teaches us About Investment Banking (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: SVB sign in front of Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California., Credit: Minh Nguyen, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
We talk to John Nichols and Jeet Heer from The Nation about the decisions that led up to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and why it wasn't just an...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2023-06-11 The Rhetoric of Big Tech
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, KMUN, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 14
Milling the Urban Tree
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: City of Minnetonka forester Hannibal Hayes mills a log at the city's new saw mill., Credit: Timothy Foss
Amidst the Emerald Ash Borer crisis, the city of Minnetonka currently has a surplus of ash logs from 60,000 trees. Some Minnetonka foresters are wo...

  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 05:50
Brazen Presents: The Closer
From: PRX
Series: Brazen Presents
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This is a special edition of The Closer, a series from Project Brazen and PRX that shares the inside story of the deals that changed the world. In ...

Bought by WILL, WRKF, WLPR , RadioFreePalmer, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 52:29
  • Purchases: 19
Is the Banking System Safer Than It Was in 2008?
From: Open to Debate
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Silicon Valley Bank. Signature Bank. Credit Suisse. The global banking system may be facing its most significant crisis since 2008. Some say erodin...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
EE 23-15: Take a bite of the big apple at Gables Bagels, 4/7/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A new little bagel shop with a big personality brings an East Coast vibe to a Midwestern town.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2022-11-27 (Why) Money Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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In an ideal society, would we even need money?

Bought by KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Seeding Innovation (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The creators of a new multi-million dollar Innovation Hub in a farming region say it's already supporting rural entrepreneurs. They have high hopes...

Bought by WUTC, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WYAP, KVSC and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
2022-08-05 REWIND: Climbing, Conservation and Capitalism
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Rick Ridgeway estimates he’s spent about five years of his life sleeping in tents, often in the world’s most remote places alongside fellow outdoor...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGUA, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
20220805: REWIND: Climbing, Conservation and Capitalism, 8/5/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Rick Ridgeway estimates he’s spent about five years of his life sleeping in tents, often in the world’s most remote places alongside fellow outdoor...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
Ocean Capitalism: Under the Guise of New
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Is economic growth antithetical to the overall health of society? This week on World Ocean Radio we discuss the concentration of capital and offer ...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 05:26
How to Fund Ocean Conservation
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio: five suggested strategies as laid out by Karl Burkart (Managing Director of One Earth and formerly the Director of ...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 05:12
20 North
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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Today on The Rough Draft Diaries we're headed over to the oldest independent art gallery in the city of Toledo, 20 North Gallery.

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1
2021-11-21 Is Philanthropy Bad for Democracy?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What’s the difference between charitable giving from ordinary people and philanthropic giving from the very wealthy?

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


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
I&I COVID-19 and Education Outcomes
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Incentives & Instincts is a monthly series on A New Angle in which host Justin Angle speaks with economist Bryce Ward about some of the broader cha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 3
Do Black Lives Matter to Big Banks?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A national uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd pressured corporations and big banks to acknowledge their own roles in systemic racis...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Earth Overshoot 2021
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: overshootday.org | #MoveTheDate, Credit: footprintnetwork.org
This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing Earth Overshoot Day 2021 which landed on July 29th, meaning we are running an ecological deficit be...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 05:17
2021-05-02 Radical Markets: Solutions for a Gilded Age?
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is inequality an inevitable product of the free market?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WLPR , and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
GN_4.40_Denver Day Works
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
The homeless epidemic affects millions of people in the US each year. In Denver, a program is giving the homeless jobs, resources, and getting them...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30