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Republicans in Congress were prepared to agree to a fairly innocuous budget deal with the Democrats with little fuss. But many conservatives were n...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Nelson Mandela's passing brought this week's Political Junkie show back to the mid-1980s, when Washington was split over how to deal with the South...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
After Nelson Mandela was freed from the life sentence he was serving in prison, he often spoke about refusing bitterness toward his captors. But h...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
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We know for certain that President Obama pardoned a turkey this Thanksgiving. But is Healthcare.gov a turkey as well? Host Ken Rudin speaks with W...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The word of the week is “nuclear,” and the latest Political Junkie show is all over it. First, Political Junkie host Ken Rudin talks with Cameron ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks with Wall Street Journal congressional correspondent Siobhan Hughes about the changing fortunes on Capitol Hill. D...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Host Ken Rudin welcomes back his old friend from NPR's Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan, to the Political Junkie. They talk about the emergence of Ch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The 2013 Elections are over, and though the winners aren't a surprise, some of the insights are. Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks to NPR's Mara Lia...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
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With less than a week to go before the 2013 elections, Political Junkie Ken Rudin speaks to Stu Rothenberg, the editor and publisher of the Rothenb...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Having survived the most recent episode of Gridlock by the skin of the Nation's teeth, we beyond the Beltway need to put our collective relational...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:26
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
To understand what civility is these days in times of tweets, smart phones, blogs and Facebook, we first have to look at "uncivil" and how "uncivil...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
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In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Hark!, WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KQED


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 5
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A 60 second quake, wreaked complete, long term havoc over the country of Haiti

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 26:50
Caption: Jeremy Scahill, San Francisco, CA 5/9/13, Credit: Andrea Chase
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill talks cover-ups, blow-back, and fun & games in Saddam’s Iraq.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 16:43
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The recent revelations that the NSA is collecting cell phone and Internet data from millions of Americans has left many asking questions. Is this a...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
"Updating your truth" is a term not much used these days. We read that somebody "denied", "vetoed", "denounced", "maintained", "refused to consider...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
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Secret recordings have been a headache for some high-profile politicians. Many question the morality of the practice, especially when the media get...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Immediately after the bombings on Marathon Monday in Boston, media reported that a Saudi man was being being questioned by authorities. Some state...

  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 19:56
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A fight on Mt. Everest between Nepalese Sherpas and European climbers has again raised questions about tourism and the world's tallest mountain. Sh...

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
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As authorities searched for one of the Boston Marathon bombers, the city of Boston and its suburbs were put on lockdown. Was this action justified?...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
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Participants at the 2013 Conscious Capitalism conference discuss finding alternatives to the “maximizing shareholder value” model and how business ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Spirits are invisible, never caught in the flesh, imaginary presence usually. Children think they hide under the bed, in dark places, the darkness ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
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From Spain to Scotland to even the United States, separatist movements are making headlines. Do any of these have a chance to succeed? Or all they ...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:02
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This week on War News Radio, “Peace News in Wartime”, we discuss the role of Morocco in the Arab Spring. Then, we learn about the process of establ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
Caption: What happens after a fish is caught teaches that fish are not so stalwart after all., Credit: Susan Cook
When people say things like the quote published in the newspaper the other day, they don't seem to realize what's at stake. So, this Citizen's Guid...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 03:12