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Reproductive Justice: The Ongoing Struggle for Bodily Autonomy (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Today we share excerpts from “She's Beautiful When She's Angry,” a documentary about the rise of activism around women’s rights in the late 1960s, ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Season 1, Episode 21 - 'Beyond Bars' feat Fox & Rob Richardson
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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The need for prison reform in the USA.

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 1
Debate: Coleman Hughes and Jamelle Bouie on Color Blindness for Black History Month
From: Open to Debate
Caption: PRX default Piece image
During Black History Month, we reflect on a debate that confronts America’s complex history with racial and social inequality. How can we ensure fa...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 5
Tulsa's Black History Saturday School
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Ribbon cutting at Tulsa's EduRec Youth Center for Black History Saturdays. , Credit: Credit: Black History Saturdays
When Oklahoma passed a law limiting discussion of race in classrooms, Tulsa activist Kristi Williams rallied the community to create Black History ...

Bought by KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
865: The Year Of Return / 866: Wintering In The Wild, 1/20/2024
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "The Year Of Return" - 2019 marked the "year of return" to Ghana – attracting visitors from throughout the African diaspora. Now, scores ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:59:01
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
From: National Endowment for the Arts
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An interview with the co-directors of the documentary Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes. The interview paints a comprehensive picture of Max Roach's...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
Top of Mind - Righting Society’s Past Wrongs: How Late is Too Late to Repair?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Can righting society's past wrongs help us heal from historical harm?

Bought by KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, KSTK, KOWS and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 10
Christine Yoo: 26.2 To Life
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Christine Yoo
For many of us, the holiday season presents an opportunity to spend some time thinking about people less fortunate than ourselves. This week on Sea...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
231110: Putting It All on the Line with Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. and Jacqueline Patterson, 11/10/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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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...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
825: Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds / 826: Growing Justice, 9/2/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds" - In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Mental health challenges can push p...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Does Color Blindness Perpetuate Racism?
From: Open to Debate
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Color blindness has long been presented by some as a philosophy to help improve relations between racial groups. Those who support it say it promot...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
13-17: Who Is an American? Is Our Democracy As Unequal As Our Economy?, 7/5/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Heather McGhee, Credit: Hardy Wilson
By around 2044, the U.S. will become a majority-minority nation. This seismic demographic shift has triggered a cultural earthquake, provoking a ra...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for May 10, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: MoveOn Targets Fox News’ Corporate Advertisers Funding Dangerous Lies and ...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: May 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Is America Too Obsessed With Race?
From: Open to Debate
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Sixty years ago, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most iconic speech. "I have a dream,” he said, “that my four little children wil...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNED Buffalo


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
259: Creating a World Where Everyone Belongs: From a Change of Heart to System Change, 3/22/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: john a. powell and Angela Glover Blackwell , Credit: Alex Akamine
In this moment of radical transformation, shifting the societal pronoun from “me, me, me” to “we” may be the single most transformational pivot we ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Top of Mind - Starting Over After Life in Prison
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Nearly half of people who leave prison will end up back behind bars. Why don't they stay out? And how would their lives be different if no criminal...

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for February 8, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Bigotry and Hate Drives GOP Ouster of Rep. Ilhan Omar from House Foreign ...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
10-11: From Slavery to Stardust: What Would Healing Look Like?, 2/22/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Dedan Gills and Belvie Rooks
What’s it like to be in someone else’s skin? What if the color of the skin is different – say, black and white? What might happen when the descenda...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
13-18: Bending Toward Justice: The Arc of Black Lives Matter , 2/8/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Patrisse Cullors
There are periods when history comes to a boil – when powerful forces of both destruction and creation result in massive social change. In 2020, th...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Post-Roe Abortion Access from The Response Part 2
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Digital Security Best Practices by Digital Defense Fund, Credit: Hazel Mead
Mutual aid efforts to provide pregnancy prevention and medical abortion in post-Roe southern United States.

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz


  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Georgia Way: Strategies that Work for Winning Elections
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What happened in Georgia in 2020? The election of two Democrats to the Senate from that state handed the presidency to Joe Biden and control of Con...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Defenseless: Daniel Medwed on Incarcerated Innocents
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Medwed
Many followers of the highly publicized Adnan Syed case were delighted to see an innocent man set free after over two decades behind bars. But the ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
731: Empathy For Monsters / 732: Growing Justice, 10/8/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Empathy For Monsters" - The American soldiers who guarded Saddam Hussein came to like and care about him. This hour: Should we feel empa...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Expanding the Franchise (hour/no bb)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Dwayne Betts was only a teenager when he was convicted of carjacking and sentenced to 9 years in prison. Today, he’s an acclaimed poet and accompli...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh, Royalton Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Expanding the Franchise (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Dwayne Betts was only a teenager when he was convicted of carjacking and sentenced to 9 years in prison. Today, he’s an acclaimed poet and accompli...

Bought by WTJU, KUHF, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, WRGY and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7