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Is Free Speech Threatened on Campus?
From: Open to Debate
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Tensions have been ramping up at universities across the country as students continue to protest the war in Gaza. Reports of antisemitism, islamoph...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, WMUU-LP, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Golden, Kevin Z. — "Lawsuit to Ban Genetically Modified Alfalfa"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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This program was originally broadcast May 7, 2007. The consequences of growing genetically modified alfalfa were deteremined by the United States ...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman – "Brothels of Calcutta, India"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: March 15, 2007 Born Into Brothels “Born into Brothels” received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005. A t...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 26:23
David Brooks on the Art of Seeing and Hearing Others
From: Open to Debate
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With polarization rising within our society and two wars encouraging division, people are feeling more afraid to engage with people who have differ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 29, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Martha McCabe– "Culture and Racism"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: August 2, 2006 Praise At Midnight Life, culture and racism are the topics of this edition of Radio Curious, in conversatio...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
08-16: Restorative Justice: From Harm to Healing, 8/31/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Fania Davis
Oakland, California, has had the reputation of being one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Then the Restorative Justice movement started...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
Eve Ensler – "Meet the Author of the Vagina Monologues"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The Vagina Monologues The Vagina Monologues, created and produced by Eve Ensler, tell the stories of women, their relationships, feelings, and, in...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
The Power Worshippers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katherine Stewart
There is a powerful movement in America that is reshaping our political landscape. Anyone who does not agree with their agenda is disenfranchised. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2219: What Is Ideology?, 5/10/2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How is ideology different from dogma?

  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Nelson, Alondra— "Health Care & The Black Panthers"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Originally Broadcast: February 13, 2012 The exodus of approximately six million black people from the American South between 1915 and 1970 had a s...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Dismantlng Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Unprecedented concentrations of wealth. Fundamental changes in the economy. A weakened institutional government, making it more difficult to meet p...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Privatization of Everything
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Democracy is more efficient, and equally distributed when public goods are created. Things like free education, public health, open parks, clean wa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
2021-10-17 John Dewey and the Ideal of Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Dewey the quintessential American philosopher?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WLPR , Oregon Public Broadcasting, WCPN and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Lerner, Gerda Ph.D. — "The Foremother of Women’s History"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The history of women has existed as long as humans have, but it was not until the last half of the 20th Century that women’s history received recog...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Public Service - recorded 11/02
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Public Service discussion between older, middle & younger generations

  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 24:39
2021-02-21 John Rawls
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The life and thought of political philosopher John Rawls, born February 21, 1921.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WNYO and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
"Patrick McGrath – Moving to America in 1774"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Imagine leaving home and traveling by yourself to a new land where you don’t know the customs or the politics, on a trip that will take weeks to co...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
"Annie Barnes – Racism in America"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Everyday Racism: A Book For All Americans Racism has too long been a part of the American experience. The Civil War and the Constitutional amendme...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Education
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Critical Thinking is a set of skills that most students learn at a relatively early age. Even students who don’t do well in school are familiar wit...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Spirit (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Today’s teens--Generation Z--are making headlines for their politics and their protests. The YA books that speak to them have followed suit.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCNY, WMMT, Royalton Community Radio, KHEN-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Teen Spirit (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Today’s teens--Generation Z--are making headlines for their politics and their protests. The YA books that speak to them have followed suit.

Bought by Ohm Radio , WLPR , WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Teen Spirit (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Today’s teens--Generation Z--are making headlines for their politics and their protests. The YA books that speak to them have followed suit.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WJCT, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
"Da Chen – Life in China Under Mao"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Colors of the Mountain The Chinese Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, led by Mao Zedong, imposed a major change to the nation where one in every fo...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Forgotten People
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Arthur Lieber
It wasn’t that long ago that the Democratic party was primarily made up of blue collar workers. That has flipped in the last few years, especially ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Roland Martin: "Never Stop Fighting!"
From: Generation Justice Admin
Caption: Roland Martin
In this year's celebration of Black History Month and the 50th Anniversary of Africana Studies at the University of New Mexico, author and journali...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2020
  • Length: 50:32