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“They haven’t deterred our work” Ramona Africa on the MOVE 9 and State Violence
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we share a conversation with Ramona Africa, who talks about the MOVE 9 case, the 1985 police bombing of the MOVE house, and the relation...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:57
Mark Cook Reflects on Solidarity Across the Walls
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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We return for our final episode with Mark Cook, former political prisoner and member of the Black Panther Party and the George Jackson Brigade. Aft...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:22
Out Again, Everything Continues- More Stories from Mark Cook
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we return to our interview with Mark Cook. You can hear more about his history in last’s week episode. Now, Mark leads us through severa...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Learning Lessons from History to Make Peace Today
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, correspondent Sarah Holtz speaks with three historians who warn against the danger of historical amnesia to p...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Eight Days a Week
From: Israel Story
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Arianna Skibell takes us to Battir, a pastoral village about three kilometers southwest of Jerusalem. Over the centuries, the serene landscape has ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 27, 2019
  • Length: 19:16
  • Purchases: 1
CESAR CHAVEZ STORY 2
From: Cesar Chavez Foundation
Series: CESAR CHAVEZ ANECDOTES
Caption: resist, Credit: flocabulary
Celebrating the Month of our founder Cesar Chavez through his own words and with the people who were closer to him.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 01:01
Remembering Izzy Young: New York Folk Scene Touchstone
From: Paul Ingles
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Izzy Young ran The Folklore Center in New York's Greenwich Village for decades and produced Bob Dylan's first public concert in 1961. Young died M...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2019
  • Length: 04:44
BPP 115 | ROGER STONE — BOBBY PICKLES’ PODCAST™️
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: BOBBY PICKLES, ROGER STONE, MATTHEW PIAZZA
Pickles and Pizza conduct this 115th Episode of Bobby Pickles’ Podcast with Full Stomachs ON-LOCATION from the Sunny South Florida Home of Infamous...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2019
  • Length: 01:13:07
Dip Deep - Civility part 1: History
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Dig Deep
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In this first conversation Chuck and Aaron take us back in history to yellow journalism and remind us that political bias and negative political ca...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2018
  • Length: 18:31
Episode 1: We The Purple
From: PurpleState
Series: PurpleState
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eTown’s PurpleState Episode 1, We the Purple, explores the structural, historical, and cultural forces that have contributed to political division ...

Bought by Angelica Community Radio and KVNF


  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 2
Finding Peace, Sustaining Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we talk with Noga Harpaz, an Israeli, and Raed al-Hadar, a Palestinian, who are part of “Combatants for Peace...

Bought by KUNM, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 26, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
WAGES
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Wages and the living wage is our topic this program. Recently, there has been quite a bit of attention given to what we earn, the disparity of wage...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2018
  • Length: 51:26
Surprise! The New Russian President Is the Same as the Old Russian President
From: Jason Fields
Caption: War College Logo, Credit: War College
Mark Galeotti joins us for War College’s Russian election special. The winner, Vladimir Putin, was never in doubt, but what’s the sham election all...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 33:56
The DC All-Ages Ban Proposal
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Local Music & Local Politics: A Series by Connor
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A piece looking back on a failed city council proposal in Washington, D.C. to ban clubs that hold concerts from admitting minors.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2018
  • Length: 04:19
Census Problems (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Justice Department has submitted a controversial request to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. Experts say the questio...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KYUK, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 6
Reclaiming Gotham: The Battle for U.S. Cities
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Journalist Juan González discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America’s cities - from r...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Population Growth and Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Host Suzanne Kryder hosts a program that considers the impact of population growth on peace and rates of conflict, personally and globally. John S...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Presidential First Years (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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It’s been one year since the remarkable inauguration of President Donald Trump, and politicians and pundits across the country are being asked to t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KENW, and WOUB


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Population Growth and Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Host Suzanne Kryder hosts a program that considers the impact of population growth on peace and rates of conflict, personally and globally. John S...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KMUN, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Part 1: Environmental groups slow to seek out minorities
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: New Faces, New Issues
Caption: Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir at Yosemite in 1903, Credit: Library of Congress
Part 1 of series -- When you think of the environmental movement, what comes to mind. Preserving the wilderness in national parks? Or guaranteeing ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WXXI Rochester, WBFO, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 8
Asylum seekers follow Canadian path once used by Underground Railroad
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada.
Thousands of asylum seekers in the US are heading to Canada, because of the hostile political climate here. And they're taking routes along the Gre...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 6
The Lesser of Two Evils
From: Alex Schuman
Series: How to Fix U.S.
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How to Fix U.S. explores the two-party system and a simple change that's gaining traction to end Republican and Democratic dominance.

  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:29
337-Lucy
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Lucy Spacecraft, named after the human fossil Lucy, will revolutionize our knowledge of the origins of our solar system.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KENW, Radio Newark, and WLPR


  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 5
Suckerpunch
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about the Harlem Hammer, COINTELPRO, and punching nazis.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 42:03
Protests
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we discuss protests in several different contexts.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 52:53