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Episode 4: On The Death Penalty - The Unexpected Messenger
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Over the past decade, support for the death penalty has plummeted. In this episode, we look at why this happened and how one unexpected messenger, ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 35:11
Episode 2: On Poverty - The Power of The Camera
From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative
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Fifty years ago, the Poor People’s Campaign took over a portion of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Their aim: change how Americans understand ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 37:10
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Tom Brokaw
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Journalist and author Tom Brokaw talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by Michigan Radio, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 07, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 3
FRDH: How America Got This Way
From: MIchael Goldfarb
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Veteran overseas journalists look at America as it enters the Age of Donald Trump

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 49:16
Neuroscientist Daniel J Levitin and “A Field Guide to Lies”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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“An increasing number of people under the age of 25 get all their news, not just some of it, from Facebook.” The author points out that we are bomb...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2
David Degraw Talks About the Psychology and Economics of Revolution on Unspun
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: David DeGraw
We talk with David DeGraw, author, journalist and Occupy activist, credited with coining the rally cry, "We are the 99%." Two of his books, Econom...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Alison Weir
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Alison Weir
Unspun talks with Alison Weir, author of Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the U.S. Was Used to Create Israel , Executive Dire...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 58:50
  • Purchases: 1
Furious Love
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. Plus, a satire of college football. And, a conversation with the son of a scienc...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
After the Blacklist
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In the early years of the Cold War, a number of Hollywood directors and writers were blacklisted from the motion picture industry. One author says ...

Bought by KENW and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
The Censorship of Dorian Gray
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A new edition restores Oscar Wilde's famous novel to its original form.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Nightly News and the Civil Rights Movement
From: With Good Reason
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The Civil Rights Movement was the United States’ first major domestic news story to be televised. The author of a new book exploring television’s r...

Bought by WMTNradio, Troy Public Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:25
  • Purchases: 3
Equal Time: The Networks and the Civil Rights Movement
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How the evening news shaped attitudes about race relations during the Civil Rights Movement.

Bought by KALW, WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, WJAB and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9
Looking Back to Look Forward: Political Rhetoric
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining the rhetoric of the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:56
The Miracle Case and Film Censorship
From: WRPI
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In 1950 the Roberto Rossellini film "The Miracle" was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency and censored by the New York State Motion Picture...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 25:43
  • Purchases: 1
Compact Discoveries 135: Score 2 for Virgil
From: Fred Flaxman
Series: Compact Discoveries
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Fred Flaxman presents new recordings of two film scores by Virgil Thomson.

Bought by KUCO, Eclectic 89.1 WBCX, KWAX, WCNH-LP, KENW and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 12
DYLAN: LIKE A ROLLING STONE
From: Joyride Media
Series: DYLAN
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Patti Smith hosts this hour of Bob Dylan music and conversation covering 1965-1974

Bought by WMNR, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KPSQ-LP, KFAI Minneapolis, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 42