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The Red Scare Next Door: Anti-Communism in Evansville, Indiana
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Bucyrus-Erie Strikers. Evansvillie, Indiana, 1948.
The “Red Scare,” often called McCarthyism, went much deeper than what was directed by Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy in the 1950s and had, even as ...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:22
  • Purchases: 1
A Targeted Divide: Gunning Down the Bill of Rights
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Michigan Liberty Militia Constitutional Enforcement rally Capitol Lansing MI March 24 2018., Credit: Photo by Theresa Rosado.
Today begins a series of three programs on guns in the USA: A Targeted Divide. Our first show is “Gunning Down the Bill of Rights,” how the 2nd Ame...

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Jul 04, 2018
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 1
John Locke
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Locke the Founding Fathers' favorite philosopher?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KSKQ, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
2024-02-11 Lincoln as a Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What was Lincoln's basic philosophy, and did it change over the course of his Presidency?

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
The Separation of Powers
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What are the philosophical arguments behind the separation of powers in the US constitution?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Losing the Nobel Prize: A Conversation with Brian Keating
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Dr. Brian Keating
Astrophysicist Brian Keating discusses his book, "Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science's Highest Honor."

Bought by WETS


  • Added: May 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Darkest Shadow
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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The long shadow of Sir Winston Churchill.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Freedom to Exit: The Libertarian Use of Market Ideology
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Original Walton's Five and Dime, now the Wal-Mart Visitor's Center, Bentonville, Arkansas., Credit: Photo taken by Bobak Ha'Eri. (CC BY-SA 2.5)
Elizabeth Anderson joins us to talk about her book Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don’t Talk about It). In many workp...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
Victoria & Abdul
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Once the white man came to India to lift the natives out of their heathen darkness (and take their jute, iron and Kohinoor diamond). But in the fil...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
Leon Trotsky, or The Revolution Betrayed: The Russian Revolution (Part Three)
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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From within this crucible the revolutionary theorist, ruthless Red Army commander and plausible dictator in waiting, leader of the left opposition ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:02
Interview w/ naturalist DIANE ACKERMAN about her book "The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us"
From: Out of Bounds
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Award-winning naturalist, poet & author discusses her most recent book "The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us"

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Giving Account: Thoreau at 200
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Thoreau's grave in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery , Credit: Doug Storm
On this occasion of the birth of Thoreau we are forced to confront the vexed nature of our reception of his genius. So many of us hate Thoreau, whi...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 58:05
The Flattened Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Age old discoveries and scientific advances have long dispelled the belief that the earth is flat. Recent technological advances have moved recorde...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 05:24
The Death Penalty
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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The death penalty is the barest, most explicit aspect of state violence. Relatively few people are sentenced to death, and even fewer are actively,...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:58
Remembering Vietnam: Part One
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of "Culture Clique" we get to listen in as Winonan's recall their memories of Vietnam on the home front and on the battlefield. Thi...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 32:24
Mario Soares: A Tribute for an Ocean Exemplar
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Mario Soares, former PM and President of Portugal, statesman, exile, political prisoner, "father of democracy", passed away last week at the age of...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 05:09
EP 7 No Industrial Revolution in China ??
From: Sarwar Kashmeri
Series: Orient Espresso
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Conventional Wisdom says the Industrial Revolution passed China by. But is this a true interpretation of history?

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 04:47
Full Moon Hacksaw # 1518 (Hour 1 & 2) - 03/03/2016
From: KRDP
Series: Full Moon Hacksaw
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John Mueller, pianist and record collector, is guest. And 1961 is quite the year here. After the introductory testament from Tito Puente we'll hear...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WVBI-LP, WOUB, WYAP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 01:59:55
  • Purchases: 6
The 21st Century Maritime Museum
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Maritime Museum on the Hong Kong waterfront.
In October of 2015 Peter Neill, Director of World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, attended the bi-annual conference of the Interna...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Journalist Eric Arnold talks with Stanley Nelson, director of the documentary film: The Black Panthers, Vanguard of the Revolution.

Bought by KMUN, KALW, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WRKF, WFHB and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 23
SITPE # 1524
From: Stephen R Webb
Series: Stuck in the Psychedelic Era
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I don't have to sing the blues (but I want to)

Bought by WLPR , KSRQ, KKRN, WYAP, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 15
Inside the Islamic State
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We’re looking inside the Islamic State: as a phenomenon and as America’s latest enemy in the endless war on terror. Do we know who they are, or how...

Bought by KZYX and WCQS


  • Added: Sep 21, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
Andrew Bacevich: America’s War for the Greater Middle East
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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How do you end an endless war? Thirty years ago Jimmy Carter declared the Persian Gulf a "vital" focus of American foreign policy. Since then, U.S....

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 58:36
  • Purchases: 1
Top 100 Guitar Solos, Show #2
From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
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It's a countdown from 50 to number 1 of the best guitar solos in rock this week. Listen for Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughn and, yes, The Eagles.

Bought by KSKQ and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 12, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2