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Caption: Logo: America Talks
It’s no secret that polarization is deepening divides across the US. Over the past few years, many people have started or joined what are called br...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Peter Calloway
In his astute and timeless book, "How to Lie with Statistics," Darrell Huff writes, “The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-mind...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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In this episode, we explore how Asian Americans are framed in mainstream news and media, and how that framing informs our understanding and discour...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Apr 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Headshot: Danny O'Brien
In this episode, we explore issues of free expression, privacy, and the roles of corporate and government entities in moderating social media conte...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on the show: The Julian Assange verdict and the case for press freedom. Germany's lockdown has been extended and tightened. The Greek Or...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Screenshot of Podcast Recording, Credit: Gina Baleria
In this episode, we explore the influence and impact of framing - in particular how mainstream news tends to frame national issues as gamified, two...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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This week on the show: Ireland delays easing lockdown measures, but still allows in American tourists. Spain's former king Juan Carlos mysteriou...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: COVID 19 Word Cloud, Credit:  EpicTop10.com
In this episode, we explore how the news media is doing in covering COVID-19 – including the responses of public officials… the data on infections ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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This week on the show: Speaking your mind - Dangerous times for reporters in Mexico // Journalist paradise South Africa // A colonial-era law st...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: David Chandler
David Chandler shows that for the official story of what happened to the three World Trade Center Towers to be true, the laws of physics would have...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Sep 18, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Randy Olson
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if the picture is a bar graph with a bunch of statistical notations? It may be worth a thous...

  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Dr. Graeme MacQueen
Graeme MacQueen shows how the 9/11 attacks were a psychological manipulation on Americans to get U.S. citizens to accept loss of civil rights and s...

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 16, 2017
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Pamela Paresky
Is the New York Times enabling a debate that most rational people think is long over? The latest conservative pundit to be hired by the New York Ti...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Plus: What's Next For Consumers After Macy's And Sears Closing? 5 Simple Steps To Teaching Kids About Money, Will Mortgage Rates In 2017 Go Up, Dow...

Bought by WETD, KALH, WLRN, WSGE, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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The 2015 United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) is made up of documentary films dealing with key global issues. This year’s theme RUNNING...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 54:50
Caption: School Violence, Credit: jacket cover design by Emily Osborne
More violence is committed in America than any other industrialized nation. Nowhere is that sad fact more prevalent than on our school grounds.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Betsy Leondar-Wright
In Missing Class, Betsy Leondar-Wright looks at class dynamics in twenty-five groups of social movement organizations. Included in her study are; t...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Apr 22, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Shauna Theel
What forces have conspired so that millions of Americans believe that the overwhelming majority of scientists are dead wrong about climate change? ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 29, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Beth E. Richie
In her new book, Professor Beth E. Richie addresses the issue of marginalized communities throughout America, and the unique risk they harbor for B...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ken Burns
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has produced a new film series on the dustbowl. It features survivors, experts on climate and farming, as well as s...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
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Do the presidential nominating conventions still serve a purpose in American politics? Do these events need to be reformed or scaled down? Or shoul...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
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With primary season starting up, the Republican candidates are traveling around the nation, making stump speeches, kissing babies, and spending mil...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Steven Heydemann at Brown University's "Engaging Afghanistan" Conferece
With the news of Osama Bin Laden's death punctuating the reports from Libya, Syria, and Yemen, we're wondering: is this the beginning of the end, o...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: May 12, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Talabani and Allawi win in 2006
News and analysis on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: An Afghan girl practices skateboarding in a park in Kabul, Afghanistan., Credit: Photo courtesy of the Associated Press.
From Piecing it Together (August 7, 2009): War News Radio reports on scientific efforts to understand and help soldiers suffering from traumatic br...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2009
  • Length: 09:06