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240923: THINK: It's Not Easy Being No. 2: The Presidency of John Adams, 9/23/2024
From: KERA
Series: Think
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MONDAY, 9/23 George Washington set the standard for American presidents. Krys Boyd talks with a historian about how those standards were actually s...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2024
  • Length: 58:53
240909: THINK: Is it Time to Rewrite the Constitution?, 9/9/2024
From: KERA
Series: Think
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MONDAY, 9/9 With so much disagreement about how to interpret the Constitution, is it time for a new one? Krys Boyd talks with the dean of the UC-Be...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 58:52
Civics 101: The CPB and the Politics of Public Media
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The how and why of federal funding for public media.

Bought by WFDD and WLPR


  • Added: Jul 09, 2024
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 2
MOCK TRIAL: Murthy v. Missouri - Free speech, Government and Misinformation on Social Media Platforms
From: Open to Debate
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The Supreme Court will soon decide on a case whether government interference on social media is coercive and suppresses free speech. Those who argu...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Mock Trial: Is Trump Guilty in the January 6th Case?
From: Open to Debate
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After the 2020 election, former President Trump discredited the election results. The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Trump’s federal indi...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
2023-12-31 American Futures (Ken Taylor Memorial Episode)
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Where might America be headed as a nation?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WVTF, KICI Iowa City, and KSKQ


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
A primer for discussing Israel and Gaza and our divided American political landscape: John Donvan in discussion with author Mónica Guzmán
From: Open to Debate
Caption: PRX default Piece image
How can you have meaningful conversations in increasingly divided times, whether it’s against the backdrop of American politics or the Israel-Gaza ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
2023-10-01 Disinformation and the Future of Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon devotees, 9/11 truthers — should people this deluded really be allowed to report the news or hold elected office?

Bought by KMUN, KUNM, WVTF, KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
2340: Disinformation and the Future of Democracy, 10/3/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon devotees, 9/11 truthers — should people this deluded really be allowed to report the news or hold elected office?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Does America Need A Third Party?
From: Open to Debate
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While the two-party system has been the standard in the US government, third parties have often challenged this status quo and now advocates to be ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Politcal Satire and Presidential Politics
From: KRCL
Caption: Book Cover
This is a 2-way interview with Sophia A. McClennen, a scholar of satire and politics and author of Trump Was a Joke, How Satire Made Sense of a Pr...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 20:53
D.A. Larry Krasner Facing Impeachment: Criminal Justice Reform in the Crosshairs
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can a predominantly white state legislature overturn the votes of a predominantly Black city? Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s District Attorney was e...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
2022-05-22 The Allure of Autoritarianism
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Democracy may not be in great shape, but why would anyone prefer to be ruled by a despot?

Bought by WVTF, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KMUN and more


  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Brain on Partisan Politics
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Why Not So Great Minds Polarize Alike, with NYU Neural Scientist, Dr. Jay Van Bavel

  • Added: Sep 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:11
A Blind Date with Dividends: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith on Polarizing Algorithms
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Dr. Robert Elliott Smith
How do social media algorithms feed us news, entertainment, advertisements, even suggesting friends and lovers? By simplifying human nature, accord...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2020
  • Length: 30:02
Side of Spin with Your Nightly News? Broadcast Media & Partisanship, Special Guest: Dr. Dominik Stecula
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Dominik Stecula
Episode 5 (Bonus Material) Side of Spin with Your Nightly News? Broadcast Media & Partisanship, Special Guest: Dr. Dominik Stecula What the heck ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 05:59
Heard from the Herd: Psychology and Partisanship
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Episode 4: Heard from the Herd
Episode 4: Heard from the Herd: Psychology and Partisanship, featuring Dr. Abigail Marsh, author of The Fear Factor, Professor of Neuropsychology a...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 22:52
Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt, authors of "How Democracies Die"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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An interview about the downfall of creeping authoritarianism in Europe and Latin America and insight how American democracy could be undermined.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:16
  • Purchases: 1
Hell Is Other People
From: Popula
Series: Radio Sermon with Brother Layne
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The first will be last.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
What if Ida B Wells Depended on Facebook?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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After Ida B. Wells published a column on May 21, 1892, denouncing “the old threadbare lie,” that lynching was used to “protect white womanhood,” a ...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:30
Throwing Shade Not Light on the Youth Vote
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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Millennials and younger people now make up America’s largest group of eligible voters, surpassing Baby Boomers for the first time.

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
WhatsApp for?
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Need a quick booster shot of national pride? How about a “quote" of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange praising the Indian prime minister? Need to help fome...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Moral Revolution: Tom Shadyac Part 2 #202
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Hollywood director Tom Shadyac traded a mansion and private jets for a mobile home and a bicycle. He had found the traditional trappings of success...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KUNM, KVSC, and KZUM


  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Survival of the Kindest: Tom Shadyac #201
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
Caption: Steve Carell and Tom Shadyac on the set
Tom Shadyac is a successful Hollywood comedy director who found the traditional trappings of success were not the key to happiness. He traded a man...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KUNM, and KVSC


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Future of Democracy: Sec. Leon Panetta
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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It’s not unusual for a new president to find the adjustment from candidate to leader to be jolting but President Trump’s first week in office has b...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1