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Chattanooga's EPB Fiber
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
Series: Broadband Bits
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Episode 59: Chattanooga's EPB Fiber is the highest profile community network in the U.S. It was the first network in the nation to offer a symmetri...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2015
  • Length: 24:59
Managing the System
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Salman Khan
One hot muggy afternoon last week I understood first hand a fact of life in India – the system never works for you unless you know someone with con...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
LINDA MCQUAIG ON HER BOOK THE TROUBLE WITH BILLIONAIRES
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
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Linda speaks about her book The trouble with billionaires , Corporate philanthropy, alternatives

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 30:05
Rights and Responsibilities
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Priya Vedi
It is all very well to castigate the Supreme Court for its failure to affirm gay rights. But rights mean nothing without responsibility and those r...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
A Citizen's Guide to Tailoring Moral Outrage
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
I read a column in which the author tried to express what I’m guessing is her moral outrage. I am all for expressing moral outrage. At least it pu...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 05:38
Political Junkie Minisode 2-18-15
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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While Republicans in Congress remain furious with President Obama and his planned executive orders to alter immigration policy, the respective Sena...

Bought by KCCU Radio, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXXI Rochester, and Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 5
Talking Foreign Policy: The President's Controversial Executive Actions on Immigration Reform
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
The "Talking Foreign Policy" radio program tackles the President's controversial executive action on immigration reform.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
#1413 - Religious Objects: S. Brent Plate, Part 2
From: Sandburg Media
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S. Brent Plate on materiality and lived experience. Natasha Alford on Memphis, Martin Luther King, and Ferguson.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 41:08
Talking Foreign Policy: Combatting the Islamic State
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
In this broadcast, our expert panel discusses how the Islamic State emerged so quickly as America’s newest grave threat. They critique President O...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
Talking Foreign Policy: Russian Roulette
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
An expert panel discusses the crisis in Ukraine.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
Top 100 Americans?
From: Jeff Karr
Series: The Jeff Karr Show
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What's wrong with this list?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2014
  • Length: 03:24
A Citizen's Guide to Passion and Political Gamesmanship in Democracies
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: What I Actually Said, Credit: Susan Cook
The protesters in Ukraine are showing us on a very public stage that criticism free from harassment and ridicule of the actions of public elected ...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 06:47
Talking Foreign Policy Tackles Cyber-War
From: Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Series: Talking Foreign Policy
Caption: Michael Scharf
An expert panel discusses the foreign policy implications of cyber warfare.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 59:21
Political Junkie 2-5-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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President Obama told us about the state of the union... now it's time to hear about the state of the states. Political Junkie host Ken Rudin talks...

Bought by WXXI Rochester and WRKF


  • Added: Feb 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 1-14-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Continuing where he left off in 2013, Chris Christie remains the most talked about Republican in the country ... only this time he may not like wha...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 1-7-14
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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2014 is an election year, with control of the House and Senate at stake. Host Ken Rudin talks to political analyst Stu Rothenberg about what to wa...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Political Junkie 12-17-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Republicans in Congress were prepared to agree to a fairly innocuous budget deal with the Democrats with little fuss. But many conservatives were n...

Bought by WRKF and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 12-10-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Nelson Mandela's passing brought this week's Political Junkie show back to the mid-1980s, when Washington was split over how to deal with the South...

Bought by WRKF


  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
Keeping Nelson Mandela
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
After Nelson Mandela was freed from the life sentence he was serving in prison, he often spoke about refusing bitterness toward his captors. But h...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
Political Junkie 12-3-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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We know for certain that President Obama pardoned a turkey this Thanksgiving. But is Healthcare.gov a turkey as well? Host Ken Rudin speaks with W...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-26-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The word of the week is “nuclear,” and the latest Political Junkie show is all over it. First, Political Junkie host Ken Rudin talks with Cameron ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-19-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks with Wall Street Journal congressional correspondent Siobhan Hughes about the changing fortunes on Capitol Hill. D...

Bought by WRKF and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-12-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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Host Ken Rudin welcomes back his old friend from NPR's Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan, to the Political Junkie. They talk about the emergence of Ch...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WRKF


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 2
Political Junkie 11-6-13
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Minisodes)
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The 2013 Elections are over, and though the winners aren't a surprise, some of the insights are. Political Junkie Ken Rudin talks to NPR's Mara Lia...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Congressional Guide to Ending Gridlock
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Having survived the most recent episode of Gridlock by the skin of the Nation's teeth, we beyond the Beltway need to put our collective relational...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 03:26