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Owning a home is the American Dream. How has the decision to prioritize homeownership in the US shaped our communities, for better or worse?

Bought by KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS, KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode, we explore how much of the information we get is mediated - edited - and we all get different edits based on what the algorithm th...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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Jess talks with UCLA climate scientist and Weather West blogger Dr. Daniel Swain about this summer of extremes.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll take a look at transitional justice through Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. We’ve looked at the t...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, we discuss press freedom in the U.S. in the wake of a police raid of the local paper in Marion, Kansas. In that raid, officers con...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Gloria Ayee, Harvard
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll take a look at transitional justice through Truth and Reconciliation Commissions. We’ve looked at the t...

Bought by KMUN and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Welcome to News in Context – I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we talk with former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin, founding executive director of ...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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San Francisco is considering reparations for Black San Franciscans. To understand why advocates are pushing for reparations in the city, we dive de...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KALW


  • Added: Jun 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Miranda Twitchell
Homelessness is a complex problem. We don't have any one-size-fits-all solution to the problem in this program, but we do have some suggestions f...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Margaret Amaka Ohia-Nowak
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll be talking about what it means to be a ally to members of marginalized communities, and the necessary d...

Bought by KRVS and KMUN


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode, we explore how economic issues are often talked about in ways that minimize the needs of those who may not have the means to withs...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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Michigan Radio's April Baer talks with NPR's legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:32
  • Purchases: 3
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In this episode, we explore how othering has led to increased marginalization and vilification of people who are un-housed, and how civity can help...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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Good things get better with age. So do we.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
Caption: Kevin Groen
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll be talking about what it means to be a ally to members of marginalized communities, and the necessary d...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Eli Merritt
We constantly hear that America’s democracy is in peril. Corruption is running amuck. Authoritarianism is on the rise. And very few in the hall of ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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In this episode, we explore how engaging across our racial and class divides can help bring us together to care for and nurture our democracy. My ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
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In this episode, we explore the strategic use of racism in electoral politics to divide citizens across racial and other differences in an effort t...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2023
  • Length: 29:32
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In this episode, we explore a massive new study on improving the health of democracy. The Strengthening Democracy Challenge invited more than 30-th...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves through global energy markets, destabilized international food security, and continues to kee...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
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Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves through global energy markets, destabilized international food security, and continues to kee...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 19
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The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 The forces behind the disasters of September 11, 2001 are said to...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
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This week, Ray takes a close look at Taiwan: its colonial past, vibrant democratic tradition, and what recent disputes over independence could mean...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Screenshot of SF Chronicle's Interactive Real Estate Map, Credit: San Francisco Chronicle
In this episode, we explore the Bay Area housing market, and how mass corporate ownership of homes and apartments throughout the region affects com...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
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Part of our Season 3 series on state-level polarization and partisanship.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 26:09