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Hard News (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Think you don’t get your news from the paper anymore? Think again.

Bought by WSGE, WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
Fighting Words
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we have two contributions –one closer to home and one many more miles away- but both aim to describe an unfair relationship of power eac...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:07
Family Values: A Conversation with Ray Luc Levasseur
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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In this episode, we continue our conversation with Ray Luc Levasseur. He is a former underground combatant with the United Freedom Front, which car...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 28:27
Prisoner Perspectives on Reform
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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We cover a range of news in this week’s episode- from a brief history of Black August and the upcoming August 19th prison demonstrations, to curren...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:46
One Long Night: Andrea Pitzer on the Global History of Concentration Camps
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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"Honorable people can do terrible things" says Andrea Pitzer in her book "One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps." We talk to Andr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Grappling with the Violence of Whiteness
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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In this episode of Peace Talks Radio, our guests turn the lens on Whiteness, asking how the notion of Whiteness came to be, how it has shaped Ameri...

Bought by KSFR and KUNM


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Resistance: The Ballot and The Bullhorn
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From no, I won't to yes, we will. It’s official, over a hundred women, more women than ever, were voted into Congress including New Mexico’s Deb Ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Finding Peace, Sustaining Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we talk with Noga Harpaz, an Israeli, and Raed al-Hadar, a Palestinian, who are part of “Combatants for Peace...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
Hujar, Wojnarowicz: Art, AIDS & Challenge of Retrospection
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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1980’s art both personal and political arose out of the AIDS epidemic. Two major NYC art exhibits – Peter Hujar: Speed of Life (Morgan, thru May 20...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 09, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Taking Down the Confederacy - One Monument At A Time
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Many are protesting Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's proclaiming April as Confederate Heritage Month, the last state banner to feature confederate ic...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Surprise! The New Russian President Is the Same as the Old Russian President
From: Jason Fields
Caption: War College Logo, Credit: War College
Mark Galeotti joins us for War College’s Russian election special. The winner, Vladimir Putin, was never in doubt, but what’s the sham election all...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2018
  • Length: 33:56
Seeking Peace On Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special (2017)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Another compendium of highlights from a season of PEACE TALKS RADIO, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution. This time listen...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Getting to Know the Presidents (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Assessing President Trump's first year - Reading and reflecting on the lives of the presidents - Why did the first presidents live so long? - The N...

Bought by Capital Public Radio, WVPE, South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
Getting to Know the Presidents (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Assessing President Trump's first year - Reading and reflecting on the lives of the presidents - Why did the first presidents live so long? - The N...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WCNY, KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 27
Getting to Know the Presidents (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Assessing President Trump's first year - Reading and reflecting on the lives of the presidents - Why did the first presidents live so long?

Bought by WJCT, KMUD, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Population Growth and Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Host Suzanne Kryder hosts a program that considers the impact of population growth on peace and rates of conflict, personally and globally. John S...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KMUN, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Recalling Past Struggles
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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his week is the first part of our interview with Mark Cook. Mark served 24 years in prison for his participation in a bank robbery and jail break a...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
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
War, What Is It Good For? (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Bitwa pod Grunwaldem, Credit: Jan Matejko
If we can't end war, what can we learn from the fight? We look at 3 stories of conflict involving mercenaries, radicalized Union generals and the o...

Bought by WCNY, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WLIW and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 10
RDD: The Lake and the Doctor (part 2)
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we're entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the former...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 06:06
Suckerpunch
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about the Harlem Hammer, COINTELPRO, and punching nazis.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 42:03
Protests
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we discuss protests in several different contexts.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 52:53
Loot & Morality
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about the German kunstschutz unit, the Venus de Milo, and slavery reparations.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 44:53
2016 IU Summer Theater Season Preview
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Doug Storm sits down with four actors from the Actor's Equity Association for a preview of the 2016 Summer Theater Season.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2016
  • Length: 09:00
RDD: Happy Birthday FM91!
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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It's FM91's 40th birthday! WGTE FM in Toledo began broadcasting May 2, 1976 and for four decades has continued to deliver the highest quality arts,...

  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 06:20