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Daniel Nichanian on the Nuts and Bolts of Local Elections
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Daniel Nichanian
Anyone who paid attention to the ugly aftermath of the 2020 presidential election suddenly realized that a coterie of state-level bureaucrats had a...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
IE: Inside Europe, 7/15/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: The race to replace Boris Johnson as the UK’s next prime minister. As a heatwave engulfs Europe, Germans worry about freezi...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Good Intentions Gone Awry
From: Tradeoffs
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Why has a little-known program designed to help hospitals and clinics that serve low-income people become one of the most controversial health poli...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 16:16
The impact of fentanyl on communities, with SF Substance Use Expert Dr.Phillip Coffin
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the sharp increase in fentanyl deaths across the country, including in San Francisco and the Bay Area, which had thus f...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Alex Gilbert on West Virginia v. EPA
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alex Gilbert
It seems like these days every sentence that begins with "The Supreme Court..." finishes with truly appalling news -- another draconian ruling rega...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Jul 05, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
IE: Inside Europe, 6/24/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: Macron weakened, the left temporarily united and the far-right ascendent. Dutch farmers protest livestock cuts to curb nitr...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
The Personal and Political Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Michigan 2-Way
From: Tradeoffs
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A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing — in the courts, on the campaign trail, at the ballot box this N...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
2022 California Primaries by Faction & Tortilla with Gustavo Arellano: These Not So United States (CA Part 2)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: 2022 California Primaries by Faction & Tortilla with Gustavo Arellano: These Not So United States (CA Part 2), Credit: The Purple Principle
If California progressives were a tortilla brand, they’d be delicious but expensive and inaccessible. By contrast, establishment Democratic tortill...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 31:46
John Stoehr: Guns And White Power
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Stoehr
The term “civil liberties” may connote different associations, depending on where you fall on the political spectrum. While some connect the term w...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
What is the Future of Abortion in the Americas?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Ray Suarez talks to three women north and south of the U.S. border to understand how overturning Roe v Wade would fit into the region's reproductiv...

Bought by WJCT, Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps Griot: Betty Thompson
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Betty Thompson on April 14th, 2016, in front of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in Jackson, Mississippi., Credit: Photo by Natalia Fidelholtz for StoryCorps.
Ms. Betty Thompson talks about her work at the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, and what led her there.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Fixing the Obamacare 'Glitch' That Pushed One Couple to Divorce
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Liana Wolk (L) and Owen Marshall at their wedding in May 2019. Owen is one of 5 million Americans stuck in the “family glitch.” , Credit: Molly Haley
The Biden administration is trying to close a gap in the Affordable Care Act that blocks 5 million people from getting affordable health care.

  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 18:40
Fixing the Obamacare 'Glitch' That Pushed One Couple to Divorce - Two-Way
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Liana Wolk (L) and Owen Marshall at their wedding in May 2019. Owen is one of 5 million Americans stuck in the “family glitch.”, Credit: Molly Haley
The Biden administration is trying to close a gap in the Affordable Care Act that blocks 5 million people from getting affordable health care.

  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 03:47
States Newsroom: A Novel Approach To State-Level News
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chris Fitzsimon
There are forces in the US that like to selectively bring up “states rights” from time to time – with the impending decision stripping the federal ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The End of Neutrality? Finland’s NATO Bid
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode of WorldAffairs, we tackle the question, how does a country–or an individual–survive the threat of Russian aggression?

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


  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Sky High Price of Insulin And What Lawmakers Are Trying To Do About It
From: Tradeoffs
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We explore the high cost of insulin in the U.S. and Congress’ latest push to address those prices with Kaiser Health News reporter Bram Sable-Smith.

  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 16:53
Can China Erase History in Hong Kong
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week's episode, we hear about the various ways that Beijing is tightening the screws on Hong Kong's freedom of expression, speech, and press.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, WEKU, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 27, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Congressional Passage of War Powers Act Can End U.S. Complicity in Saudi-l...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WETS


  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
SF Public Defender Peter Calloway Pt. 2: Recall Rubbish
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Peter Calloway
More than 20 years ago, sociologist Barry Glassner wrote his bestseller The Culture of Fear, where he explains why Americans tend to be unreasonabl...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for April 6, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War Escalation & Nucl...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RADIOLEX, and WETS


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
70 Million: When a State Treats Drug Addiction Like a Health Issue, Not a Crime
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Miracles Club
A year ago, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drug possession. The goal is to reverse some of the negative impacts of the War on Drugs...

Bought by WXDU and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Elizabeth Hernandez and other tenants protest rent hike , Credit: Alliance for Californians for Community Empowerment Action
While wages have flatlined for most working class people, rents have reached new highs, leaving most people struggling. But it’s not just in the US...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioStPete Florida, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Polarized Politics & Hispanic Identity: These Not So United States (TX, Part 4)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Polarized Politics & Hispanic Identity: These Not So United States (TX, Part 4) , Credit: The Purple Principle
The Purple Principle is visiting the Lone Star State, and wondering if the famously strong Texas identity is holding up under the powerful forces o...

Bought by KNCT FM


  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 34:31
  • Purchases: 1
Data shows an increase in street fires, but that’s not the whole story
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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A look at homeless encampment fires in the Bay Area with Three journalists at the San Francisco Public Press and Mission Local have been tracking f...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Exploring the historical and geopolitical context of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine w/Amir Weiner
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the historical and geo-political context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the role and actions of NATO. ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:30

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