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Sacrifice Zones - Part 2 (Encore Edition)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Mosier Fire , Credit: Image by: Paloma Ayala
On this encore edition of Making Contact, we present the final installment in a two-part series on the pressure to transform a region of iconic lan...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Science Behind the Collapse of the Three World Trade Center Towers on 9/11
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Dr. Niels Harrit at microscope
Dr. Niels Harrit, retired professor of chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, discusses the collapse of three skyscrapers on September 11th, 2001.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
How Bush and Cheney Ruined America and the World; and The Redemptive Future of Fig Trees
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: David Ray Griffin
Saving Humanity with Truth and Figs.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Aug 19, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 2
Why Good People Become Silent (Or Worse) About 9/11
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Frances Shure
Psychotherapist, Frances Shure, explains the difficulty of accepting truths that shake our world-view.

Bought by 'The Sea', KPIP-LP, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 05, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Asylum seekers follow Canadian path once used by Underground Railroad
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls NY location where Harriet Tubman helped runaway slaves escape to Canada.
Thousands of asylum seekers in the US are heading to Canada, because of the hostile political climate here. And they're taking routes along the Gre...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 6
Can Asian carp be kept out of Lake Michigan?
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Kiowa pushes barges over electric carp barrier , Credit: Chuck Quirmbach
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's 2018 eliminates $300 million for projects along the Great Lakes. That threatens efforts to...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCPN, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 9
Research on Lake Erie algae blooms imperiled
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: A piece of walleye head meat before it gets blended with dry ice - the first step in extracting the microcystin toxin from the fish tissue.a, Credit: Elizabeth Miller/ideastream
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 By now, most of us have heard that President Trump wants to eliminate a 300-million-dollar program created t...

Bought by WLPR , WXXI Rochester, WBFO, Wisconsin Public Radio (ops), Wisconsin Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 9
Lake Superior cleanup threatened by Trump budget cuts
From: Great Lakes Today
Series: Troubled Waters: Trump and the Great Lakes
Caption: Working for U.S. Steel, employees from Barr Engineering install instruments that measure groundwater seepage and flow between the sediments and St. Louis river. Data collected from the instruments will help in the design, construction and installation of , Credit: Derek Montgomery for MPR News
NOTE: EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 12 President Trump's budget plan eliminates $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative -- hurting ...

Bought by WLPR , North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, Wisconsin Public Radio, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 8
"Like a Breath of Fresh Air" (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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We might think the glory days of cigarettes are long past. But among many demographic groups, the rates of smoking are still rising. Many regulator...

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
Waukesha full speed ahead as mayors fight Great Lakes water diversion
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Oak CReek treatment plans, Credit: Susan Bence
A Wisconsin town is getting a lot of attention -- on the issue of drinking water. Waukesha lies outside the Great Lakes basin, but it has permissio...

Bought by WBFO, WMUK, WCPN, Interlochen Public Radio, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 5
Wisconsin cuts climate change warning, sparks fear of U.S rollback
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Graphic showing the way the website looks now, compared to how it looked previously.
Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources revised its website recently, deleting information concerning climate change, including references to g...

Bought by WCPN, WXXI Rochester, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 3
Cultural Genocide in America: Capitalistic Experts' Self-Egos
From: Teosson Wells
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Things we learn from Woody Guthrie and Native Americans ... and Donald Trump's dad?

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 27:19
When Women Run, Women Win...Except When They Don't
From: Women Run the West
Caption: Utah-based Real Women Run holds trainings for potential female candidates on how to manage a campaign, how to fundraise, how to work with the media, even hands-on stuff like how to actually file for candidacy., Credit: Jennifer Pemberton
There aren’t many women serving in Utah’s legislature, but a new law this election year gives hopeful political candidates a new way to get on the ...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, XRAY.fm, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 25, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
  • Purchases: 3
Drugmakers are Making Us Addicts
From: Teosson Wells
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Opioids are Pitched as the Wonder Drug: Profit vs. Health

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 21:54
One Nation Under Commerce: Marketing God and Country. The Middle Edges #104
From: Teosson Wells
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The U.S. chose to link God, money, business, and government. But it’s important to remember that America was originally established to keep God ind...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 24:45
Ep17: Outcome-oriented capitalism
From: Jim Sawyer
Series: Capitalism In Crisis
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This week, we discuss the economics and ethics of hedge fund bets on life-saving medication. What’s wrong with companies like Turing Pharmaceutical...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2016
  • Length: 03:45
The New Cold War: U.S. Hegemony and Russian Backlash with Dmitry Orlov
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Dmitry Orlov
Dmitry Orlov joins us again. He is the author of Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects, The Five Stages of Collapse: Sur...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jun 19, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 1
Right Relationship with Mother Earth - Dr. Jim Collins and Peggy Rebol on Unspun
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Jim Collins
Unspun honors local environmental advocates, Peggy Rebol and Dr. Jim Collins, as we look at our relationships with Mother Earth and current environ...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KMUD


  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
"People Get Ready" to Reclaim Democracy with Robert McChesney
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Robert McChesney
Robert W. McChesney, the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the autho...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2016
  • Length: 58:21
Dissecting American Capitalism with Prof. Richard Wolff
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Richard Wolff
Unspun takes a look at the dirty underbelly and the not-too-bright future of American Capitalism with Prof. Richard Wolff. Prof. Wolff is currentl...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 57:35
Remembering the Green Zone with Euphrates Institute Founder Janessa Gans Wilder
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Janessa Gans Wilder
Janessa Gans Wilder was a CIA analyst stationed in the Green Zone during the first couple of years of U.S. occupation of Iraq. After 21 months work...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:39
Unspun Wrestles the Methane Monster with Jennifer Hynes, Climate Researcher
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Jennifer Hynes
Jennifer Hynes, Climate Researcher, environmental activist and blogger joins us, as we talk about her two very popular videos, The Arctic Methane ...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 1
Andy Skuce, Geologist and Climate Change Blogger Joins Us to Discuss COP21 and Climate Science
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Andy Skuce
Former oil exploration geologist, Andy Skuce, talks with us about the science behind COP21 decisions and what the future will most likely look like...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:19
Peter Seidel and Gary Gardner Tell Us There is Still Time to Deal with Climate Change
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Peter Seidel
Dr. Doug Craig, Climate of Change Blog, co-hosts on Unspun as we discuss how much time we have before the catastrophe of Climate Change is upon us ...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 58:58
NewsVandal, JP Sottile and Unspun Hitch a Ride on the Clown Car - Presidential Politics 2016
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: JP Sottile
Jp Sottile, aka the Newsvandal, will join us in a realistic look at the coming year of Presidential Campaign antics. We'll take a look at real is...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:59