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Energy Madness with Martha Klein
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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After the headlines, Sierra Club Connecticut's Martha Klein talk with Patti & Doug about stopping a big new natural gas pipeline known as Project M...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
The H2O Situation with John Rumpler
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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Attorney and Environment America's water specialist John Rumpler talks about the threats to our water.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Josh Weiss discusses "Beat the Devils"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Josh Weiss is a novelist who lives in Philadelphia.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 26:48
The Enablers: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption – Endangering Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frank Vogl
The average American knows corruption exists in every corner, but most of us are not aware of just how rampant it is. We know the tip of the iceber...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ross Barkan, THE PRINCE & Chuck Collins, THE WEALTH HOARDERS
From: Francesca Rheannon
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Governor Andrew Cuomo’s governing style isn’t just toxic—it’s incompetent. We talk with Ross Barkan about his book, The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, The C...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
When the President Calls
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Simon Bowmaker
Imagine the challenges of advising a president … any president … of the United States. Even in the best of times, it can mean a great deal of press...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tell the Bosses We're Coming
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Shaun Richman
A myriad of issues have come to light as we deal with the COVID pandemic. We are discovering weaknesses in our health care and workforce. Neither i...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Bergen, author of "Trump and His Generals"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Peter Bergen about his book "Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos"

  • Added: Mar 06, 2020
  • Length: 30:01
Speaking the Language of White America: Violence and the End of Slavery
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In her book, Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence, Kellie Carter Jackson contends that the history of abolitionism, ...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
Robert Knake, author of "The Fifth Domain: Defending Our Country, Our Companies, and Ourselves in the Age of Cyber Threats"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Robert Knake, author of "The Fifth Domain"

  • Added: Feb 18, 2020
  • Length: 30:17
Why Cities Lose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jonathan A. Rodden
The path to political victory should be simple: accrue more points that your opponent, and you will win. Not so fast. U.S. elections aren’t nearly ...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bethany McClean, author of "Saudi America"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Bethany McClean about her book "Saudi America"

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jan 06, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: The Politics and Impact of Immigration (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass begins its tenth season with "The Politics and Impact of Immigration.” Arguments over reasonable and desirable immigration legislation...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 41:31
The Legacy of C.L.R. James
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Best known for his path-breaking work on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, published in 1938, Trinidadian C.L.R. James was often at the c...

  • Added: May 15, 2018
  • Length: 58:05
Thriving Economy: Not Rocket Science – Kate Raworth #220 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Human civilization can thrive while living within sensible limits imposed by a finite system. “Renegade economist” Kate Raworth manages to tell the...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KTRL, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Collision Course: Kerryn Higgs #211 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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How and why did our society come to value economic growth so highly that we pursue it at the risk of our long-term survival? For some time scientis...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Feb 06, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
US - Saudi Coalition: Bringing Peace or War?
From: John Shuck
Series: Beloved Community
Caption: Roots of Conflict Promotion
Exposing the War on Yemen

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 51:51
Psychedelic Medicine: The Healing Powers of LSD, MDMA, Psilocybin, and Ayahuasca
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Richard Miller, Psychedelic Medicine
A conversation with Dr. Richard Miller about the politics behind the suppression of psychedelic medicines. Plus a news segment about Net Neutrality.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KFCF FM, WETS, and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 07, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
End of Ponzi Economy: Jerry Mander #203 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
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Was globalization a temporary state that has run its course? That’s the case made by Jerry Mander, who believes there is plenty of evidence that th...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
Behaving Against Our Interests: Paul Ehrlich #110 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Today it could be argued that human beings daily act against our own self-interests. How? Biologist Paul Ehrlich and fellow scientists tell us we a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Thriving Economy: Not Rocket Science – Kate Raworth #220
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Human civilization can thrive while living within sensible limits imposed by a finite system. “Renegade economist” Kate Raworth manages to tell the...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Jul 04, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Collision Course: Kerryn Higgs #211
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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How and why did our society come to value economic growth so highly that we pursue it at the risk of our long-term survival? For some time scientis...

Bought by KTRL and KTRL


  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pulling the Rug Out from Under Our Kids: Brian Czech #204
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Economic growth is the number one public policy goal around the world, yet our pursuit of growth is “pulling out the rug from our own kids’ and gra...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KTRL, WYAP, and WGRN-LP 94.1


  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
WorldCanvass: Fracking and the Iowa Divide (part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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WorldCanvass guests join host Joan Kjaer to discuss the controversial method of energy production known as fracking and its impact on the environm...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 23:41
Unspun Looks at Black Politics in America with Kevin Alexander Gray
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Kevin Alexander Gray
Pamela Spoto, educator and Peace and Justice advocate, co-hosts again. Our guest is Kevin Alexander Gray. He is is a civil rights organizer and a...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: May 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:13
  • Purchases: 1