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Caption: Michael Scharf
On Wednesday, October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Jesner v. Arab Bank, a case that will determine if corporations can be sue...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2017
  • Length: 59:04
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Nearly $1.3 trillion has left Russia since the 1990s. The Russian government has been unable to stop it.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 33:52
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The Russian hacking attack against the US was an unprecedented attack against the US and its election system. The attack was conducted using cyber...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 30:04
Caption: David Schisgall, San Francisco, CA 12/16/16, Credit: Andrea Chase
David Schisgall talks storytelling as therapy, empathy as salvation, and getting back what we’ve lost.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 16:41
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We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes,...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:18
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The word that best describes America's infrastructure is "crumbling," says Henry Petroski. Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engi...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:07
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Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:40
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Teachers give academic and (most importantly) life advice to students. This is the story of a teacher, Melanie Mac, who is way out of her depth in ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:48
  • Purchases: 2
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An urban studies professor explores some of the problems shared by cities around the globe.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
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An anthropologist examines the ethics of tobacco companies' practices around the world.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 12:00
Caption: Jakada Imani on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
With Akeisha Johnson, your host, this episode of Making it Work we will chat with spiritual leader Jakada Imani about the importance of the Bay Are...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 25:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Barack Obama plans to send his VP choice via text message to supporters. But is it possible to text something meaningful? Kat and Kaitie seek to a...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:13
Caption: Mitt Romney speaking to supporters at a grassroots early voting rally in Mesa, Arizona, Credit: Flickr: Gage Skidmore
Laurie Mafflly-Kipp discusses how the Mormon faith and politics have intertwined throughout American history.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 11:00
Caption: Ala'a Basatneh, activist
Ala'a Basatneh was once a mall-loving “average Arab-American teenager.” When the Syrian Civil War started, she became #ChicagoGirl, the center of a...

Bought by WMNF


  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 25:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: FEMEN leader, Inna Shevchenko
Jonathan speaks with Inna Shevchenko, a leader of the radical feminist protest organization FEMEN, whose manifestations have garnered her equal mea...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 25:58
Caption: Anna Broinowski, filmmaker
Australian filmmaker Anna Broinowski wanted to stop an oil company from fracking in the park near her house. When her message fell short, she decid...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2014
  • Length: 25:59
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Author Colin Woodard interview on Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:24
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Sister Simone Campbell, captain of the "Nuns on the Bus" tour protesting the Romney/Ryan budget, and Executive D...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:37
Caption: Tricia Rose, Credit: Rama Hughes
In this conversation, Juanita Brown wanted to go beyond the hype that President Obama's election marked "the end of history" in American race relat...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 38:28
Caption: For Byron Encalade, oysters and culture are inseparable., Credit: Barry Yeoman
In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...

Bought by KUT and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
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Action Speaks!-Underappreciated Dates that Changed America presents What Now? a series of 8 one hour programs suitable for individual or serial air...

Bought by KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, 90.5 WSNC, Interlochen Public Radio, WRPI, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2009
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Former President Jimmy Carter with Carter Center Human Rights Director Karin Ryan, Credit: The Carter Center
CONTENT DATED. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR BROADCAST. OK FOR ONLINE LISTENING. A December 2008 two-day conference at The Carter Center in Atlanta, gene...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2009
  • Length: 27:55
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Returning to the US and the storms brewing.

  • Added: Oct 05, 2008
  • Length: 08:47
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An Iraq vet and a policy expert pull apart the promises on war.

Bought by KDNK, Remix Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 27, 2008
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 4