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Crime & Migration: An Abolitionist Plan for Immigration Justice
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When it comes to crime and migration, all sorts of politicians have justified mass detention and incarceration in the name of confronting a dangero...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, WNYE, and KWMR


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Inside ALEC: 50 Years of Driving Extreme Policies in America with Rep. Ro Khanna & Lisa Graves
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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We’re discussing what’s being done to expose and push back against the anti-democratic practices of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or A...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
(January 10, 2024 Re-Air) Josh Paul: Resigns State Dept. Over Arms to Israel
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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After 11 years in the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs — the entity most responsible for arms transfers to allies and partne...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
#50YearsOfHarm: Rep. Ro Khanna & Lisa Graves Call Out ALEC / The American Legislative Exchange Council
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Many people have never heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC – but for 50 years, the group has been the driving force behind ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Pandemic and Profit (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Caption: Homemade masks made by the Auntie Sewing Squad Alt-text: Four homemade masks made from patterned cloth sitting on top of a fabric cutting mat , Credit: Credit: Mai-Linh Hong
On today's show, we'll revisit the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic by looking at two alternative supply chains for masks during the fallout fro...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
America's Drug Price Nightmare: Public Production Can Save Lives
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What progress is being made to tackle America’s killer drug price problem?

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
2023-05-26 Naomi Oreskes, David Gelles and The Myth of Free Markets
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Many on the left say that the growing climate crisis is the inevitable result of unbridled capitalism – industries seeking profits above all else. ...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KICI Iowa City, WGCU, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
230526: Naomi Oreskes, David Gelles and The Myth of Free Markets, 5/26/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Many on the left say that the growing climate crisis is the inevitable result of unbridled capitalism – industries seeking profits above all else. ...

  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Top of Mind - Who is Responsible for Combating Pollution?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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When we drink the water, breathe the air and dig in the soil in our communities, we expect it to be safe. Who is responsible for combating pollution?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, KOWS and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
The Anti-Trans Hate Machine: Resistance, Money, and the Struggle for Trans Rights
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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2022 will go down in history for the number of anti-trans bills introduced into state legislatures. Over 300 bills banning books, medical treatment...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Amateur: Every Little Thing
From: KQAL
Series: The Sound
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A conversation with Rochester based band Amateur about their latest album, titled Every Little Thing. Rochester, MN based Alternative/Indie Rock ba...

  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 38:11
2021-09-24 Preparing for Disasters We Don’t Want to Think About
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The COVID-19 pandemic revealed structural weaknesses and inequities that existed long before 2020. Like COVID-19, climate change is another “threat...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUHF, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Sep 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
2021-08-20 Which Way Are Swing Voters Swinging on Climate?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In early August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report unequivocally connecting global warming and extreme weather to hum...

Bought by WGCU, KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 12
210820: Which Way Are Swing Voters Swinging on Climate?, 8/20/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In early August, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report unequivocally connecting global warming and extreme weather to hum...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
Guaranteed Income Initiatives Combatting Structural Inequality (Re-Air)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Thousands of Americans recently received direct payments from their government as part of the Biden Administrations American Rescue Plan to address...

Bought by KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
BIPOC Journalists On Covering COVID and Racism
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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BIPOC journalists reflect on what it is to be veterans of two of the most devastating wars in recent history: the coronavirus pandemic and the cent...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: May 26, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Graphic Artists Drawing Comix At The Margins: Nate Powell and Mohammad Saba'aneh
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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This show originally aired 15 months ago, before the death of civil rights rights movement leader representative John Lewis on July 17, 2020. Laur...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The U.S. Economy Is Not Democratic or Good for the Planet
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The U.S. economy, weak or strong, is the question at the heart of the election. But it doesn't get to the reality which is that, whatever else it m...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WRIR, and KDNK


  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Politics of Thrones
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones., Credit: Eric Molinsky
There are a surprising number of foreign policy experts who are obsessed with Game of Thrones, which they say is more real than Scandal or House of...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 17:43
  • Purchases: 1
437: African Cities Of The Future / 438: Mad As Hell, 12/14/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "African Cities Of The Future" - The fastest growing cities in the world are in Africa. We'll take you there with a special TTBOOK from A...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:57
A Former Pharmaceutical Sales Rep Expresses Her Belief that Vaccines are Harmful
From: Free Epistemology with Mark Solomon
Series: Being Reasonable
Caption: Being Reasonable
Tahli Kentoff, a former pharmaceutical sales rep and now certified master herbalist, expresses her belief that all pharmaceuticals, including vacci...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:00
Kansas Poets Laureate: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with a look back at previous holders of the title in Kansas. Part one of this public reading feat...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Michele Gelfand, author of "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Michele Gelfand about her book "Rule Makers, Rule Breakers"

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Feb 15, 2019
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Imara Jones: Transgender Narratives Are Expansive
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Despite efforts over the last two years to curtail progress for trans people by the current administration, trans activism has gained momentum and ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Sep 26, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Patriotic Women
From: WBAA
Series: What's New
Caption: Patriotic Women - including Patrice Michaels, Credit: Cedille
Have you seen The Notorious RBG? You can hear works in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, as well as American Canvas by Jennifer Higdon, and The...

Bought by KMUN, High Plains Public Radio, WETS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 9