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Stephanie Flanders on A Trump Economy & What to Watch in The Ultimate Election Year
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Just in time for election season, Laura invites her sister Stephanie back to the program. Stephanie is the head of Economics and Government at Bloo...

Bought by KDNK, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
269: Solidarity Economics: Taking It to the Bank to Build Community Wealth , 4/24/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Laura Flanders
In this episode on community wealth building, we look at how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing the assets th...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?
From: Open to Debate
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Former criminal offenders in the United States face challenges reentering the job market after incarceration and so-called “Ban the Box” policies a...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Austin Frerick, author, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that anti-trust legislation helps protect our democracy? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
268: From Wealth Supremacy to Community Wealth Building: Models for Democratizing the Economy, 3/20/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Laura Flanders, Credit: Photo by Don J. Usner
Today’s corporate, capitalist economy is radically unequal, ecologically unsustainable, and embedded in recurring boom-and-bust cycles of crisis. N...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Does Taylor Swift Deserve Her Billion Dollar Fortune?
From: Open to Debate
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Taylor Swift achieved her billionaire status because of her talent, work ethic, and support from her fans. But some question whether any individual...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Is the Republican Party’s Refusal to Raise Taxes Fiscally Irresponsible?
From: Open to Debate
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Whether to extend four trillion dollars in tax cuts or raise them next year is in question, with 34.1 trillion dollars in federal debt hanging in t...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Pain At The Pumps: Understanding Gas Prices With Dan Dicker
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
It's hard not to notice how sky high gas prices are these days. Perhaps the universe is trying to tell us something about our personal transportati...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?
From: Open to Debate
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While marijuana legalization is gaining more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating weed has long puzzled policy and lawmakers, with some star...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Jon Goldstein: The Fight To Reduce Methane Emissions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jon Goldstein
In discussions about climate change we talk a lot about carbon dioxide, and with good reason. But did you know that per molecule, methane actually ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Following the Money: Alex Kotch on Charitable Giving
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alex Kotch
They say charity is a virtue, but sometimes it’s a little more complicated. The donor advised fund or DAF, has been a financial instrument for char...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Aug 30, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
261: Take This Job and Shove It: The Great Resignation or The Great Revolt?, 6/7/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Saru Jayaraman, Credit: Alex Akamine
Labor organizer and Founder of One Fair Wage, Saru Jayaraman, takes us inside one of the fiercest labor struggles to challenge a mighty oligarchy: ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Should the FTC Ban Non-compete Clauses?
From: Open to Debate
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The Federal Trade Commission recently shook up the labor market, proposing to ban non-compete clauses. These clauses are essentially contracts proh...

  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
Is the Banking System Safer Than It Was in 2008?
From: Open to Debate
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Silicon Valley Bank. Signature Bank. Credit Suisse. The global banking system may be facing its most significant crisis since 2008. Some say erodin...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2023-04-07 Two Voices on Climate That Will Surprise You
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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It’s easy to write off people outside our own ideological bubbles, even when we may have many goals in common. But as the effects of the climate cr...

Bought by KUOW, Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 12
20230407: Two Voices on Climate That Will Surprise You, 4/7/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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It’s easy to write off people outside our own ideological bubbles, even when we may have many goals in common. But as the effects of the climate cr...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
2023-02-10 What We’re Watching in Climate Now
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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2022 was a banner year for climate – both in terms of climate-fueled disaster and historic federal investments in clean energy, electric vehicles a...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
20230210: What We’re Watching in Climate Now, 2/10/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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2022 was a banner year for climate – both in terms of climate-fueled disaster and historic federal investments in clean energy, electric vehicles a...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Rebecca Leber: Why the GOP thinks ESG is a BFD
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Rebecca Leber
Environmental, social and corporate governance, referred to as ESG, is a set of factors that conscientious capitalists use to identify worthy inves...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
The Progress Illusion
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jon D. Erickson
It’s a fairytale we constantly hear. Growth always leads to prosperity. Logically that should mean that we have endless resources. In that case, wh...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Alexander Zaitchik on Effective Altruism + Longtermism
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Alex Zaitchik
As the news that thirty year-old cryptocurrency baron, Sam Bankman-Fried‘s, FTX empire suddenly collapsed, the residual effects reverberated in the...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
He was right about inflation. Biden wasn’t. Larry Summers on what’s coming next
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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Ryan caught up with the former treasury secretary — and thorn in the side of Biden White House economists — Larry Summers on the sidelines of the A...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 40:25
Living Planet 08/05/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: In the Congo, new oil and gas permits are being offered up in endangered gorilla habitats and giant tropical peatlands to f...

Bought by WXDU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Aug 05, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Banking on Climate Chaos - The Fossil Fuel Finance Report - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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On this show we discuss the Banking on Climate Chaos report, digging into how banks are supporting fossil fuel companies and causing further climat...

  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
Jesse Tran: Coffee Waste Sneakers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jesse Tran
According to a study conducted by Quantis International, footwear production is responsible for about 700 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, or...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00