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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
Gina Kim: Rising Against Anti Asian Hate
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In March 2021, a 21-year-old man murdered eight people, including six women of Asian descent, at three spas in Atlanta, Georgia. The act of violenc...

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


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
70 Million: When "Bail Reform" Isn't
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week on Making Contact we look at Bail Reform in the state of Texas with the help of our podcast partners 70 Million. For conservative lawmake...

Bought by WXDU and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jul 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Congressman Jamie Raskin On January 6th: After a Failed Coup, a Successful One?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, intended to stop the certification of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States of America, “...

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  • Added: May 18, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Lisa Graves: The Extremist Revolution & Democracy Hanging by a Thread
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The American Right is embracing a dangerous extremism, challenging elections, packing courts and aligning with Hungarian prime minister and Putin-a...

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  • Added: May 11, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Don’t ‘pray away the gay’ - we’re ‘Born Perfect’
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Freedom March, a current “ex-gay” group, co-opts queer imagery and holds rallies against conversion therapy bans. Cropped film still from “Pray Away” documentary., Credit: Multitude Films/Netflix
Canada's nationwide ban on conversion therapy took effect January 7. Why no national ban in the US? Despite clear evidence that conversion therapy ...

Bought by KALW and WORT


  • Added: Jan 07, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Ken Follett, NEVER & Anthony Horowitz, A LINE TO KILL
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We talk with best-selling author Ken Follett about his new novel, Never. It’s a chilling look about how a small international incident could lead t...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:05
LGBTQ people stuck in Afghanistan fear execution
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
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Despite massive evacuations after the Taliban takeover in August, tens of thousands of LGBTQ people remain in Afghanistan fearing for their lives, ...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
In Buffalo with India Walton: An Insurgent Candidate Runs for Mayor
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Eyes across the nation are on the mayoral election in Buffalo, New York, where insurgent candidate India Walton could become the first Black woman—...

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


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Downwinders Look to Renew and Expand Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
From: Brian Bahouth
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For more on the renewal and expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, we spoke with a pair of downwinder advocates. Steve Erickson is a...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2021
  • Length: 17:16
Gender Justice Requires more than Money say the Feminists Taking on Philanthropy during Covid
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, recently made a splash by donating nearly $3 billion to more than 280 nonprofits working in ...

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


  • Added: Jul 14, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
MOVE Demands Justice for Children and The Return of Stolen Remains
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: On April 28, 2021, MOVE and community members gathered in front of Penn Museum to protest and demand the remains be returned., Credit: Joe Piette
On Making Contact - Members of MOVE, a Black radical liberation group, demand that the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University return t...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Pseudo-Science of Whiteness: Biology as a Social Weapon
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week, filmmaker Stephanie Welch explores the role that racist, unscientific propaganda has played in promoting white supremacy in the U.S. She...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Episode 9: Bird insurrection
From: Margaret Poethig
Series: Keeping Dad Alive
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Richard and his daughter Margaret investigate the bird insurrection, while humans attack the U.S. Capitol and President Trump is impeached for the ...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2021
  • Length: 11:47
The Secret Desert
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Tonight we share the tale of the Krill Papers, strange legends of Cold War space-alien conspiracies, located right in the very heart of the Nevada ...

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Untold Story of the History of Fascism in Minnesota as an Art Exhibit by Brooks Turner
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Would we know actual Fascism if we saw it? Unfortunately, the answer to that question appears to be “not until it is too late.” Created from act...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Cults in America
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Robert Jay Lifton
Following decades researching cults, Robert Jay Lifton concludes “that the psychological relationship between extremist political movements and fan...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
F-Word: Mourn Justice Ginsburg, Fight to Close Irwin Detention Center
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"...one fitting way to honor the historic justice would be to take action on some unfinished feminist business. Justice Ginsburg is on my mind toda...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
HMT 1 - 4
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT 1 - 4

  • Added: Sep 05, 2020
  • Length: 20:37
How Many Tomorrows - Introduction
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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How Many Tomorrows - Introduction No Profanity in this segment.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 07:22
Secrets of the Superspectrum
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Burrowed down through another Extreme Heat Event, we send this radio dispatch to you. The world has gone mad, why not join the fun? Join the revolu...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Why is there a rain sound...
From: Gregarious Recluse
Series: How Many Tomorrows
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HMT was written in two parts, but are intertwined. This brief audio clip will help the listener understand why there is a light rain sound during ...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 02:23
Militant Trump supporters attack BLM protesters in Nevada City, California
From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare
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Since the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, in small towns and large cities across the United States, Black Lives Matter p...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 10:23
Fear of the Dark - The Good Cop
From: San Francisco Mime Troupe
Series: Tales of the Resistance
Caption: Fear of the Dark cover art, Credit: Lawton Lovely
“The Good Cop.” MAGA hat wearing, right-wing immigrant Primo is tormented by his racist fears, and haunted by his hate when he’s as caught in a pro...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2020
  • Length: 29:03
F-Word: We Treasure What We Measure
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"Transparency is important, especially in matters of public health. We treasure what we measure..." The F-Word is released bi-weekly featuring tim...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 03:00