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Medicare’s Prescription Drug Plan Makeover
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Therese Humphrey Ball has struggled to afford her multiple sclerosis medications since her diagnosis in 2003., Credit: Jamie Kelter Davis for Tradeoffs
An overhaul of Medicare’s prescription drug benefit will lower costs for seniors while changing incentives for insurers and drugmakers.

  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 19:19
04-14: The Sophia Century: When Women Come Into Co-Equal Partnership, 10/19/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Osprey Orielle Lake
Women-led movements arising around the world herald a profound shift that changes everything. Visionary women leaders Osprey Orielle-Lake, Leila Sa...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:31
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
West Memphis Free
From: Jerry Gaura
Series: #Dragonsbread
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An inmate struggles to find freedom through Magick while on Death Row.

  • Added: Oct 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
2022-08-26 Ukraine and the Middle East: Climate Action in Conflict Zones
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused horrific damage and casualties, in spite of Ukraine’s remarkable efforts to defend itself. The conflict has...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KGUA, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 8
220826: Ukraine and the Middle East: Climate Action in Conflict Zones, 8/26/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused horrific damage and casualties, in spite of Ukraine’s remarkable efforts to defend itself. The conflict has...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
252: Taking Wing: Feminine Leadership from the Heartbeat of Earth, 8/17/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Zainab Salbi
Globally, women experience some of the harshest challenges in wartime and the climate crisis while simultaneously remaining caretakers to their fam...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
2022-07-15 On The Run: Voluntary and Forced Climate Migration
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The climate crisis may not be the sole driver of human displacement but it is a contributing and growing factor, exacerbating the misery of already...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUNM, 90.5 WESA, New England Public Media, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
20220715: On The Run: Voluntary and Forced Climate Migration, 7/15/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The climate crisis may not be the sole driver of human displacement but it is a contributing and growing factor, exacerbating the misery of already...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
World in Progress 07/07/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Worse than Covid - Families facing food crisis in Guatemala - Since the pandemic, hunger and poverty are even worse for mo...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 08, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
2022-07-08 REWIND Firefight: How to Live in the Pyrocene
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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We’re on track for yet another summer of record wildfires in the western U.S., endangering lives, displacing communities, and sending unhealthy smo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
20220708: REWIND Firefight: How to Live in the Pyrocene, 7/8/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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We’re on track for yet another summer of record wildfires in the western U.S., endangering lives, displacing communities, and sending unhealthy smo...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
The Personal and Political Fight to Keep Abortion Legal in Michigan 2-Way
From: Tradeoffs
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A personal and political fight to keep abortion legal in Michigan is in full swing — in the courts, on the campaign trail, at the ballot box this N...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Jun 23, 2022
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
11-09: Wounds to Warriors: In the Wound Lies the Gift, 11/17/2021
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Aqeela Sherrills
Wounded warriors have walked through fire. They carry the scars forever, yet many have somehow managed to heal even the most horrific of their emot...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
Call 311 about tents? Here’s what homeless people and advocates say happens
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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What happens in San Francisco if you call the authorities about a tent encampment in your neighborhood? We're told they will be offered shelter and...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
COVID's Push and Pull on the Public Health Workforce
From: Tradeoffs
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A conversation between two people pushed in different directions by the pandemic — one who felt she had to walk away from her job in public health ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2021
  • Length: 17:42
The Chief Standing Bear Story
From: KWIT
Series: Small Wonders
Caption: Chief Standing Bear
As the United States spread west, indigenous people were displaced without being given the most basic recognition under law: being "people." When t...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 46:34
StoryCorps: Ajmal Achekzai
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Ajmal Achekzai reflects on escaping Afghanistan as a child, returning as a U.S. Marine, and his fears and hope for the future of its people.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Sep 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:47
  • Purchases: 1
Part Two: Jacob Wheeler
From: Jason Klarl
Series: Guatemalan Connections
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Jacob Wheeler talks about his book Between Light and Shadow and some of the nuances of Guatemalan adoptions. (English, 14 min.)

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 14:20
Part One: Iryiel Cochran
From: Jason Klarl
Series: Guatemalan Connections
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Iryiel Cochran shares her story about growing up as a Guatemalan adoptee in northern Colorado and searching for biological family in Quetzaltenango...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2021
  • Length: 18:21
The Response: The Fight for Justice after the Grenfell Tower Fire
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On June 14, 2017, a fire started in a 24-story public housing apartment in West London called Grenfell Tower. The fire raged all night and reduced ...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Korematsu v United States & Japanese American Internment
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: Civil Rights
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The story of Japanese-American internment during WWII, and the Supreme Court case that challenged it.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WCMU Michigan, WYAP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUNM and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 14
Ep3: George Floyd: One Year Later
From: WITF
Series: Toward Racial Justice
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Toward Racial Justice explores the impact of George Floyd’s death and how it has shaped the past year. During this discussion, hear from individual...

Bought by WLVT


  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
Losing Touch: How Qanon is affecting families
From: Daniel Green
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Over the past four years, Qanon has grown by spreading misinformation through the internet. While many dismiss the fringe movement, some people fin...

  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 17:10
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

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