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Cathy Cresser, local write-in candidate for Shasta County Supervisor District 3, Joins us in the studio to tell us more about herself and her camp...
- Added: Jun 05, 2016
- Length: 57:45
When should a judge step aside? As more and more money floods into judicial elections across the nation, states are grappling with this question. P...
- Added: May 19, 2016
- Length: 30:36
There are 28 judicial emergencies on federal courts throughout the country. A judicial emergency is when there's been a vacancy on the court for to...
- Added: May 03, 2016
- Length: 22:00
Domestic oil drilling offers private landowners the promise of riches in their own backyard. But what if you don’t want to live next door to an oil...
- Added: Apr 19, 2016
- Length: 22:39
As anti-Muslim rhetoric has increased, members of the Muslim Community of Western Suburbs in Canton, Michigan are becoming more politically involve...
Bought by XRAY.fm, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WRIR
- Added: Apr 17, 2016
- Length: 09:37
- Purchases: 3
This edition of Making Contact is Part I of our special series examining how immigrants are responding and participating in elections and politics ...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Apr 16, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In "The White Elephant,” Yochai Maital walks us through the history of Tel Aviv’s ‘New’ Central Bus Station — a derelict eight-story behemoth and m...
- Added: Mar 27, 2016
- Length: 32:00
In Kansas, public schools are at the heart of a debate about how much money the state should budget for education -- a debate that comes down to a ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 32:54
Depending on who you talk to, the nuclear agreement reached with Iran in the summer of 2015 is either a landmark step forward, or a total disaster....
- Added: Feb 26, 2016
- Length: 03:32
- Purchases: 2
The 2016 US election isn't going away anytime soon, so let's seek refuge in etymology. Consider the linguistically appropriate age of a senator, an...
- Added: Feb 25, 2016
- Length: 36:05
All over the country, critics argue that ID laws discourage voter participation--particularly among poor and minority voters. This is particularly ...
- Added: Feb 23, 2016
- Length: 24:44
In the U.S., juries are often seen as democracy in action. Twelve men and women are asked to hear an entire case, and ultimately, decide another pe...
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 23:13
Stanley Nelson talks history, irony, and delivering the unexpected.
- Added: Oct 03, 2015
- Length: 15:03
In Ohio last week, a group calling itself ResponsibleOhio filed 695,273 petition signatures with the Secretary of State’s office in an effort to pl...
- Added: Aug 01, 2015
- Length: 21:48
Dan Burgard is an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Puget Sound, and not long after Washington state voted to legalize cannabis...
- Added: Aug 01, 2015
- Length: 10:08
"She called us on the phone and said, 'You will not be allowed to return to the Y.'"
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jun 23, 2015
- Length: 08:32
- Purchases: 1
This Paonia, Colorado National Book Award finalist describes a thriller version of possible future water wars in the American Southwest. Is this an...
Bought by KRZA, Radio Newark, and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Jun 04, 2015
- Length: 09:57
- Purchases: 3
Amateur sleuths armed with their own laptops, public information and a lot of spare time are working alone and in groups to crack criminal cases. S...
Bought by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, KVNF, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 24, 2015
- Length: 32:30
- Purchases: 4
On the eve of the 2015 General Election in the UK, take a jaunt through the etymology of election-related words.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 06, 2015
- Length: 09:01
- Purchases: 1
He used to be one of the many thousands of child soldiers, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s, in dozens of conflicts around the world. Ishmael...
Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 09:49
- Purchases: 2
Ben Dumbauld explores Sunnyside, Queens and Muzica Populara, a Romanian genre where "the politics was never as important as the dancing."
Bought by WABE
- Added: Apr 12, 2015
- Length: 08:00
- Purchases: 1
Robert Kenner talks fake pundits, hard facts, and media responsibility.
- Added: Mar 20, 2015
- Length: 26:45
Juliet Pries, the owner of the Ice Cream Bar in Cole Valley, talks about the massive red tape she had to deal with to open her business.
- Added: Mar 11, 2015
- Length: 04:06
At an extremely early age, Shavit Ben-Arie became the leading expert on the female members of the Israeli parliament and in many cases, he became t...
- Added: Feb 27, 2015
- Length: 21:25
Baltimore City is home to four Civil War monuments. Three are Confederate. We look at the history of how they got there and explore how people inte...
- Added: Jan 24, 2015
- Length: 11:32
