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The modern day workplace is the product of a centuries-long battle for fair wages, reasonable hours and safe conditions. Civics 101 tells the story...
Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUT, WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, and WVTF
- Added: Nov 03, 2023
- Length: 57:29
- Purchases: 5
KBFT Bois Forte Veterans Day Series featuring Anishinaabe Men and Women of the Bois Forte Nation of Chippewa in Minnesota. In this episode, we hear...
- Added: Nov 10, 2021
- Length: 05:10
- Purchases: 1
Do you have a right to privacy while in school?
- Added: Jul 13, 2021
- Length: 15:00
The case that kicked the government out of our bedrooms.
- Added: Jul 13, 2021
- Length: 29:53
Crooked cops, a bomb, Don King, this Fourth Amendment case has it ALL.
- Added: Jul 13, 2021
- Length: 18:54
The theme of this episode is, "Marijuana".
- Added: Nov 07, 2019
- Length: 52:00
Sociologist Ariela Schachter investigates how Americans think about race, immigration, assimilation, and what it means to be ‘similar.’
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 05, 2018
- Length: 12:15
- Purchases: 1
In an indigenous Mayan community in highland Guatemala, sociocultural anthropologist Kedron Thomas noticed a trend that led her to investigate inte...
- Added: Oct 05, 2018
- Length: 18:47
A sociologist of education breaks down some common myths about charter schools and offers her advice for newly appointed education secretary Betsy ...
- Added: Oct 05, 2018
- Length: 15:08
Sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfeld documents the pervasive and often subtle ways that successful black men – people like doctors, lawyers, and engine...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Oct 05, 2018
- Length: 12:48
- Purchases: 1
When conducting research for his acclaimed book "Klansville, USA," sociologist David Cunningham encountered the work of a journalist who, in the 19...
- Added: Oct 05, 2018
- Length: 16:45
Sociologist Jake Rosenfeld discusses the growing wealth gap between rich and poor Americans, decreasing labor union membership, and considers what ...
- Added: Oct 05, 2018
- Length: 13:42
Americans love their national parks. But the agency that oversees them, the National Park Service, is facing budget cuts. And, worse, they're $12 b...
- Added: Feb 22, 2018
- Length: 22:00
Political scientist Matt Gabel on how international courts work - and why countries should sometimes be allowed to bend the rules.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 11:24
An urban studies professor explores some of the problems shared by cities around the globe.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 10:00
Rebecca McInroy invites Kate Betts, Margaret Cook, Nancy Baker Jones, and Jean Heath to discuss The Bullock Texas State History Museum's exhibit on...
- Added: Feb 11, 2015
- Length: 58:08
Before 2001, there was another 9/11. In 1973, a military coup backed by the United States, overthrew the Chilean government and ushered in seventee...
- Added: Aug 20, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Contraception as a right of privacy? The Supreme Court say, ‘Yes’!
Bought by KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston
- Added: Nov 06, 2012
- Length: 53:29
- Purchases: 3
Bicyclists take to the streets en mass in a fight over the ‘right to the city’.
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KTSW 89.9, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WXDU and more
- Added: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 53:31
- Purchases: 13
In his newest book, bestseller author Kurt Eichenwald chronicles the fast paced decisions, deceptions and delusions following the 9/11 attacks.
- Added: Sep 18, 2012
- Length: 28:58
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Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring no...
Bought by WCPN, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Oct 25, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring fi...
Bought by WCPN and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Oct 25, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
From: Mansoor Sabbagh
This is a debate between Dean Chemerinsky and Prof. Yoo on how laws and courts have have function during the Bush Admin.
- Added: Mar 21, 2008
- Length: 57:41
From: Mansoor Sabbagh
This is a debate between Dean Chemerinsky and Prof. Yoo on how laws and courts have have function during the Bush Admin.
- Added: Mar 21, 2008
- Length: 56:07
If mediators are trained to resolve conflicts between disputing parties, what would happen if we elected more mediators to public office? That's th...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Marfa Public Radio, WGDR, KDUR, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Oct 09, 2007
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
