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Caption: Host Martha Burk
Okaay, April Fools Day is upon us, so let's have a little fun and nominate some of your national leaders for the biggest fool prize, and of course...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2024
  • Length: 02:59
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Ruben Östlund’s satire on the ruling class takes us on a luxury cruise headed for disaster.

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 03:33
Caption: Strength in Diversity, Weakness in One Party Rule? These Not So United States (CA Finale), Credit: The Purple Principle
We complete our three-episode tour of the great state of California with three uniquely positioned viewpoints on the Golden State: Leon Panetta, fo...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2022
  • Length: 35:33
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It's 1789 and the beginning of bureaucracy in the United States. James Madison is writing letters to smooth the path of George Washington's disorga...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: May 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Ramesses II (Also known as Ramses or Rameses) became Pharaoh at the age of 14, had more children than any other Egyptian ruler, and reigned during ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
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How did these United States get so thoroughly partisan? How do we get less partisan? Can independent-minded Americans help bridge the divide? The...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 12:01
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Memes have become an essential part of our daily humor. But have you ever thought of how your favorite memes travel to different countries and acro...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 06:57
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Will's jokes extended outside of politics to discuss other topics, like lawyers

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 1
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From 1920 to 1933, the United States had a ban against the sale and import of alcohol. Almost immediately the whole nation began to find innovative...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Welcome to our funniest episode yet. Scientists avert international tension between Sweden and Russia, learn something we didn't know about herring...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 04:37
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In this episode I talk to Tiff who started Fanny Adams Vintage as well as Project Awesome, a project bent on advertising local artists & creating a...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2018
  • Length: 35:59
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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
Caption: RadioActive's Yafiet Bezabih and Seattle mayoral candidate Ed Murray., Credit:  Courtesy of Real Change News/Wes Sauer
In this month’s RadioActive podcast, hosts Isaac Noren and Nina Tran narrowly avert a beverage-related shutdown of podcast production. Plus, RadioA...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 16:51
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A Fable for our times.

  • Added: May 31, 2014
  • Length: 04:47
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BackStory hears from Kembrew McLeod – journalist, professor, and intellectual property “prankster” – on how a system meant to encourage innovation ...

Bought by Louisville Public Media, Radio Newark, and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
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Once upon a time, Clint Eastwood did have political smarts.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2012
  • Length: 04:07
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It’s another episode of The Mikie Show! I know, we were all hoping I’d say that. Well, I did. Join us as we speak with Kara Hartzler, an attorney w...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
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An indepth special on Zimbabwe's collapse with the voices of a wide range of Zimbabweans about their hopes in the wake of the establishment of the ...

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 1
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This talk of Norman Mailer's is a broadcast special from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

Bought by KUT-HD, KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KCPW Salt Lake City, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 06, 2005
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
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Social Security Privatization

  • Added: Mar 03, 2005
  • Length: 01:41
Caption: An attempt in vain to try something new., Credit: Campaign poster by Larry Rivers.
Graphic designer Michael Bierut answers the question: Why do all election signs look the same?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KCUR, New Hampshire Public Radio, KGOU and more


  • Added: Sep 27, 2004
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 8