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Top of Mind - Ending Toxic Polarization in American Politics
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Division is nothing new in America, but this political divide feels different. Why are we so angry? How can we end this toxic polarization?

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
After Cleaning Up Gerrymandered State Senate & Assembly Districts, the Wisconsin Supreme Court Passes on Congressional Districts
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
After Cleaning Up Gerrymandered State Senate & Assembly Districts, the Wisconsin Supreme Court Passes on Congressional Districts

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Majority of Americans Like Voting by Mail - Including Many Florida Republicans. Making it Harder May Keep Them From Voting, Too.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
A Majority of Americans Like Voting by Mail - Including Many Florida Republicans. Making it Harder May Keep Them From Voting, Too.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, and WUTC


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Arizona Legislator and 2020 Fake Elector Proposes the State Legislature – Not the Voters – Should Pick the State’s Presidential Electors
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Arizona Legislator and 2020 Fake Elector Proposes the State Legislature – Not the Voters – Should Pick the State’s Presidential Electors

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WUTC, and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Mock Trial: Is Trump Guilty in the January 6th Case?
From: Open to Debate
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After the 2020 election, former President Trump discredited the election results. The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Trump’s federal indi...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
BIPOC Media Covered the Elections Differently
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When it came to the midterms, mainstream white pundits got a lot wrong that local, Black, Brown and BIPOC media got right, and they're still missin...

Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
D.A. Larry Krasner Facing Impeachment: Criminal Justice Reform in the Crosshairs
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can a predominantly white state legislature overturn the votes of a predominantly Black city? Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s District Attorney was e...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for November 2, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans in Midt...

Bought by WFHB, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, and WETS


  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Hollywood Presidents for a Partisan Nation (Part Two): Hail the Independent & Designated Survivor
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Episode 12: Hollywood Presidents for a Partisan Nation (Part Two)
Imagine creating a television series premised on a U.S. Capitol building attack, then watching a less-lethal yet all too real version of that event...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 21:40
The Power of Language & The Desire to Control It, with Dr. Laura Specker Sullivan
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: headshot: Laura Specker Sullivan
In this episode, we explore the role and power of language - words and phrases - in how we discuss the issues that affect us and that drive our new...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible (Updated)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Today on Making Contact, we present the film Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible. The film takes us on the transformational journey of w...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Free Expression, Privacy, & Safety in Digital Spaces with Danny O'Brien with the Electronic Frontier Foundation
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Headshot: Danny O'Brien
In this episode, we explore issues of free expression, privacy, and the roles of corporate and government entities in moderating social media conte...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for November 18, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Democrats Debate Blame for House Election Losses; Trump Mass Firings at Pe...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for November 11, 2020
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Daniel Ellsberg Explains Why Accountability for Trump is Critical; Exposin...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Discussion with Non-partisan Candidate for Congress Krucoff: David vs. the Washington D.C. Voting Goliath
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Independent candidate David Krucoff is running for the non-voting D.C. Congress position without much hope of unseating incumbent Democrat Eleanor ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 18:02
Joel Bleifuss, Editor & Publisher of In These Times
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Joel Bleifuss, In These Times
Interview by Ken Winkes: Joel talks about the 43-year history of the magazine along with its mission, operations, and current politics.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2019
  • Length: 27:58
Anti-Intellectualism
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Conspiracy theories, propaganda, social media, and the denial of scientific theory are all playing a role in the rise of anti-intellectualism in th...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 26:14
State Representative Gene Pellowski
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique we talk with state representative Gene Pellowski about our states house sessions, state bonding bill, insurance r...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2018
  • Length: 19:47
Life of the Law #101: In Studio: Knowledge in a Post-Fact Era
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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At Life of the Law, we’re going to shake things up a bit so our team can jump into the national conversation that’s taking place about the law. We’...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2017
  • Length: 41:52
Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation”
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we hear from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton Universit...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, XRAY.fm, WRIR, and WXDU


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Life of the Law #95: Judges v. Attack Ads
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Races for seats on state supreme courts have gotten more negative, more partisan, and much more expensive. And that leaves sitting justices in a t...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2016
  • Length: 17:57
  • Purchases: 1
Ideas Books: Julian Assange - The Wikileaks Files, The World According to US Empire
From: Craig Barfoot
Series: Ideas Books
Caption: Ideas Books: Julian Assange
An in-depth interview with WikiLeaks cofounder Julian Assange. Wikileaks came to prominence in 2010 with the release of 251,287 top-secret State De...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:01
Todd Gitlin: Questioning the Media's Motives
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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In this Innovate Media interview, sociologist, political writer, novelist and cultural commentator Todd Gitlin discusses how he came to understand ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 43:59
David Axelrod, Bay Buchanan, and Mr. Flowe
From: Kenneth Flowe
Caption: Jaun Williams and Mr. Flowe in the press pool, Credit: UC at Denver
After the 1st Presidential Debate, held in Denver during Barack Obama's bid for re-election Mr. Flowe caught up with surrogates for both the Obama ...

  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 02:50
Marijuana advocates express concern over new prevention program in Colorado
From: Cannabis Radio News
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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has introduced his administration’s marijuana prevention campaign to deter underage consumption. The theme of t...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:51