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Mercenaries have been with us for a long time, but they haven't gotten any less controversial. One professor thinks its time we learn from the 12th...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 03:29
Caption: Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War present at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, GA. , Credit: Photo by flickr user Brooke Anderson.
Almost 4,500 American soldiers and more than 100,000 Iraqis have died since the start of the Shock and Awe campaign. Fourteen years later, we asses...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, XRAY.fm, and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This episode explores the political and ethnic unrest in Burundi.

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 1
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The US military didn’t shrink much under President Obama, and our perpetual state of war has barely waned since 9-11. Author Rosa Brooks says the c...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Turkey Invades Northern Syria and Attacks U.S.-Backed Kurdish Rebels; “Alt...

Bought by WRIR, XRAY.fm, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: U.S. Poised to Build New Generation of Nuclear Weapons As World Marks 71 Y...

Bought by WRIR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Sakamoto about the moving true story of a Japanese American family during World War II

  • Added: Aug 10, 2016
  • Length: 31:00
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Hoffman about his nonfiction story of Cold War espionage and betrayal.

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 30:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dmitry Orlov
Dmitry Orlov joins us again. He is the author of Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects, The Five Stages of Collapse: Sur...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Jun 19, 2016
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Stephen Zunes
Confused about the Middle East? Prof. Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco. For many...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 59:32
Caption: Massive inspection effort gearing up with Iran nuclear deal - © Strnger, EPA, Credit:  © Strnger, EPA
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....

Bought by KENW and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 2
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Many displaced Iraqis returning to their homes are finding landmines and booby-traps left for them by ISIS fighters. One woman opened her refrigera...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KKRN, and WLIW


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 4
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Many displaced Iraqis returning to their homes are finding landmines and booby-traps left for them by ISIS fighters. One woman opened her refrigera...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 6
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Question, What do Afghanistan, Castration, and Karst have in common? They’re topics Journalist Douglas Wissing has investigated and written about. ...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 59:06
Caption: Janessa Gans Wilder
Janessa Gans Wilder was a CIA analyst stationed in the Green Zone during the first couple of years of U.S. occupation of Iraq. After 21 months work...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00:39
Caption: Kathy Boylan
Unspun talks with Kathy Boylan of the Catholic Workers House in Wash. D.C. about the Radical Pope, Pope Francis, and his visit to America and the D...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 59:03
Caption: Doug Bennett - Host of Unspun
Unspun features Direct Action activists protesting Drone Warfare and "extra-judicial" murder by the Obama administration, at Creech Air Force Base ...

  • Added: May 11, 2015
  • Length: 58:57
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Edward Tick, author of War And The Soul and Warrior's Return: Restoring the Soul After ...

  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:43
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Edward Tick, author of War And The Soul and Warrior's Return: Restoring the Soul After ...

  • Added: May 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:42
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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
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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
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An international human rights lawyer, Ausma Zehanet Khan in “The Unquiet Dead” introduces two Canadian police inspectors, Rachel Getty and Esa Khat...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Kathy Kelly
Unspun with co-host, Mauro Oliviera, talk with Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, (http://vcnv.org/) a campaign to end...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:15
Caption: Norman Solomon
Unspun is privileged to have Norman Solomon as our guest. Norman Solomon is an author, columnist, media critic, anti-war activist and former Congr...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, what you might call an independent spin-off from Ken Burns 2014 documentary on The Roosevelts. We consider Te...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 6