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Top of Mind - Adoption from the Adoptee Perspective
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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A lot of us think about adoption as a happy ending for a child and a new family. But many adoptees have a different take. We're assessing our assum...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - When Living Longer Conflicts With Dying Well
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What does it mean to die well? Too often people want easy ways out. Either do everything no questions asked, grin and bear it, or give me a suicide...

Bought by KOWS, KSTK, KMXT, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Why Do Family History
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What do you do when you discover the branch of your family tree that you've always been proud of includes a dark family secret? Is it always better...

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


  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Stick With It Stories: Episodes That Challenged Us
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We are wrapping up Season 3 with a look at episodes that challenged us. We're finding new empathy and clarity, on Top of Mind.

Bought by KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, WGCU, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Weighing the Pros and Cons of Free Expression
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We cherish the right to free speech in America. But words can also cause real harm. Where is the balance between free expression and protecting the...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXDU, KTNA, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:54
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - Should Being a Bystander Be a Crime
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Why do some people help when others stand by? Every heroic act starts with paying attention to what other people need. Resisting the urge to stand ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 25, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Who is Responsible for Combating Pollution?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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When we drink the water, breathe the air and dig in the soil in our communities, we expect it to be safe. Who is responsible for combating pollution?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, KOWS and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - How Can We Reduce Gun Violence in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Major new laws to address gun deaths seem unlikely in American politics. How can we reduce gun violence in America?

Bought by KOWS, RADIOLEX, WYAP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 7
Top Of Mind - What is the Purpose of Prison
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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America’s justice system relies heavily on incarceration. What is the purpose of prison, and is it working to keep us safe?

Bought by WXDU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, WYAP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - When is War Justified?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Rarely is going to war clearly the right or wrong choice. When is war justified?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 9
Top of Mind - Lost in Politics: Finding Ways to Stay Engaged When Neither Party Fits
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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How to stay engaged in democracy when neither major political party feels like home.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Top of Mind - The Art of Activism
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What does it mean to be an activist? Does it mean being someone who stands in front of a tank, gets tear gassed or gets arrested? If we expand our ...

Bought by KOWS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KUHF, RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - D&D Therapy, Halfway Home, 5 STAZ
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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D&D Therapy, Halfway Home, 5 STAZ

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSTK, WYAP and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - WAVES Project, Koji, McDonalds and Black America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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WAVES Project, Koji, McDonalds and Black America

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KTNA and more


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 52:47
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Magic in Prisons, Chestnut Resurrection, Cold Tube
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Magic in Prisons, Chestnut Resurrection, Cold Tube

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSTK and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Tracing the Peace Line in Northern Ireland
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On the centenary of Northern Ireland’s birth, we look at the lines and borders that define it.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Techno-Racism & COVID at Home and Abroad
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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During the pandemic, disinformation campaigns have been targeting people of color with lies like African Americans can’t get COVID or denying the p...

  • Added: May 20, 2021
  • Length: 04:24
A New World Begins
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: A New World Begins, Credit: jacket cover by Chin-Yee Kai
A book about the French Revolution. OK, you may be thinking, there’s nothing new to learn, however, not only has new revelations come to light in t...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Take Care (Monthly) #15
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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The theme of this episode is, "Marijuana".

  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 52:00
The Cost of Enjoying National Parks
From: KUER
Series: More To Say
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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
Life of the Law #123: The Battle Over Your Right to Vote
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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This week on Life of the Law, our team meets IN-STUDIO with Wendy Weiser, Director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NY...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2017
  • Length: 40:56
Episode 65: The Kingfish
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1928, Huey P. Long became the youngest Governor in Louisiana’s history. He bragged that he bought lawmakers like “sacks of potatoes, shuffled ‘e...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2017
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Gene: An Intimate History
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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You’d have to go back more than 160-years to land upon the beginning of the story of the gene.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Politician and the Poet
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Professors Derek Hirst and Steven Zwicker discuss the life and work of Andrew Marvell.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 16:04
Life of the Law #74: Overruled
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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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