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Is AI the Real Threat in November? A 2024 Election Special
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We look at whether AI could swing the vote and how Congress is getting its arms around the issue.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Reproductive Rights, The Issue that Could Define the 2024 Election
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The Dobbs Domino Effect

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Kara Swisher: Where the Tech Love Story Went Wrong
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Plus, a surprising story about reality TV in Kenya

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Season 1, Episode 7 - 'Green Amendment' feat Maya K van Rossum
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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We all deserve clean air and clean water.

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4
When the Press Becomes A Casualty of War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The dangers of conflict reporting past and present

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  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
From Bethlehem to Kyiv: A Prayer for Peace at Christmas
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How do celebrations change during war?

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
A World in Turmoil: 2023's Defining Moments
From: Mateo Schimpf
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That's a wrap.

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Systemic Challenges of Addressing Homelessness, with Tony Sparks
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the persistent challenge of how to ensure that everyone has adequate housing. We discuss why the U.S. faces these issue...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
The New Dark Ages
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks with Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the influence of fossil fuel dark money in politics today.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Conspiracy Bites: Who Is Behind What We Eat?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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From the dinner table to the dark web.

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
This Asian American Life
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How are Asian-Americans fighting back against accusations of divided loyalties and the sense of “perpetual foreignness”?

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Impacts of Mass Corporate Real Estate Ownership on Communities and Affordability
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Screenshot of SF Chronicle's Interactive Real Estate Map, Credit: San Francisco Chronicle
In this episode, we explore the Bay Area housing market, and how mass corporate ownership of homes and apartments throughout the region affects com...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Giorgia Meloni's Hard Right Playbook
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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Last Sunday, Italians voted for the most right-wing government since Benito Mussolini. The controversial politician leading the winning coalition, ...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:48
The untold story of Trump's botched impeachments
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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It’s hard to imagine a political event that was covered more intensively in real time than Trump’s two impeachments. But only now, 18 months after ...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:05:45
The Bitter End to democracy? Hindsight is 20/20.
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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UCLA political scientists Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch and Vanderbilt’s John Sides argue that political party identity has become increasing...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2022
  • Length: 01:02:52
Braver Angels Challenging Polarization: An Approach with Promise
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
Polarization is an ongoing problem that has been linked to violence in our streets, angry outbursts in our homes, and civil unrest. Numerous groups...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 44:12
When Senator Leahy laughed with Raul Castro
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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On Tuesday, Leahy, who is retiring this year after representing Vermont in the Senate since 1975, released “The Road Taken,” an engrossing memoir t...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 36:05
Ron Klain says ‘season of substance’ could save Dems
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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The White House suddenly has a lot to brag about. And the president’s aides, led by chief of staff Ron Klain, are reaching deep into the 20th centu...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 25:05
Byrd nerds: Why the byzantine process of budget reconciliation exists and how it actually works
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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This week the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 using the process known as budget reconciliation. The upside? No filibuster is allo...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 51:44
Biden’s big bill: Two GOP strategists on how to kill it
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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The biggest remaining obstacle for the Democrats is now Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who will continue to host Democratic and Repub...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 42:43
Legalizing the trip: One ‘shroom advocate’s playbook
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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Here’s something about Washington, D.C. that even a lot of people who live here don’t know: Psychedelic mushrooms are basically legal. In 2020 vote...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 34:35
He was right about inflation. Biden wasn’t. Larry Summers on what’s coming next
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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Ryan caught up with the former treasury secretary — and thorn in the side of Biden White House economists — Larry Summers on the sidelines of the A...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 40:25
LA wants to recall its most progressive prosecutor. Inside the DA’s hostile office
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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George Gascón was elected district attorney of Los Angeles County in November 2020 with 54% of the vote. “I won handsomely,” he reminisced Wednes...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 42:39
New Jan. 6 witness: Trump had mystery call with Putin
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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If documentary filmmaker Alex Holder’s memory is accurate, Donald Trump was on the phone with Vladimir Putin just minutes after the news broke that...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 30:32
Director’s cut: What else did Judge Luttig have to say about Jan. 6 in his interview
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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J. Michael Luttig is the former federal appeals court judge who advised Vice President Mike Pence that the VP had no authority to reject electors o...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 38:00