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Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?
From: Open to Debate
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Former criminal offenders in the United States face challenges reentering the job market after incarceration and so-called “Ban the Box” policies a...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Does Taylor Swift Deserve Her Billion Dollar Fortune?
From: Open to Debate
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Taylor Swift achieved her billionaire status because of her talent, work ethic, and support from her fans. But some question whether any individual...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?
From: Open to Debate
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While marijuana legalization is gaining more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating weed has long puzzled policy and lawmakers, with some star...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Should the FTC Ban Non-compete Clauses?
From: Open to Debate
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The Federal Trade Commission recently shook up the labor market, proposing to ban non-compete clauses. These clauses are essentially contracts proh...

  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
Is the Banking System Safer Than It Was in 2008?
From: Open to Debate
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Silicon Valley Bank. Signature Bank. Credit Suisse. The global banking system may be facing its most significant crisis since 2008. Some say erodin...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2023-04-07 Two Voices on Climate That Will Surprise You
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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It’s easy to write off people outside our own ideological bubbles, even when we may have many goals in common. But as the effects of the climate cr...

Bought by KUOW, Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 12
20230407: Two Voices on Climate That Will Surprise You, 4/7/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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It’s easy to write off people outside our own ideological bubbles, even when we may have many goals in common. But as the effects of the climate cr...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
2021-05-02 Radical Markets: Solutions for a Gilded Age?
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is inequality an inevitable product of the free market?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, WLPR , and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
190315: EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on Cars, Coal, and Climate, 3/15/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The U.S. Senate recently confirmed Andrew Wheeler as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Greg Dalton sits down for a rare in...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
2019-03-15 EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on Cars, Coal, and Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The U.S. Senate recently confirmed Andrew Wheeler as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Greg Dalton sits down for a rare in...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, Nevada Public Radio, NPR Now, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About the Economy
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The view that capitalism is an inherently flawed, exploitative, crisis-prone, oppressive system is not new. But the dangers we face due to its oper...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 57:43
Corporations and the Future of Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can money really be a form of speech?

Bought by KMUN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Flood Insurance
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The National Flood Insurance Program has paid more than $38 billion in claims since 1978. It was meant to be a self-supporting system, but currentl...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1