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For our sixtieth (but far from the last) episode, we speak with Leslye Obiora, PhD, a person committed to community and women’s equality. Law profe...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:02
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"Generation Putin" is an hourlong special on young people and politics in the former Soviet Union. Embeddable on SoundCloud, too.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City, WGBH Radio Boston, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 55
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In this season of gratitude, speak. Uphold civil liberties, the human rights that we have, that others will travel thousands of miles for, and when...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
Caption: Margaret and Mohammed discuss how Americans marginalize their religions. , Credit: Jesse Ellis
Islam and Mormonism — not exactly a perfect pair? Actually, these two religions have a striking similarity: both are marginalized in American socie...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 13:10
Caption: Homeless Iraq Veteran Eddie Towne picks up survival gear at the Veterans Administration Stand Down in Biloxi, Mississippi., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
The goal of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is to end veteran homelessness by 2015. But it's slow going in Mississippi, where hundreds of h...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
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Iran continues to enrich uranium for its non-existent nuclear weapons.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:54
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the obstacles to greater progress in caring for and protecting our ocean and wi...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:44
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Refugees coming to the US have just a few months to find a job and a place to live. And they are 10 times as likely as the general population to su...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 07:36
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share a recent article written by Joseph P. Kennedy II regarding the phenomenon of oil ...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: Climate Talks Durban (COP17), Credit: Courtesy inhabit.com
While many countries are at work analyzing the challenges for conservation and management, international and national governance of ocean issues ha...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: Nancy Pelosi
Martha Burk interviews Nancy Pelosi, first female Speaker of the House, and Zainab Salbi, best selling author and founder of Women for Women Intern...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2012
  • Length: 56:48
Caption: Free Press, Credit: Cover design by Eric Fuentecilla
In his new book, former federal prosecutor Ken Ballen reveals the personal and emotional secrets of Islamic terrorists.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
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The euro was once thought to be a symbol of peace and prosperity in post-World War II Europe. As the sovereign debt crisis continues, are we watchi...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WBEZ, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: “MOHAMED ALI JINNAH: His Moslem tiger wants to eat the Hindu cow” [April 1946]
Christopher Lydon on the road in South Asia, in a compilation of conversations and reflections on Pakistan's past and dynamic present. Featuring no...

Bought by WCPN, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Protesters at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York.
News and features on the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
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In the second of a two-part discussion on Palestine and Israel, Bloomingtonians Michael Grady and Dr. Lori Hoevner talk about their experiences -- ...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 59:19
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Sharp-talking political economist Mark Blyth is back in the Glasgow pub, so we say, and he's expounding on the melt-down that's still melting down ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 08:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Husseyin Baybasin is een Koerdische zakenman die, naar zeggen van zijn advocaat Mr. Adele van der Plas, al veertien jaar lang onschuldig in de Nede...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 06:37
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When China loosens the peg of its currency to the dollar, the U.S. will benefit--but it may hurt labor in China. While the looser Chinese currency ...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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In Rwanda, 92 percent of citizens have government-mandated health insurance, collectively owned by the policy-holders themselves. Does organizing h...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Governments have a moral responsibility to protect their citizens. How far does that extend? Is a "kill list" justified?

  • Added: Jun 29, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Should the U.S. be helping developing countries when it has its own dramatic domestic problems?

  • Added: Jun 08, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Will the next dominant international conflict be between state capitalism and free market capitalism? Will it supplant the war on terror? What do y...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 02:15
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How do we meet the massive global issue of fertility without being mired in the abortion debate?

  • Added: May 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:00