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How to Detect a Disinformation Campaign
From: Michael Sugarman
Series: Viral Networks
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Groups have been running disinformation campaigns on Facebook and Twitter for almost as long as those platforms have been popular. In this episode,...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 26:18
  • Purchases: 1
Welcome to the Disinfo Industry
From: Michael Sugarman
Series: Viral Networks
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Are you contributing to a disinformation campaign without even knowing it? This week, we talk to Kate Starbird about unwillingly contributing to th...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 33:16
  • Purchases: 1
How Disease Conspiracy Theories Are Born
From: Michael Sugarman
Series: Viral Networks
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This week, we focus on COVID-19 misinformation, talking to Kolina Koltai, ethnographer of vaccine conspiracy theory communities; Jon Lee, a folklor...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:56
  • Purchases: 1
What Are Mis- and Disinformation?
From: Michael Sugarman
Series: Viral Networks
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In our first episode, Camille François to tells us how researchers identify mis- and disinformation, and Joan Donovan from the Harvard Shorenstein ...

Bought by WHFR and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 24:02
  • Purchases: 2
Flipping Economics on Its Head: Kate Raworth #219 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
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No civilization should head out into the world without “Doughnut Economics” in its survival kit. With her modernized thinking, economist Kate Rawor...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 28:30
Trickle-Down Consumption: Brian Czech #205 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
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How can policymakers be persuaded to abandon the most widespread public policy goal on Earth? In our last episode, Brian Czech explained that econo...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
End of Ponzi Economy: Jerry Mander #203 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
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Was globalization a temporary state that has run its course? That’s the case made by Jerry Mander, who believes there is plenty of evidence that th...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
The Fetish of GDP: Raj Patel #103 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“Gross Domestic Product has now become a fetish,” according to economist Raj Patel. Many undesirable things end up adding to GDP: wars, disease, an...

Bought by Indie3 Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Reinvent the Economy: Gus Speth #118
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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While world leaders wring their hands over forecasts of timid GDP growth, a growing list of visionaries around the world are collaborating to redef...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WSLR, 91.7 WHUS Storrs and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 10
Economic Heresy: Herman Daly #113
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Robust economic growth has become the Holy Grail of public policy and politics. But some economists and many scientists have come to believe growth...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 17, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
JIMMY CARTER stuns China's Leader
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: SEPTEMBER, 2015
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With the former President recently noting he has cancer, his term in office and humanitarian work since then are getting attention anew. This surpr...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Learning to Live Together - the Future, hopes and fears
From: Mike Hally
Series: Learning to Live Together - Conflict and Peace-building Northern Ireland
Caption: Northern Ireland murals in Belfast, Credit: Mike Hally
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 14, 2014
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Learning to Live Together - Other Projects - Festivals, Language and Youth
From: Mike Hally
Series: Learning to Live Together - Conflict and Peace-building Northern Ireland
Caption: Community worker at the Skegoneill interface, Credit: Mike Hally 2014
Political journalist Peter Geoghegan looks at the state of reconciliation and peace-making in Northern Ireland over a series of five short reports ...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2014
  • Length: 07:47
States of Mind: Mental Illness in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: A woman in a "state of hysteria.", Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Recent estimates suggest that more than 50% of Americans will suffer from a “mental disorder” at some point in their lifetime, making the once “abn...

Bought by WEZU, WXDU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
PROMO - On The Money: A History of American Currency
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: “The Almightier,” illustration from Puck, May 15th, 1907 , Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "On the Money: A History of American Currency," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/dat...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Feb 18, 2014
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
PROMO - Cheers & Jeers: Alcohol in America [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: New York City policemen pour liquor into a sewer following a raid during Prohibition, c1921, Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Cheers and Jeers: Alcohol in America [rebroadcast]," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific ti...

Bought by WHYY and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Shocked and Appalled: A History of Scandal
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: “Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated,” 1875 lithograph. , Credit: Library of Congress
15 years ago this month, then-President Bill Clinton was impeached by the US House of Representatives for perjury and obstruction of justice. The c...

Bought by WUFT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRPI, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
PROMO - Shocked and Appalled: A History of Scandal
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: “Testimony in the great Beecher-Tilton scandal case illustrated,” 1875 lithograph. , Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Shocked and Appalled: A History of Scandal," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific time/date ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: :30
Splintered Parties: A History of Political Factions
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Rival factions of the Democratic Party tussle over President Martin Van Buren. Lithograph, 1837. , Credit: Library of Congress
The recent government shutdown highlighted the intense conflict between political parties today, but it also showed how critical conflict within th...

Bought by XRAY.fm, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KBRP Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
From Poland: Adam Kepinski. Who else?
From: Anton Foek
Series: Poland, a transition country
Caption: Adam in his office in Opole, Credit: Anton Foek
Adam Kepinski from Poland went to Western Europe to make some money. He did and invested the earned funds in his political career and is now a resp...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 17:42
Wisconsin Recalls: Huge Amounts of Money Being Thrown Around
From: Wisconsin News Connection
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Tomorrow’s primary recall election will determine the candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and which candidates will face each other in th...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:46
Looking Back to Look Forward: Social Safety Nets
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how social safety nets are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 24, 2008
  • Length: 08:09
Looking Back To Look Forward: Health Care
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how health care is being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 09:17
Looking Back to Look Forward: Energy and the Environment
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how energy and the environment are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' att...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:56
Looking Back to Look Forward: Science and Technology
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how science and technology are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' attitudes

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:52