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Here are some numbers that will make you think. Just 26 people – call them billionaires – own as much wealth as half the people on the planet. At t...
- Added: Jul 23, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Public discourse is at an all time low. Even without considering the political polarization of today, civility in public discourse is challenging.
- Added: Jul 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Imagine an election in the future that boasted turnout at record levels. Better access to voter registration and polling places. District lines and...
- Added: May 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
References to conspiracy theories are more prevalent today. To have a theory, however, implies there is evidence to substantiate the claim. Today’s...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 26, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A central idea of feminism is “Looking at the world as if women matter.” Yet, during the most important public policy debate about women and povert...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 03, 2019
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
In September 1941, a hero-celebrity stood before a crowd in Iowa and emphatically stated the words, “America First.” Charles Lindbergh was the spea...
- Added: Dec 04, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week, we re-visit radio Kingston, a station connecting communities and lifting up voices. Than joining Laura in studio, activist DeRay Mckesso...
Bought by KDNK
- Added: Nov 27, 2018
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Ep 4 features pop culture and politics journalist & host from NBC BLK, MSNBC, NY Times and Essence writer, @JarrettHill. He talks plagiarism, Fir...
- Added: Nov 23, 2018
- Length: 43:18
A look into the fall of the Denver Post, the impact it's had on the Colorado News Market and the future of reporting in the state.
- Added: Nov 20, 2018
- Length: 13:16
Three of America’s most experienced trauma surgeons speak with us about what happens when someone is shot.
- Added: Nov 05, 2018
- Length: 20:36
Central Coast Bioneers held its first conference in San Luis Obispo in 2010. Looking at their mission statement, It reads … To create a resilient a...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 30, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
What role should the press play in a thriving democracy?
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KSKQ, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle
- Added: Oct 20, 2018
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 3
This broadcast is a follow up interview with economic sociologist Fred L. Block. His theory is that capitalist economics are not self-regulating. I...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 30, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Most people believe that capitalist economics are self-regulated. According to UC Davis economic sociologist Fred L. Block, this view is simply an ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 23, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Do people of opposing political parties believe in different facts? The mantra at the moment is that they do, because of media echo chambers, motiv...
- Added: Jul 25, 2018
- Length: 43:49
Millennials and younger people now make up America’s largest group of eligible voters, surpassing Baby Boomers for the first time.
- Added: Jul 03, 2018
- Length: 03:00
It wasn’t that long ago political pundits were expressing concern that our politics were becoming too centrist … too middle of the road.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 07, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Will Davies, author of the Happiness Industry, has written in the London Review of Books that “Destroying privacy in ever more adventurous ways is ...
- Added: Apr 17, 2018
- Length: 58:18
Today we show our support for women as we ask you to show your support for Interchange. We’ll hear clips that highlight the fight for women’s right...
- Added: Mar 28, 2018
- Length: 57:28
The LGBTQ movement has had many social successes over the past few decades. Several states now recognize gay marriage and workplace equality. Still...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KCBX
- Added: Mar 23, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Some feel the election of Donald Trump is a signal that people want change. Others see it as a culmination of a decades long effort to destabilize ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 28, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Hollywood director Tom Shadyac traded a mansion and private jets for a mobile home and a bicycle. He had found the traditional trappings of success...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL
- Added: Dec 05, 2017
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Veteran journalist and Bloomington native David Shuster spoke about the role of journalism in promoting civility and fact-driven opinion during a f...
- Added: Oct 23, 2017
- Length: 27:50
“One of the ways that radical ideas become more mainstream is when those of us who hold them aren’t afraid to speak about them.” This thought has g...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL
- Added: Oct 10, 2017
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
It’s been nearly 70-years since the House on Un-American Activities Committee heard the testimony of Alger Hiss.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 23, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
