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Season 1, Episode 28 - 'Population Growth' feat Christopher Tucker
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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A controversial, yet necessary conversation around how many people can this planet support.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 2
The Feminist Birth of the Home Pregnancy Test
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Margaret Crane, inventor of America's first home pregnancy test, in 1965. , Credit: Anna Kaufman
In 1965 Margaret Crane was a young graphic designer with an idea: Why couldn't women do their own pregnancy tests at home? This is the story of how...

Bought by WUWM, KISU, KETR-FM, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Top of Mind - How American Boys and Men are Falling Behind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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American boys and men are falling behind. Have we accidentally overlooked their struggles?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
827: Going For Broke: Can Work Be Love? / 828: Our Time Of Mourning, 9/9/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Can Work Be Love?" - In this final part of our series, we’re talking about work — about the right to meaningful work, t...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:01
Top of Mind - Benefits of Social Relationships: Mending Fractures and Widening Our Circles
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We often hear about the mental and physical health benefits of social relations. But can relationships also be a way to heal our societal divisions?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
791: A Parenting Revolution / 792: The Resilient Brain, 5/6/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "A Parenting Revolution" - The pandemic has made clear that parents are walking a tightrope with no safety net. Is it time for a parentin...

  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Top of Mind - Lost in Politics: Finding Ways to Stay Engaged When Neither Party Fits
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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How to stay engaged in democracy when neither major political party feels like home.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
661: To All The Dogs We've Loved / 662: Hope: How Do We Make It?, 2/5/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "To All The Dogs We've Loved" - Picture yourself half way through a thousand mile sled dog race. What do you think about? This hour, adve...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
To Feel Better Neal Needs to Focus on Making His Wife Feel Loved
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Couple enjoying a moment together
Neal is challenged by his mental health issues and is ambivalent towards his marriage. Yet he loves and respects and admires his wife. He is gettin...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2021
  • Length: 54:56
519: African Cities Of The Future / 520: Center Of The World, 9/26/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "African Cities Of The Future" - The fastest growing cities in the world are in Africa. We'll take you there with a special TTBOOK from A...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:57
Listen to Your Heart - Monologue by Tania Chairez and Kirsten Wilson
From: Motus Theater Boulder
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Tania Chairez is a social entrepreneur and educator who grew up undocumented under the threat of Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona. In this episode, Ta...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 12:40
471: Writing Truth and Lies / 472: Check Your Privilege, 4/11/2020
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Writing Truth And Lies" - How close to reality were the "Little House" books? Does it matter? This hour, we'll talk morality in memoirs....

  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Community, Family & Service with Chelsea Reed Palm Beach Gardens City Council Hopeful
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Community, Family & Service with Chelsea Reed Palm Beach Gardens City Council Hopeful

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 07, 2020
  • Length: 27:36
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Karl Marlantes
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Novelist Karl Marlantes, whose latest book is "Deep River," talks with Benjamin Busch.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 1
363: Center Of The World / 364: Why The Classics Matter, 3/30/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Center Of The World" - Opiate addiction. Lost jobs. Lost hope. Producer Charles Monroe-Kane heads back to his Ohio hometown to see why p...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
331: Giving Is Complicated / 332: Healing Trauma, 12/8/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Giving Is Complicated" - It's the holiday season. Time to think about gifts. It's trickier than you think. HOUR TWO: "Healing Trauma" ...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
¿QPM? S2 EP 8: Latinos and the challenges of Health Care
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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In this episodio we talk to an expert about why is hard for Latinos to obtain health care and the challenges that this represents.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 28, 2018
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
279: When Women Rule / 280: Burnout, 6/9/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "When Women Rule" - From Homer to Harvey Weinstein, women are reclaiming the classics in the age of #MeToo. HOUR TWO: "Burnout" - Ever ...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
A Nation of Immigrants, Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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America has a long, long, long history of embracing immigrants one day, generally because it needed them for economic reasons, a variation of slave...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 65: The Kingfish
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1928, Huey P. Long became the youngest Governor in Louisiana’s history. He bragged that he bought lawmakers like “sacks of potatoes, shuffled ‘e...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 23, 2017
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 1
RDD: One Matters
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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The Rough Draft Diaries meets with Ken Leslie of 1Matters. 1Matters is a non-profit that works to return domestic autonomy to those without homes. ...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 06:33
Justice Scalia vacates the Court
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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America's formidable guardian of the Constitution, Justice Antonin Scalia, is dead...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:22:45
Walking with purpose to combat violence
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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When it comes to sending a message to the community, one way to do it is to simply stand together. That’s what one Oakland organization is doing by...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 07:54
Collective Living
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: The 25th St. House owned by Portland Collective Housing, Credit: Portland Collective Housing (PCH)
What happens when a group of friends get together to buy a house? That's what some people did in Portland, Oregon in 2003. The house is still owned...

Bought by Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Sep 01, 2011
  • Length: 08:51
  • Purchases: 1
Why Is Health Care So Difficult?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Why can't the U.S. negotiate a domestic solution to health care? Individuals are certainly responsible for their health. A wealthy society can also...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:30