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South Dakota Democracy Advocates Submit Ballot Measure Signatures for a ‘Top 2’ Single Ballot Open Primary System. If Approved, All Voters Get a Voice in the Primary

From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute

Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report

South Dakota Democracy Advocates Submit Ballot Measure Signatures for a ‘Top 2’ Single Ballot Open Primary System. If Approved, All Voters Get a V...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

How 501c Nonprofits are Exploited to Hide Political Donors

From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute

How 501c Nonprofits are Exploited to Hide Political Donors

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Angelica Community Radio, WUTC, and KICI Iowa City

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Washington State Case Challenging the Washington Voting Rights Act

From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Washington State Case Challenging the Washington Voting Rights Act

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, and Angelica Community Radio

Feet To The Fire

From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix

Jess talks with California's Attorney General Rob Bonta about a historic lawsuit he filed against Big Oil to hold them accountable for the devastat...

What You Might Find on Your San Francisco Ballot: Party County Central Committees

From: KSFP
Series: Civic

Election Special: Voters in San Francisco registered with the Peace & Freedom, Green, Republican or Democratic parties have extra choices in the Ma...

Proposition F: Tying Cash Welfare to Drug Screening

From: KSFP
Series: Civic

March 2024 Election Special: Mayor London Breed is facing one of the most pivotal moments of her political career as she campaigns for reelection a...

Bought by KALW

Making Sense of Voting on Judges in San Francisco

From: KSFP
Series: Civic

March 2024 Election Special: Why are San Francisco residents being asked to vote on County Superior Court Judges? We talk to University of San Fran...

Bought by KALW

The Systemic Challenges of Addressing Homelessness, with Tony Sparks

From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context

In this episode, we explore the persistent challenge of how to ensure that everyone has adequate housing. We discuss why the U.S. faces these issue...

Agitation to a System: Trans Resistance in Louisiana

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Hands holding up public comment cards in the Louisiana Senate chamber on Pride Day at the Capitol 2023 in Baton Rouge, LA., Credit: Raegan Labat

Louisiana, like many other states, has seen a slew of anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced this legislative session. Sophie Ziegler joins to...

Bought by WORT, WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle

Should SCOTUS Focus on the Original Meaning of the Constitution?

From: Open to Debate

Originalism is a way of interpreting the Constitution that could help it be understood through either framer’s intent or what the public would’ve i...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Taiwan and the US-China Tug of War

From: Mateo Schimpf

This week, Ray takes a close look at Taiwan: its colonial past, vibrant democratic tradition, and what recent disputes over independence could mean...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge

The Impacts of Mass Corporate Real Estate Ownership on Communities and Affordability

From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context

Caption: Screenshot of SF Chronicle's Interactive Real Estate Map, Credit: San Francisco Chronicle

In this episode, we explore the Bay Area housing market, and how mass corporate ownership of homes and apartments throughout the region affects com...

Test Driving Ranked Choice Voting: These Not So United States (AK Part 2 & NV)

From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast

Part of our Season 3 series on state-level polarization and partisanship.

End of Bay State Bipartisanship?: These Not So United States (MA Part Two)

From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast

Former MA Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey and UMass Amherst Professor Alex Theodoridis discuss how national polarization is affecting Massachusetts politics ...

The impact of fentanyl on communities, with SF Substance Use Expert Dr.Phillip Coffin

From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context

In this episode, we explore the sharp increase in fentanyl deaths across the country, including in San Francisco and the Bay Area, which had thus f...

The Debt Ceiling and its Role in Congressional Politics, with UC Berkeley Economist Barry Eichengreen

From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context

In this episode, we explore the debt ceiling - what it is, why it exists, and why it keeps coming up in Congressional negotiations and wrangling. ...

I&I - The State of Discontent

From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle

Incentives & Instincts is a monthly series on A New Angle in which Justin Angle, marketing professor at the University of Montana College of Busine...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio

I&I - What's up with the labor markets?

From: Justin Angle

Incentives & Instincts is a monthly series on A New Angle in which Justin Angle, marketing professor at the University of Montana College of Busine...

Making the U.S. Tax System Work Better, with Annette Nellen

From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context

In this episode, we discuss the state of U-S tax policy, as well as some ideas for how to overhaul the system to make it more equitable, efficient,...

The History and State of Tax Policy in the U.S. with Annette Nellen, Pt. 1

From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context

In this episode, we explore taxes in the US, including how tax policy has evolved and devolved over the course of U-S history, what taxes are meant...

Voting as Speech: Elections & the First Amendment with Lata Nott

From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context

In this episode, we explore the First Amendment aspects of voting, elections, and campaigns - in particular how voting and related activities might...

Sammy Roth: Shutting Down Diablo Canyon

From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio

We are on the brink of the hottest months of the year. For those of us in California this means getting ready for the nuisance of rolling blackouts...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio

News Coverage in the Pandemic, Emotion, Objectivity, & BIas, with John Zipperer

From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context

In this episode, we explore the current state of news, and how the way news is presented in the U.S. has shifted during the pandemic, including a g...

Braver Angels & Building Community Across Divides, withJohn Wood, Jr.

From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context

In this episode, we talk with John Wood, Jr., national ambassador for Braver Angels, an organization also working to build relationships across the...

Returning Civility to Political Discourse (29:00)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

National polling in recent years has consistently reported that 2/3rds of those polled feel that there’s a major problem with civility in our natio...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KWMR, and KUNM

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