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Dispatch 338 - Statue of Limitations
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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In the news recently, statues have been defaced and pulled down from their perches ala Saddam Hussein.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Texts Not Jails! Before and After Covid-19 via 70 Million
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Covid-19 has transformed jails and prisons into death traps. How are some communities jailing less people in the first place. After someone is arre...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Rally to Re-open Oregon Amid COVID-19 Lockdown Draws Fringe Militia and Families
From: Kate Kaye
Caption: Anna and Brian (last names not disclosed) prepare to attend a re-open rally in Salem, Oregon on May 2, 2020, Credit: Kate Kaye
Hundreds convened in the rain this Saturday at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Families with kids mingled amid attendees strapped with semi-auto...

  • Added: May 03, 2020
  • Length: 05:23
Pandemic Forces Oregon Ballot Initiatives to Spend Far More than Planned
From: Kate Kaye
Caption: An Oregon petition signature sheet, Credit: Oregon Secretary of State
COVID-19 is a problem for the 50 initiatives, referenda and referrals that still technically could end up on the ballot in Oregon in November. To g...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 04:57
Trump's "Discovery of India" tour
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Trump as Baahubali
Sandip Roy looks at all the ways Trump’s recent visit to India has been a benefit to all concerned.

  • Added: Feb 24, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Ban NPR!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Joseph Narendra Muhammad, Credit: Sandip Roy
There are protests in many cities all over India with signs saying No NPR.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
The Best of Making Contact
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: best of making contact
We look at our favorite shows from 2019. From Artificial Intelligence, to the stigma around women's periods, from guns and restraining orders to th...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:59
Why We Believe What We Believe (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Why do people believe weird things? That’s what Jason Hart wants to find out. He delves into the psychology behind ghost encounters, anti-vaccine ...

Bought by WCNY, KSFR, WFHB, WRST-FM Oshkosh, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 14
The Greatest Experiment
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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India has a new government. But when all the sound and fury end, the real work of democracy begins in this, the greatest democratic experiment in t...

  • Added: May 21, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Our Walmart (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Walmart claims to provide employment and low prices, but does it do so at the social cost of low wages, anti-union activity and squeezing supplier...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WRGY, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
The Ghosts of Satire
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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When people get spooked, even ghosts can disappear.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 06:00
Immigration Stories (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Immigrants to the United States share their personal stories of how they journeyed from Central and South America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, a...

Bought by WCPN, KXCV, WGZS, WNMU-FM, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 24, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Ep. 1 Brother, Can You Spare Some Peace of Mind?
From: Katie Ross
Series: Peace of Mind w/ Bhi Bhiman
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In the first episode of Peace of Mind, we’re talking about fear and its power to shape our view of the world. Our guests are author Dave Eggers, Sn...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:11
Brand Survival in the Trump Era (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-With the country deeply divided, brands whose livelihoods depend on appealing to the entire population companies can't afford to take sides and mo...

Bought by WJCT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), WFHB, KRDP and more


  • Added: Nov 08, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Resistance: The Ballot and The Bullhorn
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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From no, I won't to yes, we will. It’s official, over a hundred women, more women than ever, were voted into Congress including New Mexico’s Deb Ha...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: How Puerto Ricans are restoring power to the people through Mutual Aid
From: Tom Llewellyn
Series: The Response
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After Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, a group of activists formed a community kitchen to help feed those in need. That community ki...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
Ganesh doesn't care
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: The God Ganesh at a temple in Kolkata, Credit: Sandip Roy
The Fort Bend county Republican party in Texas tried to appropriate Ganesh and discovered that you can’t lasso an elephant so easily.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
Minnesota Native News: Decisions Pending on Minneapolis Homeless Encampment
From: Ampers
Series: Minnesota Native News
Caption: Joy Friedman with MIWRC hands out snacks to those gathered in the tent camp., Credit: Melissa Townsend
This week reporter Melissa Townsend has the latest on a homeless tent camp in Minneapolis. There are roughly 300 people - mostly Native - in the ca...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KMSU, KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 10
The Right to Dissent (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-What happens when we push back against injustice? When we stand up for what we think is right? Does the Constitution protect us? All of us? From t...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU and more


  • Added: Sep 13, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 12
IE: Inside Europe, 5/11/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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Exclusive interview with French President Emmanuel Macron who told DW how he had tried, but failed, to keep the US in the Iran nuclear deal. Afte...

  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
EP 7.2 — Universal Basic Income: A Bridge Towards Post-capitalism?
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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In part 2 of our 2-part series on UBI, we explore how a progressive Universal Basic Income policy might help us move away from our current capitali...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
EP 4 — The Solidarity Economy
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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A documentary that explores a phenomenon known as the Solidarity Economy, including voices from all over the world involved in different movements ...

Bought by KUNM and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
EP 3 — Betrayal and Solidarity in Greece
From: Robert Raymond
Series: Upstream
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In 2015, Greece held a referendum to free itself from a debt crisis. We traveled to Athens to bring you an on-the-ground exploration of the afterma...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 29, 2018
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
IE: Inside Europe, 1/19/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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The EU stands up to Washington over the Iran nuclear deal - Protests against the Austrian government’s anti-immigration agenda - Remote control: Co...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
A Question of Character
From: Mitchell Borden
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In Tisbury, voters recently drew battle lines and took sides as they headed to the polls to say yes or no to Question 1. It was a question that man...

Bought by PRX Remix and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 06:13
  • Purchases: 2