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“Nixing” the Gold Standard: The Secret Meeting Behind Today’s Inflation
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we return to a conversation between NPR’s Chief Economics Correspondent Scott Horsley and economist Jeffrey Garten about Nixon's decisio...

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


  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The impact of fentanyl on communities, with SF Substance Use Expert Dr.Phillip Coffin
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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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...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Biden’s Ukraine Strategy, At Home and Abroad
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, Ray Suarez discusses President Biden’s Ukraine strategy with US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet. Then, KPBS’s Gust...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Overdose Crisis in San Francisco: Part Two
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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In this episode, the second in a two-part series, we talk to experts about what measures have been taken to address this health crisis, how people ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Data shows an increase in street fires, but that’s not the whole story
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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A look at homeless encampment fires in the Bay Area with Three journalists at the San Francisco Public Press and Mission Local have been tracking f...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
An American Hostage Story
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we hear Jason Rezaian's story of being held hostage in Iran, and why he thinks it’s essential that the US government and me...

Bought by Classic107.3, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
How the Far Right is Changing World Politics
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, Ray Suarez talks with two domestic intelligence agents, one in Germany and the other in the United States. What have they learned ...

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


  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2021-12-17 This Year in Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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A recent poll shows that in 2021, for the first time, a majority of Americans personally felt the effects of climate change. But has that growing a...

Bought by WSHU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KALW and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
211217: This Year in Climate, 12/17/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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A recent poll shows that in 2021, for the first time, a majority of Americans personally felt the effects of climate change. But has that growing a...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Bring It On! – November 15, 2021: Meet the Candidates – Valerie McCray for U.S. Senate and Jennifer Crossley for Monroe County Council
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Natalia Galvan speak with two women of color who are vying for local and national polit...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
December 3, 2021: Brutal Jail Conditions in Maricopa County
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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We begin our episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances contributed by Perilous Chronicle. We close out the episode with a call from ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
December 10, 2021: Twice-stolen Wealth
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we cover carceral non-profits in an interview with Drs. Zhandarka Kurti, a professor of criminology and Criminal Justice at Loyola Unive...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Tracing the Peace Line in Northern Ireland
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On the centenary of Northern Ireland’s birth, we look at the lines and borders that define it.

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2021-12-03 What the Infrastructure Deal Means for Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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President Biden recently signed the biggest piece of climate legislation in U.S. history into law. To be sure, the Infrastructure Investment and Jo...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
211203: What the Infrastructure Deal Means for Climate, 12/3/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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President Biden recently signed the biggest piece of climate legislation in U.S. history into law. To be sure, the Infrastructure Investment and Jo...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
2021-11-19 Taking Stock of COP26
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In 2015, delegates from 196 nations entered into the legally binding treaty on climate change known as the Paris Agreement, which set a goal of lim...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
211119: Taking Stock of COP26 , 11/19/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In 2015, delegates from 196 nations entered into the legally binding treaty on climate change known as the Paris Agreement, which set a goal of lim...

  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
From Moscow to Monte Carlo
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we explore the layers of Russian state corruption revealed through the Pandora Papers and the work of Alexei Navalny.

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Risk Takers and Negotiators
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How do we know when it’s time to take a risk and push, or if it’s better to step back and negotiate?

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Solving America's Traffic Cop Problem
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Brett Simpson
Two summers ago, calls to defund the police swept across the nation, spurred by high-profile incidents of police brutality against people of color....

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Learning from Nebraska: Ross Benes
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
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In his recent book, Rural Rebellion, author and journalist Ross Benes takes a multi-decade look at how Nebraska went from being a progressive state...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Free Reality Winner: Billie Jean Winner Davis and Wendy Collins
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
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Former NSA analyst Reality Leigh Winner was convicted in 2018 of leaking information about Russian hacking into the 2016 American elections. She re...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
Free Expression, Privacy, & Safety in Digital Spaces with Danny O'Brien with the Electronic Frontier Foundation
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Headshot: Danny O'Brien
In this episode, we explore issues of free expression, privacy, and the roles of corporate and government entities in moderating social media conte...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Barn Raising For a Better America
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In the aftermath of the January 6th siege of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, Laura convenes a panel of pro-democracy activists to discuss...

Bought by KDNK and KWMR


  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 56:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Impact & Influence of Party Framing in News Coverage
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Screenshot of Podcast Recording, Credit: Gina Baleria
In this episode, we explore the influence and impact of framing - in particular how mainstream news tends to frame national issues as gamified, two...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:30