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Up Close And Acoustic with Tom Hampton
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Tom Hampton, Credit: Promo shot from Tom Hampton's Bandcamp page
Singer/songwriter, sideman extraordinaire, and player of seemingly all instruments Tom Hampton joins us today. Based in Nashville (but I knew him w...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:04:43
Putin’s War, Autocracy, Inc. and the US Presidential Election
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Will Ukraine get the go-ahead on long range missiles before November?

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 20, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Are All Medical Treatments Safe and Effective?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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It’s easy to assume medical treatments available in the US are safe and effective. Let’s challenge that assumption.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Funny or Offensive? Why It's So Hard to Draw the Line in Humor.
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We love to laugh, but navigating comedy can feel like a minefield. Who gets to decide what is funny or offensive?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - The Changing Ways We Decide Who Gets into College and Why it Matters.
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Now that test score requirements are in flux and affirmative action is illegal, how do we decide who gets into college?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Bucking Book Bans: Arthur Bradford’s Film “To Be Destroyed”
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Arthur Bradford
As kids, many of us read “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury and thought, “man, this book banning and burning stuff is terrible.” Apparently, though, ...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
The Politics of Food with Marion Nestle
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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After the news headlines, Patti and Doug interview award-winning author and food systems expert Marion Nestle

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRFA-LP


  • Added: Aug 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 2
Kamala Harris’s Surge, and What to Expect at the 2024 DNC
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Did Stuart Stevens' predictions hold true?

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


  • Added: Aug 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
2024-08-16 What the FERC Is Going on With the Electric Grid
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The nation’s electric grid needs to be expanded and made more reliable for our future energy demands and climate forecasts. The way we’ve built tra...

Bought by KMXT, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
Ecuador’s Expensive War Against the Narcos
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The intimate profile of a President struggling to keep his grip on power.

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


  • Added: Aug 14, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The New Roadblocks to a Gaza Ceasefire Deal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Fighting with Hezbollah further complicates the picture...

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


  • Added: Aug 09, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
240807: East Orosi's Long Struggle for Water Part 2: The Role of Community Utility Districts, 8/7/2024
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact (Automated Delivery)
Caption: A person holding a “Justicia para East Orosi” sign., Credit: Sandra Tsang
This week we head back to East Orosi, California, and we take a deep dive into the organizations that run basic services in unincorporated areas al...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
East Orosi's Long Struggle for Water Part 2: The Role of Community Utility Districts
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A person holding a “Justicia para East Orosi” sign., Credit: Sandra Tsang
This week we head back to East Orosi, California, and we take a deep dive into the organizations that run basic services in unincorporated areas al...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WXDU, WETS, and KGLP


  • Added: Aug 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
08-08-2024: Absorbent Minds: Human Cognition in a Digital World with Leslie Valiant PhD, 8/8/2024
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
Caption: Happiness [is an inside job]...
Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on the importance o...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2024
  • Length: 36:50
The Big Money Shaping the 2024 Presidential Election
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Big tech has something it would like to say...

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


  • Added: Aug 01, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
272: None of Your Business: Claiming Our Digital Privacy Rights, Reclaiming Democracy, 7/31/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Cindy Cohn, Credit: Nikki Ritcher
We plug into the real world Matrix of surveillance capitalism that dominates this Age of Information. Behind it is the unholy alliance between Big ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
The Science of Violence
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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After the recent assassination attempt on former President Trump, Jess talks with Dr. Garen Wintemute, Director of the Violence Prevention Research...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
East Orosi's Struggle for Clean Drinking Water
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A person holding a "Justicia para East Orosi" sign, Credit: Sandra Tsang
We visit the town of East Orosi and experience life without safe drinking water. We also take a look at California State Laws that could help commu...

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


  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Two Weak Options: How’d the Election Go So Wrong?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The answers are infinite...

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


  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Pariahs: Why Russia Needs North Korea
From: Mateo Schimpf
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A handshake worth a thousand guns.

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


  • Added: Jul 07, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
As Europe Votes Far-Right, is Extremism Going Mainstream?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What to look for in July and beyond.

Bought by RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Coup “Contagion” in Africa, and the Scramble for Congo’s Resources
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Is democracy possible in the Congo?

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), KICI Iowa City, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Former San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin, Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chesa Boudin
If you look at the data, you'll probably notice that traditional incarceration-focused criminal justice approaches are both extremely expensive and...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Is AI the Real Threat in November? A 2024 Election Special
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We look at whether AI could swing the vote and how Congress is getting its arms around the issue.

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


  • Added: Jun 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Death of the “Butcher of Tehran”
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What’s Next for Iran and Israel?

Bought by Classic107.3, GCR (Global Community Radio), KICI Iowa City, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4