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Pew Study Finds 85% of Americans Don’t Think Elected Officials Care About What People Like Them Think – Up 30% since 2000
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Pew Study Finds 85% of Americans Don’t Think Elected Officials Care About What People Like Them Think – Up 30% since 2000

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jun 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
NH Voter Suppression Bill Eliminates Sworn Affidavits for Voter Registration, Demanding Citizenship Documents for Otherwise Qualified Voters. It Could Disenfranchise Thousands.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
NH Voter Suppression Bill Eliminates Sworn Affidavits for Voter Registration, Demanding Citizenship Documents for Otherwise Qualified Voters. It Co...

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
More Mixed Messages from Trump and the RNC on Mail-In Voting: ‘Swamp the Vote” vs. Swamp the Courts
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
More Mixed Messages from Trump and the RNC on Mail-In Voting: ‘Swamp the Vote” vs. Swamp the Courts

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 11, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Why Was Joe Biden’s Appearance on the Ohio Ballot in Question? Partisan Politics, and Another Attempt to Derail Citizen Ballot Initiatives.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Why Was Joe Biden’s Appearance on the Ohio Ballot in Question? Partisan Politics, and Another Attempt to Derail Citizen Ballot Initiatives.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Jun 06, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Another Tactic to Undermine Citizen Ballot Initiatives in Arizona: Slap Signature Collectors with a Subpoena
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Another Tactic to Undermine Citizen Ballot Initiatives in Arizona: Slap Signature Collectors with a Subpoena

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: May 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nevada Supreme Court Throws Out Citizen Ballot Initiatives on Redistricting, and May Have Damaged Future Direct Democracy Efforts in the Process
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Nevada Supreme Court Throws Out Citizen Ballot Initiatives on Redistricting, and May Have Damaged Future Direct Democracy Efforts in the Process

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Response: Heatwaves and Energy Poverty in the Mediterranean
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We visit southern Europe with our partners at The Response podcast to see how communities are tackling the problem of energy poverty.

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


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Wait, I’m Not the Crazy One! Sarah Longwell, Conservative Watchdog of Republican Sanity
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Wait, I’m Not the Crazy One! Sarah Longwell, Conservative Watchdog of Republican Sanity
Sarah Longwell on Republican accountability post-Trump, in conversation with creator/host and lifelong Independent Robert Pease, and co-host and Ex...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:20
Laura Eisenhower Discusses Covid-19, Vaccines and The Pandemic — Is there an alien agenda?
From: Ray Samuels
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Explore thought-provoking perspectives and insights on the pandemic with host Dr. Sam Dubé and special guest Laura Einsenhower.

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:56:22
Design for Justice: Disabled Hackers are Leading the Way
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can technology advance society if it doesn't include all of society? This week, we talk with three disability justice activists who have ideas abou...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KDNK


  • Added: Jul 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
NFL, Free Speech and a New Thing called a 'Book'
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Take a knee, and try to understand the politics of sports...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2018
  • Length: 02:20:18
Trickle-Down Consumption: Brian Czech #205 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
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How can policymakers be persuaded to abandon the most widespread public policy goal on Earth? In our last episode, Brian Czech explained that econo...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
The Fetish of GDP: Raj Patel #103 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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“Gross Domestic Product has now become a fetish,” according to economist Raj Patel. Many undesirable things end up adding to GDP: wars, disease, an...

Bought by Indie3 Radio and KTRL


  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Matthew Fox: A Way to God: Thomas Merton’s Creation Spirituality Journey
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
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In November I released an interview with activist, Matthew Fox. This is a rebroadcast of that episode.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 2
America's Defining Moment
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Election Day eve, 2016...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 02:40:48
Obligations of a Freeman
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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'Obligations of a freeman', a serious sermon by a humorous and anti-religious Mark Twain...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:35:32
Tent Cities: When Society Fails to House
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Nicklesville--Seattle, Credit: Sara Bernard
Tent cities have popped up across the country, from New Jersey to Texas to New Mexico. Many are starting to build more permanent living structures....

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
With parole pending, an inmate reflects on lessons learned
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - San Quentin Prison Report
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Marcus Williams went to prison when he was just 17 years old. It was 1984, and “Miami Vice” and “The Cosby Show” were the hottest things on televis...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
A Citizen's Guide to Political Amnesia
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Political amnesia comes on when political polarization begins as it has with President Obama’s recent executive order about immigration. So, Presi...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
Ray Kurzweil on The End of Work
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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The jobless economy: a fully automated, engineered, robotic system that doesn’t need YOU, or me either. Anything we can do, machines can do better ...

Bought by WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Shh!: Life in a State of Surveillance
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Wiring Before, Credit: Flikr user Kelp
Who's watching you? Nowadays it seems everyone wants to get their hands on our personal data. From the FBI to the welfare department, to some of th...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, KMUN, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Syria Test
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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With Iraq and Afghanistan bleeding in our rear-view mirror, is there a case still to be made for American intervention with anything more than word...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 46: Ronnie Smith/Cannabis Oil Cancer Cure – Bobby Pickles’ Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
Caption: Ronnie Lee Smith (aka Roland A. Duby)
Bobby podcasts via Skype with Ronnie Lee Smith aka Roland A. Duby, stand-up comedian, social media personality, and self-proclaimed healer of cance...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 29:17
What's in a Word? Defining Toronto's Food Deserts
From: Kelly Jones
Caption: FoodShare Toronto's Mobile Good Food Market, Credit: foodshare.net
Using the buzzwords "food desert" and "food insecure" might have positive and negative impacts on the places and people they describe.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2013
  • Length: 09:14
Hagel For (The) Defense
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What we learned from the Senate confirmation hearings for Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense...told through narration, music and soundbites.

  • Added: Feb 06, 2013
  • Length: 58:55