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We Have the Power to Stop World Hunger
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week we’re looking at how to solve food insecurity around the world. We’ll hear from nonprofit leaders working on the frontlines and a doctor ...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Larry Brilliant and Peter Hotez: Vaccinating Our Way Out of the Pandemic
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Dr. Larry Brilliant, best known for eradicating Smallpox, and Dr. Peter Hotez, who is part of a team developing a low-cost COVID vaccine for global...

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Redefining Latino Identity
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Join co-host Ray Suarez and VICE's Paola Ramos for a conversation on how communities from New York to Texas and California are defining the controv...

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  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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"False Equivalence! Ever Hear of False Equivalence?" Great American Wrongbook Lyrics!
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "If you can loot businesses, burn down buildings, engage in protest- you can also go to a Christmas party.' Dec 2, 2020 White House Press Secretary, Credit: Susan Cook
As the Nation enters the Christmas (and Hannukah) Season with parties (ahem..) on hold, In the Department of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning), a lyr...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:15
What Biden Can Do to Secure Our Climate Future
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we discuss climate policy with former California Governor Jerry Brown, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and former Colombian pres...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Bannon, Santa Claus and all that in The Dept. of Poetic Justice
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...Down on Santa Claus Lane..., Credit: Susan Cook
A lyrical tribute from one Special Viewer observing the Republican National Convention and a certain Pardon being given by You Know Who!

  • Added: Nov 28, 2020
  • Length: 05:00
The Lure of Authoritarianism + Biden’s Foreign Policy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this episode, we’re looking at the Biden Administration’s foreign policy challenges and how Trump compares to past authoritarian leaders.

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Is Trump Setting Too Many Fires for Biden to Put Out?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, career diplomat Nicholas Burns talks with Ray Suarez about the Trump Administration’s recent maneuvers abroad and how to rebuild U...

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Does The Perfect Healthcare System Exist?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel joins co-host Ray Suarez to compare different healthcare systems around the world. Then, producer Teresa Cotsirilos ...

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Nate Silver Does Not Believe In Santa! In the Dept. Of Poetic Justice!
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: We all miss the wild buffalo. Not so much You Know Who., Credit: Susan Cook
Election Day has come and gone! Remember the poll that really counts most always is the vote you cast. To the tune from "It's Beginning to Look A ...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 04:18
China vs. the US: A Superpower Showdown
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’ll take a look at China’s economic rise to power. Wall Street Journal correspondent Lingling Wei and her editor, Bob Davis, explain h...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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COVID-19, Contact Tracing, and a Leader's Responsibility with UCSF's Dr. Mike Reid
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we take a closer look at the response among many in the medical and public health communities to the president’s handling of the C...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
A Big Deal, Not a Peace Deal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This month, Israel signed deals with two Gulf States on the White House South Lawn. These are the first Arab-Israel agreements in 25 years, known a...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Ch'i and the Lessons of "Rage": Donald Trump through the lens of Sun Tze and Hannah Arendt
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: The 1918 Truth: Wear a mask., Credit: The Topsham Crier/Charles Crosby
The revelations of Woodward's "Rage" are understood best through Sun Tze, the ancient Chinese text also known as The Art of War and the historical ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2020
  • Length: 09:14
Universal Basic Income: Does it Work?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What if we could lower COVID-19 rates all over the world with one program? It’s not a medical innovation, but an economic one. If all the world’s c...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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From Oakland to Johannesburg: Can We Reform the Police?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The United States is three months into a mass movement against police violence. We are the midst of a national conversation about the relationship ...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Why We Still Need to Talk About White Supremacy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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It’s been three months since George Floyd was killed by a white police officer in Minnesota. The movement prompted an outpouring from lawmakers in ...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Coronavirus and Sub-Saharan Africa
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at Uganda and Rwanda, two countries who have fought pandemics before and were ready for this one. Both countries have lost...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
How Developing Nations Are Fighting COVID-19...And Winning
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Even with its close proximity to China, where the pandemic started, parts of Southeast Asia have managed to control the coronavirus far better than...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
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Russia, Afghanistan and America’s Longest War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we take a closer look at how the war in Afghanistan has served as a proxy conflict between the US and Russia and how it fits into ...

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Barry Thomas on Racially Motivated Incidents & Media in the U.S.
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Gian & Barry during Zoom Interview, Credit: Gina Baleria
In this episode. We explore America’s ongoing and persistent issues when it comes to race and social justice... in particular how race can be weapo...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Thank you Bernie. Screw You, New York Times
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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The F-Word is features timely commentaries by Laura Flanders and guests. The latest: "It is the essence of American liberalism to trash radical ...

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
News In Context: Contextualizing Information, w/John Zipperer
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Artwork by Joyce Cheng
Gina sits down with John Zipperer, Vice President of Editorial at The Commonwealth Club of California, to discuss the importance of contextualizing...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:28
An American Sonnet for the Woman Who Is A Journalist
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
As Gwen Ifill is honored, as the Holocaust murders of the ancestors of Terry Gross are revealed, in the aftermath of the harassing effort to intim...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2020
  • Length: 01:02
Sunshine Week Is Coming! Public Record Access and the Freedom of Information
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
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March brings us Sunshine Week, an annual honoring of the ethical and legal obligation for Transparency of Public Records and the Freedom of Informa...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 07:22