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After 40 years, Mayor Riley steps down, leaving a legacy that privileges the public sphere and beauty in the everyday.
Bought by WABE, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Nov 17, 2015
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
Episode 132:
Ever since the last time Chris Mitchell spoke with Blair Levin on Episode 37, we have wanted to have him back for a friendly discussi...
- Added: Jul 29, 2015
- Length: 37:30
In this conversation, Edwidge explores the writing of her powerful memoir, Brother, I’m Dying.
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Sam White loves Detroit and loves Shakespeare. So, she emptied her bank account and started a site-specific professional theater company, Shakespea...
- Added: Mar 30, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Ping Chong, a visionary citizen-artist connects racial history to our current unrest in his recent play, Collidescope: Adventures in Pre-and Post-R...
- Added: Dec 11, 2014
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
Shirley Sneve talks about Native American Public Telecommunications which shares stories of Native American people on television and radio.
- Added: Nov 25, 2014
- Length: 28:14
- Purchases: 2
In Medic Against Bomb, Fred Foote’s first collection of poetry, the neurologist demonstartes first-hand the healing power of the arts for veterans.
Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, RadioFreePalmer, and WNJR
- Added: Nov 06, 2014
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 4
The World War Z author Max Brooks isn't kidding when it comes to zombies.
- Added: Oct 30, 2014
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
Brand new Dub, Deep House, Dubstep, Electronica, Tech House, and Trance. Plus, Mongo Speaks.
- Added: Oct 11, 2014
- Length: 01:00:00
For forty years, Chunky Sanchez has playing and singing the stories of the Chicano people.
- Added: Oct 03, 2014
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
As of the latest national elections, it costs approximately $1 billion to become president, $10 million to become a Senator, and $1 million to beco...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 21, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
20 years after the founding of The Zapatistas, the group’s influence has spread far beyond Mexico’s border through music and art. Producer Alejand...
Bought by KQED
- Added: Aug 04, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In her new book, award winner journalist Nell Bernstein takes us behind the scenes into the hidden lives of incarcerated children. She has spent mo...
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
In Missing Class, Betsy Leondar-Wright looks at class dynamics in twenty-five groups of social movement organizations. Included in her study are; t...
- Added: Apr 22, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
When you call 911, who answers the phone? How do they decide who to send to the scene, and how fast will they get there? We bring you a 2-part spec...
- Added: Dec 26, 2013
- Length: 58:59
As founder of One World Everybody Eats, Denise Cerreta is determined to change the way restaurants do business and to bring delicious, healthful fo...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 20:58
- Purchases: 1
Numbers can be deceptive … we know this. Yet, in spite of how sophisticated we think we are, we still can be taken-in by numbers. Sometimes we’ll e...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
After serving time, finding food, a job and a place to live with a criminal record can become an almost impossible task. On this edition, Women bu...
- Added: Jul 18, 2013
- Length: 28:56
It’s estimated that every day 36 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. It’s the leading cause of death by diseas...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 11, 2012
- Length: 28:54
- Purchases: 1
The premier of Beyond the Spin, a new weekly program focusing on issues relating to the 2012 elections with community radio hosts and reporters fro...
Bought by KRCB 104.9, WVAS, KVNF, KVMR, and RadioFreePalmer
- Added: Aug 09, 2012
- Length: 55:13
- Purchases: 5
A debate from Oakland, California between practitioners of non-violence, versus those who believe a diversity of tactics is what Occupy needs to mo...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Jan 11, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
We take a look at the Police killing of Oscar Grant in Oakland, and the debate over who gets to decide when an officer has done something wrong.
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio
- Added: Jul 15, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
With all the talk about Big Government, two scholars reflect on how the Federal Government and taxes have evolved since the founding era.
- Added: Jan 28, 2010
- Length: 28:59
Changing our place in the world, through philosophy and math skills.
- Added: Jan 28, 2010
- Length: 29:01
