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(December 27, 2023 Re-Air) Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project: Tackling Racism & Rice
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDNK, KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
World in Progress 28/09/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Why Croatia’s abortion debate is heating up. Abortion is legal in Croatia. So why are women having to travel to Slovenia to...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Changemaker’s Playbook
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Former Obama campaign Chief Operating Officer Henry De Sio, Jr., shares his insights on how to approach the unique challenges and opportunities of ...

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


  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Covid Couldn’t Stop Worker Owned Co-ops
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When homecare workers at Cooperative Homecare Associates in the Bronx ran short of masks in the early days of the Covid pandemic, the worker-owners...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK


  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Nobody Left out, Creating the New Normal: SEIU President Mary Kay Henry
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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While the election results are still undecided well hear from Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, abou...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK


  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Addressing Economic Class Conflict
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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While some organizations and individuals believe there is multidimensional inequality in the U.S., this PEACE TALKS RADIO program is only about eco...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WRIR, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
RDD: Bright Young People
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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In the 1920s, "The Bright Young Things," or "Bright Young People," was a nickname given to young aristocrats or socialites in London. There were on...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2019
  • Length: 06:20
Communities Over Commodities: How to Get There?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Housing affordability and power by design? This week on the show, Monique George of Picture the Homeless and Gianpaolo Baiocchi from NYU's Urban De...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Job Talk Episode 22
From: Paul Russell
Series: Job Talk
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Listen to a story of a man with service in his blood: George Morstatt, teacher, Marine, volunteer firefighter and dispatcher. We learn his take on ...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2017
  • Length: 17:05
2017-10-01 Happening with James Redford
From: Climate One
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Fossil fuels are in favor again in Washington. New opportunities are opening to mine coal and drill for oil despite the fact that the costs for fos...

Bought by NPR Now


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
5 (Re-air with new intro): How To Break The Cycle of Poverty
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Leila Janah
New book, new intro! There are billions of people across the world who are living in poverty and 800 million people who are illiterate--two-thirds ...

Bought by KWIT and KSJD


  • Added: Sep 21, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Katherine Loflin, the "City Doctor," on what attaches people to a place, and why it matters
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Katherine Loflin joined WTIP's Ann Possis recently to talk about her work in "placemaking". She advises elected officials, planners, businesspe...

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:11
Doctor in Your Palm - Can Mobile Health Care Reduce Medical Bills?
From: Nancy Lin
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Digital health solutions are on the rise. Now X PRIZE Foundation is challenging innovators to create a wireless device that monitors and diagnoses ...

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:27
Second That Emotion
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jeremy D. Holden
In his new book, Jeremy D. Holden draws upon his deep and diverse background of 25 years in the highest levels of advertising education and politic...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2012
  • Length: 27:59
Slow Money: Reducing Velocity, Increasing Value
From: A World of Possibilities
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Two pioneering economists discuss slowing the pace of business in order to reclaim value and values.

Bought by KHNS, KPVL, KXOT Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
David Korten - Wall Street Illusions, Real Solutions
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World; Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth and The Great Turning: From ...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2010
  • Length: 28:49
Community Governance
From: Bill Baue
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Longtime shareowner activist Steve Viederman discusses the notion of community governance, where communities reclaim democratic power of self-deter...

  • Added: May 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:26
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Active Voice Radio: Peter Karoff - Making Charitable Donations Count
From: Chris Goldstein
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Americans have an incredible capacity for charitable giving. Even in these difficult economic times donations are still flowing. What makes us give...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2