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Cultural Appropriation Consideration
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Claudia Fox Tree
On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we’ll explore the challenges surrounding conflicts around cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation invo...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jun 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
799: Deep Time: The Tyranny Of Time / 800: Difficult Summer Reading, 6/3/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: The Tyranny Of Time" - When you’re on the clock, the hours disappear. Time scarcity is making us and the planet sick. But the...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Donald Trone– "Fiduciary Responsibility"
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Though some people dislike the idea, money has become an important and complex aspect of life. Many choose to invest in stocks and mutual funds, ho...

  • Added: May 26, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Jumaane Williams & Hell Gate on Rikers: Why is it So Hard to Close a Jail?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The plan to permanently close Rikers in New York City and replace it with four borough facilities has hit roadblocks. Why is it so hard to close a ...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: May 24, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Sierra Club’s Ben Jealous: Parables of Healing for the Environmental Movement
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Earth's temperature is rising and time is running out to change direction according to the IPCC. But veteran organizer/strategist Ben Jealous (...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Apr 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tribute to the Late Urban Provocateur Mike Davis
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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We feature a lecture by Mike Davis about his book Planet of Slums, which investigates the increasing inequality of the urban world. According to th...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Frances Goldin, “Rabble Rousers” & the NYC Housing Struggle that Won
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Low income Americans face an acute housing shortage. But our guests have a victory to share. “Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Coop...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Laura & Stephanie Flanders: Sisters Debate the Economic Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Laura and Stephanie Flanders are sisters with different points of view but a common fascination with economics. Tune in to this episode where they ...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
How To Be A Better Ally For Peace and Justice
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Kevin Groen
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll be talking about what it means to be a ally to members of marginalized communities, and the necessary d...

Bought by KCNP and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
EE 23-12: If you care about food, pay attention to The Farm Bill, 3/17/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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The farm bill isn’t just about farming. It’s about food security for households across the nation.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
20 Years of PEACE TALKS RADIO
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Co-Founder / Series Host Paul Ingles, Credit: Genevieve Russell
A special broadcast marking 20 years of the PEACE TALKS RADIO series and podcast on peacemaking and non-violent conflict resolution. On this annive...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Right to Recreation: The History of African American Leisure Sites
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
20 Years of PEACE TALKS RADIO
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Show Host Suzanne Kryder
A special broadcast marking 20 years of the PEACE TALKS RADIO series and podcast on peacemaking and non-violent conflict resolution. On this anniv...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - Incarceration, FBI and MLK, America’s Poverty Food Crisis
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A new book details the financial, emotional, and social strain of incarceration on prisoners and the family members trying to care for the...

Bought by KSTK, KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, KTNA and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 51:45
  • Purchases: 6
Howard Zinn at 100: A People’s History, Urgent Lessons for the Present
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Historian Howard Zinn would have turned 100 in 2022. His monumental work, A People’s History of the United States, published in 1980, continues to ...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
What difference can a play make? Ask Angola Prison
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2020, the authorities at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (better known as Angola, for the former plantation on which it stands) shut down a pla...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Soledad O’Brien on Rosa Parks: The Untold Story
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Rosa Parks is best known to Americans as a national treasure — the little old lady who sat down on a bus and “ended racism.” What we lose in that d...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
National Writers Series: Jerry Dennis and Dave Dempsey
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Sheri McWhirter talks with environmental authors Jerry Dennis and Dave Dempsey.

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 2
National Writers Series: Dr. Benjamin Gilmer
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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April Baer talks with doctor and author Benjamin Gilmer.

Bought by WNMU-FM, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 3
Reconciling John Muir, Racial Politics and the Restoration of Indigenous Lands in Yosemite
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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A look at the legacy of John Muir, his actions in Yosemite, and the impacts on the Indigenous people in the area.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 25:47
  • Purchases: 1
White Hoax: Racism, Divide-and-Conquer, and Politics
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On today's episode anti-racism activist and author Tim Wise examines the concept of Whiteness and what he describes as the psychological wage of wh...

Bought by WXDU and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Top of Mind - The Agitators, GPS and Memory
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The Agitators, GPS and Memory

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KTNA, GCR (Global Community Radio), Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Improving The Peace Prize
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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The Nobel Peace Prize was established by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and philanthropist, in 1901. Committee members in Norway meet privatel...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Ponder #37: Street Names
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Why is a Nazi resistance fighter famous in Brazil yet unheard of in Germany? How did an African American musician become a hero in East Germany? Di...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:35
  • Purchases: 1
Georgia On All Our Minds: These Not So United States
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Georgia On All Our Minds: These Not So United States, Credit: The Purple Principle
All political roads lead to Georgia these days. The Peach State was so pivotal in the 2020 election of Joe Biden and the 2021 runoff election of tw...

  • Added: May 24, 2022
  • Length: 32:50

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