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Why People Don’t Vote: Surveys Show Many Nonvoters Don’t Think Their Vote Matters
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Why People Don’t Vote: Surveys Show Many Nonvoters Don’t Think Their Vote Matters

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WUTC, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Eco Report - May 3, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this edition of Eco Report, Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider continue their conversation with Maggie Sullivan, the Watershed Coordinator...

  • Added: May 03, 2024
  • Length: 30:26
Eco Report - April 26, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
Caption: Eco Report - WFHB
On this Fund Drive edition of Eco Report, Kade Young continues his discussion with Maggie Sullivan, Watershed Coordinator for the Friends of Lake M...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 30:07
Eco Report - March 29, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this week's Eco Report feature, part 2 of WFHB Environmental Correspondent Robert Shull's conversation with Marcia Veldman, founder of the South...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 30:35
Eco Report - April 05, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this edition of Eco Report, Environmental Correspondent Zyro Roze gets updates from Steven Stewart of Indiana Forest Alliance about plans to log...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 27:58
Eco Report - April 12, 2024
From: WFHB
Series: EcoReport
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In this edition of Eco Report, Maggie Sullivan, Watershed Coordinator for the Friends of Lake Monroe, shares how healthy the lake is and how long i...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 28:54
Sonnet for Antoinette
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
This is a sonnet written for Antoinette, the school receptionist at the school in Georgia where a man stood outside, then fired a high powered wea...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 01:03
Why Are People Afraid of the Most Popular Opioid Addiction Treatment?
From: Tradeoffs
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Fentanyl killed 75,000 people in 2022. Now it’s making one of the few treatments for opioid addiction harder to use.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 23:50
BIPOC Media on the Fight for Fair Wages — & Anti-racist Unions
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Over 450,000 workers have gone on strike in 2023. Many are celebrating this revival of labor power, but what does it mean for workers of color — of...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, WNYE and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
70 Million - Highway Robbery: How a Small Town Traffic Trap Became A Legal Black Hole
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sandra Harris, photographed in her home. , Credit: Amarr Croskey
On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a small town in Alabama, where an eager new police chief, unsuspecting m...

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


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Revolutionary Mothering and Reproductive Justice Encore
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs tells the birth story of the book she co-edited with China Martens and Mai'a Williams, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Muslim Americans in the Media: From Islamophobia to Power
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Dangerous stereotypes around Muslim Americans persist, with very real consequences for Muslim  people and American democracy at large. Even in Cong...

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


  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Is the Fever Breaking? Two Centrist Senators on the 2022 Elections
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
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Former U.S. Senators Doug Jones and Bob Corker discuss the results of the midterm elections and what lies ahead of a newly divided Congress.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 37:42
Immunocompromised in a COVID Weary World
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Lindsay Ryan, an immunosuppressed physician explains what navigating her life – and her workplace – is like in this COVID-fatigued world.
An immunosuppressed physician explains what navigating her life – and her workplace – is like in this COVID-fatigued world.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 14:43
  • Purchases: 1
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Refugee Stories from Kyiv to Tripoli
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we hear stories from people seeking refuge, and how war and immigration policy impact people on the ground.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Medicare’s Unprecedented Alzheimer’s Drug Decision
From: Tradeoffs
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In early January, Medicare took an unprecedented step to restrict patients’ access to the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 ...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 22:47
The President's Tax Returns and the Priorities of U.S. Tax Policy
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we seek to make sense of the recent New York Times articles about the President’s tax returns. We also explore the U.S. tax system...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Rwanda Heroes, Water Quality, Burger History
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A study of Rwanda rescuers. Topic 2: Water quality in the United States. Topic 3: The hamburger's true origins.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
Excerpt from City Council Member Steven Volan's Talk "Gownsburg"
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Steven Volan speaks on it from Bloomington City Council/.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 18:04
From Wall Street to Ambassadorship Phillip Murphy. Could he be next New Jersey Governor?
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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Ambassador Phillip Murphy talks to Aflred Bundy's about his career, his views and his ideals for New Jersey.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 23:00
Do You Know Miranda?
From: Radio Coffeehouse
Caption: Radio Coffeehouse
How well do you understand what the cops say when they arrest you? We interview forensic linguist Dr. Aneta Pavlenko. She testified at the trial of...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2015
  • Length: 08:59
Trial of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling continues into second week
From: Free Speech Radio News
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Q&A with Norman Solomon of the Institute for Public Accuracy on the trial of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling. Solomon is observing the court pro...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:59
"The Fire Next Time: Ferguson and the Myth of A Post-Racial America"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
Series: "The Cutting Edge: Black News and Views- Where Journalism, Culture, Politics and Activism Converge"
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The Cutting Edge presents excerpts from The Fire Next Time: Ferguson and the Myth of A Post-Racial America-a panel discussion held recently with yo...

Bought by KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
WIN Labor Report: December 11, 2013
From: Workers Independent News
Caption: The Voice for Working People
Reactions to the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership

  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
Lawmakers Look at English Learner Education
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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For the first time in state Senate history, a committee gathered in Sacramento this week to talk about a problem that they say has been ignored for...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:33