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Less than a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some states are rethinking their abortion bans.
This week, reporter Alice Miranda...
- Added: Mar 13, 2023
- Length: 19:26
Two Bills Introduced in Congress Would Expand Mail-In Voting in States, Fund Election Administration
From: Brian BeihlSeries: American Democracy Minute
Two Bills Introduced in Congress Would Expand Mail-In Voting in States, Fund Election Administration
- Added: Mar 13, 2023
- Length: 01:30
State Legislatures Attempting to Limit Voter Power by Making Citizen Ballot Initiatives Harder to Win
- Added: Mar 09, 2023
- Length: 01:30
Later this year the Supreme Court is set to decide whether to close a legal pathway that Medicaid recipients have used for more than 50 years. This...
- Added: Mar 03, 2023
- Length: 11:27
- Added: Mar 03, 2023
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 1
In this episode, we explore how engaging across our racial and class divides can help bring us together to care for and nurture our democracy.
My ...
- Added: Mar 02, 2023
- Length: 29:32
State legislatures have been in a pro-voter/anti-voter tug-of-war this week with some embracing election safety and voter access, and others conspi...
- Added: Mar 02, 2023
- Length: 01:30
February 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court took another chop at the 1965 Voting Rights Act by refusing to hear a 2001 Mississippi gerrymandering case ca...
- Added: Feb 26, 2023
- Length: 01:30
People leaving jail and prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death. This week, why policymakers from deep blue California to so...
- Added: Feb 24, 2023
- Length: 26:10
In this episode, we explore the strategic use of racism in electoral politics to divide citizens across racial and other differences in an effort t...
- Added: Feb 23, 2023
- Length: 29:32
Medicare’s historic plan to slow prescription drug spending is taking shape. Last Thursday federal health officials began detailing how one of two ...
- Added: Feb 17, 2023
- Length: 13:51
In this episode, we explore a massive new study on improving the health of democracy. The Strengthening Democracy Challenge invited more than 30-th...
- Added: Feb 17, 2023
- Length: 29:30
One year of health insurance premiums for a family of four now costs as much as a car. Nine states are trying to lower those costs in an aggressive...
- Added: Feb 10, 2023
- Length: 17:45
What is Xi Jinping’s plan to reset China, and how do we make sense of his enigmatic rule?
Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City
- Added: Feb 02, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Nuclear War Threat and Climate Crisis Move ‘Doomsday Clock’ 90 Seconds t...
- Added: Feb 01, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
After 20 years, Humira – the best selling drug of all time – is finally facing direct competition. Typically, once generic drugs arrive on a market...
- Added: Jan 27, 2023
- Length: 18:07
A congressional ban on removing anyone from Medicaid will expire early next year. What will happen to people who lose their coverage, and how are s...
- Added: Jan 23, 2023
- Length: 18:50
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: GOP Extremists are Burning Down the House; Republican House Vote to Repeal...
- Added: Jan 19, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
What does accountability look like in the age of remote warfare?
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- Added: Jan 18, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Dr. Jay Lemery of the University of Colorado talks about how a new generation of physicians needs to be trained to address the unique public health...
- Added: Jan 16, 2023
- Length: 28:17
Patti and Doug discuss the top ten environmental issues of the year, with excerpts of guests from past shows.
- Added: Jan 15, 2023
- Length: 28:30
Food marketing expert Dr. Aarti Ivanic talks about how junk food is marketed to minorities, especially kids, and what can be done about it.
- Added: Jan 15, 2023
- Length: 28:09
What must happen before the market crash halts for good? Great info short newscast from the best ALTERNATIVE public radio money news on the air...
- Added: Jan 10, 2023
- Length: 04:45
When President Trump incited his followers to storm the US Capitol, he punctured a 220-year-old tradition in the United States of America. Two year...
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- Added: Jan 04, 2023
- Length: 59:45
- Purchases: 4
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Will January 6 House Committee’s Criminal Referrals Result in Trump Indict...
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- Added: Dec 28, 2022
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 3
