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In this week's Eco Report feature, part two of 'Local Food Sovereignty Amidst Global Challenges' from Eco Report EXTRA - our online sister show. Th...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2024
  • Length: 30:58
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In this week’s Eco Report feature we hear from Elisa Pokral, Community Outreach Coordinator of the newly rebranded Waste Reduction District of Monr...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 30:09
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Maria Dello discusses health issues arising from excessive sugar consumption.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In 2009 Lilly Ledbetter learned she had been paid 40% less than men in the same Goodyear Tire & Rubber job. It was a long slog, but she won, and wo...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Maybe you can't change world affairs, but there’s lots you can do to make things better right here in the USA, no matter where you live. Make a Di...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 02:45
Caption: Members of the single moms collective, Motherful, gather for a photo, Credit: Motherful
Ohio's single mom collective, Motherful, shows what it's like when pregnant and parenting people make decisions for themselves.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Harold McGee discussed his new book, Nose Dive.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Craig Childs discussed the Atlas of a Lost World.

  • Added: May 02, 2019
  • Length: 16:07
Caption: A bail bonds agency welcomes business next door to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. A federal judge recently ruled the county’s bail practices unconstitutional. , Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
70 Million reporter, Ruxandra Guidi, chronicles how activists and reformers are succeeding in cutting the jail population, diverting drug arrests, ...

Bought by WVAS and KQED


  • Added: Dec 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: a diagram of sex, sexuality and gender, Credit: Robin Hubbard
I Am Because I Am, explores the expansion of gender identity and presumed roles in our society. A look beyond the socially constructed ideas of wha...

Bought by WVAS, KQED, Boise State Public Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In the aftermath of Northern California’s Tubbs Fire in 2017, undocumented families found support outside of traditional disaster service agencies ...

Bought by KQED


  • Added: Nov 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The American with Disabilities Act turned 28 this July.Traditionally, Capitol Hill marks the day. The first two years of the Trump administration ...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:30
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Public banks serving public interests. Find out more about BLEXIT at NextCity.org and learn about the Banking for Justice campaign at NewEconomynyc...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2018
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Gregory Berns discussed what it is like to be a dog.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 20:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Bring It On's William Hosea and Dr. Amrita Myers speak with Dr. Kali Gross, Professor of African American Studies at Wesleyan University about "Vio...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
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On November 8th, 2016, voters in 26 Colorado communities opted out of a restrictive state law (SB152) that prevents them from investing in their ow...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
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Bring It On’s Cornelius Wright and Leila Randle welcome Dr. Justin Hunter, to discuss his triumphs and challenges as former Principal of Fairview ...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:01
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William Hosea and Cornelius Wright invite Ms. Oyibo Afoaku, a higher education professional, to Bring It On to discuss the Harambe concept, her de...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 58:49
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Eliminate cash? Track all payments? Debit taxes and anything else they want? The implications are frightening! Hear the implications and the progress!

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Are we addicted to the Internet? Is it even appropriate to use the language of addiction about smartphones and other digital devices?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 24:30
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Big data is revolutionizing health and medicine, from genomics to wearable technologies to precision health. But is our medical care system prepare...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 26:51
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Your normal, everyday digital footprints can reveal surprisingly intimate facts – like whether your parents are divorced, and whether you own a gun.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 22:03
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Clarence Boone and Cornelius Wright welcome special guest Dr. Iris Rosa, who is a professor in Indiana University Bloomington's Department of Afric...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2016
  • Length: 58:24
Caption: San Francisco's housing is becoming increasingly unaffordable. Micah Weinberg, of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, says that over the past seven years, "we have built less than half of the housing in this region that the state estimates we need., Credit: flickr user Jeremy Brooks
In one of America's most expensive cities, there's a fringe political party whose name sums up their concerns: The Rent is Too Damn High. That city...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 04, 2015
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Financing a business plan or personal project usually means taking out a bank loan, but for many immigrants, there's another alternative. KFAI's Al...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 04:39