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It took 40 years to build ACORN, but just a few months to bring it down. Local organizers are trying to rebuild, but how is ACORN’s absence affect...
- Added: Oct 19, 2012
- Length: 29:01
In spite of the current state of the economy, the next 25 years will see an unprecedented rise in human wellbeing.
- Added: Sep 28, 2012
- Length: 29:01
A photographic study of American consumerism, from the blank stares of shoppers to the mountains of stuff in front of them.
Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KVSC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBRP Community Radio
- Added: Jul 27, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 5
Barack Obama’s first term has been a disappointment for many, and leaves open the question for those with a progressive agenda—is voting for Obama ...
- Added: May 25, 2012
- Length: 29:01
Radio Curious discusses the processes to Amend the United States Constitution with guest David Cobb, from Move to Amend, an organization that is ac...
Bought by WRPI
- Added: Feb 21, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Are colleges and universities ready for the influx of veterans returning from military service?
- Added: Jan 31, 2012
- Length: 29:00
As the U.S. prepares for another presidential election, journalist Tariq Ali says the ‘choices’ don’t present much in the way of options. On this e...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and WRIR
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The budget impasse in Minnesota brought a state government shutdown at Fiscal Year's end – June 30. State workers were furloughed July 1, in the ab...
- Added: Oct 06, 2011
- Length: 51:48
A new generation is telling their stories of overthrowing corrupt regimes. And in the digital age, their lessons can spread more quickly than ever ...
- Added: Sep 20, 2011
- Length: 29:00
This program is the first of a two part series with Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman, recorded on August 8, 2011 in the Radio Curious studios. S...
- Added: Aug 24, 2011
- Length: 29:00
What's the harm in using anti-feminine taunts, like "You play ball like a girl!" to motivate athletes?
- Added: Jul 18, 2011
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.
- Added: Jun 14, 2011
- Length: 08:57
Professor Michelle Alexander, author of ‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ makes the case that the US’ criminal ju...
- Added: Feb 09, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
This week on Culture Clique, we feature Dr. Angela Carver who spoke at the Winona State campus last November and has since been under fire for some...
- Added: Jan 20, 2011
- Length: 01:05:46
- Purchases: 2
Dr. Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, spoke at a National Press Club luncheon February 26th.
- Added: Mar 10, 2010
- Length: 54:00
Mary Tyler Moore, actress and International Chairman for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, discussing research and finding a cure for diab...
- Added: Feb 11, 2010
- Length: 54:00
Dave Zirin and Elizabeth Terzakis take a look back at the history of discrimination against women in sports, and we’ll hear where the long battle f...
Bought by WJCT, RadioStPete Florida, KMXT, 90.5 WSNC, KUT and more
- Added: Sep 04, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 6
I spent the first three days of my senior year of college in Minnesota watching Rhode Island's Republicans get rowdy at the site of a woman from Al...
- Added: Jun 09, 2009
- Length: 05:59
Just as Gen. David Petraeus was rolling out "soft-power" tactics in Iraq, WBRU News aired this feature on the community end of Providence's communi...
- Added: Jun 09, 2009
- Length: 07:12
Frank Fulbrook discusses his paper "Urban De-vitalization: How Drug Prohibition is Destroying City Neighborhoods" the only study of how empty build...
Bought by KSFR
- Added: May 27, 2009
- Length: 29:28
- Purchases: 1
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, or EITI, is the focus of today’s show. First, we hear from Bennett Freeman, who serves on the E...
- Added: May 20, 2009
- Length: 28:27
Congressmen Barney Frank and Ron Paul interviewed on 4-2-09 about medical marijuana, hemp farming, cannabis decriminalization and President Obama's...
- Added: Apr 08, 2009
- Length: 29:30
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
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
From: Chris Goldstein
Chris Goldstein looks at the current economic crisis with Economist Dean Baker who was one of the few credited with predicting our current money me...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jan 21, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
