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2425: Righteous Rage, 6/18/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Where do we draw the line between righteous anger and ruthless revenge?

  • Added: Jun 10, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2407: Lincoln as a Philosopher, 2/13/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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The 16th President of the United States was born February 12, 1809.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
Dr David Fakunle: Storytelling and Public Health
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. David Fakunle, Credit: Schaun Champion
Dr. David Fakunle believes storytelling is a crucial, and underutilized, component in public health.

Bought by PRX Remix, KMUN, WMPG, WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 8
Does Color Blindness Perpetuate Racism?
From: Open to Debate
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Color blindness has long been presented by some as a philosophy to help improve relations between racial groups. Those who support it say it promot...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
EE 23-26: “Our bodies aren’t the problem,” rethinking the stories we tell about weight and health , 4/14/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A conversation with dietician Jessica Wilson about what we get wrong when we focus on weight.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
EE 23-14: "Local man likes pizza", 3/31/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Producer Toby Foster gets in-the-weeds about home pizza making with Pete Giordano.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Nicole Fleetwood discusses "Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Dr. Nicole Fleetwood, Credit: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Art historian, curator, and 2021 MacArthur Fellow, Dr Fleetwood discusses the profound significance of the art created by incarcerated people.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Spokane Public Radio, WMPG, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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
Art at the Intersection: Carlton Turner on Cultivating Community in Mississippi
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Community Farm, Credit: Courtesy of Sipp Culture
Carlton Turner talks about the work of Sipp Culture which uses story to uncover and support cultural and economic development in Utica, Mississippi.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 3
Lighting Up a Better Future (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Legalize parage
Advocates argue that after bearing the brunt of harsh marijuana laws, people of color deserve a spot in Virginia’s commercial cannabis industry.

Bought by WTJU, KHEN-LP, KWIT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Lighting Up a Better Future (Hour no BB or Bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Legalize parage
Advocates argue that after bearing the brunt of harsh marijuana laws, people of color deserve a spot in Virginia’s commercial cannabis industry.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRDP, and WYAP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
Lighting Up a Better Future (Promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
Caption: Legalize Parade
Advocates argue that after bearing the brunt of harsh marijuana laws, people of color deserve a spot in Virginia’s commercial cannabis industry.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KWIT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Revisiting A Conversation with Filmmaker CJ Hunt
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: CJ Hunt, Credit: Paavo Hannien
We’re revisiting this 2021 interview with filmmaker CJ Hunt who discusses his Emmy Award nominated documentary The Neutral Ground which explores t...

Bought by PRX Remix, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 5
2022-07-31 James Baldwin and Social Justice
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The prolific writer and Civil Rights-era activist was born August 2, 1924.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 13
Re-visit filmmaker CJ Hunt talking about his documentary The Neutral Ground
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: CJ Hunt, Credit: Paavo Hanninen
We're re-posting an interview with comedy writer and filmmaker CJ Hunt discusses his documentary The Neutral Ground which explores the struggle to ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 28, 2021
  • Length: 27:56
  • Purchases: 3
Bring It On! – November 15, 2021: Meet the Candidates – Valerie McCray for U.S. Senate and Jennifer Crossley for Monroe County Council
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Natalia Galvan speak with two women of color who are vying for local and national polit...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Creativity Culture & Capital
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sheoyki Jones
This week is a bit different: the podcast is divided into two parts with one subject: investing in the creative economy with Laura Callanan, foundi...

Bought by KMUN, RADIOLEX, KFAI Minneapolis, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 5
210430: Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game”, 4/30/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate -- like nearly everything else -- being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit ever...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
2021-04-30 Distorted Democracy and the “Zero-Sum Game”
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In the US, we’ve become accustomed to climate -- like nearly everything else -- being politicized. Even when potential solutions might benefit ever...

Bought by KZUM, Maine Public Radio, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WMUU-LP, KGUA and more


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
Geraldine's Story: How Public Schools Are Failing Black Students with Dyslexia
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Geraldine Robinson, center, and one of her sons, right, wait for her to be honored for her advocacy by the Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund in September 2019
Black students with dyslexia carry a heavy burden in public schools. This program centers around a grandmother who fought for years to get her gran...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
President Biden and America's Expectation
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Today, a divided nation experiences one of the most tumultuous presidential transitions in US history. Leaders from marginalized communities across...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
EE 20-51: Food Desert Or Food Apartheid?, 12/18/2020
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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The term food desert implies that it’s naturally occurring--but is it?

  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
1204: Breaking Through: A Year of Climate Conversations, 12/4/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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“Unprecedented” is one of the most overused words of 2020, but it reflects the superstorm of disruption brought on by an overlapping pandemic, raci...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
2020-12-04 Breaking Through: A Year of Climate Conversations
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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“Unprecedented” is one of the most overused words of 2020, but it reflects the superstorm of disruption brought on by an overlapping pandemic, raci...

Bought by KUOW, MPR News Stations, WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, WAMU and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
2020-11-13 Cropped Out: Land, Race, and Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Harvest season is especially hard this year, as the pandemic strains farmers and food systems, highlighting a deeply divided and often unjust Ameri...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WDSE, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9