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Host Rich Fish closes out our Tax Time series with a complete list of local agencies offering last-minute tax help AND how to buy more time from Un...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 04:55
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On Thursday, March 29th, collection group manager at the Internal Revenue Service in Indianapolis, Pamala Brown, spoke to a group of students about...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 58:38
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Host Rich Fish presents the second installment of our three-part tax time series looking at scams and goofs that can land YOUR return in the audit ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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Are you feeling a pinch at the pump? Host Rich Fish says “watch out” for gas gouging on Bloomington Beware, Our weekly consumer watch dog segment.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:02
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Everybody talks jobs, but where do they really come from?

  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 28:40
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Robert Frank, the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and professor of economics at Cornell University, speaking about the connections ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 56:53
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Host Rich Fish says the tornadoes that ripped through Southern Indiana last Friday are sure to bring a wave of storm chasing scams. That's on a new...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:53
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‘We are the 99 percent’ has become a rallying cry for people uniting to change a system based on greed and exploitation. We’ll look at what it’ll t...

Bought by KHNS and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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In this segment we unravel the complex connection between the commodities speculation market here in the U.S. and the world food crisis that causes...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2011
  • Length: 28:00
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Hard economic times do get us thinking--how given the chance we might create an economy more equitable and reliable than the last one.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Two pioneering economists discuss slowing the pace of business in order to reclaim value and values.

Bought by KHNS, KPVL, KXOT Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
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Phyllis Borzi and Hiro Murata, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Richard Wolff, Credit: http://www.rdwolff.com/
An exclusive interview with economist Richard Wolff, who explains how failed ‘trickle down economics’ theories are being recycled under a different...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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With the rise in power of emerging markets and developing economies should the architecture of global economics change to reflect their market appr...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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A look into how struggling communities around the U.S. are meeting each others needs, without charity, or even exchanging a dollar.

Bought by WCSU-FM and KUNM


  • Added: Dec 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: http://www.chevwrong.org
From courtroom battles to government regulation, we take a look at how citizen groups around the world are holding oil companies accountable for en...

Bought by KRUA and KSFR


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: San Francisco Houseless Woman, Credit: Franco Folini
So-called ‘quality of life’ policing may temporarily decrease crime, but it has harsh consequences for innocent people caught up in the frenzy of a...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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If you’re a young person looking for a job, it looks pretty dismal out there, and it may not brighten up anytime soon. On this edition of How We Su...

Bought by WCSU-FM, WXVU 89.1 FM Villanova, and KZYX


  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: http://michiganwro.blogspot.com, Credit:  Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 28:56
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It’s well known that the people picking food all across the US are predominantly low-paid Latino migrant workers. It’s ironic that the workers car...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: cheese maker at Fiscalini, Credit: Rita Daniels
It’s estimated that dairy products make up a full 20% of our daily food intake here in North America. But with increased focus on cattle waste met...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 08:42
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Farmers in California's central valley are getting a sneak preview of what much of the country, and the world, can expect to see in the next few de...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 07:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Making Cheese at the Fiscalini Cheese Company , Credit: Rita Daniels
We go to California, America’s leading producer of fruits, vegetables, and dairy, to see some examples of how the nation’s agricultural industry is...

Bought by WSKG, KZYX, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Award-winning poets reflect on creativity in crisis and read from their work.

Bought by KFCF FM and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2