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World in Progress 14/09/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: How artists transcend censorship and struggles. “We want to give the kids hope” - How artists in China are getting their mes...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Big Ag, Hungry People, Meanies in Congress and $6.41
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Congress is wrangling over the Farm Bill, which includes over $3 billion for giant agriculture corporations and multimillionaire "farmers" who don'...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:57
Christina Campbell, Ph.D., R.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at IA State U. discusses the intersection of food and peace.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that a long-standing relationship exists between food as a political tool and the maintenance of power, and that food provides a uniqu...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?
From: Open to Debate
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While marijuana legalization is gaining more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating weed has long puzzled policy and lawmakers, with some star...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
05-18: Social Medicine: Restoring Public Health by Changing Society, 9/13/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Rupa Marya, Credit: Nikki Ritcher
We are told that our personal health is our individual responsibility based on our own choices. Yet, the biological truth is that human health is d...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Toxic Tracks (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The text "Toxic Tracks" on a background of railroad tracks., Credit: Background image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay
On today's show, we'll hear an encore of a show from our archives that first aired in April. We'll be looking at the environmental impact of the ra...

Bought by WXDU and WFHB


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
825: Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds / 826: Growing Justice, 9/2/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds" - In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Mental health challenges can push p...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Living Planet 09/01/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Living Planet - Fast fashion's takeover. Writer and stylist Aja Barber on the imperialism of the fashion industry and how t...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
World in Progress 31/08/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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On this week's show: More than two and a half years ago, the military in Myanmar ousted a democratically elected government. Attacks on civilians s...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
China’s Dream of Global Dominance
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The aftermath of the Chinese surveillance balloon saga revealed a growing diplomatic divide between the US and China. Where does this mistrust come...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
70 Million - Highway Robbery: How a Small Town Traffic Trap Became A Legal Black Hole
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sandra Harris, photographed in her home. , Credit: Amarr Croskey
On today's show, we hear a story from our podcast partner 70 Million about a small town in Alabama, where an eager new police chief, unsuspecting m...

Bought by WUWM, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Do Unions Work for the Economy
From: Open to Debate
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Unions may be on the verge of a resurgence. After decades of declines, workers are organizing across household-name companies, like Starbucks, Amaz...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, KUOW, WGBH Radio Boston, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
823: Going For Broke: Change Of Address / 824: Up All Night, 8/26/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Change of Address" - In the first episode of a three-part series on the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Man...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
World in Progress 08/17/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: This year, the Arab League welcomed back Syrian President Bashar Assad. The long-time leader has been shut out on the world ...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
Pandemic and Profit (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Caption: Homemade masks made by the Auntie Sewing Squad Alt-text: Four homemade masks made from patterned cloth sitting on top of a fabric cutting mat , Credit: Credit: Mai-Linh Hong
On today's show, we'll revisit the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic by looking at two alternative supply chains for masks during the fallout fro...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-08-11 Just a Walk or Bike Ride Away: The 15-minute City
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Can you imagine if everything you needed in your everyday life was just a walk or bike ride away? That’s the goal of the 15-minute City, a new name...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 11
230811: Just a Walk or Bike Ride Away: The 15-minute City, 8/11/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Can you imagine if everything you needed in your everyday life was just a walk or bike ride away? That’s the goal of the 15-minute City, a new name...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
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
Ctrl+Alt+Trauma: How To Protect Human Rights And Minds Online
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Where's the undo command...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), KICI Iowa City, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Aug 09, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 9, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion Indi...

Bought by WFHB, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., and WETS


  • Added: Aug 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The New Dark Ages
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
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Jess speaks with Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the influence of fossil fuel dark money in politics today.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
Should NATO Admit Ukraine?
From: Open to Debate
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In the wake of the Russian invasion, Ukraine has applied on a fast-track membership bid to join NATO. Those who argue “yes” say admitting Ukraine w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Risky Business of Global Influence
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Geopolitics of the Middle East and beyond

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), WHCP-LP Cambridge, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ben Jealous: Healing Parables for the Environmental Movement (August 16, 2023 Release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The Sierra Club’s Ben Jealous discusses his plans for the environmental organization.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, KDNK, KWMR, WNYE and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Frances Goldin, Rabble Rousers & A NYC Housing Struggle Wins (August 9, 2023 release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A new film tells how New Yorkers, led by Frances Goldin, won a 50-year housing struggle against developer Robert Moses.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, WNYE, and KDNK


  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4

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