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The Enormous Tiny Plastic Problem
From: Doug Wood
Series: Grassroots
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No matter what you eat, it probably has tiny bits of plastic in it. Research scientists Madeleine Milne joins Patti and Doug for a lively discussion.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 57:38
  • Purchases: 1
She Fought Goodyear in 2009:Today's Women Are Still Winning
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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
Season 1, Episode 7 - 'Green Amendment' feat Maya K van Rossum
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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We all deserve clean air and clean water.

Bought by WDSE, KTRT RADIO INC, and WOJB


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Virginia’s Prince William County Accounts for Mistakes in the 2020 Election and Implements Changes in Personnel, Validation and Reporting
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Virginia’s Prince William County Accounts for Mistakes in the 2020 Election and Implements Changes in Personnel, Validation and Reporting

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
New State Voting District Maps Submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Range from Status Quo to Competitive
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
New State Voting District Maps Submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Range from Status Quo to Competitive

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 16, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
New Poll Shows the Lowest Satisfaction with American Democracy in 40 Years
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
New Poll Shows the Lowest Satisfaction with American Democracy in 40 Years

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Democracy News Wasn’t All Bad in 2023; MI, MN, NM, CT, PA, & NY All Passed Substantial Pro-Voter Legislation
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report, Credit: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Democracy News Wasn’t All Bad in 2023; MI, MN, NM, CT, PA, & NY All Passed Substantial Pro-Voter Legislation

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ohio Voters May See Both Voting Rights and Anti-Gerrymandering Amendments on the November 2024 Ballot
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Ohio Voters May See Both Voting Rights and Anti-Gerrymandering Amendments on the November 2024 Ballot

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 03, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
2023-12-29 REWIND: 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., KCBX, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, KALW and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 13
231229: REWIND: Just a Walk or Bike Ride Away: The 15-Minute City, 12/29/2023
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: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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Fentanyl-related deaths among teens more than tripled across the U.S. from 2019 to 2021. And the CDC reports that two thirds of teens who died had ...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Dec 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
State Supreme Courts in New Mexico and Ohio Uphold Redistricting Maps. One of these is not Like the Other.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
State Supreme Courts in New Mexico and Ohio Uphold Redistricting Maps. One of these is not Like the Other.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 28, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Armed Drones & Banned Discussion Clubs - Canada Stands on Guard
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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Another great package that will sink like a stone at PRX: The Canadian military shops for surveillance drones that can kill. The GPM speaks with ar...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:17
Punishing the Amalekites
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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October 7 didn’t happen in a vacuum. As Israel retaliates, with customary super-violence, reducing little Gaza to rubble, in the occupied West Bank...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:44
The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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As overdose fatalities reach two to three deaths a day in San Francisco, demands for supervised consumption sites are getting more urgent. But city...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Risky Moves -- Sanctioned Forums & Slow Travel
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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A Canadian political scientist attends a sanctioned forum in Russia -- and asks Vladimir Putin a question. An Italian climate researcher refuses to...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
2023-10-20 Community Resilience: Knowing Your Neighbor Could Save Your Life
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Disasters caused by burning fossil fuels are becoming more frequent, and in the aftermath of hurricanes, floods and wildfires, federal and state re...

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


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
The War on Drugs Revisited: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 4
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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Some San Francisco city officials are advocating jail for unhoused people who use drugs and murder charges for people who sell drugs. Critics say t...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Criminalizing Drug Use: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 3
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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San Francisco city officials have decided that arresting unhoused people for using drugs is the way to get them into treatment programs. Critics sa...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
How Drug Addiction and Homelessness Connect: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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While San Francisco is on track to break records for the highest number of fatal overdoses in one year, health experts say the city is failing when...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
The Origins of Rampant Opioid Addiction: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 1
From: KSFP
Series: Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
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San Francisco is experiencing its worst rate of drug-related fatalities ever, and as city officials impose increasingly punitive measures against p...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 28:12
  • Purchases: 1
Insurance in a New Climate Era
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We are aware of the key role played by insurance, more so as we face increasing events of extreme weather destruction. Government agencies are sign...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 05:16
Mayhem in Palestine/Gaza. An Interview With Michael Lynk
From: David Kattenburg
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The GPM spoke with Michael Lynk about the unfolding situation in Gaza and Israel. Lynk is Associate Professor of law at Western University, in Lond...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 32:42
Canada Equivocates - Old Nazis & International Law
From: David Kattenburg
Series: Green Planet Monitor Podcast
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A small Canadian lake records humanity’s impact on Planet Earth. On the floor of Canada’s House of Commons, an old Nazi veteran gets a standing ova...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:14
2023-10-06 Rep. Ro Khanna on AI, Misinformation and Holding Big Oil Accountable
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Congressman Ro Khanna has made a name for himself as a pragmatic progressive and critic of Big Oil. He grilled oil company CEOs under oath and help...

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


  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9

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