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Abigail Disney: The American Dream or Nightmare for Workers?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Is the American Dream dead? When Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of one of the founders of Disney, received a message from a worker at Disney’s f...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
What difference can a play make? Ask Angola Prison
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In 2020, the authorities at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (better known as Angola, for the former plantation on which it stands) shut down a pla...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK and more


  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
National American Indian Heritage Month- Busting the Thanksgiving Myth: Native Sovereignty & the Red Road
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Pilgrims, Indians, the myth of the grateful colonized person — it’s been at the core of a persistent but false Thanksgiving narrative that has dist...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
When judges dismiss claims of domestic abuse, children can pay the ultimate price
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Family court judges sometimes decide that domestic abuse claims are not credible. But making the wrong call can end with children paying the ultima...

Bought by WFHB and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 18, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Gina Kim: Rising Against Anti Asian Hate
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In March 2021, a 21-year-old man murdered eight people, including six women of Asian descent, at three spas in Atlanta, Georgia. The act of violenc...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Laguna Honda Hospital Must Self-Destruct in Order to Survive
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Laguna Honda Hospital's certification is under review, and doctors say this was preventable. Part 2.

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
The Future of the AIDS Memorial Quilt
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt is displayed in San Francisco. "Civic" hears from activists and officials about future plans for combating AIDS.

Bought by KVSC and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
While SF Fought COVID, HIV Prevention Efforts Stalled
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, resources were diverted from HIV prevention to battle the new health threat. "Civic" talks to doctors about how that ...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
2022-07-08 REWIND Firefight: How to Live in the Pyrocene
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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We’re on track for yet another summer of record wildfires in the western U.S., endangering lives, displacing communities, and sending unhealthy smo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz, KGUA, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
20220708: REWIND Firefight: How to Live in the Pyrocene, 7/8/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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We’re on track for yet another summer of record wildfires in the western U.S., endangering lives, displacing communities, and sending unhealthy smo...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Reducing Teen Break-up Violence
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO episode correspondent Yamini Ranjan explores the dynamics of dating and breakups among teens with three guests...

Bought by KUHF and WVPE


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
What Research Says About a Post-Roe World
From: Tradeoffs
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The leader of a landmark abortion study shares what research and her own family experience suggests will happen to people who are denied abortions ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 17:37
Militarization and Uvalde: the Context Media Coverage Omits
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Whether it’s Buffalo, NY, Uvalde, TX or Philadelphia, PA — we are witnessing an unprecedented wave of terror at the muzzle of a gun. But all mass s...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Vitality Code -- Groks Science Show 2022-06-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Neil Cannon discussed health and wellness and his new book, The Vitality Code.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Winning War, Building Peace: Activists from Ukraine, Russia & The US Debate
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The latest peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war may lead to an eventual ceasefire but not before displacing millions and damaging the air, water a...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Women's History Month: How Trans People Are Reclaiming Their Stories: Laverne Cox, Sam Feder
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Trans liberation is the latest frontline in the struggle for civil rights. In their new documentary, Disclosure, director Sam Feder and producer Am...

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


  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
2021-12-24 Managed Retreat: When Climate Hits Home
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Southeastern Virginia currently experiences the fastest rate of sea level rise on the Atlantic seaboard, and that’s only projected to accelerate. F...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WBHM, WLPR , KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 13
211224: Managed Retreat: When Climate Hits Home, 12/24/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Southeastern Virginia currently experiences the fastest rate of sea level rise on the Atlantic seaboard, and that’s only projected to accelerate. F...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
Call 311 about tents? Here’s what homeless people and advocates say happens
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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What happens in San Francisco if you call the authorities about a tent encampment in your neighborhood? We're told they will be offered shelter and...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
COVID Diaries No5: Addiction
From: KRCL
Series: COVID Diaries
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COVID has increased pressure on folks struggling with substance abuse disorder. In this edition of COVID Diaries, Tamrika Khvtisiashvili checked in...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 16:30
Life During COVID
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: unhappy masked man, Credit: https://snappygoat.com/free-public-domain-images-man_depressed_hoodie_unhappy/rbaXF2P4I275TeGAlqcCb1xcuuBZmgLxsv7PXwyGPcX1.html#,0,0.73b9015dfe5a5122dd72979ddbb7ad50a2964544
The COVID 19 pandemic has transformed all of our lives in some way. But some are feeling the impacts more than others. Take healthcare workers, for...

Bought by Radio Catskill, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Armed with Art: Taking Down the Wall of Whiteness
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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“It's time to disrupt this wall of whiteness,” says interdisciplinary artist Favianna Rodriguez this week on the LF Show. From BLM and MeToo to col...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Cristina Jiménez: Dreaming & Building Immigrant Freedom
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In a recent episode called Unforget, Dream, Build, we featured two Latinx Americans whose work flies in the face of the idea that immigrants are a ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
In For The Long Haul
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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COVID “long-haulers” are people who have extended experiences with COVID symptoms that never let up, or keep recurring. The virus is so new that we...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:03
Kindness and Compassion on Display in Film Doc “The Antidote”
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: theantidotemovie.com
On this episode of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we consider a 2020 film documentary made in response to the times we are living in. The Antidote is a featur...

Bought by KUHF and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2