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Tax Day: Who Gets the Gold Mine, Who Gets the Shaft?

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

Taxes are necessary for a civilized society, and most ordinary people pay their fair share. But there's one group that pays nothing at all, while ...

Women’s History Month: Let's Ditch This Bit of Unfair History

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

It’s Women’s History month, and the feds are banning government agencies from using salary history to set the pay of new hires. Why? If you start ...

267: Community Wealth Building: Democratizing the Economy, 2/21/2024

From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature

In this special episode of the Bioneers, guest host Laura Flanders explores “Community Wealth Building,” a model that democratizes the economy, cre...

2024-02-16 Let’s Talk Dirty to Clean Energy

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

As fossil fuels are phased out, shuttered coal plants, contaminated landfills, and abandoned mine lands across the U.S. are finding new life as ren...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KALW, KSQD Santa Cruz, WGCU and more

240216: Let’s Talk Dirty to Clean Energy, 2/16/2024

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed

As fossil fuels are phased out, shuttered coal plants, contaminated landfills, and abandoned mine lands across the U.S. are finding new life as ren...

BIPOC Media on the Fight for Fair Wages — & Anti-racist Unions

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Over 450,000 workers have gone on strike in 2023. Many are celebrating this revival of labor power, but what does it mean for workers of color — of...

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

Does Economic Growth Cost Too Much?

From: Open to Debate

Economic growth is a central goal of many economies, but there are questions about how sustainable relentless growth is. Those arguing “yes” say t...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KCPW Salt Lake City

Hispanic Heritage Month: the United Farm Workers & a Surprise!

From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk

It's Hispanic Heritage Month, so let's recognize their leaders, and raise a glass to the founder of the United Farm Workers. If you’re thinking Ces...

Catastrophic Capitalism in 2023: The Invisible Causes of Economic Inequality

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis, we explore the consequences of “capital bias”, or prioritizing wealth and the wea...

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

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for September 6, 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: ‘Best States to Work’ Report Highlights Government Policies Helping and Hu...

Bought by WFHB and WETS

Do Unions Work for the Economy

From: Open to Debate

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

03-16: Raced and Classed: The Journey from Diversity to Equity, 6/21/2023

From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature

What we do to each other, we do to the Earth. To protect our common home, we’re being called upon to bridge our differences to create beloved commu...

Is Florida Eating New York's Lunch?

From: Open to Debate

Last year, more people traded the New York chill for the Florida sun than ever before. But is it a better bet? Those who argue “yes” say New York’s...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNED Buffalo

Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for January 18, 2023

From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine

This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: GOP Extremists are Burning Down the House; Republican House Vote to Repeal...

Bought by WFHB and WETS

Upstream: Worker Cooperatives

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

On today's show we learn about worker cooperatives: what are they and can they offer an alternative to the dominant capitalist mindset? Our partner...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUT

Community Wealth Building: An Economic Reset

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

Low wages, precarious jobs, shuttered Main Streets and bleak futures — do towns have a way out of poverty that doesn't involve begging and bribing ...

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

Answering the Call, Part 2: Struggling to Staff the Nation's New Crisis Line

From: Tradeoffs

In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Answering the Call: Struggling to Staff the Nation's New Crisis Line - Two-way

From: Tradeoffs

In Part 2 of our special series on 988, we explore the scramble to staff the country’s new mental health crisis line and the workforce lessons 988 ...

Beating Poverty by Investing in Teachers: A Labor Story for May Day

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

McDowell County, West Virginia, in the heart of what used to be coal country, is one of the most impoverished counties in the US — a place that emb...

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

EE 22-11: Emily Broad Leib has an expansive view of food safety, 3/11/2022

From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats

Emily Broad Leib of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic argues that narrowly focused food safety regulations in the US are failing to address th...

Films That Keep People Out of Prison: Complete Picture (Holiday ReAir - Week of 12/22/21)

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

What if judges could know a person more completely before sentencing them to prison? An organization called Complete Picture uses the power of film...

Bought by KWMR, WNYE, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN

Caring for Aging Adults

From: Humankind
Series: Humankind Specials

More than 1 in 5 American adults is a caregiver for an elder -- usually a parent or grandparent or spouse. How to look after our surging older popu...

Bought by WUWM, WAMU, WVBI-LP, Morehead State Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more

EE 21-41: ‘Food Safety’ Could Include Long-term Health and Environmental Concerns , 10/8/2021

From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats

Emily Broad Leib of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic argues that narrowly focused food safety regulations in the US are failing to address th...

Fire and Water: From California to Iran

From: Mateo Schimpf

This week, we take a look at farming communities on opposite sides of the world: both struggling to adapt to climate change, and to better manage o...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX and more

Do Black Lives Matter to Big Banks?

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

A national uprising in the wake of the murder of George Floyd pressured corporations and big banks to acknowledge their own roles in systemic racis...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK

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