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In this episode, we talk with New York Times columnist David Brooks, about his new book - How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we talk with Melissa Weintraub, founder & co-executive director of Resetting the Table. Resetting the table focuses on building di...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Episode 12: Hollywood Presidents for a Partisan Nation (Part Two)
Imagine creating a television series premised on a U.S. Capitol building attack, then watching a less-lethal yet all too real version of that event...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2021
  • Length: 21:40
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In this episode, we explore the role of the public health department - from obvious activities, such as educating the public about COVID-19 - to ac...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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Peter Bussian, author of Trans New York plus Bernadette on Lesbian dating

  • Added: Jun 05, 2021
  • Length: 42:48
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In this episode, we explore the parameters and jurisdiction of the First Amendment, as well as how we can better navigate issues and challenges inv...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
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In this edition of the Toronto Business Journal, Pierre Kory, M.D., M.P.A., President of the non-profit Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance,...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2021
  • Length: 01:05:22
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The urban-rural divide is growing in the United States. How can disparate communities find common ground?

  • Added: May 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:34
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We’ve all seen and heard the sad decline of civil discussions at congressional town hall forums over the past decade or two. The anger, the shoutin...

  • Added: Mar 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:35
Caption: Headshot: Keith Woods
In this episode, we explore how unconscious bias has influenced news coverage - by defaulting to favor mainstream society and failing to adequately...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Elana Newman, PhD
In this episode we explore how trauma and stress impact journalists, as well as an evolving sensibility among those who practice journalism that se...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Renee Hobbs, Ed.D
In this episode, we explore the allure and growing influence of conspiracy theories, and how they are both combated by and influenced by Media Lite...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Episode 7
Did you hear the one about bipartisanship? Two opposing congressmen walk into a town hall…and civil discussion breaks out.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 26:08
Caption: Gian & Barry during Zoom Interview, Credit: Gina Baleria
In this episode. We explore America’s ongoing and persistent issues when it comes to race and social justice... in particular how race can be weapo...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Screenshot from Interview, Credit: Gina Baleria
When we think libraries, many of us think- BOOKS! But, libraries are so much more and often the heart of a community. They also play a critical ro...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Chandra Clark, PhD, University of Alabama
Dr. Chandra Clark, Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama, has expertise in electronic news and analysis of the news ecosystem. We got to...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Artwork by Joyce Cheng
Gina sits down with John Zipperer, Vice President of Editorial at The Commonwealth Club of California, to discuss the importance of contextualizing...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:28
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Interview with Rosy Greenlees, President of World Craft Council, which promotes the value of craft and making to society and supports thousands of ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:06
Caption: New York City Young Gun, Credit: Photo taken by George Samuals 1984
This is a series of interviews designed to showcase various attitudes held in the African American Community about Gun Ownership in General, and Co...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 16:05
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David Rozenholc is the tenant lawyer who took on Donald Trump in one of the most famous cases in New York City real estate history. Rozenholc preve...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:52
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Mario F. Gallucci, a criminal attorney whose twitter handle is @MrAcquittal, has defended some of the most controversial clients in New York City h...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:03
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Tune into our Innovate Media interview with Ryan Merkley, CEO of Creative Commons, to learn about Ryan and how CC provides accessible legal and tec...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 46:43
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One of the best mission statements I’ve read is the original NPR mission, which was written in 1969 by Bill Siemering. Bill is an amazing guy who, ...

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 19:24
  • Purchases: 3
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Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has introduced his administration’s marijuana prevention campaign to deter underage consumption. The theme of t...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 02:51
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In mid-July, federal and state agencies launched a month-long marijuana raid on the Yurok Reservation in northwestern Ca. At the request of the tri...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2014
  • Length: 07:04