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What does "21st Century policing" actually mean, and how would a forward-thinking department be different than what most jurisdictions have now? Ro...
- Added: Jul 26, 2017
- Length: 04:25
James Comey wasn’t the nation’s embattled former FBI Director in 2002; he was the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan. It was around then that he g...
- Added: Jul 26, 2017
- Length: 04:05
The federal government doesn't track how often or what happens when police shoot civilians, and there's no official national database to show how b...
- Added: Jul 26, 2017
- Length: 04:22
What causes Alzheimer’s Disease?
What causes cancers to form?
Can we make jet fuel and plastics out of germs?
To get these answers, scientists ...
Bought by WAMU, KQED, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KCPW Salt Lake City and more
- Added: Jul 24, 2017
- Length: 57:59
- Purchases: 6
The Trump administration has promised a return to "tough on crime" criminal justice policies, including a recent memo that instructs federal prosec...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Jul 10, 2017
- Length: 04:39
- Purchases: 1
DNA tests have proved something surprising: people sometimes confess to terrible crimes that they definitely did not commit. One reason seems to be...
- Added: Jul 10, 2017
- Length: 03:35
Sea level rise is a global concern, and on the whole, policy and funding for mitigation aren’t keeping pace. Today on Gen Anthro, producer Isha Sal...
- Added: Jul 05, 2017
- Length: 10:52
- Purchases: 2
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis recently held a roundtable conversation about helping American Indians and Alaska Natives build their own h...
Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, KMSU, KKWE Niijii Radio, WTIP, WDSE and more
- Added: May 30, 2017
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 12
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Peter Yellowlees, President-elect of the American Telemedicine Association which...
Bought by WRIR
- Added: Mar 29, 2017
- Length: 30:01
- Purchases: 1
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Dr. Jennifer Walthall, Indiana's Secretary of the Family and Social Services Adminis...
- Added: Mar 07, 2017
- Length: 30:00
You may have heard of executive orders, but how about executive memoranda? Today, we talk about the different tools of executive action that the Pr...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Mar 03, 2017
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 1
What's the purpose of the National Security Council? When was it created? Who serves on it? And why is Steve Bannon's appointment to its principals...
- Added: Mar 01, 2017
- Length: 04:06
- Purchases: 2
We're often urged to call our elected representatives to voice opinions on the issues, but what happens after that call is made? Where does the me...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Mar 01, 2017
- Length: 04:13
- Purchases: 1
As a follow-up to last week’s program, “The Elected Coup,” tonight we confront The Authoritarian Creep.
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Feb 07, 2017
- Length: 58:15
- Purchases: 1
We're all familiar with the title, but what does a White House Chief of Staff actually do? What does the daily routine entail? And how much power d...
- Added: Jan 17, 2017
- Length: 13:01
Election Day 2016 has come and gone! As we are still sorting through the impact of the results, many (not just in the African American community) h...
- Added: Jan 09, 2017
- Length: 56:19
On November 8th, 2016, voters in 26 Colorado communities opted out of a restrictive state law (SB152) that prevents them from investing in their ow...
- Added: Nov 10, 2016
- Length: 04:37
Free speech is not the norm, and even in a country that explicitly protects speech in its foundational documents, censorship can still creep into o...
- Added: Nov 08, 2016
- Length: 58:45
First corporations became people. Now people are becoming businesses. That’s the logic of the marketplace applied to employment. Tonight, the third...
- Added: Nov 01, 2016
- Length: 57:51
The Philippines is America's oldest treaty ally in Asia. Its bases and ports are key building blocks in the United States attempt to encircle China...
- Added: Oct 22, 2016
- Length: 04:49
The focus this week is on the impact of habeas corpus both for prisoners and their loved ones. We begin with news on a call-in effort for queer and...
- Added: Oct 18, 2016
- Length: 29:01
Water shortages will continue to create pressures on farms throughout the world. Chris Moorman may have found an answer
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 54:00
This week, we recorded at Bend The Bars, a conference in Columbus, Ohio, that brought together former prisoners, various organizations, and people ...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Oct 03, 2016
- Length: 21:59
- Purchases: 1
Opioids are Pitched as the Wonder Drug: Profit vs. Health
- Added: Sep 19, 2016
- Length: 21:54
In the coming year, people insured under the Affordable Care Act may be facing, on average, about a 10 percent rise in the price of their health in...
- Added: Sep 13, 2016
- Length: 03:34
