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Politically Persuadable But Focused on Jobs? Hispanic American Swing Voters (Part 1)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Politically Persuadable But Focused on Jobs? Hispanic American Swing Voters (Part 1), Credit: The Purple Principle
Is a large and growing segment of Hispanic American voters now leaning independent? That’s the operative question in this first episode on Hispanic...

  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 30:51
The Mystery of Putin’s Wealth
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we try to follow the money trail to better understand the connection between Putin’s power, his oligarchs, and whether econ...

Bought by WCMU Michigan, Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Apr 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Is Texas the Future of America? These Not So United States (TX Finale)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Is Texas the Future of America? These Not So United States (TX Finale), Credit: The Purple Principle
The Purple Principle brings its seven-part series on politics and identity in the already huge, yet fast-growing Lone Star State to a conclusion wi...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 27:16
Clean Truck Coalition Puts Pedal to the Metal
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Sierra Club staff and volunteers attending virtual meeting of California Air Resources Board, Credit: Sierra Club
Activists accelerate states' switch to zero emission big rigs

Bought by WFHB, KICI Iowa City, and WFHB


  • Added: Apr 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Inside Big Health Insurers' Side Hustle
From: Tradeoffs
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America’s largest health insurance companies moonlight as obscure middlemen, managing billions in health care spending for many of the country’s bi...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 26:58
Lt. Col. Alex Vindman and the New Cold War with Russia
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In an interview with Ray Suarez, retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman speaks about his time in the Trump White House, the consequences of the politicizati...

Bought by RADIOLEX, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Putin Back Together the Russian Empire
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at three pieces of the puzzle– Belarus, Georgia, and Armenia–and how each post-communist republic’s struggle to define its...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Growth, Diversity & One Party Politics? These Not So United States (TX Part 3)
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Growth, Diversity & One Party Politics? (TX Part 3), Credit: The Purple Principle
Is democracy still democracy when one party wins all the elections? That’s a question we’ll be asking around the country on our state level identi...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 32:57
She's Beautiful When She's Angry (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We present the documentary, She's Beautiful When She's Angry, a reflection on the rise of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States, bet...

Bought by WXDU, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Framing the Games: China’s Human Rights Problem
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What's the calculation for an Olympic athlete determined to make a protest statement at the games? And how has China's treatment of Uyghurs in Xinj...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Nothing About Ukraine Without Ukrainians
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We’re joined by Iryna Tsilyk, documentary filmmaker from Kyiv, and historians Katherine Younger and Emily Channell-Justice, to hear the story of mo...

Bought by Classic107.3, RADIOLEX, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Where in the World Are All the Vaccines?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, talks with Ray Suarez about overcoming the challenges of vaccine distr...

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


  • Added: Jan 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Misinformation on Social Media
From: KUNM
Series: Augmented Humanity
Caption: Arushi Saxena
Imagine... widespread consensus around scientific facts and historic events. Online interactions based on mutual respect and dignity. Systems that ...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
The Return of the Strongmen
From: Mateo Schimpf
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One year after supporters of former President Donald Trump violently stormed the Capitol, how do we make sense of the January 6 insurrection?

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


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
War and Peace
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In an episode originally aired in April, we look at what happens when you think you know what you’re doing… and don’t listen to the people you are ...

Bought by WKSU, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Dec 30, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Follow your recycling from bin to bale
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Ride along with a sanitation worker who collects everything in San Francisco’s blue bins, and learn some dos and don’ts of recycling at a Recology ...

  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
What in the World Happened in 2021?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking back at 2021’s biggest stories from around the world.

Bought by KWIT, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, KVSC and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
It’s Veterans Day, and OneVet OneVoice says: Think about happiness
From: KSFP
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Veterans can get help in a San Francisco building most thing of as an opera venue. OneVet OneVoice, on the second floor of San Francisco’s War Memo...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
In Putin’s Shadow
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we look at democracy movements fighting to survive in the shadow of a Russian government that’s determined to consolidate power.

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Risk Takers and Negotiators
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How do we know when it’s time to take a risk and push, or if it’s better to step back and negotiate?

Bought by Nevada Public Radio, Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, WHCP-LP Cambridge and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Evictions are coming. Here’s what renters and cities can do.
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Renters impacted by the pandemic face eviction now that a moratorium on evictions has ended. Tenant, legal and public health advocates are urging r...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Muni's making plans. Do you want in on this?
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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San Francisco Municipal Railway is asking for public input on the transit systems priorities as the city recovers from the pandemic. "Civic" speaks...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:27
Fire and Water: From California to Iran
From: Mateo Schimpf
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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


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
How to Channel Eco-Anxiety into Climate Action
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, Caroline Hickman, a co-author of the study and a climate psychology researcher at the University of Bath, joins co-host Ray Suarez...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 29, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Why A Major Immigration Law Might Be Unconstitutional
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Emily Green tells us the story of Edgar Lopez, a grandfather of four who was killed trying to make his way back hom...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Sep 22, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5

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