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Stephanie Flanders on A Trump Economy & What to Watch in The Ultimate Election Year
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Just in time for election season, Laura invites her sister Stephanie back to the program. Stephanie is the head of Economics and Government at Bloo...

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


  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
268: From Wealth Supremacy to Community Wealth Building: Models for Democratizing the Economy, 3/20/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Laura Flanders, Credit: Photo by Don J. Usner
Today’s corporate, capitalist economy is radically unequal, ecologically unsustainable, and embedded in recurring boom-and-bust cycles of crisis. N...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Is the Republican Party’s Refusal to Raise Taxes Fiscally Irresponsible?
From: Open to Debate
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Whether to extend four trillion dollars in tax cuts or raise them next year is in question, with 34.1 trillion dollars in federal debt hanging in t...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - Feb 24, 1988 (part 2)
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive
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KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 59:41
KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - August 6, 2002
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive
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KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. This episode featured a conversation...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 01:18:12
KMOJ Public Policy Forum at Lucille's - Feb 24, 1998 (part 1)
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: Al McFarlane Archive
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KMOJ's Public Policy Forum, hosted by Al McFarlane. Recorded live from Lucille's Kitchen in North Minneapolis. February 24, 1998. The discussion on...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 35:45
Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?
From: Open to Debate
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While marijuana legalization is gaining more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating weed has long puzzled policy and lawmakers, with some star...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Has Globalization Backfired?
From: Open to Debate
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For a period of time, going global just seemed to make sense. But with China’s rise, Covid-19, and the war in Ukraine, more and more people are cal...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 1
He was right about inflation. Biden wasn’t. Larry Summers on what’s coming next
From: Playbook Deep Dive
Series: Playbook Deep Dive
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Ryan caught up with the former treasury secretary — and thorn in the side of Biden White House economists — Larry Summers on the sidelines of the A...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2022
  • Length: 40:25
Signs of speculation, cause San Francisco leaders to spend millions to buy apartment buildings
From: KSFP
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Worries that real estate investors are buying multi-unit housing properties in San Francisco, then evicting tenants to turn a quick buck. has promp...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
The Mask of the Public Good: What the University Costs Communities
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our guest is Davarian Baldwin, professor of American Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and author of In the Shadow of the Ivory ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mallory Moench - San Francisco Reporter Discusses "Rampant Shoplifting"
From: Ray Samuels
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Mallory Moench, City Hall reporter for San Francisco, California, discusses the alarming trend of "rampant shoplifting" in the city.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 11:40
GN_6.37_ Resilient Boston Harbor
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
The coastal city of Boston is looking ahead to combat possible flooding issues due to rising sea levels. In a pre-emptive move, the city is working...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 02:31
2021-01-08 Talking Green, Playing Dirty: Corporate America’s Mixed Record
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Questioning science, funding vocal climate denial groups, and encouraging the focus on personal carbon footprints are corporate America’s preferred...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, Maine Public Radio, Ohm Radio , WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
“Are They My Poor?” Affordable Housing in Bloomington, IN
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: The Trail View neighborhood in Bloomington, IN.
There is not one U.S. state, county, or metropolitan area where a minimum wage earner working full-time can afford a two-bedroom apartment.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
190830: Carbon Offsets: Privileged Pollution?, 8/30/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Carbon offsets have been called everything from a band-aid solution to “the best thing a consumer can do right now.” A new service even offers cust...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
2019-08-30 Carbon Offsets: Privileged Pollution?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Carbon offsets have been called everything from a band-aid solution to “the best thing a consumer can do right now.” A new service even offers cust...

Bought by WJCT, KTSW 89.9, KCPW Salt Lake City, WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
190315: EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on Cars, Coal, and Climate, 3/15/2019
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The U.S. Senate recently confirmed Andrew Wheeler as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Greg Dalton sits down for a rare in...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
2019-03-15 EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler on Cars, Coal, and Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The U.S. Senate recently confirmed Andrew Wheeler as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Greg Dalton sits down for a rare in...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, Nevada Public Radio, NPR Now, KBBI Alaska and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
2017-04-09 Cigarettes and Tailpipes
From: Climate One
Caption: Lowell Bergman, Investigative Journalist
How closely does the story of climate denial mirror the story of tobacco denial? For decades, cigarette makers downplayed the dangers of smoking wi...

Bought by KZYX, KCMJ Community Radio, and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 03, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
#770- Trumps first orders
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
The new President start issuing executive orders and some of those are cutting back expenses. Learn who and what is targeted and what it might mean...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
2016-12-26 2016: From Paris to Trump
From: Climate One
Caption: David R. Baker, Energy Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
As we look back at 2016, the biggest news story of the year is arguably the presidential election, from the candidates’ “faux pas of the week” to t...

Bought by Capital Public Radio


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Capitalism in Crisis 14: Living Over The Store
From: Jim Sawyer
Series: Capitalism In Crisis
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Wheeling and dealing like Donald Trump? MBAs, capitalism and society

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:50
Primary Candidates for Mayor: A Conversation
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Host Doug Storm welcomes the primary candidates for Mayor of Bloomington.

  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:59
In Debate Over Short Term Rentals, Everyone Agrees Law Must Change
From: Nina Feldman
Caption: Facade of a short term rental unit in servants quarters behind an owner occupied home
Unlicensed, short-term rentals are illegal in New Orleans, but there aren’t a lot of people getting busted for renting out their house on websites ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 1