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Top of Mind - Ending Toxic Polarization in American Politics
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Division is nothing new in America, but this political divide feels different. Why are we so angry? How can we end this toxic polarization?

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Can Non-Citizens Vote? The Complicated History of Voting Rights
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Most places require you to be a citizen to vote. Is there value to this restriction?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 10
Top of Mind - What Makes a City Great?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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“You don’t have to move out of your neighborhood to live in a better one.”

Bought by KSTK, KMXT, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 7
Reunification Camp Survivor Recounts Horrific Experience
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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When a family court rules that a child was brainwashed into lying about parental abuse, judges routinely order the child into programs called reuni...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Top of Mind - Starting Over After Life in Prison
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Nearly half of people who leave prison will end up back behind bars. Why don't they stay out? And how would their lives be different if no criminal...

Bought by KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Feb 15, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Incarceration, FBI and MLK, America’s Poverty Food Crisis
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A new book details the financial, emotional, and social strain of incarceration on prisoners and the family members trying to care for the...

Bought by KSTK, KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, KTNA and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2023
  • Length: 51:45
  • Purchases: 6
2022-10-14 Countdown to COP 27: Feeling the Heat
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For decades, scientists and activists have called for action to slow the pace of global warming. The political process has struggled and largely fa...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WAMU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
221014: Countdown to COP27: Feeling the Heat, 10/14/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For decades, scientists and activists have called for action to slow the pace of global warming. The political process has struggled and largely fa...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2022
  • Length: 58:58
Top of Mind - Harm Reduction-Saving Lives or Enabling Drug Use?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Do harm reduction methods prevent drug use long-term? Are they supposed to?

Bought by KSTK, KSTK, KNCT FM, RADIOLEX, and KOWS


  • Added: Mar 21, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - What is Race?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Is race real? Two researchers say biological race is a myth, but that racism is very real.

Bought by KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Children under Fire, Money to the Homeless, Brown Fat
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Even amidst the pandemic, gun violence persisted across the US. Topic 2: What if we just gave newly-homeless people several thousand dolla...

Bought by RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
December 10, 2021: Twice-stolen Wealth
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week, we cover carceral non-profits in an interview with Drs. Zhandarka Kurti, a professor of criminology and Criminal Justice at Loyola Unive...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Top of Mind - Music of Spheres, Go FlyEase, Prison Pell Grant
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Music of Spheres; Topic 2: Go FlyEase; Topic 3: Prison Pell Grant

Bought by KOWS, RADIOLEX, WYAP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KTNA


  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Perception of Time, Spinosaurus, First Millennial Saint
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Perception of Time; Topic 2 - Spinosaurus; Topic 3 - First Millennial Saint

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WMUU-LP, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 51:46
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Soundwalk, Disease Tolerance, Jerks Don’t Get Ahead
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Soundwalk; Topic 2 - Disease Tolerance; Topic 3 - Jerks Don’t Get Ahead

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, and WYAP


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 51:39
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - Star of David, Immigration
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Star of David; Topics 2 and 3 - Immigration

Bought by WMUU-LP, WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, and KOWS


  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 51:52
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Sand Shortage, Recorder Lessons, ADHD & Cannabis
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 - Sand Shortage; Topic 2 - Recorder Lessons; Topic 3 - ADHD & Cannabis

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WYAP, RadioStPete Florida, and KOWS


  • Added: Mar 01, 2021
  • Length: 51:45
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - The Better Half, Cashless Society
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1 and 2 - The Better Half; Topic 3 - Cashless Society

Bought by WYAP, RadioStPete Florida, and KOWS


  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 51:54
  • Purchases: 3
Barn Raising For a Better America
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In the aftermath of the January 6th siege of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, Laura convenes a panel of pro-democracy activists to discuss...

Bought by KDNK and KWMR


  • Added: Jan 13, 2021
  • Length: 56:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mental Health Pandemic
From: Rebecca McInroy
Series: See You Now
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COVID-19 will have a mental health impact on everyone. In this special episode of SEE YOU NOW we hear from four healthcare leaders with a different...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 59:14
Dr. Michael Osterholm on Covid-19: "We Will Get Through This But We'll Never Go Back to Normal"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Conversations on COVID-19
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Michael Osterholm, PhD, is director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy and author of the book, Dead...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 15:48
  • Purchases: 2
Fat Phobia, Video Recording Apps and the Law, Autopsy of a Wrongful Conviction
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: The racial origins of fat phobia. Topic 2: iPhone shortcut allows your phone to start recording when pulled over by police. Topic 3: Autop...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:02
  • Purchases: 1
Rwanda Heroes, Water Quality, Burger History
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A study of Rwanda rescuers. Topic 2: Water quality in the United States. Topic 3: The hamburger's true origins.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 30, 2020
  • Length: 50:08
  • Purchases: 1
Treating America’s Opioid Addiction: Part 1
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
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The Narcotic Farm and the Promise of Salvation

  • Added: Jun 04, 2019
  • Length: 32:11
Has Amazon Ruined Whole Foods?
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Half Hour
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Plus: Get Rich With These 6 Simple Steps & Is The Party Over For Elon Musk And Tesla?

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1