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What Brittney Griner’s Detention Can Teach Us About Putin’s War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we tell the stories of two Americans detained abroad—not by rogue terrorist groups but established foreign governments.

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


  • Added: Oct 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Cryptomania: How Cryptocurrency Can Save—or Destabilize—a Country
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we take a deep dive into the global world of cryptocurrency.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Boris Out, Liz In: The Global Impact of the British Election
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we break down the global implications of new British leadership and then travel to Northern Ireland, where the fate of a B...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Zero Sum, Zero Change: What Racism Costs Everyone
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode of World Affairs, Ray examines the legacy and lived-reality of zero-sum economics at home and abroad.

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Blurred Civilian/Soldier Line? Accountability and Ethics in the Age of Drones
From: Mateo Schimpf
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First, Ray talks with journalist Azmat Khan about accountability remote warfare and later, with professor Shannon French, about the ever-evolving f...

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2022-08-12 The Inflation Reduction Act: What’s in the Sausage?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For nearly six decades, the US government passed no comprehensive climate legislation. Now that’s changed. The Inflation Reduction Act contains app...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 12
20220812: The Inflation Reduction Act: What’s in the Sausage?, 8/12/2022
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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For nearly six decades, the US government passed no comprehensive climate legislation. Now that’s changed. The Inflation Reduction Act contains app...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2022
  • Length: 58:57
Save the Planet, Go Solar With A Friend
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Solar United Neighbors is building a movement by helping neighbors go solar.

Bought by KZYX, WFHB, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Learning to Listen in Different Ways, with Graham Bodie of the Listen First Project
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: America Talks
It’s no secret that polarization is deepening divides across the US. Over the past few years, many people have started or joined what are called br...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
“Nixing” the Gold Standard: The Secret Meeting Behind Today’s Inflation
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we return to a conversation between NPR’s Chief Economics Correspondent Scott Horsley and economist Jeffrey Garten about Nixon's decisio...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The impact of fentanyl on communities, with SF Substance Use Expert Dr.Phillip Coffin
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the sharp increase in fentanyl deaths across the country, including in San Francisco and the Bay Area, which had thus f...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Biden’s Ukraine Strategy, At Home and Abroad
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, Ray Suarez discusses President Biden’s Ukraine strategy with US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet. Then, KPBS’s Gust...

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  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
New York's Hunter College is falling apart
From: Julian Abraham
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students at CUNY's Hunter College in New York City are complaining about mice running the halls, broken windows, and leaky ceillings. But, the scho...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
The Overdose Crisis in San Francisco: Part Two
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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In this episode, the second in a two-part series, we talk to experts about what measures have been taken to address this health crisis, how people ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Data shows an increase in street fires, but that’s not the whole story
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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A look at homeless encampment fires in the Bay Area with Three journalists at the San Francisco Public Press and Mission Local have been tracking f...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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?

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
An American Hostage Story
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we hear Jason Rezaian's story of being held hostage in Iran, and why he thinks it’s essential that the US government and me...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
How the Far Right is Changing World Politics
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, Ray Suarez talks with two domestic intelligence agents, one in Germany and the other in the United States. What have they learned ...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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?

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
2021-12-17 This Year in Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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A recent poll shows that in 2021, for the first time, a majority of Americans personally felt the effects of climate change. But has that growing a...

Bought by WSHU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KALW and more


  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
211217: This Year in Climate, 12/17/2021
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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A recent poll shows that in 2021, for the first time, a majority of Americans personally felt the effects of climate change. But has that growing a...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Bring It On! – November 15, 2021: Meet the Candidates – Valerie McCray for U.S. Senate and Jennifer Crossley for Monroe County Council
From: WFHB
Series: Bring It On!
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On today’s edition of Bring It On!, hosts William Hosea and Natalia Galvan speak with two women of color who are vying for local and national polit...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
December 3, 2021: Brutal Jail Conditions in Maricopa County
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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We begin our episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances contributed by Perilous Chronicle. We close out the episode with a call from ...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
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
Tracing the Peace Line in Northern Ireland
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On the centenary of Northern Ireland’s birth, we look at the lines and borders that define it.

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5