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After years of study, a scientific panel proposes a formal definition of the Anthropocene, naming the spot where humanity’s fingerprints are best o...
- Added: Jul 17, 2023
- Length: 58:05
Imagine creating a television series premised on a U.S. Capitol building attack, then watching a less-lethal yet all too real version of that event...
- Added: Aug 24, 2021
- Length: 21:40
Thousands of abandoned bikes from Burning Man Festival are put to good use.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Why be buried in a casket when you can be buried as a tree? Bios urns are giving people a second shot at life after death.
- Added: May 06, 2021
- Length: 02:30
The homeless epidemic affects millions of people in the US each year. In Denver, a program is giving the homeless jobs, resources, and getting them...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Pay up! A team of social scientists in France and Spain develops an algorithm that helps save you money while redistributing wealth.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Toronto Chef, Jagger Gordon, came up with the Feed It Forward concept after seeing so much food go to waste in his industry.
- Added: Feb 28, 2021
- Length: 02:30
One man has given away over 60 thousand bicycles to kids and others in need.
- Added: Feb 27, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Who is the Rising American Electorate? Generation Justice talks to The Voter Participation Center, based in Washington D.C., to learn more about ...
- Added: Sep 11, 2020
- Length: 17:49
The removal of the Juan de Oñate statue at the Albuquerque Art Museum sparked discussion and controversy among residents, tune in to hear how the C...
- Added: Sep 11, 2020
- Length: 07:35
Diné activist Amanda Blackhorse responds to the name and mascot change of the Washington NFL football team.
- Added: Sep 04, 2020
- Length: 19:31
In 1995, two men filmed an episode of daytime talk show, The Jenny Jones Show. A few days later, one of the men was dead. The shooter later claimed...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 37:18
The Coronavirus is generating fear to such a degree that the NY Governor said we are experiencing a "fear pandemic". There is a concept called emot...
- Added: Mar 09, 2020
- Length: 52:51
Episode 50: Action is the Antidote to Despair
- Added: Dec 11, 2019
- Length: 04:16
Children who experience social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools are less likely to drink alcohol, take drugs, or smoke. On the plus side the...
- Added: Jun 08, 2019
- Length: 52:25
Melanie & Rusty had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Imad Naji Rasheed recently. He was a professor at the University of Baghdad, Iraq and is a s...
- Added: Apr 24, 2019
- Length: 04:14
Payam Feili could have gone on speaking tours, received standing ovations at AIPAC, and become a symbol of all that is good about the Jewish State....
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Feb 14, 2019
- Length: 25:56
- Purchases: 1
Some people rely on Medicaid to access health care. Or they use other federal benefits, like food stamps and housing assistance, to build the found...
- Added: Jan 27, 2019
- Length: 05:52
There were thousands of organizers, activists and local social justice leaders around the world who died in 2018. As we do every December, we brin...
- Added: Dec 20, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Meant to be an Israeli version of Hair’s ‘Let the Sunshine In,’, Shir La’Shalom was quickly banned by generals and labeled as both defeatist and de...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 13, 2018
- Length: 12:16
- Purchases: 2
The story of a song that began the music careers of two Israelis each representing vastly different versions of what the future of Israel may hold
- Added: Dec 13, 2018
- Length: 32:43
Conversation with Andrew Faas about his work to change the way we all relate to one another. Andrew has an alliance with the Center for Emotional I...
- Added: May 11, 2018
- Length: 54:21
The plight of the Delta Smelt is currently dependant on mankind’s desire and ability to revive the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Ca...
- Added: Jul 29, 2017
- Length: 04:39
For those of you that haven't noticed, water conflict is a topic that keeps on showing up in our lives. Each time water demand bumps up against wat...
- Added: Jul 29, 2017
- Length: 04:24
The Penobscot Nation lives on the river that shares their name. Just upstream from their island reservation is Juniper Ridge, Maine’s largest landf...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR
- Added: Jul 23, 2017
- Length: 13:04
- Purchases: 2