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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
Ban the Box: Should We Banish the Criminal History Check Box from Job Applications?
From: Open to Debate
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Former criminal offenders in the United States face challenges reentering the job market after incarceration and so-called “Ban the Box” policies a...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Trust-Busting 2024 with Stacy Mitchell & Matt Stoller: A Bipartisan Battle Against Monopoly Power
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Is 2024 the year of trust-busting? This bipartisan issue of small versus big is a fight taking place on the streets and in the federal and state co...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Apr 17, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
2024-04-12 Nearly 2 Years In… Is the Inflation Reduction Act Delivering Yet?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In August 2022, Congress passed the biggest piece of climate legislation in our nation’s history: The Inflation Reduction Act, which put $400 billi...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, WLPR , Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 10
240412: Nearly 2 Years In… Is the Inflation Reduction Act Delivering Yet? , 4/12/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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In August 2022, Congress passed the biggest piece of climate legislation in our nation’s history: The Inflation Reduction Act, which put $400 billi...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:56
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
Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?
From: Open to Debate
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American women are, on average, paid 84 cents for every dollar men make, according to the Department of Labor. Those in favor of closing the gap se...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KRVS


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
267: Community Wealth Building: Democratizing the Economy, 2/21/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Laura Flanders
In this special episode of the Bioneers, guest host Laura Flanders explores “Community Wealth Building,” a model that democratizes the economy, cre...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Marjorie Kelly on the Capitalism Crisis: “Wealth Supremacy” is Killing Us
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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"Capital bias" prioritizes wealth over people and the planet. What are the consequences? That question is at the core of “Wealth Supremacy: How the...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, Radio Catskill, KDNK, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
240119: Wardrobe Malfunction: The Climate Impact of Clothing, 1/19/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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What we wear defines us in so many ways. But in recent decades we’ve moved away from long-lasting, quality pieces in favor of disposable fast fashi...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
2024-01-19 Wardrobe Malfunction: The Climate Impact of Clothing
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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What we wear defines us in so many ways. But in recent decades we’ve moved away from long-lasting, quality pieces in favor of disposable fast fashi...

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


  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 10
(December 27, 2023 Re-Air) Jubilee Justice Black Farmers' Rice Project: Tackling Racism & Rice
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDNK, KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Insurance in a New Climate Era
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We are aware of the key role played by insurance, more so as we face increasing events of extreme weather destruction. Government agencies are sign...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 05:16
World in Progress 28/09/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Why Croatia’s abortion debate is heating up. Abortion is legal in Croatia. So why are women having to travel to Slovenia to...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
2023-06-11 The Rhetoric of Big Tech
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, KMUN, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 14
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
Is the Banking System Safer Than It Was in 2008?
From: Open to Debate
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Silicon Valley Bank. Signature Bank. Credit Suisse. The global banking system may be facing its most significant crisis since 2008. Some say erodin...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
EE 23-15: Take a bite of the big apple at Gables Bagels, 4/7/2023
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A new little bagel shop with a big personality brings an East Coast vibe to a Midwestern town.

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2023-01-06 Molly Wood on Tech, Money and Survival
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET, the New York Times, and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the cl...

Bought by WGCU, KOWS, WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
230106: Molly Wood on Tech, Money and Survival, 1/6/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET, the New York Times, and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the cl...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
2022-11-27 (Why) Money Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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In an ideal society, would we even need money?

Bought by KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Seeding Innovation (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The creators of a new multi-million dollar Innovation Hub in a farming region say it's already supporting rural entrepreneurs. They have high hopes...

Bought by WUTC, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WYAP, KVSC and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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