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We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 28:56
The US has been hemorrhaging high-paying manufacturing jobs since the 1959s.
- Added: Sep 15, 2010
- Length: 01:59
Six monster banks control 60% of the US Gross National Product
- Added: Sep 15, 2010
- Length: 03:59
It’s well known that the people picking food all across the US are predominantly low-paid Latino migrant workers. It’s ironic that the workers car...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Aug 10, 2010
- Length: 08:20
- Purchases: 1
It’s estimated that dairy products make up a full 20% of our daily food intake here in North America. But with increased focus on cattle waste met...
- Added: Aug 10, 2010
- Length: 08:42
Farmers in California's central valley are getting a sneak preview of what much of the country, and the world, can expect to see in the next few de...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Aug 10, 2010
- Length: 07:52
- Purchases: 1
We go to California, America’s leading producer of fruits, vegetables, and dairy, to see some examples of how the nation’s agricultural industry is...
Bought by WSKG, KZYX, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 10, 2010
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
David Korten, author of When Corporations Rule the World; Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth and The Great Turning: From ...
- Added: Jun 01, 2010
- Length: 28:49
A new survey disputes the claim that small business owners are as anti-union as their big business counterparts.
- Added: May 28, 2010
- Length: 03:51
Award-winning poets reflect on creativity in crisis and read from their work.
- Added: Apr 15, 2010
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
And so we begin our second season with episode fourteen. We take a trip to The Golden Goose Thrift Shop. Trust me, you’ve never been in a thrift st...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Mar 19, 2010
- Length: 28:02
- Purchases: 1
The snow has started to fall. What does the internet offer for amusement in the winter? Matisyahu, Charlie Brown, and curling in the same audio pla...
- Added: Feb 19, 2010
- Length: 19:42
Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, speaks to the National Press Club.
- Added: Jan 22, 2010
- Length: 54:00
A look the epicenter of the recession, and how this downturn compares with previous ones.
- Added: Dec 09, 2009
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 2
Alumni of Antioch are being asked to carry the torch to reopen the College.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 30, 2009
- Length: 03:44
- Purchases: 1
New York is no longer viewed as the financial capital of the world, or even of the United States. Given the recent government intervention in state...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
A new survey by the Human Services Council and Baruch College found that nonprofits across NYC face a severe crisis, as public/private funding cont...
Bought by WRNC-LP
- Added: Sep 02, 2009
- Length: 06:35
- Purchases: 1
The economic crisis has made it difficult for everyone to find employment, but ex-convicts have been hit harder than the rest.
- Added: Aug 11, 2009
- Length: 05:48
Julia Kennedy interviews Hans Decker on the big ideas of business’ role in global society.
- Added: Aug 07, 2009
- Length: 27:30
Julia Kennedy interviews Alice Korngold on her work connecting corporate executives with non-profit boards.
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 07, 2009
- Length: 27:30
- Purchases: 1
Julia Kennedy interview Seth Merrin on Liquidnet, an investment firm that has taken a key role in a development project in Rwanda.
- Added: Aug 07, 2009
- Length: 27:30
Julia Kennedy interviews Christine Bader on the intersection of human rights and business.
- Added: Aug 07, 2009
- Length: 27:30
- Purchases: 2
A number of Web sites help Internet users fund entrepreneurs from developing countries. Now one of the biggest, Kiva.org, is allowing users to make...
Bought by Marfa Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 25, 2009
- Length: 03:53
- Purchases: 3
This week on Smart City, we'll find out Alan Webber's 52 rules for Winning at Business without losing your mind. And Dan Biederman of the Bryant P...
Bought by WFSU, WBEZ, Spokane Public Radio, and WLRN
- Added: Jun 24, 2009
- Length: 58:54
- Purchases: 4
For Mark Johnston, living next door to a trash incinerator stinks.
- Added: Jun 22, 2009
- Length: 06:34
