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The A-Word
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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This week, we explore an often-overlooked issue in the Arab world; racism towards Black Arabs. In this episode, Kerning Culture reporter Ahmed Twai...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Historic Political Transitions in Honduras, Colombia, and Haiti - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Jack Eidt discusses new government transitions in Honduras and Colombia. Professor Gerard Pigeon covers the history of Haiti, and why we have seen...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Response: Heatwaves and Energy Poverty in the Mediterranean
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We visit southern Europe with our partners at The Response podcast to see how communities are tackling the problem of energy poverty.

Bought by WXDU, RadioFreePalmer, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 17, 2022
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Rising U.S.-China Tensions Over Taiwan Risk Miscalculation or Accident; Do...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WETS


  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Militarization and Uvalde: the Context Media Coverage Omits
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Whether it’s Buffalo, NY, Uvalde, TX or Philadelphia, PA — we are witnessing an unprecedented wave of terror at the muzzle of a gun. But all mass s...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
WorldCanvass: Corruption, Populism, and the Future of Democracy (part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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What is the link between corruption, anti-corruption campaigns, and the rise of populism? What conditions create an opening for autocratic-leaning,...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 26:06
WorldCanvass: Corruption, Populism, and the Future of Democracy (part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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What is the link between corruption, anti-corruption campaigns, and the rise of populism? What conditions create an opening for autocratic-leaning,...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2022
  • Length: 29:06
Medical Apartheid and the COVID-19 vaccines (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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The world is struggling to contain COVID-19, as variants continue to emerge in countries where the virus is spreading unchecked, killing thousands....

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for December 8, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Supreme Court Appears Ready to Overturn Roe v. Wade, Women’s Right to Abor...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Colombian Military Complex
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re looking at Colombia, its increasingly tenuous peace process, and how US intervention has shaped the country, for better or for worse.

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


  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Rethinking Foreign Aid
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Degan Ali, a Somali-American who heads the Nairobi based NGO ADESO, talks about the future of aid with Eileen O'Connor, Senior Vice President of th...

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


  • Added: Aug 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2021-07-18 Foreign Aid—or Injury?
From: Philosophy Talk
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What's the right way for developed nations to fight global poverty?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for July 14, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Who Killed Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse? Speculation Swirls Around Hait...

Bought by RADIOLEX and WKPW


  • Added: Jul 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Salvaging the Iran Nuclear Deal
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode, we talk about the tenuous state of US-Iran relations. Just who is the newly elected president of Iran -- and will the Iran ...

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


  • Added: Jul 07, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
2021-07-04 Foucault and Power
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is power a matter of top-down control, or is it distributed throughout society?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 05, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Israel Heads to the Polls Again, But What About the Palestinians?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this week’s episode, we get two perspectives on the Middle East's political transitions, one Israeli and one Palestinian.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Unraveling the Brexit Divide
From: Mateo Schimpf
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As the UK’s new trade deal with the EU rattles the country’s economy, Teresa Cotsirilos talks with two political activists on opposite sides of the...

Bought by Classic107.3


  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 21:23
  • Purchases: 1
President Biden on the World Stage
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Michael McFaul, former US Ambassador to Russia, and Jorge Castañeda, former Foreign Minister of Mexico, join co-host Ray Suarez to talk about how t...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for January 6, 2021
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump’s Georgia Phone Call Was Likely a Crime, But Prosecution is Uncertai...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Redefining Latino Identity
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Join co-host Ray Suarez and VICE's Paola Ramos for a conversation on how communities from New York to Texas and California are defining the controv...

Bought by Classic107.3, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 09, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
What Biden Can Do to Secure Our Climate Future
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we discuss climate policy with former California Governor Jerry Brown, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and former Colombian pres...

Bought by Classic107.3, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Lure of Authoritarianism + Biden’s Foreign Policy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this episode, we’re looking at the Biden Administration’s foreign policy challenges and how Trump compares to past authoritarian leaders.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Is Trump Setting Too Many Fires for Biden to Put Out?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, career diplomat Nicholas Burns talks with Ray Suarez about the Trump Administration’s recent maneuvers abroad and how to rebuild U...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge, Classic107.3, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
China vs. the US: A Superpower Showdown
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’ll take a look at China’s economic rise to power. Wall Street Journal correspondent Lingling Wei and her editor, Bob Davis, explain h...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Biggest Threat to the US is Already Inside the Border
From: Mateo Schimpf
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According to the Department of Homeland Security, white supremacists pose the deadliest terror threat to the United States, and a growing number of...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3