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Human Rights, or Right to Exist? Perspectives on Israel-Hamas War
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates predicts how war in Israel could ripple through the Middle East. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with Trita Par...

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  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Season 1, Episode 2 - 'Immigration Dive' feat Bekah McNeel
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Immigration journalist Bekah McNeel speaks on the subtleties of this controversial topic.

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 3
Will Netanyahu’s Long War Wash Away Saudi Arabia 2030?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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How the War in Gaza reality-checked the region

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Regulating Big Tech: Is TikTok Still on the Clock?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Time moves slowly... so slowly

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Global Race for EVs in On… Why Detroit Unions are Slamming the Brakes
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Will the U.S. power down on electric?

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Turkey and Kosovo: NATO’s Achilles Heel
From: Mateo Schimpf
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The alliance may have been strengthened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but it's not an entirely rosy picture.

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
War Games: The High Stakes of North Korea’s Nuclear Armament
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Does anyone win in nuclear war?

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  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Why Russia Is Stealing Ukraine’s Future
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What can Russia's declining population tell us about war crimes in Ukraine?

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Man Who Runs The World: Xi Jinping’s China
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What is Xi Jinping’s plan to reset China, and how do we make sense of his enigmatic rule?

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
What ISIS Can Teach Us About Drone Warfare in Ukraine
From: Mateo Schimpf
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What does accountability look like in the age of remote warfare?

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
January 6th and the Global Far Right Revival
From: Mateo Schimpf
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When President Trump incited his followers to storm the US Capitol, he punctured a 220-year-old tradition in the United States of America. Two year...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 59:45
  • Purchases: 4
Bound By Oil: Rethinking Biden’s Middle East Strategy
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, Ray Suarez sits down with two Middle East policy experts to debate the best path forward for US engagement in the region.

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Refugee Stories from Kyiv to Tripoli
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we hear stories from people seeking refuge, and how war and immigration policy impact people on the ground.

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
Why is Mexico Suing US Gun Makers?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Journalist Ioan Grillo, and author of Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels, helps us analyze Mexico’s unprecedented lawsuit against ...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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.

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Epidemics Change History
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Pandemics have played a huge role in human history. A cholera outbreak in Europe had huge implications for the way we see public health. And it was...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 04:06
2013: The Year the Criminal Justice System Changed?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Solitary Confinement, Credit: Flickr user CHeitz
Years of campaigning for basic human rights for people caught up in America's criminal justice system may finally be paying off. 2013 saw significa...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Rank and File
From: War News Radio
Caption: A homeless Iraq war veteran waits for a bus in California., Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 29:01
SRP: Responses to Obama's Sudan Plan
From: Sudan Radio Project
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear Sudanese opinions on US President Barack Obama's new policy towards Sudan.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2009
  • Length: 06:36
Seeding the Solidarity Economy
From: Bill Baue
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The Center for Popular Economics (CPE) recently hosted the first Forum on the Solidarity Economy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst — home...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bolivarian Slogans
From: Ruxandra Guidi
Caption: A Chavez supporter holds a sign during a rally in Caracas, Credit: Ruxandra Guidi
In Venezuela, slogans are supposed to influence how the people feel about their president.

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Jan 13, 2009
  • Length: 09:43
  • Purchases: 1