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835: Astonishing African Futures / 836: You're Not OK. That's OK., 10/7/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Astonishing African Futures" - The new Black Panther movie, "Wakanda Forever," dominated the global box office. This hour, a literary ta...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
The Haunted Highway
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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There are no visitor facilities. Roads are mostly washed-out jeep tracks. There is no water. And there's no way out, unless you come back the way y...

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
799: Deep Time: The Tyranny Of Time / 800: Difficult Summer Reading, 6/3/2023
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: The Tyranny Of Time" - When you’re on the clock, the hours disappear. Time scarcity is making us and the planet sick. But the...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Kim Stanley Robinson: Writing the Future Story People Want
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can a novel become a catalyst to help us address impending climate disaster? That’s one question posed by the legendary Kim Stanley Robinson, in hi...

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


  • Added: Sep 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
699: You're Not OK. That's OK. / 700: Difficult Summer Reading, 6/18/2022
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "You're Not OK. That's OK." - One of our producers created a yard sign. It reads: "You're not OK. That's OK." 300 signs later, it's causi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
The Agony and the Ecstasy: Race and the Future of the Love Story Part 2
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We revisit a major race debate within the Romance Writers of America that began in 2019 and talk about why questions of race in art and in institut...

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


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Arundhati Roy: Freedom, Fascism, Fiction and the Pandemic Portal
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Two years ago this month, the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in the United States. “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Paisley Rekdal
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author, teacher, poet and scholar Paisley Rekdal discusses her new book on cultural appropriation - "Appropriate."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Not Everyone is a Jerk: Rutger Bregman on Humankind
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Life gives us plenty of reasons for cynicism but best-selling author Rutger Bregman (Utopia for Realists) summons a wealth of evidence that humanki...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Linda Sarsour: We Can’t Afford To be Bystanders During Covid-19
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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A pandemic is no place to be a bystander, says Muslim American activist Linda Sarsour. In this episode, Laura interviews Sarsour about her recently...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 2
Jonathan Thompson — The day the river was orange (Part one)
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople host Alan Wartes presents Part 1 of his conversation with author and journalist Jonathan Thompson.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: May 10, 2019
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Putting Fear In Perspective (with Seth Glier)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Ian Lawton's theme in this episode of Soulseeds Radio explores putting fear in perspective. As Emerson said, "Do the thing you fear and the death o...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Casting Your Whole Vote (With Joshua Davis)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Soulseeds Radio host Ian Lawton explores casting your whole vote -- not just voting once every four years, but letting your whole life, all your wo...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
You've Gotta Have Faith (with Josh Rose)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Ian Lawton looks at many sides of Faith -- taking power where you can control things in your life, surrendering where you can't control things in y...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
Soulseeds Radio: Living Hope (with Channing and Quinn)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Welcome to Soulseeds Radio with host Ian Lawton -- talking today about hope which is not just an idea, not just a philosophy, but something that's ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03