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D.A. Larry Krasner Facing Impeachment: Criminal Justice Reform in the Crosshairs
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can a predominantly white state legislature overturn the votes of a predominantly Black city? Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s District Attorney was e...

Bought by KWMR, Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for November 2, 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: Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans in Midt...

Bought by WFHB, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioStPete Florida, and WETS


  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Going For Broke, Part Two: Making Up Our Minds
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
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In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health challenges can push people into...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WGBH Radio Boston, WKSU, WGUC/ WVXU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Going For Broke, Part One: Change Of Address
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
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In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke," all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WGBH Radio Boston, WKSU, WGUC/ WVXU, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Making Peace with Our News Anxiety
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, correspondent Danielle Preiss explores anxiety around the news with three guests who talk about how it may n...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUNM, and KMUN


  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Melissa Weintraub, Resetting the Table to Heal Divides and Prevent Political Violence
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with Melissa Weintraub, founder & co-executive director of Resetting the Table. Resetting the table focuses on building di...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
When complaints roll in, PBS's public editor uses them to spark community conversations.
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Interview with PBS Public Editor, Ricardo Sandoval Palos, about misinformation, disinformation, confirmation bias and how that effects programming ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Making DEI Work Transformative & Relational, with Jacqueline Font-Guzman
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore concepts of privilege - and how they color our systems and perpetuate inequities. We also discuss how building relation...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Learning to Listen in Different Ways, with Graham Bodie of the Listen First Project
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: America Talks
It’s no secret that polarization is deepening divides across the US. Over the past few years, many people have started or joined what are called br...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Abbott Elementary Teaches Us All: Sheryl Lee Ralph & Joyce Abbott
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can you remember the last time when the challenges that inner city public school teachers face were the subject of a popular TV series? Abbott Elem...

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


  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Cape Cod Current - February 27th, 2022
From: WMVY
Series: Cape Cod Current
Caption: Jane Loutzenheiser, Credit: MVYradio.org
Joe Stickles interviews Sarah McCrackin from Dogs for Better Lives and Jane Loutzenheiser interviews Mwalim Morgan Peters.

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 31:20
Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine: Why Now, with Stanford Political Scientist Kathryn Stoner
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we continue our conversation with Stanford political scientist Dr. Kathryn Stoner, on the context of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Women's History Month: How Trans People Are Reclaiming Their Stories: Laverne Cox, Sam Feder
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Trans liberation is the latest frontline in the struggle for civil rights. In their new documentary, Disclosure, director Sam Feder and producer Am...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Trapped wildlife? Surprise hamster babies? Distressed dog? Animal Control can help.
From: KSFP
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Animal Care and Control in San Francisco helps both pets and wildlife in distress in the city and can arrest those who harm them. We step behind th...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:27
Ballotpedia is written by humans, not robots. We talked to one.
From: KSFP
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When looking for unbiased election information on-line you may have run across Ballotpedia. We find out whose behind the service and how they come ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:22
Vaccines - the science and our perceptions, with Science Magazine Senior Reporter Meredith Wadman
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we discuss the realities of COVID-19 and other diseases on our health and well being - and how vaccines have both saved us from th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Working toward free & fair elections, & Fighting efforts to suppress voices, with Jonathan Mehta Stein, ED at CA Common Cause
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore elections issues that make it harder for us to participate in democracy, the consequences of that, and how we can addre...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
California's Redistricting Process & the Impact of the 2020 Census w/CalMatters Reporter Sameea Kamal
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: CA 2021 Redistricting Maps, Credit: We Draw the Lines
In this episode, we discuss California’s redistricting process, and the maps recently certified after the latest round of map drawing in the state....

  • Added: Feb 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Cities of Asylum for Artists, Writers & Journalists
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Pedro X Molina With His Portraits
This time on PEACE TALKS RADIO, we talk with three guests about “Cities of Asylum” – also known as “Cities of Refuge” -- communities that put out t...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The importance of local news and how to keep it healthy, w/Washington Post Media Reporter Elahe Izadi
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we discuss local journalism, and the important role it continues to play - both in the health of our democracy - and in holding po...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Mental Health and the Pandemic: Learning Lessons from the Mental Health Arena, with Jeff Bell
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore mental health throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic… including the mental health challenges exacerbated by the pande...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Using Humanizing Language to Connect Communities & Create Inclusive Realities, with Aubrey Nagle of Reframe at Resolve Philly
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the power of language, and the importance of using humanizing language in journalism. My guest is Aubrey Nagle, editor...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
Re-visit filmmaker CJ Hunt talking about his documentary The Neutral Ground
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: CJ Hunt, Credit: Paavo Hanninen
We're re-posting an interview with comedy writer and filmmaker CJ Hunt discusses his documentary The Neutral Ground which explores the struggle to ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 28, 2021
  • Length: 27:56
  • Purchases: 3
News Industry Challenges & Ideals, with Yumi Wilson & Grace Provenzano
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the journalism industry and approaches to news coverage in the US - including the challenges we face, how young people ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Bridging Across Difference in Polarized Times, with Convergence CEO David Eisner
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore the proliferation of organizations working to engage people across difference, and the urgency this work has taken on i...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:30

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