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It is a cliché to say that the richest corporate media operate inside a bubble of their own making, but it's largely true. Today’s guests are breat...

Bought by KMUN, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: May 29, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
After Cleaning Up Gerrymandered State Senate & Assembly Districts, the Wisconsin Supreme Court Passes on Congressional Districts

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we explore how bridging by building relationships and being curious can connect peo...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
A Majority of Americans Like Voting by Mail - Including Many Florida Republicans. Making it Harder May Keep Them From Voting, Too.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, and WUTC


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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In this episode, we talk with New York Times columnist David Brooks, about his new book - How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Arizona Legislator and 2020 Fake Elector Proposes the State Legislature – Not the Voters – Should Pick the State’s Presidential Electors

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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Over 450,000 workers have gone on strike in 2023. Many are celebrating this revival of labor power, but what does it mean for workers of color — of...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, WNYE and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode, we explore how much of the information we get is mediated - edited - and we all get different edits based on what the algorithm th...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we discuss press freedom in the U.S. in the wake of a police raid of the local paper in Marion, Kansas. In that raid, officers con...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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Welcome to News in Context – I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we talk with former San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin, founding executive director of ...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore how economic issues are often talked about in ways that minimize the needs of those who may not have the means to withs...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore a massive new study on improving the health of democracy. The Strengthening Democracy Challenge invited more than 30-th...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
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When it came to the midterms, mainstream white pundits got a lot wrong that local, Black, Brown and BIPOC media got right, and they're still missin...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
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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...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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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
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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
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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
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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...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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
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...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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
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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...

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  • Added: Jan 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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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