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BIPOC Media on the Fight for Fair Wages — & Anti-racist Unions
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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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
Naomi Klein: Tackling the “Doppelganger”, Disinformation & Lies
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In her new book, "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World”, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein describes being confused with Naomi Wolf, a con...

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


  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Revolutionary Mothering and Reproductive Justice Encore
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs tells the birth story of the book she co-edited with China Martens and Mai'a Williams, Revolutionary Mothering: Love on th...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KMUN


  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible (Updated)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Today on Making Contact, we present the film Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible. The film takes us on the transformational journey of w...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: Feb 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Economic Hardship Reporting Project: Reporting on Poverty in America
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Nearly 40 million Americans live in poverty, making less than $26,200 a year for a family of four. Their stories and their struggles, however, are ...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 22, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
2021-03-07 Misogyny and Gender Inequality
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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In the 21st century, why are we still dealing with misogyny?

Bought by KMUN, KMUN, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 15
We Need #TomateloEnSerioMX
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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TómateloEnSerioMX is the hashtag under which journalists in Mexico have come together not only to protect themselves, but to stop the spread of mis...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 20, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Drew Philp
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Drew Philp, author of “A $500 House in Detroit: Rebuilding an Abandoned Home and an American City," talks with WTCM NewsTalk 580 radio host Ron Jol...

Bought by WKAR and WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2018
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Anti-Intellectualism
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Conspiracy theories, propaganda, social media, and the denial of scientific theory are all playing a role in the rise of anti-intellectualism in th...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 26:14
A Conversation with Justine Willis Toms of New Dimensions Radio/Media
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Justine Willis Toms
Justine Willis Toms talks about her 44-year career as co-host and now host of New Dimensions Radio.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Excerpt from City Council Member Steven Volan's Talk "Gownsburg"
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Steven Volan speaks on it from Bloomington City Council/.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 18:04
Ferguson/Wilson/Kimbro Mix Feature
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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A Watch Owl Montage Feature.

  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 13:15
A Sonnet for Negative Ads
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: ...including the mouse., Credit: Susan Cook
Sometimes, there is an ineffable quality to the offensiveness of negative campaign ads. We turn here to the sonnet to express deep concern about n...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 01, 2014
  • Length: :57
  • Purchases: 1
ABMLI 1- Twisting In the Wind PSA
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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The American Black Male Leadership Institute Public Services Announcement #1

  • Added: Oct 15, 2014
  • Length: 01:10
American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio Series
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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Host Alfred Bundy provide coverage the endeavors of the American Black Male Leadership Institute (ABMLI)

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 49:24
A Citizen's Guide to the Shallow and Inconsiderate in American Public Political Discourse
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The public officials and the political candidates who shape public discourse through the impulsive and shallow convey far more about their ethics t...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
Acoustic Stories: Michael Goldberg On Northern Community Radio- "Something You Can Use."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Steve Downing On Northern Community Radio - "Bicentennials and Beginnings."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Radio essays recorded in the writer's own voice about topics related to northern Minnesota art, culture and history. Made possible in part by the M...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 1
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown On the State of Northern Community Radio - "Sometimes Radio is the Only Thing That Gets Us Out of the House."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2014
  • Length: 03:25
  • Purchases: 1
A Citizen's Guide to the Civil Liberty Called Freedom of the Press
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The civil liberties of the Constitution are wholesome, pure, and good. They sometimes require holding two ideas in the mind at the same time, not e...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 05:36
The Abuse of the Bully Pulpit Department
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Maine Guide William Sewall and Teddy Roosevelt, Credit: Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library (detail) 520.12-015
Just before the Olympics, the country if not the world received, from a bully pulpit, a message from my state's junior United States senator. On te...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: How You Can Tell If a Government Is Becoming Corrupt
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Remember the sixty second moral inquiry asks questions about what is the right thing to do. Today, we ask "How can you tell If a government is bec...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:02
Acoustic Stories: Aaron Brown: "I just love the feeling of good old papyrus in my hands."."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 21, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
A Citizen's Advanced Guide to Political Hostage Taking
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Seldom do citizens witness the workings of that Refinery known as Political Hostage Taking. There is much to learn from the John Edwards' trial abo...

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:49
A Citizen's Guide to the Petty and Small-minded
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: If they chew it and it is still writhing, continuing to chew is profound., Credit: Susan Cook
As the dust settles from the Iowa Caucuses , it is time to sniff, dig and if necessary chew and swallow pettiness and small-mindedness where found....

  • Added: Jan 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:29