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Caption: Headshot: Danny O'Brien
In this episode, we explore issues of free expression, privacy, and the roles of corporate and government entities in moderating social media conte...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dave Kaplan
In this episode, we explore how to inform publics through a nonprofit journalism model, and the importance of bringing journalists together and sup...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Keith Woods
In this episode, we explore how unconscious bias has influenced news coverage - by defaulting to favor mainstream society and failing to adequately...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
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The Covid pandemic of 2020 challenged musicians, artists and performers like nothing before, ever -- and they adapted, in all different ways. "Musi...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 51:58
Caption: "If you can loot businesses, burn down buildings, engage in protest- you can also go to a Christmas party.' Dec 2, 2020 White House Press Secretary, Credit: Susan Cook
As the Nation enters the Christmas (and Hannukah) Season with parties (ahem..) on hold, In the Department of Poetic Justice (and Reckoning), a lyr...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2020
  • Length: 03:15
Caption: Elana Newman, PhD
In this episode we explore how trauma and stress impact journalists, as well as an evolving sensibility among those who practice journalism that se...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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What (didn't) happen this past year to challenge our assumption and make us think about things in new ways?

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSKQ


  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
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On this week’s episode, we discuss climate policy with former California Governor Jerry Brown, oceanographer Sylvia Earle and former Colombian pres...

Bought by Classic107.3, WHCP-LP Cambridge, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Democrats Debate Blame for House Election Losses; Trump Mass Firings at Pe...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Nov 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Headshot: Steve Bien-Aime
In this episode, we explore the journalistic norms that have driven the profession, and why evolving those norms could lead to stronger coverage of...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Daniel Ellsberg Explains Why Accountability for Trump is Critical; Exposin...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we take a closer look at journalism – in particular how news outlets covered the 20...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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The great state of Alaska is different in many ways – its vast size, low population, and great distance from “the lower 48” (states). Politics in A...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 25:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Independent candidate David Krucoff is running for the non-voting D.C. Congress position without much hope of unseating incumbent Democrat Eleanor ...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2020
  • Length: 18:02
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In this episode, we talk with four college students from and/or attending school in the Bay Area - all of them taking classes right now online. Th...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we talk with four college students from and/or attending school in the Bay Area - all of them taking classes right now online.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Talman Anderson votes in the Illinois presidential preference primary from the Cook County Jail, Credit: Photo by Pamela Kirkland
A year ago, Illinois passed a law requiring all jails to ensure that pre-trial detainees have an opportunity to vote. Chicago’s Cook County Jail wa...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXDU, and KMUN


  • Added: Oct 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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In this episode, we explore how some tenets of media literacy can be co-opted by conspiracy theorists, and how to approach media literacy education...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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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
Caption: Renee Hobbs, Ed.D
In this episode, we explore the allure and growing influence of conspiracy theories, and how they are both combated by and influenced by Media Lite...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Screenshot of Podcast Recording, Credit: Gina Baleria
In this episode, we explore the influence and impact of framing - in particular how mainstream news tends to frame national issues as gamified, two...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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Topic 1: A White's Supremacist's Journey Out of Hate. Topic 2: Dead Or Alive, Whales Give As Much As They Take From Their Ocean Environments.

Bought by KOWS


  • Added: Sep 08, 2020
  • Length: 51:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Topic 1: Should Felons Be Allowed to Vote? Topic 2: Photography is Capturing the Faces of the Last Remaining Speakers of Indigenous Languages. Topi...

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 51:56
  • Purchases: 1