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2023 marks the 75th anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What does it mean to commemorate Human Rights Day in a time of genoci...
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUN, KDNK, KWMR, and WNYE
- Added: Dec 13, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 5
This week, we’re looking at Colombia, its increasingly tenuous peace process, and how US intervention has shaped the country, for better or for worse.
Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Aug 12, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
In this segment of EPIDEMIC, Dr. Celine Gounder looks at disinformation during the pandemic. Specifically, we’re going to look at how the Russian g...
- Added: Apr 29, 2021
- Length: 04:06
We’re looking at the variant that emerged in South Africa: 501Y.V2. This variant is not only more transmissible, but has demonstrated the troubling...
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 04:00
Republicans say they hate debt. So why did they push for a tax bill that would add almost two trillion dollars to the country’s tab? Only one Repub...
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 42:50
This is a story about potential rent strikes across NYCHA facilities in New York City. I talked with residents considering strikes (or in the midst...
- Added: Apr 23, 2020
- Length: 03:48
She speaks to us about her "Her latest book They Take Our Jobs and 20 Other Myths about Immigration, she dismantles common assumptions and beliefs ...
- Added: May 15, 2015
- Length: 27:30
Host Doug Storm is joined by District 1 candidates for the Democratic nomination to run for the Bloomington City Council seat in November.
- Added: Apr 15, 2015
- Length: 58:54
Unlicensed, short-term rentals are illegal in New Orleans, but there aren’t a lot of people getting busted for renting out their house on websites ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Sep 03, 2014
- Length: 04:52
- Purchases: 1
The Administration of and Inaugural Address by new Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
- Added: Jul 02, 2014
- Length: 24:48
Among the leading causes of homelessness in single adults is mental illness. Study after study reiterates that up to a quarter of all those sufferi...
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 07:50
- Purchases: 1
A county wants to spend $100 million on economic development and everybody wants a piece of the pie
- Added: Nov 20, 2011
- Length: 28:31
The national budget is one of the main topics during a political roundtable hosted by Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Chief Rick Dunham. Other ...
- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 54:00
Ambassador James Dobbins talks about move to defund USAID; James Baughman on move to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Robert Young P...
- Added: Jan 24, 2011
- Length: 54:02
Susan Shirk discusses US-China relations; James Fallows analyzes China also; Ben Manski of Move To Amend talks about one year after the Citizens Un...
- Added: Jan 20, 2011
- Length: 53:57
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
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
In Western media today, the term "Islam" or "Muslim" often is linked inextricably with the word "terrorist." At the same time, Al-Jazeera and other...
Bought by KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, and WPSU
- Added: Apr 17, 2008
- Length: 59:28
- Purchases: 4
The campaign for Vermont's open seat in the U.S. Senate turned into the most expensive election per capita in the country. It provides a jumping of...
Bought by KXOT Public Radio, KWCW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Nov 02, 2006
- Length: 58:29
- Purchases: 3
