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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
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We're all familiar with the title, but what does a White House Chief of Staff actually do? What does the daily routine entail? And how much power d...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 13:01
Caption: Joe Bev in the press box gathering sound for his Bernie Sanders special., Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Joe Bevilacqua hosts an hour with Bernie Sanders, Spike Lee, Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Sarah Silverman, Lorie Kellogg, and Tim...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:36
Caption: The Occupy Maine encampment in Portland's Lincoln Park., Credit: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://katrinaherzogphotography.com/" target="_blank">Katrina Herzog</a>, courtesy of the Salt archives.
Dispatches from Occupy Maine's consensus process.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
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The premier of Beyond the Spin, a new weekly program focusing on issues relating to the 2012 elections with community radio hosts and reporters fro...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, WVAS, KVNF, KVMR, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 55:13
  • Purchases: 5
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A debate from Oakland, California between practitioners of non-violence, versus those who believe a diversity of tactics is what Occupy needs to mo...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Corrie Garnet, Credit: photo by Annie Shreffler
Corrie showed up at the original meeting to plan Occupy Boston with a sign that read "I am a nurse without healthcare. I am the 99 percent."

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Congressman Ron Paul
Congressman Ron Paul is interviewed by Chris Goldstein for Active Voice Radio on 4-2-09 about medical marijuana, decriminalization and President Ob...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2009
  • Length: 12:36
Caption: Congressman Barney Frank
Congressman Barney Frank is interviewed on 4-2-09 about medical marijuana, decriminalization and President Obama's recent comments on legalization.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2009
  • Length: 10:14
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After 9-11, the number of refugees who could come into this country was cut back drastically. Slowly those numbers are rebounding. Nancy King has ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KWCW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Surviving family members in capital murder cases often endure years of legal appeals.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: 07:57
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Alaskan's sound off on whether or not Senator "Uncle" Ted Stevens is guilty.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2008
  • Length: 02:45
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WNPR's News Talk Show with Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 53:00
Caption: Barack Obama in Hawaii, Credit: George Waialeale
Family and friends who knew Barack Obama when he was growing up in the Aloha State share their insight about the presidential candidate and how Haw...

Bought by PRX Election Podcast and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 2
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A meeting of left and right secessionists in Dixie

  • Added: Oct 16, 2007
  • Length: 09:54
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New, more productive security policy for grabs

  • Added: Jul 10, 2007
  • Length: 06:13
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Journalist JEREMY SCAHILL discusses his bestselling book BLACKWATER: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army."

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 27:00
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PRI's Michael Arnold: the 12th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Jan 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
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Five years after the 9/11 attacks, the death toll among first responders is still climbing.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:27
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Although increasingly used by the CIA, FBI and other agencies and private employers, so-called lie detector tests are highly unreliable and serious...

  • Added: May 07, 2006
  • Length: 02:57
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Excerpts of New Orlean's Mayor Ray Nagin's 'rant' against the slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina mixed with Jolie Holland's song "I Wanna D...

Bought by WMPG, KGLT, and KVNF


  • Added: Sep 04, 2005
  • Length: 04:35
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Aug 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
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Missile defense deployed as first missile is put in its silo in Alaska

  • Added: Aug 09, 2004
  • Length: 14:39