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ICE
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What role does ICE play in immigration policy?

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
“Building a Wall”: Church and State in America (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-When Thomas Jefferson designed the University of Virginia’s central Rotunda, he set out to build a temple to the book, a stunning rebuke to the Ch...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, Harford Community Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9
The New Minority (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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A look at what's motivating Trump's most loyal base - The invention of immigration - Why getting facts on immigration is so tough - Inside one of V...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
The New Minority (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A look at what's motivating Trump's most loyal base - The invention of immigration - Why getting facts on immigration is so tough - Inside one of V...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
The New Minority (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A look at what's motivating Trump's most loyal base - The invention of immigration - Why getting facts on immigration is so tough

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Census Problems (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Justice Department has submitted a controversial request to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. Experts say the questio...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KYUK, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 6
Reclaiming Gotham: The Battle for U.S. Cities
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Journalist Juan González discusses his new book, Reclaiming Gotham. He chronicles the evolution of the growth machine in America’s cities - from r...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 86: Camp David
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What is Camp David and what do presidents use it for?

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
White Balance
From: Zachary Davis
Series: Ministry of Ideas
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Understanding race in America requires understanding its relationship to class.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 13:34
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 54: Security Clearance
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The process that aims to keep classified material out of the wrong hands.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSFR, KPIP-LP, and WOUB


  • Added: Sep 19, 2017
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 53: Judges
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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On today's lesson: What does it take to become a judge? What does the job entail? Also, what are the schools of thought we hear about so much about...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KSFR, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 18, 2017
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 52: State of Emergency
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What happens when a President, or a Governor, declares a State of Emergency?

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with civil liberties attorney Burt Neuborne about his book "Madison's Music: On Reading the First Amendment"
From: Out of Bounds
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Civil liberties attorney, educator, author of "Madison’s Music: On Reading the First Amendment"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
The Bluff of the Century: Nixon, Alger Hiss, and the Cold War
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Congressman Nixon & Robert Stripling examine Pumpkin Papers microfilm
The conviction of Alger Hiss for perjury in 1950, continues to define the terms of what it means to American. But the definition seems always profe...

Bought by Radio Catskill, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and WRGY


  • Added: Sep 05, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 51: Treason
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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'Treason' is a word that gets used a lot in political circles - but what does it actually mean?

Bought by KPIK-LP and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Marceline Lasater - One Person, One Vote?
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents Marceline Lasater, Attorney at Law, One person, One vote? A Texas attorney explains why, since 1911, our votes are no...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:31
Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation” (Encore Edition)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we hear from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton Universit...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mark McDermott, Social & Economic Educator and Activist
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: We Do the Work
Caption: Mark McDermott
Interview by Ken Winkes: Mark looks at our past to see what it can tell us about our present life in the age of Trump.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 28:43
Episode 83: 21st Century Safety Net
From: Shira Rascoe
Series: No Jargon
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Social security, health insurance, and unemployment insurance help Americans through life’s ups and downs. Benjamin Veghte explains the benefits an...

  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 24:39
Aaron David Miller, author of "The End of Greatness"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews Aaron David Miller, author of "The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President."

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 30:31
Political Junkie 2016 Remembrances Special
From: Ken Rudin's Political Junkie
Series: Political Junkie (Specials)
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As 2016 draws to a close, Political Junkie Ken Rudin remembers the lawmakers and newsmakers from the world of politics who passed away this year. K...

Bought by WJSU, WVPE, KSFR, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
Desperately Seeking Solutions: Fixing Economic Inequality
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Assuming the next president has no ability, vision, or desire to combat the staggering inequality of our new “gilded age,” we’re left with the ques...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 58:01
The Great Divide (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Are betting markets are a more accurate predictor than election polls? -The influence of Millennials on the upcoming election. -The vast majorit...

Bought by WCNY, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Cultural Genocide in America: Capitalistic Experts' Self-Egos
From: Teosson Wells
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Things we learn from Woody Guthrie and Native Americans ... and Donald Trump's dad?

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 27:19
Part 2 of our interview with "American Amnesia" author Jacob Hacker
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra continues his conversation with Jacob S. Hacker, author of "American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made ...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 30:30