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How can a building express a political viewpoint?

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, economic sanctions led to frozen Russian assets abroad inaccessible and could be relocated ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Spokane Public Radio, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Congressman Ro Khanna has made a name for himself as a pragmatic progressive and critic of Big Oil. He grilled oil company CEOs under oath and help...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KGUA, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 9
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Congressman Ro Khanna has made a name for himself as a pragmatic progressive and critic of Big Oil. He grilled oil company CEOs under oath and help...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Defamation Lawsuit Against Producers of Debunked Drop Box Fraud Film “2000 Mules” Can Proceed in Georgia Court Ruling

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: United States Supreme Court Building, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
We revisit two sites of indigenous resistance we've covered in the past: First we talk to Rebecca Nagle about the Supreme Court ruling upholding th...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Many people have never heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC – but for 50 years, the group has been the driving force behind ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, RadioStPete Florida, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: Oct 04, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon devotees, 9/11 truthers — should people this deluded really be allowed to report the news or hold elected office?

Bought by KMUN, KUNM, WVTF, KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
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Employers are facing a big dilemma: How do they pay for the new highly effective and popular obesity medications without breaking the bank? This we...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 21:56
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Anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon devotees, 9/11 truthers — should people this deluded really be allowed to report the news or hold elected office?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: Host Martha Burk
If you're getting nervous these days about going to the grocery or taking your kid to the ballpark for fear of getting shot, rest easy. Republicans...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
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While the two-party system has been the standard in the US government, third parties have often challenged this status quo and now advocates to be ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on the show: How artists transcend censorship and struggles. “We want to give the kids hope” - How artists in China are getting their mes...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 14, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Congress is wrangling over the Farm Bill, which includes over $3 billion for giant agriculture corporations and multimillionaire "farmers" who don'...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 02:57
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Did you know that a long-standing relationship exists between food as a political tool and the maintenance of power, and that food provides a uniqu...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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While marijuana legalization is gaining more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating weed has long puzzled policy and lawmakers, with some star...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Rupa Marya, Credit: Nikki Ritcher
We are told that our personal health is our individual responsibility based on our own choices. Yet, the biological truth is that human health is d...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: The text "Toxic Tracks" on a background of railroad tracks., Credit: Background image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay
On today's show, we'll hear an encore of a show from our archives that first aired in April. We'll be looking at the environmental impact of the ra...

Bought by WXDU and WFHB


  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Kids aren’t the only ones rebelling against extinction. In Ottawa, a sixty-year-old gets arrested for sitting down on a highway. Forget politicians...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2023
  • Length: 59:19
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Making Up Our Minds" - In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Mental health challenges can push p...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Investigation Expands Into Alleged Sketchy Behavior of Groups Trying to Repeal Alaska’s Ranked Choice Voting

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, and WUTC


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on the show: Living Planet - Fast fashion's takeover. Writer and stylist Aja Barber on the imperialism of the fashion industry and how t...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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On this week's show: More than two and a half years ago, the military in Myanmar ousted a democratically elected government. Attacks on civilians s...

Bought by WFHB and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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The aftermath of the Chinese surveillance balloon saga revealed a growing diplomatic divide between the US and China. Where does this mistrust come...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
State of New Hampshire Seeks 14th Amendment Legal Advice on Whether Candidate Donald Trump Can Appear on the First in the Nation 2024 Primary

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Aug 29, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1