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The Supreme Court will soon decide on a case surrounding a medication used for abortion, mifepristone, and whether the drug should continue to be a...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series, Credit: Paul Vogelzang
🌟📚 Dive into the Evolution of English with us! 📚🌟 🎙️ This week on The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview series. We're thrilled ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 31:17
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What population can the earth handle?

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Apr 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 1
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Fake clinics are feeding people disinformation, laws are criminalizing doctors and patients, and the climate of stigma and fear has only worsened s...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KWMR, Radio Catskill and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Host Martha Burk
In 2009 Lilly Ledbetter learned she had been paid 40% less than men in the same Goodyear Tire & Rubber job. It was a long slog, but she won, and wo...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
January 22 marks the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, when the court ruled abortion was legal under U.S....

  • Added: Jan 19, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: If Re-Elected, Trump Vows Fascist Regime from Day One; Although Federal Ag...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Many great women snagged honors this year, from athletics to movies, science and more, and we lost a few great ones too.  But one gets our personal...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The country lost a Lioness this month with the death of Dianne Feinstein, an early female pioneer in the Senate.  Let's check on female gains in go...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:31
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Since 1985, October has been deemed Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This week our guests are Elaine Kennedy, a breast cancer survivor, and Dolly Qui...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Shekinah Jackson and friends.
Girls in the U.S. are in the midst of a growing mental health crisis, and schools are on the front line of finding solutions. But will Black and La...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 20:47
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This year, Mother’s Day, May 14th coincides with the formal end of the National Covid-19 Emergency. Poor parents will be taking a hit — but Guarant...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KMUN, KDNK, KWMR, WNYE and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Activist, Kim Dadou Brown, Credit: Daniel A. Nelson
In this episode, Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson talk with us about their documentary, And So I Stayed. This award-winning film centers three...

Bought by WUWM, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade; Israel’s F...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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One year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, 15 states have effectively banned abortion. Dozens of clinics in those states have shut th...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2023
  • Length: 15:52
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This week we're in conversation with Dr. Tani Sanchez, Professor of Practice in the Africana Studies department at the University of Arizona. Dr. S...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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This week we rebroadcast our recent interview with Beverely Elliott. This week our guest is Beverely Elliott, Executive Director of the African Am...

  • Added: May 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: David Mivasair canoes Cootes Paradise, Credit: David Kattenburg
The roots of the US anti-abortion movement — misogyny, racism and hatred of immigrants. On the edge of a big Canadian city, an oasis of calm where ...

  • Added: May 21, 2023
  • Length: 58:33
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Whether you're a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Something Else or Nothing at all, you've got to admit the Mexican border is a colossal mess. Bu...

  • Added: May 19, 2023
  • Length: 03:01
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Our guest this week is Derrick Polder, a Board member with the organization Care Fund, which exists to financially and resourcefully support Arizon...

  • Added: May 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The U.S. is far behind other developed countries when it comes to support for motherhood. Most mothers are in the paid workforce, and we need new ...

  • Added: May 09, 2023
  • Length: 02:30
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This week we talk with Stacy Renner, Program Coordinator and Peggy Ingraham, President, of the Tucson Community Tennis Program. Stacy and Peggy dis...

  • Added: May 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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This week our guest is Barbara McClure, Executive Director of IMPACT of Southern Arizona, which exists to empower Southern Arizonans with the resou...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2023
  • Length: 28:41
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This week we travel to Africa via the radio with guests Paula Chronister and Lori Teller, two Tucson-area friends who recently visited the continen...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
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This week our guest is Beverely Elliott, Executive Director of the African American Museum of Southern Arizona in Tucson. Mrs. Elliott shares the j...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:00