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What’s the Future of Natural Gas?
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Naomi Boness, Managing Director of the Natural Gas Initiative at Stanford University and Rachel Fakhry, Analyst for the Climate & Clean Air pro...

  • Added: May 18, 2024
  • Length: 26:02
2424: Summer Reading List, 6/11/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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This summer, how about a philosophical take on popular culture?

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
Top of Mind - A Deeper Look at Wrongful Convictions in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Wrongful convictions happen all the time in America, and they could happen to anyone. How do we stop innocent people from going to prison?

Bought by KOWS, KSTK, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KSTK and more


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
The Pursuit of Happiness: Virtue or Pleasure?
From: Open to Debate
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Happiness is a complex emotion and mental state that can be achieved through virtue or pleasure. But should it be for the good of the individual or...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2024-05-17 Fighting Fossil Fuels in the Courts and on the Ballot
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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At age 9, Nalleli Cobo, suffering headaches, heart palpitations, nosebleeds, and body spasms, became an activist, driven to fighting to close the l...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
240517: Fighting Fossil Fuels in the Courts and on the Ballot, 5/17/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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At age 9, Nalleli Cobo, suffering headaches, heart palpitations, nosebleeds, and body spasms, became an activist, driven to fighting to close the l...

  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
Melissa Sevigny on the Grand Canyon’s untold history
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Melissa Sevigny is an award-winning science journalist at Arizona Public Radio and author of the amazing new book Brave the Wild River, which won t...

  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 28:28
The Army has stepped up its training for tunnel warfare, a dangerous - and growing - form of combat
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: An Army Special Forces soldier stands near the entrance of Fort Liberty's subterranean training facility. The elaborate Hamas tunnels in Gaza have brought new attention to underground combat, but the U.S. military began increasing its focus on tunnel warf, Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
Hamas' elaborate tunnels in Gaza have brought attention to underground warfare, but it's a tactic used by many other potential U.S. adversaries.

Bought by KTEP, KRPS, and WHRV


  • Added: May 15, 2024
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 3
Stephanie Flanders on A Trump Economy & What to Watch in The Ultimate Election Year
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Just in time for election season, Laura invites her sister Stephanie back to the program. Stephanie is the head of Economics and Government at Bloo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK, KWMR, and WNYE


  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
2423: Marcus Aurelius, 6/4/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Do you have to be an emperor to lead a Stoic life?

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Nevada Supreme Court Throws Out Citizen Ballot Initiatives on Redistricting, and May Have Damaged Future Direct Democracy Efforts in the Process
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Nevada Supreme Court Throws Out Citizen Ballot Initiatives on Redistricting, and May Have Damaged Future Direct Democracy Efforts in the Process

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
2024-05-12 Mary Wollstonecraft
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How does inequality distort our personalities and relationships?

Bought by KSKQ and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
How Should We Respond To Climate Change?
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Dr. Steve Koonin, a former U.S. Secretary of Science, and Dr. Michael Greenstone, Director of the Energy Policy Institute at University of Chicago,...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 13, 2024
  • Length: 26:02
  • Purchases: 1
A New Corporate Dirty Trick to Pick Your Pocketbook
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
We all have to buy groceries, household goods, and a fair amount of fast food. But are we getting what we pay for, or a hidden swindle?

  • Added: May 12, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
#2023 Presidential Effects on Markets
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
How do elections affect Markets A history and explanation NEWS CAST

  • Added: May 12, 2024
  • Length: 04:10
MOCK TRIAL: Should the Courts Restrict Access to the Abortion Pill?
From: Open to Debate
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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
Top of Mind - Ending Toxic Polarization in American Politics
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Division is nothing new in America, but this political divide feels different. Why are we so angry? How can we end this toxic polarization?

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
South Dakota Democracy Advocates Submit Ballot Measure Signatures for a ‘Top 2’ Single Ballot Open Primary System. If Approved, All Voters Get a Voice in the Primary
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
South Dakota Democracy Advocates Submit Ballot Measure Signatures for a ‘Top 2’ Single Ballot Open Primary System. If Approved, All Voters Get a V...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Eleven years after his arrest, 'Fat Leonard' faces sentencing in a massive Navy corruption scandal
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A 2022 wanted poster issued by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Leonard Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," who allegedly cut off his ankle monitor and fled the U.S. He was later arrested in Venezuela and now faces sentencing for masterminding a Navy bri, Credit: U.S. Marshals Service
Military contractor Leonard Glenn Francis bribed more than thirty Navy officials in one of the biggest military corruption cases in U.S. history.

Bought by WHRV, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KUT, and KTEP


  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 5
2422: Logic For Everyone, 5/28/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Does logic always lead us to the truth?

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
2421: Akan Philosophy and Personhood, 5/21/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Mind, soul, body, and breath—how do all of these go together for the Akan people of West Africa?

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Steve Arveschoug on leadership, anxiety and getting help
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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Steve Arveschoug is the executive director of Big Sky Economic Development in Billings and an advocate for leaders to embrace vulnerability and men...

  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:05
Crime & Migration: An Abolitionist Plan for Immigration Justice
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When it comes to crime and migration, all sorts of politicians have justified mass detention and incarceration in the name of confronting a dangero...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, WNYE, and KWMR


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Medical Cannabis -- Groks Science Show 2024-05-08
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Benjamin Caplan discussed his book, The Doctor-Approved Cannabis Handbook.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RadioFreePalmer, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Meet the "fixers" who volunteer to help you repair appliances, clothing, and more
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Fixers at Hennepin County's April Fix-It Clinic, Credit: Matthew Schneeman
Do you have a charger that doesn't charge anymore? Vacuum clogged somewhere you can’t reach? Instead of tossing it out, you could bring it to a fix...

  • Added: May 07, 2024
  • Length: 07:04

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