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The Write Question - Arnold "Smoke" Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Arnold “Smoke” Elser and Eva-Maria Maggi discuss Smoke’s memoir, “Hush of the Land: A Lifetime in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.”

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?
From: Open to Debate
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American women are, on average, paid 84 cents for every dollar men make, according to the Department of Labor. Those in favor of closing the gap se...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and KRVS


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Has Citizens United Undermined Democracy?
From: Open to Debate
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The landmark Citizens United Supreme Court case is in the news again in this high-stakes election year. Those who agree with the decision say it up...

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


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
2024-03-01 What More Can I Do?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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If you’re a climate-conscious person, you likely already know some of the main ways you can reduce your contribution to greenhouse gasses: buy less...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, KSQD Santa Cruz, KOWS and more


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 10
240301: What More Can I Do?, 3/1/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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If you’re a climate-conscious person, you likely already know some of the main ways you can reduce your contribution to greenhouse gasses: buy less...

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:55
Twenty Three -- Groks Science Show 2024-02-28
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
We look back at the past and gaze forward to the future of science.

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


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
After Caving to Conspiracy Theorists, States Which Left ERIC Now Using Weaker & More Expensive Alternatives; At Least One State May Rejoin ERIC.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
After Caving to Conspiracy Theorists, States Which Left ERIC Now Using Weaker & More Expensive Alternatives; At Least One State May Rejoin ERIC.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Constant Wonder - Divine Discontent and the Unyielding Pursuit of Justice
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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In 1963, a 12-year-old Freeman Hrabowski III accepted Martin Luther King's challenge to march, and that week set the course of his life.

  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
Top of Mind - Can Non-Citizens Vote? The Complicated History of Voting Rights
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Most places require you to be a citizen to vote. Is there value to this restriction?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 10
Living Planet 03/01/24
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Can you teach a flock of birds how to migrate? We find out on a journey from Germany to Spain. And the latest in our environmental dilemma segment ...

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


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Foreign Policy is on the Ballot… But Do We Care? A 2024 Election Special
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Time to pull out your maps...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, WHCP-LP Cambridge, RADIOLEX, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Delaware Court Strikes Down Permanent Absentee Voter List and Early Voting Laws as Unconstitutional, Affecting Tens of Thousands for 2024
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Delaware Court Strikes Down Permanent Absentee Voter List and Early Voting Laws as Unconstitutional, Affecting Tens of Thousands for 2024

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
‘She Didn’t Want to Die. But She Didn’t Want to Suffer’
From: Tradeoffs
Caption: Steven Petrow (R) and Jay Petrow (L) kiss their sister Julie Petrow-Cohen. Julie used New Jersey’s medical aid in dying law after a six-year battle with ovarian cancer., Credit: Courtesy of the Petrow family
A handful of states allow terminally ill people to take life-ending medications prescribed by a doctor instead of waiting for death. This week, we ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 21:12
Idaho’s United Vision Project: Confronting Extremism in America's Heartland
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As the 2024 presidential election campaign heats up, Idaho is not a place that Democratic campaign strategists will be thinking about, but writing ...

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


  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
I&I - The Gen Z gender divide
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
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This week's episode is our February edition of Incentives & Instincts, a recurring series in which Justin speaks with economist and friend Bryce Wa...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2024
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
In Seven Super Tuesday Primary States There’s Still Time to Register to Vote, Thanks to Election Day Registration
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report, Credit: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
In Seven Super Tuesday Primary States There’s Still Time to Register to Vote, Thanks to Election Day Registration

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 27, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Monica Guzman on the importance of curiosity to build relationships that bridge divides
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we explore how bridging by building relationships and being curious can connect peo...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Season 1, Episode 18 - 'Placemaking For All' feat Mark Lakeman
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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How our cities are designed has a direct impact on our humanity towards one another.

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC and WOJB


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 57:44
  • Purchases: 2
2410: Should All Ages Be Equal?, 3/5/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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When is it right to treat people of different age groups differently, and when does it become age discrimination?

  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
The RNC Weaves a Tangled Web, Pushing Early & Mail-In Voting to Its Base, While Litigating and Legislating to Limit It In Swing States
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
The RNC Weaves a Tangled Web, Pushing Early & Mail-In Voting to Its Base, While Litigating and Legislating to Limit It In Swing States

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
2024-02-25 Im Yunjidang
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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The life and thought of the first Confucian feminist.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
A Majority of Americans Like Voting by Mail - Including Many Florida Republicans. Making it Harder May Keep Them From Voting, Too.
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
A Majority of Americans Like Voting by Mail - Including Many Florida Republicans. Making it Harder May Keep Them From Voting, Too.

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, and WUTC


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Francesca Abroad: Following an American high school student’s year in Sarajevo
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Audacious with Chion Wolf
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On this episode of Audacious, follow an American high school student studying in Sarajevo. You’ll hear what she felt, what she learned, and how she...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2024
  • Length: 50:00
Proposition F: Tying Cash Welfare to Drug Screening
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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March 2024 Election Special: Mayor London Breed is facing one of the most pivotal moments of her political career as she campaigns for reelection a...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Making Sense of Voting on Judges in San Francisco
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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March 2024 Election Special: Why are San Francisco residents being asked to vote on County Superior Court Judges? We talk to University of San Fran...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Feb 23, 2024
  • Length: 22:13
  • Purchases: 1

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