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America's Black Capital
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Cover of the book, "America's Black Capital", Credit: Hachette Book Group
On this week's episode, we speak with Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar about his latest book, “America's Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta ...

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


  • Added: Apr 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Denial of the Funk: The Impact of Racism on our Nation's Health
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Portrait of Dr. Cornel West, Credit: Gage Skidmore (from creative commons)
On today's show, we hear from noted author, scholar, and self-described intellectual freedom fighter, Dr. Cornel West. In his discussions, West use...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Smithsonian Associates: The Culture Wars: How Can We Lower the Temperature?
From: Paul VOGELZANG
Series: Smithsonian Associates Interview Series, Not Old Better Show
Caption: The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Series
As the US nears its 250th anniversary, cultural conflicts risk overshadowing this milestone. Smithsonian Associate Clay Jenkinson, a public humanit...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 40:40
Post-Roe America: 5. Culture of Silence
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
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Many physicians have been advocating publicly for reproductive health for decades, but many more have remained silent on the subject of abortion, f...

Bought by KGLP and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:47
  • Purchases: 2
Post-Roe America: 4. Uprooted
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
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Leilah Zahedi-Sprung never planned to leave her life behind in Tennessee. But after Roe fell, she found herself having to make an impossible decisi...

Bought by KGLP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:22
  • Purchases: 3
Post-Roe America: 3. Trust Women
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
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After the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, many states in the middle of the country severely restricted abortion – but Kansas stood out as an except...

Bought by KGLP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 36:11
  • Purchases: 3
Post-Roe America: 2. The Canary
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Post-Roe America
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When SB 8 passed in September 2021, Texas clinicians experienced a “Dobbs before Dobbs” effect, almost nine months before the rest of the nation. W...

Bought by KGLP, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and WYAP


  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 4
Boats on a River
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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An American expatriate and his British colleague work tirelessly to rehabilitate Cambodian children from the nightmare of prostitution.

Bought by KFCF FM, Spokane Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 17
WHAT IS RUDE? Across Cultures, with Cross-Cultural Communications Specialist Katherine King
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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WHAT IS RUDE? Across Cultures, with Cross-Cultural Communications Specialist Katherine King. We share ideas and delve deep into presumptions, expe...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 27:31
Strong Songs – Strong Women
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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Women who are confident, self-reliant, assertive, fair and just sing songs of personal and collective strength.

  • Added: Mar 13, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:01
643: If Your Clothes Could Talk / 644: Why The Classics Matter, 12/4/2021
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: 'If Your Clothes Could Talk' - Whether you know it or not, your closets are filled with personal information. Do you think about what are...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:59:00
Episode #579 - R&B Car Songs
From: Matt "The Cat" Baldassarri
Series: Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
Caption: Juke In The Back with Matt The Cat, Credit: Public Domain
The juke is jumpin' with records focusing on classic R&B songs about cars. Musicologists Billy Vera and Steve Propes drop by the "Juke In The Back"...

Bought by KCSM, Royalton Community Radio, WHRV, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, WOUB and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Making Sense of a Growing Refugee Crisis
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, journalist Hana Baba talks with former refugee Maryan Hassan and author Ty McCormick, whose new book "Beyond the Sand and Sea" tel...

Bought by Classic107.3, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: May 19, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
GN_3.28_Daily Table
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Trader Joe's president creates a new non-profit grocery store that solves major American problems: wasted food and food desserts.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_3.31_Lawn Bounty
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
The average American meal travels on average 1500 miles from farm to table. In Orlando, a growing collective, are utilizing neighborhood front yard...

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_3.34_One Simple Question
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A caring black musician is dedicated to convincing Ku Klux Klansmen to leave the organization through the power of music and conversation.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
20 Years in Afghanistan: Was it Worth it?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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US military forces have occupied Afghanistan for almost 20 years and now, President Biden says it’s time to end the war. But Afghanistan is still f...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Can We Vaccinate 7.9 Billion People?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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If you live in the United States, there’s a good chance you’ve already been vaccinated, or at least have an appointment booked, but people who live...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Apr 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Exporting America's Gun Problem
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, journalists J Brian Charles and Ioan Grillo join us to talk about how complicated gun violence is, and how tighter gun laws could ...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Why the Solarwinds Cyberattack Was Inevitable
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week on WorldAffairs, New York Times reporters David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth join us to talk about the threat of cyberwarfare, how the Unit...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Mar 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Why Farmers are Fighting in Modi's India
From: Mateo Schimpf
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In this episode, we talk with experts and journalists about India’s new agricultural reforms, why farmers don’t like it, and how platforms like Fa...

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 24, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
Yemen's Hunger Ward
From: Mateo Schimpf
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After more than five years of civil war, Yemenis are bracing for what could be the worst famine the world has seen in decades. Hunger Ward, a new d...

Bought by Classic107.3 and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 17:30
  • Purchases: 2
Coyote
From: Fil Corbitt
Series: The Wind
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An ode to the coyote. Dan Flores and his book Coyote America, dueling press releases, and The Wind Inaugural Coyote Calling Contest.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 47:41
Our American Story
From: Garrett Stack
Series: Broadway Bound
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America's story is told through Broadway songs.

Bought by WORT, KVNO, and WMNR


  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 01:57:30
  • Purchases: 3
We Have the Power to Stop World Hunger
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week we’re looking at how to solve food insecurity around the world. We’ll hear from nonprofit leaders working on the frontlines and a doctor ...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KWMR


  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2

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