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Banning of so-called “classics” grabs public attention, but books like To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984 don't need your defense. It's the more recent...
- Added: Nov 08, 2023
- Length: 19:25
Over the past few years, school board races have become more heated and more political — and books have become the center of that political storm. ...
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 26:32
The birth of obscenity laws in the 1870s provides a cautionary tale for the present moment, when far-right conservatives incorrectly label books “s...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Oct 25, 2023
- Length: 26:15
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Luminous: Your Brain On 'Shrooms" - More and more scientists believe psychedelics can open a window into how our minds work. And for som...
- Added: Jul 14, 2023
- Length: 01:59:01
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Two Years After Jan. 6 Insurrection, GOP Continues to Threaten Democracy; ...
- Added: Jan 11, 2023
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the...
- Added: Jun 24, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Democracy Itself at Stake in Defeating the Republican Culture War; Extinct...
Bought by RADIOLEX, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and WETS
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
The fight over what can and can’t be taught in schools is shaping up to be one of the most controversial issues in a pivotal mid-term election year...
Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more
- Added: Apr 27, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 8
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Europe’s Dependence on Russian Gas Key Element in the Ukraine Crisis; GOP ...
- Added: Feb 16, 2022
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Jazz Migrations" - Jazz wasn't just born in America. There's an alternative history — a story of colonial empires, grassroots revolution...
- Added: Oct 08, 2021
- Length: 01:59:00
This week on the show: Defying censorship -
Censorship comes in many forms. You might have heard that Facebook blocked news coverage in Austra...
- Added: Feb 26, 2021
- Length: 30:00
Something funny happened on the way to the comedy club in India but no-one is laughing.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 01, 2021
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Hope: How Do We Make It?" - We continue our three part series on hope. Can you create it through activism, faith, music or some other ac...
- Added: Jan 29, 2021
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Music On Your Mind" - Doctors say a simple song can awaken the minds of Alzheimer's patients. This hour, music as medicine. HOUR TWO: "F...
- Added: Jun 26, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Filtering Free Speech" - Language is powerful. But what if someone tells you to stop talking? This hour, free speech and modern censorsh...
- Added: Jun 05, 2020
- Length: 01:58:58
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Minneapolis Police Murder of George Floyd Triggers Nationwide Week of Mass...
Bought by WKPW
- Added: Jun 03, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Filtering Free Speech" - Language is powerful. But what if someone tells you to stop talking? This hour, free speech and modern censorsh...
- Added: Sep 27, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
HOUR ONE: "Finding Your Voice" - Your voice is one of the most recognizable things about you. So why do we admire some voices and silence others?
...
- Added: Jul 26, 2019
- Length: 01:58:57
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.” So goes the quote from librarian Jo Godwin. From Dr. Seuss to kosher books to ...
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 24:17
Lewis Wallace was a reporter at Marketplace. You may have heard his voice on the Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio.
That was until h...
Bought by WVAS
- Added: Mar 29, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Wilde's facility with words contributes to his undoing.
- Added: Jan 15, 2019
- Length: 01:57:58
- Purchases: 17
Dr. Shelley Stamp talks digging, allegory, and the relative nature of shocking subject matter.
- Added: Oct 13, 2018
- Length: 16:25
- Purchases: 2
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews:
Fear of Russian ‘Fake News’, Provokes Facebook Censorship of Legitimate P...
- Added: Aug 29, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Dr. Bassem Yousseff and Sara Taksler talk shooting from a moving car, the power of satire, and being airport certified.
- Added: Oct 25, 2017
- Length: 25:03
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
Scholar Thomas Doherty explores the Motion Picture Production Code, a 5,000 word guideline that censored — and shaped –American cinema for nearly t...
- Added: Oct 02, 2015
- Length: 08:28
- Purchases: 2