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Putting a roof over their heads is a struggle for many Americans. Rising house prices, restrictive zoning, increasing rents, and a lack of small mo...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 17:34
Caption: Laura Flanders, Credit: Photo by Don J. Usner
Today’s corporate, capitalist economy is radically unequal, ecologically unsustainable, and embedded in recurring boom-and-bust cycles of crisis. N...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
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In just a few years, from 2019 to 2022, the national median sale price for a single-family home increased by 25%. And the rising costs of buying an...

  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 16:27
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"Capital bias" prioritizes wealth over people and the planet. What are the consequences? That question is at the core of “Wealth Supremacy: How the...

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


  • Added: Feb 07, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Imagine an economy that works for everyone.

Bought by WOJB


  • Added: Feb 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
  • Purchases: 1
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A bold experiment is taking place among Black farmers in the Southeast — a story of hope in an area with a history of plantation slavery, land thef...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KDNK, KWMR, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and WNYE


  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: ‘Best States to Work’ Report Highlights Government Policies Helping and Hu...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Learn the upsides, downsides and incentives that guide these Medicare Advantage plans, and how reforming them could save taxpayers billions of doll...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Biden’s Invocation of 14th Amendment Would Neutralize GOP Debt Ceiling Thr...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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HOUR ONE: "For The Love Of Moms" - If it weren't for them, there would be nobody on the planet, because they literally gave us the world. This hour...

  • Added: May 12, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Military spouses meet prospective employers at the MilSpo Career Expo at Fort Bragg, N.C. in September 2022., Credit: Audra Satterlee / U.S. Army
The law’s backers say it will cut red tape so spouses can continue their careers without interruption. But it’s not clear yet exactly how the law w...

Bought by KTEP, KWMU St. Louis, KUT, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Recent Bank Failures Demand Tougher Federal Regulation, interview with Jam...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: john a. powell and Angela Glover Blackwell , Credit: Alex Akamine
In this moment of radical transformation, shifting the societal pronoun from “me, me, me” to “we” may be the single most transformational pivot we ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
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Did you know that organic agriculture is a key to mitigating climate change, building strong rural economies and supporting public health? Join Foo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jan 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Is the American Dream dead? When Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of one of the founders of Disney, received a message from a worker at Disney’s f...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: As our current economy continues showing its weaknesses, the Circular Economy is gaining proponents -- but, Christoph Hinske points out, they're not seeing that system's weaknesses either.
Can you survive in the new economy? As supply chain disruptions proved, our current economic model is very linear. One kink in the chain can casca...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 54:43
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HOUR ONE: "Going For Broke: Change of Address" - In the first episode of a three-part series on the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Man...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke," all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WGBH Radio Boston, WKSU, WGUC/ WVXU, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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When the news broke of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, it was chilling to many people to learn that 40 percent of that small city’s budget wa...

Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Timely, In-Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Corporate Media’s Dishonest Coverage of Inflation Blames Biden; Talks to R...

Bought by WKPW


  • Added: Dec 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: John Kilpatrick of Greenfield Advisors believes a return to our traditional circular economy can help relieve a number of ills, particularly pollution and climate change.
Traditional organizations follow a linear economy that is often summarized by “take, make, waste.” John Kilpatrick joins host Maureen Metcalf to d...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 06, 2021
  • Length: 49:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Real estate agent Leslie Alford said the housing market near Ft. Riley, Kansas has been "crazy" this year,” with “a whole lot less houses for sale, a whole lot more competition for them, and higher prices.”, Credit: Courtesy Leslie Alford
Troops and veterans sometimes are hurt by misconceptions about VA mortgages, or they encounter sellers who don't want their home to go through a VA...

Bought by WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: In an August ceremony, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signs a law that makes it easier for military spouses to get professional licenses. The bill signing ceremony took place at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut., Credit: Office of Gov. Ned Lamont
Spouses who work in professions that require state licenses often hit roadblocks when they move to a new state. A few states are trying to streamli...

Bought by KUT and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2021
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
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This July, America’s largest remaining generic drug manufacturing plant is set to close its doors forever in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its parent ...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
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This episode includes writers Daniel Lavery and Michael Arceneaux, plus music from Jonathan Russell of indie folk group The Head and the Heart.

  • Added: Jun 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00