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Feet To The Fire
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
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Jess talks with California's Attorney General Rob Bonta about a historic lawsuit he filed against Big Oil to hold them accountable for the devastat...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Making the Case for Public Health
From: Brown University School of Public Health
Series: Humans in Public Health
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Liz Tobin-Tyler is a public health lawyer. She works on reproductive rights, maternal and child health, domestic violence and poverty—and the healt...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 14:44
258: Legalizing Nature’s Rights: How Tribal Nations are Leading the Fastest Growing Environmental Movement in History, 3/27/2024
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: From left to right: Frank Bibeau, Thomas Linzey, Alexis Bunten and Samantha Skenandore
The Rights of Nature movement launched internationally in 2006 and is growing fast. Driven primarily by tribes and citizen-led communities, more th...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:30
Denial
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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Just how far would you go to defend free speech?

Bought by KMUN, KCHW, Spokane Public Radio, KFCF FM, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:58:02
  • Purchases: 33
Leading the Court - Canada's First Female Chief Justice
From: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
Series: Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future
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Making the right decision can be the toughest part of leadership. Obsessing about it can freeze you from making any decision at all! Beverley McLa...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Michael Fakhri, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that we have more than enough food to feed everyone on the planet and then some? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
After defeating affirmative action at most colleges, activists' next target is military academies
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: New cadets line up at West Point for Reception Day June 26, 2023. The military academy's class of 2027 includes more than 1250 people. , Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy at West Point
In its June ruling outlawing affirmative action in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court excepted the nation's military academies. A new lawsu...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KLCC and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 8
3M has agreed to pay $6 billion over faulty earplugs. Now, plaintiffs must decide whether to accept.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 3M's dual-ended "Combat Arms" earplugs were issued to troops from 2003 to 2015. They were designed to let conversation, commands, and other normal sounds through, but blunt the force of loud noises like gunfire., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
About a quarter million troops and veterans have signed on as plaintiffs in litigation claiming the "Combat Arms" earplugs - manufactured by a 3M s...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KRPS, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 7
The Fight Over the Indian Child Welfare Act Is Not Just A Custody Battle (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On the face of it, the legal arguments at the Supreme Court over the Indian Child Welfare Act seem to be a custody battle over Native children and ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
'A rocket docket': Judges want a speedy process to settle thousands of Camp Lejeune water cases
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Michael Partain (left) and Jerry Ensminger, long-time activists for people harmed by Camp Lejeune water, speak outside the Raleigh, N.C. federal courthouse after a hearing. Hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs are expected to join the case., Credit: Jay Price / American Homefront
Federal judges overseeing the massive litigation hope to keep cases from dragging on for years. As many as a million people were exposed to contami...

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


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
Democracy Headlines from Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin & Michigan
From: Brian Beihl
Series: American Democracy Minute
Caption: The American Democracy Minute Radio Report
Democracy Headlines from Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin & Michigan

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 01:30
The Fight Over the Indian Child Welfare Act Is Not Just A Custody Battle
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On the face of it, the legal arguments at the Supreme Court over the Indian Child Welfare Act seem to be a custody battle over Native children and ...

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


  • Added: Jan 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Civics 101: Is Santa A Criminal?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
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In an uncharacteristic wash of holiday cheer, today we investigate how the actions of Santa could be interpreted in a court of law.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 23:35
  • Purchases: 1
Genome Defense -- Groks Science Show 2022-12-07
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Jorge Contreras discussed his new book, The Genome Defense.

Bought by KDX Worldround Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 07, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Shame in Medicine: 7. On Trial
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest
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1 in 10 physicians will get sued at some point in their career – but physicians rarely discuss this, much less prepare for it. How do we bring liti...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 40:56
OutCasting 0099 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 24 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
Should the constitutional right of LGBTQ people to be equal under the law be denied in order not to offend some people’s religious beliefs?

Bought by Radio Catskill and C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
OutCasting 0098 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 23 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
Right-wing myths and the dismantling of the separation between church and state.

Bought by Radio Catskill, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
OutCasting 0097 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 22 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
The future of the LGBTQ equality movement as the separation between church and state is being eroded

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RADIOLEX, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: May 27, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
SCOTUS abortion case leak shows queer rights at risk too
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Out in the Bay's federal courts analyst details how the US Supreme Court's anticipated decision in Mississippi abortion case jeopardizes LGBTQ rights., Credit: Courtesy ACLU/AP
How deeply are LGBTQ civil liberties threatened by abortion cases now before the conservative-led U.S. Supreme Court? Federal courts journalist Lis...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: May 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
OutCasting 0096 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 21 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
LGBTQ people face more discrimination than many realize, and the arc of the moral universe doesn’t bend toward justice all by itself.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Apr 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Originalist
From: L.A. Theatre Works
Series: L.A. Theatre Works
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A timely play about a polarizing figure.

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


  • Added: Apr 19, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:04
  • Purchases: 32
OutCasting 0095 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 20 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
The Biden administration’s work to undo the anti-LGBTQ policies of the Trump administration; current status of the Equality Act; growth in inclusiv...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
OutCasting 0094 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 19 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
The wall between church and state is disappearing, and many new state laws are targeting LGBTQ people for unequal treatment. How do these laws aff...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Their name was Pauli Murray
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pauli Murray circa 1931, age 21, Credit: Courtesy of Amazon Studios
Pauli Murray was a 20th century Black Queer civil rights trailblazer and legal scholar you’ve probably never heard of. On this edition of Out in th...

Bought by KALW, KVSC, KUT, and WORT


  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
OutCasting 0093 -- Using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ people -- part 18 of an in-depth exploration
From: Media for the Public Good, Inc. - OutCasting Media
Series: OutCasting
Caption: Jennifer C. Pizer, OutCaster Isha, Credit: Jennifer Pizer image - Lambda Legal
The Supreme Court reconsiders abortion. How could this reverberate into hard-won LGBTQ rights, especially as the Court erodes the separation betwe...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Radio Catskill, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jan 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3