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Farmers Get Relief as Tariffs Hit Home

We take a look at the newly announced $12 billion aid package for farmers negatively impacted by tariffs; we discuss the case of an undocumented immigrant from Ecuador who was detained by ICE last month after making a food delivery to a military base in Brooklyn, New York; a look at 120 years since the U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico; and we end the hour with a discussion on how to deal with frustration on the job.

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Farmers Get Relief as Tariffs Hit Home

Connecting Disaster Survivors With Radio Waves

September 29, 2017: ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio is sending a group of volunteer ham radio operators to Puerto Rico to connect disaster survivors with family members. The Takeaway explores how the group is helping hurricane victims, plus a look at the Children's Health Insurance Program; a Supreme Court case that could deal a blow to unions; modern lessons from a veteran of the free speech movement; new movie reviews; and unlearning the myth of American exceptionalism. 

Connecting Disaster Survivors With Radio Waves
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Radio Free(ing) Africa

An unsung weapon against terrorism that has proven successful in Africa is the power of the airwaves — shortwave radio reaching people with reliable information, and programming that helps educate them, connect them and imagine a different kind of future. The ubiquity of cellphones allows people in conflict regions to call in, challenge abuses of power and have a voice. That's worked in the Congo, with Radio Okapi. It's working now in areas where Boko Haram has been active in West Africa, and the new Dandal Kura radio network is now broadcasting. Host Mary Kay Magistad talks with her old editor and friend David Smith, who helped set up both.
Radio Free(ing) Africa

Psychedelic Science, Restorative Radio, Obamacare Battle

May 16, 2016: 

1. Venezuela on the Brink of Collapse (5 min)

2. Presidential Candidates Miss the Mark on Healthcare (5 min)

3. Alabama Prison Strike Enters Second Week (6 min)

4. LSD Gets Revival as Scientific Research Turns Psychedelic (4 min)

5. Paper: A Technology Without an Expiration Date? (6 min)

6. Restorative Radio Project Transports Prisoners Home (9 min)

Psychedelic Science, Restorative Radio, Obamacare Battle