BackBeat Special Edition: 'Hijacking Jihad' Follow-up Live from WISE Up Summit

November 01, 2017

Although the "WISE Up: Knowledge Ends Extremism" report has been in the works for several years, in some ways, it’s more accurately 16 years in the making.

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BackBeat: Exonerated and Broke

October 05, 2017

The news beat podcast team dissects disparity in exoneration compensation laws across the U.S. and the inspiration for the "Exonerated and Broke" episode.

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The Rise of Facebook & Downfall of Social Discourse

October 03, 2017

This paradigm of how people consume news and information and the manner in which its circulated to friends and family shifted a long time ago.

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The Flashpoint Has Arrived. Sports Will Never Be The Same.

September 30, 2017

There’s no question that outward political acts, or even something as small as engaging in conversation about topics unrelated to an athlete’s profession, is almost universally considered blasphemous

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The Fallacy of 'Trump the Independent'

September 25, 2017

It’s an incredible spectacle, really, to watch the corporate media and their favorite talking heads explore this notion of Trump’s so-called independence. This, only a month after Trump failed to issu

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Journalism Has Never Sounded So Good

September 23, 2017

News Beat is fueled by journalism, expert voices, progressive issues & music. Our producer Manny Faces explains why hip-hop is our genre of choice.

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The Truth on Trial: Recalling Chelsea Manning’s Court Martial

August 31, 2017

Under the circumstances of which Manning has spent the last seven years of her life it’s equally mind-numbing and inspiring to witness her very public and incredibly honest transformation.

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BackBeat: Hijacking Jihad

August 31, 2017

A behind-the-scenes examination of our latest News Beat episode: Hijacking Jihad - Reclaiming Islam's 'Personal Struggle'

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BackBeat: True Origins of the War on Drugs

August 23, 2017

BackBeat is our way of giving listeners some behind-the-scenes audio ear candy about each News Beat episode.

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America… We’re gonna be just fine: A Post-Trump Survival Plan

August 18, 2017

Tick-Tock. Bannons' out and Trump's days are numbered. Trumpism is a cancer and the best way to fight cancer is to starve the tumor.

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