This I Believe

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  • Location: Louisville, KY

This I Believe is a national media project that invites people from all walks of life to write and speak aloud brief essays describing the core values that guide their lives. The series creates a unique space in the media today: a space for truth without accusation, patriotism without political spin, and faith beyond religious dogma.

This I Believe is independently produced by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman with John Gregory and Viki Merrick for This I Believe, Inc. and Atlantic Public Media.

Series

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18 Pieces

Archives of the original This I Believe series, hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

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201 Pieces

A national media project that invites people from all walks of life to write and speak aloud brief essays describing the core values that guide their lives.


Pieces

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Although born in England, Andrew Sullivan finds his beliefs in America?s Declaration of Independence.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KTRT RADIO INC, KUER, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WDSE and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 10
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Listener Ruth Kamps now finds her beliefs to be as firmly rooted as the pine tree that gives her inspiration.

Bought by WHRV


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
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Former Congressman Newt Gingrich uses the lessons of history to build his beliefs for the future.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:27
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In the debate between nature and nurture, Gloria Steinem believes we are asking the wrong question.

Bought by WFUV, KUOW, WMPG, and KVNF


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 4
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NPR listener Steve Porter has a theory for surviving the ups and downs of life.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:24
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Novelist Rick Moody believes in the unlimited joy of reading a new book and interpreting its story.

Bought by WHFR, WMPG, WKMS, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 4
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NPR listener Colleen Shaddox believes jazz music has united her family across the generations.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 1
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For years, journalist Ted Gup wasn't sure what he believed. Now he realizes that may be a good thing.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:54
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Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison draws from personal experience to believe in her own unquiet mind.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
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Physicist Brian Greene believes that science can inspire people and unite us into a greater whole.

Bought by Interfaith Voices and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2