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Glenn Kaino and Tommie Smith Take a Stand
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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In 1968, Black American athlete Tommie Smith set a new world record. He became a gold medalist when he raced to win the 200-meter event at the Summ...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2021
  • Length: 20:52
2020 Done! 2021 New Beginnings!
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: 2020 Done!
Since you are reading this you made it! 2020 is a year we will never forget. We welcome 2021and new beginnings. Listen to learn how to make resolut...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 51:53
Emotional Resilience Key Skill for Our Times
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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Several years ago a colleague of mine, Geetu Bharwaney, from the UK, wrote an excellent book about emotional resilience. With all the challenges we...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 54:58
Abdel Nasser's Colts
From: Israel Story
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Documentary filmmaker Elise Coker and producer Joel Shupack introduce us to twenty-two-year-old Abdel Naser Musleh, from Kafr ‘Aqab, near Ramallah....

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 28:07
Living Planet 08/21/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Whose outdoors is it anyway? - The outdoor community hasn't always had a good record when it comes to diversity. This w...

Bought by WFIU, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KRZA, and WXDU


  • Added: Aug 23, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 23: Into the Ice
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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The B-15 iceberg in Antarctica was the largest iceberg in recorded history. Explorer Jill Heinerth wanted to see what it looked like from the insid...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 33:06
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 22: Prairie Warbler
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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When Drew Lanham was a child, he used to lie down in a field and play dead, just so he could get a glimpse of vultures flying over him. He made bin...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2020
  • Length: 37:14
Episode 16: Everything Floats
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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We visit a place where the “black sheep” of the Guggenheim family went to be free.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 22:27
Episode 14: The Town That Stayed Quiet
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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We visit a city in Northern Italy where everyone decided to stay quiet to save something beautiful.

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 22:26
591-Teddy's First Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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One of the perks of being an asteroid hunter is to discover a comet and have it carry your name. Teddy's first comet discovery is a member of a gr...

Bought by KCHW, Simply Beautiful, WLPR , Allegheny Mountain Radio, KENW and more


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
Spectrum/ Science Unscripted 04/21/2020
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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In this episode, hosts Gabriel Borrud and Conor Dillon answer corona FAQs and the "latex glove question," let you know where to swim safely, and t...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 30:00
Kids In Space
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: Astronaut Christina Koch
The Children's Hour held a live chat with astronaut Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station, and the kids interviewed space researchers

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Archaeology
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Caption: A peek at the collection of more than 8 million artifacts, Credit: Katie Stone
Broadcasting from a laboratory inside the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, the Kids learn about the science of studying ancient cultures.

Bought by KCHU, KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Spectrum 09/17/2019
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: This is a conspiracy - Area 51, 9/11, the moon landing. Conspiracy theorists will happily tell you that only they know w...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle


  • Added: Sep 17, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
492-Not Human
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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From the time 3 million years ago that our ancestor Lucy walked in what is now Ethiopia until the widespread use of electric lighting began in the ...

Bought by KENW, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
GN_4.06_Haileys Harvest
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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Washington state 5 year-old decides to feed the homeless.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2018
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
450-Saint Patrick's Day Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On Saint Patrick's Day I discovered a comet which I share with my wife Annie Grauer.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, KENW, WTIP, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
437-Christmas Comet
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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On December 25, 2017, while searching for Earth approaching asteroids in the constellation of Virgo, the Universe gave my Catalina Sky Survey teamm...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WTIP, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Two teens overcome bullying
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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Why do kids bully? And what moves them to stop?

Bought by WMPG and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 30:58
  • Purchases: 2
An Inspirational Story of a Friend and Colleague who Overcame Racism and Low Expectations
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Overcoming racism and low expectations
Lenzy R. Wallace Jr., PH.D., an African American, has had three successful careers, succeeding despite the odds. At 90 years old and actively retir...

  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 39:01
Liberation Theology: A March to Freedom
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Liberation Theology: A March to Freedom explores the conceptual framework of liberation theology. We will examine why Liberation Theology, with its...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Absence Shadows Our Hearts
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
Caption: Houssam, Houda’s father, holds his newborn granddaughter Shooq in Jordan two days before the family left for America.
Episode 2: We begin to introduce you to Houda’s family.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:10
Finding Refuge in Friendship
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
Caption: Houda and Melanie on KXCI’s front porch. , Credit: Photo by episode 1 translator, Radwa Abdel-Barry.
Episode 1: In August of 2016, Melanie and Houda met at potluck for Arizona Welcomes Refugees. It was just a few weeks after Houda’s family arrived ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:58
When her daughter became her son (and vice versa)
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
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What happens when the person you thought was your daughter becomes your son, and vice versa? Two mothers struggle to accept their transgender child...

Bought by KVSC and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Dec 28, 2016
  • Length: 33:37
  • Purchases: 2
Resistance and Resilience: The Cultural Legacy of the Black Panther Party
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Refa Senay
The Black Panther Party combined Black Power’s militancy with socialist ideology, and infused funk music with Franz Fanon’s writings. Their impact...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:00