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Narratives are all around us. These big meta-stories tell us who we are as a nation and the values we share. Narratives help us explain why things ...
- Added: Sep 26, 2021
- Length: 02:12
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 20, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 15, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
Education is more than job training, says Duke University professor Priscilla Wald.
- Added: Nov 07, 2016
- Length: 02:06
Norman Wirzba sees a moral vacuum at the heart of the presidential campaign: He says candidates are ignoring society's most vulnerable citizens. Wi...
- Added: Nov 07, 2016
- Length: 02:11
We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes,...
- Added: Oct 21, 2016
- Length: 02:18
As the National Park Service turns 100 this year, our national parks represent a terrifically valuable asset in need of attention, says Stuart Pimm.
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 02:18
It's "very expensive to be poor in contemporary America," says Duke Divinity School professor Luke Bretherton. Usury is one reason why.
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- Added: Sep 22, 2016
- Length: 02:10
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Climate change debates often center on the future. But our dirty environment carries a heavy price tag right now, says Drew Shindell, a physicist a...
- Added: Sep 20, 2016
- Length: 02:06
The word that best describes America's infrastructure is "crumbling," says Henry Petroski.
Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engi...
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 02:07
Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 01:40
New voter identification laws could sharply curb voter participation in N.C. and other states, says Duke University historian Gunther Peck.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 02:14
With our piecemeal coastal policies, "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast," says Duke University economist Martin Smith.
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- Added: May 16, 2016
- Length: 02:19
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National service is a winning issue with potential bipartisan appeal, says a professor at Duke University.
- Added: May 10, 2016
- Length: 02:05
Climate change, failing infrastructure and growing inequality add up to a perfect storm that is poised to hit the nation's poor, says Megan Mullin....
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- Added: May 05, 2016
- Length: 01:51
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2013 Lead Show track from Mikhail Tank's Darksoul Theatre
Written, performed and produced by Mikhail Tank
Published by Prince of Darkness, BMI
Stu...
- Added: Dec 04, 2012
- Length: 04:23
Canadian prison law specialist John Hill interviews American best-selling author and journalist Doug Fine and Canadian former prisoner Robert 'Rosi...
- Added: Oct 04, 2012
- Length: 22:08
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
(NOTE: This piece is non-narrated.)
The Guardian has described Louisiana chemist Wilma Subra as BP’s “worst nightmare.” A winner of the MacArthur ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2011
- Length: 05:49
This Story is Free! Its part 1 in a six part series on Education in Emergencies and features Moderator Amy Costello in a conversation with Radhika ...
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- Added: Oct 23, 2007
- Length: 29:49
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Media Commentary on Senator Larry Craig
- Added: Sep 06, 2007
- Length: 02:32
"And the rest is silence" is the famous, much-praised last line of Hamlet - it applies to the cut to sudden-black at the end of The Sopranos, doesn...
- Added: Jun 23, 2007
- Length: 03:55
we're all closure-junkies - craving resolutions in the endings of the stories we encounter - can we break the habit long enough to appreciate the e...
- Added: Jun 23, 2007
- Length: 07:09
first of series of special analysis of The Sopranos' ending ... here, I compare it to the famous ending of Stockton's The Lady or The Tiger...
- Added: Jun 23, 2007
- Length: 04:41
Media commentary on television news anchors
- Added: Nov 24, 2004
- Length: 02:39
