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This week we explore the latest from Portugal. The Man, My Morning Jacket, and the Goo Goo Dolls. Plus, hearing songs from the 49th state from New ...

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  • Added: May 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
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A Council on Academic Freedom launched at Harvard March 2023 and has some similar goals to a panel I helped create with Yale President Peter Salove...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 35:37
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HOUR ONE: "Out Of The Anxiety Box" - It's 7 a.m. You're not even out of bed and you're already worrying. So let's talk about it: How anxious we are...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2023
  • Length: 01:59:00
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HOUR ONE: "Forged By Hand" - You would think that handcrafting, like iron forging and copper smithing, would be on the way out. But COVID has shown...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
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In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke," all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WGBH Radio Boston, WKSU, WGUC/ WVXU, Iowa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
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HOUR ONE: "The Tangled Roots Of War And Peace" - 1936 was an ominous year. A young George Orwell was headed to battle in Spain. But first, he plant...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2022
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: "Living With Loneliness" - In countries all over the world, rates of loneliness are skyrocketing. How did it become a condition of modern...

  • Added: May 20, 2022
  • Length: 01:59:00
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
HOUR ONE: "Hope: How Do We Make It?" - We continue our three part series on hope. Can you create it through activism, faith, music or some other ac...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Our Virtual Reality" - One of the most popular video games during the pandemic is "Animal Crossing." Can our virtual existence give us r...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "More Than Just A Game" - Playing board games is fun. And more complicated than you might think. Uncover the secret history of board game...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Living In Skin" - All over America, people have stopped touching faces and hugging friends. This hour, explore the inner life of your sk...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:58
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
We begin our three part series on hope. Is it something we’re innately born with or something we can choose to have?

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  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Hope (A Three Part Series)
HOUR ONE: "Hope: Where Does It Come From?” – We begin our three part series on hope. Is it something we’re innately born with or something we can c...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:58
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The first will be last.

  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:00
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HOUR ONE: "The Echo Chamber" - Conservative pundit Charlie Sykes criticized Donald Trump, becoming a left-wing darling. How'd that happen? Welcome ...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:59
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HOUR ONE: Think you've got nothing to hide? This hour, find out who's watching us and why. HOUR TWO: How do you tell the story of your life? Songw...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "The Echo Chamber" - Conservative pundit Charlie Sykes criticized Donald Trump, becoming a left-wing darling. How'd that happen? Welcome ...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Why Is The Internet Toxic For Women?" - A recent study revealed that half of women surveyed had been harassed online. How do we fight ba...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
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HOUR ONE: "Check Your Privilege" - When was the last time you questioned your beliefs? This hour, the benefits and drawbacks of talking about privi...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
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On this episode, Amy Odell, the editor of Cosmopolitan.com and director of Editorial Strategy for RedbookMag.com, chats with Julie about how to fin...

  • Added: May 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:36
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Elected officials or politicians aspiring to be elected officials say things that would register on our Hackle o’ meters and our Politically Unfit...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:19
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How well does any nonfiction writer capture "The Truth?" Essayist Edward McPherson explores truth and memory in nonfiction.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 14:17
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Today's Sixty Second Moral Inquiry asks 'Since Apple claims they refuse the order to open the San Bernadino murderer's I-phone to respect the ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:14
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In Today's Department of Poetic Justice, The River Is Wide offers a musical tribute to 'Donald J. Trump' to the tune of 'Seventy Six Trombones'. fr...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 02:46
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Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich on what it means to be curious and what it takes to make Radiolab

  • Added: Jun 18, 2015
  • Length: 33:30