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Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.
- Added: Jul 25, 2023
- Length: 29:00
HOUR ONE: "You Had To Be There" - A new generation rediscovers pleasure palaces of the past, abandoned movie theaters and concert halls. What are t...
- Added: Jul 07, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles continues his talk with filmmaker and author David Leaf about Leaf's 2022 book called "GOD ONLY KNOWS...
Bought by WRVO Public Media, KAAD-LP, KUPR low power FM, North State Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more
- Added: Jun 24, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 8
On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, we’ll explore the challenges surrounding conflicts around cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation invo...
Bought by KUNM
- Added: Jun 21, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles talks with musician and author John Kruth about Kruth's 2023 book called "LUNACY: The Curious Phenome...
Bought by North State Public Radio, KBBI Alaska, WRVO Public Media, KSJE, KUPR low power FM and more
- Added: Jun 09, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
HOUR ONE: "Deep Time: The Tyranny Of Time" - When you’re on the clock, the hours disappear. Time scarcity is making us and the planet sick. But the...
- Added: Jun 02, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
Eric Bibb's musical career spans 50 years. His 2023 Album "Ridin' " is a collection of great words for our world today.
Bought by WLPR
- Added: May 23, 2023
- Length: 59:58
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Why Do We Have So Much Stuff?" - From baby showers to estate sales, we fill our lives with material possessions. Why do we do it? HOUR...
- Added: May 19, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
Two and one-half minute commentary on D-day in 1941, and the only woman who made the landing at Normandy.
Bought by KVNF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA and more
- Added: May 12, 2023
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 8
On this episode of the Polley Music Library show, we talked about a new book in the "Decades" series that documents the band Faith No More and thei...
- Added: May 02, 2023
- Length: 27:59
HOUR ONE: 'Decolonizing the Mind' - Colonization in Africa was much more than a land grab. It was a project to replace — and even erase — local cul...
- Added: Apr 28, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
We feature a lecture by Mike Davis about his book Planet of Slums, which investigates the increasing inequality of the urban world. According to th...
- Added: Apr 18, 2023
- Length: 58:00
On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, we’ll be talking about what it means to be a ally to members of marginalized communities, and the necessary d...
- Added: Mar 29, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...
- Added: Mar 03, 2023
- Length: 01:59:01
Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known. A Native American hero who broke records in three different sports. Today his...
Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WILL, KOSU, KAAD-LP, KUT and more
- Added: Feb 27, 2023
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 17
HOUR ONE: "How Should We Tell Our History?" - Debates over history are front-page news, from critical race theory to AP history classes. How should...
- Added: Feb 24, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Walk With Me" - Walking prolongs our life and makes us human. So why are we doing less and less of it? HOUR TWO: "Whose Land Is It?" -...
- Added: Feb 17, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Against Capitalism" - Congress has passed a Republican resolution "denouncing socialism." But what does that even mean? This hour, a soc...
- Added: Feb 10, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
Award-winning music documentarian Paul Ingles hosts this week's mix of tunes from his eclectic personal collection. It's a show where deep tracks a...
- Added: Feb 08, 2023
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
Historian Alison Rose Jefferson discusses her book ‘Living The California Dream: African American Leisure Sites During The Jim Crow Era’. She demon...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Feb 07, 2023
- Length: 58:00
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Shapeshifting" - Seals that can turn into women, men who transform into wolves… Stories about shape-shifting are among the oldest in the...
- Added: Feb 03, 2023
- Length: 01:58:59
HOUR ONE: "How To Be An Ethical Traveler" - Uttakleiv, Norway, population 13, is inundated by 250,000 tourists every year. How can we travel more e...
- Added: Jan 27, 2023
- Length: 01:59:02
HOUR ONE: "The Hidden Geometry Of Everything" - The human brain is naturally mathematical. But there's one particular kind of math that's the secre...
- Added: Jan 06, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
HOUR ONE: "Time Beyond The Clock" - What's wrong with the way we tell time? What if we lived with no clocks at all? HOUR TWO: "Living With Loneli...
- Added: Dec 30, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
It's a compendium of highlights from just one season in the long-running award-winning PEACE TALKS RADIO series. You'll hear clips from our series ...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI
- Added: Dec 29, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
