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Dr. Synnika's Topical Poem of the Week is a weekly show that uses poetry to explore the social, political, and racial conditions in America. Each e...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 03:30
This episode focuses on the social impact of Ernest Green’s life journey—a different type of travel experience--and his role in the civil rights mo...
- Added: Nov 25, 2020
- Length: 37:07
Is it UFO season in the desert again? People have sure been seeing a lot of strange things up here around Joshua Tree, and "military flares" is nev...
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- Added: Sep 25, 2020
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
Was the organized theft of a 600-pound petroglyph-covered boulder from a canyon near Ridgecrest related to the monster earthquakes that followed? P...
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- Added: Jul 12, 2019
- Length: 28:00
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82-year-old retired trauma surgeon Bill Meffert, who cared for wounded soldiers in Vietnam, reflects on that bloody experience and the words of a p...
- Added: Jun 07, 2019
- Length: 35:44
In the chaos of a dysfunctional government, who will protect the wilderness and public lands, our national parks and monuments, our nature preserve...
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- Added: Feb 04, 2019
- Length: 28:00
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It was the 1960s – and throughout the United States, opposition to the War in Vietnam was growing. The Draft forced young men to make a choice abo...
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- Added: Jun 23, 2017
- Length: 29:00
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From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
Series: Animalogy \ Revealing the Animals in Our Everyday Words and Phrases
The practice of hunting wild birds with trained birds — for fun — is called falconry. Though it came into its own almost 1,000 years ago in England...
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- Added: Feb 03, 2017
- Length: 31:40
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Competing essayists Jennifer Nelson and Jason Steck debate the question "Love or Fear: Which Motivates Us More?" at the 2014 "Great American Think ...
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- Added: Apr 17, 2015
- Length: 29:01
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The recent budget deal had plenty for war contractors, but jobless Americans were left in the cold. For them, it's going to be a very Unhappy New ...
- Added: Dec 26, 2013
- Length: 02:30
The founder of Tehelka, an indian magazine known for investigative stories on violence against women is involved in it's own rape controversy.
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- Added: Nov 26, 2013
- Length: 04:30
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What a suicide attack in Tiananmen Square can tell us about the Chinese government's struggle with dissent.
- Added: Oct 30, 2013
- Length: 02:07
Labor Day was created in the 19th century by the unions, to celebrate the economic achievements of American workers. But if we look at the 21st ce...
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- Added: Aug 28, 2013
- Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary on why House Republicans took their 40th meaningless vote to repeal Obamacare before getting out of town for a 5...
- Added: Aug 06, 2013
- Length: 02:30
Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on what was wrong with the Declaration of Independence.
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 02:30
Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the gender gap and gun control, and why it will make a difference in the next elec...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 02:30
This week's stories are all about being outsiders. Stories by Judith Gardner, Frank Fusco, and Alan Reese. True stories told by the Southerners who...
- Added: Feb 23, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Here they are, the winners of annual Telling Tales Contest, in conjunction with the Arkansas Literary Festival. Stories by Eric Van Meter, Sarah Mi...
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- Added: May 18, 2012
- Length: 29:00
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A dialogue between Princeton University professor Cornel West, and Revolutionary Communist Party USA spokesman Carl Dix about the future of America...
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- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 29:00
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A sound-rich obituary honoring the life and works of the late Christopher Hitchens, who died on December 16, 2011. Suitable for news magazines an...
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- Added: Dec 15, 2011
- Length: 07:28
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Author Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special encore presentation of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stor...
- Added: Sep 02, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Winners of the Arkansas Literary Festival share their winning stories: Jill Duvall visits an asylum, Wyatt Jones stands on the edge and tries not t...
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- Added: Jul 22, 2011
- Length: 29:00
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Author, Suzi Parker confronts Duran Duran on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Publisher and author Janis F. Kearney on a special edition of Tales from the South, where Southern writers bring their own true stories to life in ...
- Added: Jul 01, 2011
- Length: 29:00
After the news that the Senate had not passed legislation to end "don't ask don't tell," commentator Mark Blackmon decided that it was time to remi...
- Added: Sep 23, 2010
- Length: 04:08
