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Caption: Dov Seidman, Credit: Jeff Minton
Host Phalana Tiller talks with Dov Seidman, the author of How, and Paul Green, Jr. of the Morning Star Company.

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
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Here's an excerpt from an essay by Springfield, Oregon writer Lawrence Elliott. Out of work and afoot in the scruffy neighborhood he calls home, fo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:39
Caption: Rohit Bhargava
Host Phalana Tiller talks with authors Rohit Bhargava and Peter Post about the role that manners and likeability play in the workplace. And Rick W...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
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Pepperdine’s PR Purgatorio

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 06:14
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A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is h...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 09:50
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Let's Share The Wealth

  • Added: Dec 12, 2010
  • Length: 01:15
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Their employees have different retirement programs

Bought by KMXT, WRVO Public Media, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 28, 2010
  • Length: 01:45
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can learn things that will make you uncomfortable

  • Added: Nov 25, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
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Thomas McCall, a 20-year-old student-athlete and father-to-be, was already struggling to make it in the American job market. Courtney Supple produc...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2010
  • Length: 02:39
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This is a satire on the scandals of a few years ago when there was a lot of fiction on the books of corporations. It is based on Jack And The Beans...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You can live on less. Others can't.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2010
  • Length: 01:48
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Chinese philosophy passed on to you by a Swede

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: :36
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
We are told that there is status in skin color

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:14
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
A Tale of Two Cities

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 02:11
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you don't pollute, you can sell your clean-air credit to those who do.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 02:08
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
What do you do when your computer quits?

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Most men who work hard are very insecure.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2010
  • Length: 03:39
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Will Beg You To Send Money

  • Added: Jun 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:28
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
When he felt the heart attack coming on he shot out the windows of the house next door.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:35
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Some say the war in Afghanistan accomplished nothing.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2010
  • Length: :40
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Corporate America can make more money when pot is illegal

  • Added: Jun 19, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Why do poor people vote for the party of billionaires?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andrew Hiller
A sentimental look at the closing of Andrew Hiller's favorite used book store.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The cost of living goes up every year

  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 01:22
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Snake oil is now euphemistically called herbal supplements.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:07