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Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the anniversary of women's suffrage, how far women have come, and what's left to b...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Looking at the Tech Mirror

  • Added: Aug 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:25
Caption: Host Martha Burk
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
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They're defying the trajectory forged by their parents and returning as journalists to a part of the world that told their families they'd never be...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 12:16
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on low wage employment -- and the worst offender is a big surprise.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on putting anti-choice women out front in the fight over restricting abortion in Texas.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary from series host Martha Burk on the House abortion ban vote and women.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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On Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 at Winona State University, Charles McDew, former chairman of The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (from 19...

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  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 50:57
  • Purchases: 1
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On this episode of, Culture Clique - we present the audience Q&A session with Will Steger and J. Drake Hamilton following their presentation at the...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 25:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Previously on Culture Clique, we brought you Polar Explorer Will Steger's talk on his eye witness account to climate change during his expeditions....

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 39:47
  • Purchases: 1
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On Tuesday November 13th, in front of a packed audience, polar explorer Will Steger and Fresh Energy’s J. Drake Hamilton gave a presentation at WSU...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2013
  • Length: 24:39
  • Purchases: 1
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Fathers…and mothers…on fatherhood and how it’s changing. Traditional ideas about what a dad is supposed to be are slowly disappearing, but what wil...

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  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on how the sequester hurts kids and the elderly while corporations shirk taxes.

  • Added: May 28, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry", Credit: Brittany Jencks
Some listeners take our pleas for support quite literally!

  • Added: May 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:23
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on how new U.S. policies should support mothers.

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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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
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on who won, who lost on Tax Day.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of opening Augusta National Golf Club to women.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on the subject of equal pay for women.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Detail of Diane's Portrait, Credit: Painting by Emile B. Klein
When playing with bugs became macabre Diane started inviting people on "the spectrum" to live with her.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:32
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Notes, thoughts and observations from a lifelong NYC biker on the art of cycling ( I have the broken bones to prove it )and what the real lesson is...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 57:53
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One woman's philanthropic mission comes full circle.

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 24
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Aaron J. Brown is an author and community college instructor from the Iron Range. He writes MinnesotaBrown.com and hosts Northern Community Radio's...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
I am a licensed psychologist. One question routinely asked is; "Do you have guns in your home?" If they say yes, I ask, "Are they in a locked cabi...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 03:35
Caption: Steffan Ireland
Steffan Ireland of Tacoma, Wash. talked with KPLU about healthcare.

  • Added: Nov 04, 2012
  • Length: :31