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Oakland Program Aims to Pique Girls' Interest in Science, Tech Careers

From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour

As part of the NewsHour's American Graduate series, correspondent Spencer Michels reports on Techbridge, an after-school program based in Oakland, ...

Added: Aug 13, 2012
Length: 09:42

In Indiana School District, Dropouts Have Tech Alternative to Regular Classroom

From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour

In Shelbyville, Ind., Melissa Lakes and the Student Achievement Center provide at-risk students with technology-enhanced hands-on learning. But it ...

Added: Aug 13, 2012
Length: 08:56

8th-Grade Journalist Spotlights Violence in School, Hopes Obama Will Notice

From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: PBS Newshour

How does violence affect students' ability to learn? That's what eighth-grader De'Qonton Davis and his classmates set out to investigate as part of...

Added: Aug 13, 2012
Length: 09:04

Mr. Money

From: The Final Edition Radio Hour
Series: Singles from The Final Edition Radio Hour

Join Mr. Money as he teaches the neighborhood kids about finance.

Added: Jun 14, 2012
Length: 04:02

Warming World Spells Trouble for Elderly

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay

When you think of climate change, you might think of melting ice shelves. Heat waves. Shrinking habitat for animals and plants. You might not think...

Bought by Aspen Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Apr 10, 2012
Length: 03:36
Purchases: 3

Whitebark Pine, Grizzlies, and an Ecosystem on the Brink

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay

Caption: Yellowstone flyover 2, Credit: K. Gourlay

Whitebark pine trees, once a feature of the mountainous west, are under attack. Nearly two-thirds have died from beetle attacks and other causes, h...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Mar 17, 2012
Length: 05:56
Purchases: 1

Cave Conservation

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay

Caption: Looking up and out of the mouth of Horse Cave, Kentucky, Credit: K. Gourlay

Caves may lie beneath our radar, but they play an important role in many Southeastern U.S. ecosystems. They filter water and shelter diverse wildli...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio

Added: Mar 15, 2012
Length: 03:44
Purchases: 3

Clever Apes: Breaking the fossil record

From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes

Caption: Joseph Orgel holds his sample of T. rex tissue. , Credit: (WBEZ/Michael De Bonis)

In this installment, Gabriel Spitzer discovers how an ancient specimen might rewrite prehistory, and maybe medical books, too.

Bought by KUT and WRST-FM Oshkosh

Added: Mar 07, 2012
Length: 08:25
Purchases: 2

Campaign 2012 Update. The Most Bizarre Week Yet in the Presidential Campaign...told thru words, music and soundbites" (Update/Remix March 2012)

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

Just when we thought the presidential campaign couldn't get any stranger...it did. This program looks at the most bizarre campaign week and rhetor...

Added: Mar 03, 2012
Length: 56:10

Misogyny Loves Company...even in 2012 ( UPDATE/REMIX)

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

Misogyny is alive and well in 2012. No surprise ( After all,as you'll hear in this program, even the music of the "peace and love" sixties was fill...

Added: Feb 23, 2012
Length: 56:50

Campaign 2012: President Reagan...The Uncle Daddy Years..OR..The Romney/Gingrich Battle for Bragging Rights to Be The Rightful Heir of The Reagan Legacy and be the GOP 2012 Presidential Nominee and By the Way, What IS the Reagan Legacy Anyway???

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

The Reagan Centennial Year is officially over...but the invocation of Ronald Reagan's name by those claiming to be his ideological soulmate and th...

Added: Feb 06, 2012
Length: 55:31

"The 7 Words You MUST Say on Television". (Feb 2012 Update/Remix)

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

Thanks to George Carlin, Pacifica Radio and the Supreme Court we all know the 7 words you CAN'T say on television. (The case is currently back in t...

Added: Feb 01, 2012
Length: 54:59

"..Lights and Wires in a Box:"(JAN 2012 UPDATE AND REMIX) or.. Jon Stewart is NOT the new Edward R Murrow ...or ...Why Humorists are NOT Journalists

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

In 1958, legendary journalist, Edward R. Murrow, told his colleagues that they had a choice: to use television to "teach"...or they could render te...

Added: Jan 09, 2012
Length: 56:00

Tribute or Plagiarism? ( A Question of 21st Century Ethics) DEC 2011 UPDATE/REMIX

From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series

A "newsical" program offering context and perspective on the ethics of our times. A DJ samples music from 5 other artists for mashup and is hailed ...

Added: Dec 19, 2011
Length: 57:50

Horses and Water in the Civil War

From: With Good Reason
Series: news features

Most Civil War scholarship focuses on generals and their armies. But historians at a recent conference explored how water, heat, and horses affecte...

Bought by KENW

Added: Jun 13, 2011
Length: 02:31
Purchases: 1

Concerts at the White House

From: Richard Paul

A look at concerts in the Kennedy White House, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, Delmarva Public Media, WLPR , KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more

Added: Jan 18, 2011
Length: 08:14
Purchases: 13

JFK and the Arts

From: Richard Paul

A look at changes in art policy during the Kennedy Administration, narrated by Richard Dreyfuss.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, WABE, Delmarva Public Media, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more

Added: Jan 18, 2011
Length: 08:25
Purchases: 11

Message in a Bottle

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: CBC Award Winning Radio Programs

The story of two brilliant and celebrated composers whose music was lost during the Holocaust. 'Message In A Bottle is a Gold World Medal winner at...

Bought by WFIU, KFAI Minneapolis, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WRPI, and KXOT Public Radio

Added: Oct 04, 2010
Length: 53:23
Purchases: 5

Heavy Weather (Part II)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

On this edition, we’ll hear part two of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll look at how climate c...

Added: Apr 23, 2010
Length: 29:00

Heavy Weather (Part 1)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Tillamook Floodplain, Credit: Barbara Bernstein

On this edition, we’ll hear part one of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll explore the connection...

Bought by WUAL and The Neighborhood