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The Despot's Accomplice
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Brian Klaas
By all appearances, the world is becoming less democratic.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ella Morton talking about “Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide To The World’s Hidden Wonders"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Dear Travelers, this is not your usual travel guide. Ella describes the book’s beginnings and how it came to be filled with some 700 sights you’ve ...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 09:58
Vanessa Diffenbaugh & “The Language of Flowers"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This novel intertwines the life of 18-year-old Victoria Jones, who is leaving the foster care system in contemporary California, with the medieval ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 26, 2017
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
On Behalf of the President
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Lauren A. Wright
First ladies have been a vital part of American policy and politics since the election of George Washington.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fight or Flight
From: Hebah Fisher
Series: Kerning Cultures
Caption: Basir Beria on the set of The Kite Runner, Credit: Basir Beria
When you're forced to leave your home, what traditions do you take with you? A journey with an Afghani kite fighting master.

Bought by WCPN and KVSC


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 30:19
  • Purchases: 2
John Dickerson on Presidential Campaign History
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: John Dickerson, Credit: Courtesy of CBS
Author and moderator of Face the Nation, John Dickerson’s book Whistlestop is a witty rollicking tour of presidential campaign history

Bought by KPIP-LP, WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair that Shaped the First Lady
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Susan Quinn
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took up residency at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in 1932, Eleanor looked upon the move to the White House with...

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Salt to the Sea
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ruta Sepetys
It’s known as the single greatest maritime disaster in history. Yet, it is a little known story. This casualty of World War II was far deadlier tha...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Richard Cahan
In 1942, the government rounded up more than one hundred thousand Japanese living in the U.S. They were incarcerated for the duration of the war.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Biology professors Carl & Jane Bock and “Coronado’s Trail,” a debut mystery
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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After decades of field work in southern Arizona, these two retired Univ of Colorado professors have authored the first in their Arizona Borderlands...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
Novelist Vaddey Ratner writes her story of Cambodia
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Vaddey Ratner, Credit: Christina Sherk
Vaddey Ratner's novel, In the Shadow of the Banyan honors her lost family

Bought by WNJR, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Kathryn Smith
The Glass Ceiling: That’s a term that’s been bandied about for some time. Those women who reach the top of their field whether it’s in business or ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Neuroscientist Daniel J Levitin and “A Field Guide to Lies”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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“An increasing number of people under the age of 25 get all their news, not just some of it, from Facebook.” The author points out that we are bomb...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Sep 14, 2016
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 2
Beyond the Rope
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Karlos HIll
This is a difficult story to tell. Most Americans are sickened that it’s even part of our heritage: The practice of lynching. It’s so distant, most...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gemini GEL: 50 Years and Counting
From: Donna Granata
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Gemini GEL, Graphic Editions Limited, has been contributing to the cultural fabric of American Contemporary Art for over 50 years. As they celebrat...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2016
  • Length: 05:43
Spatializing Blackness: Architectures of Confinement and Black Masculinity in Chicago
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Rashad Shabazz
Imagine a large population of Americans living in prison-like-conditions. That’s what it’s like in the so-called Black Belt of South Side Chicago.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
OHR003: OHR Presents: Willie Watson, 10/24/2016
From: Ozark Highlands Radio
Series: Ozark Highlands Radio
Caption: Ozark Highlands Radio
Old Crow Medicine Show founder Willie Watson performs live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews with W...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
The Highest Glass Ceiling
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ellen Fitzpatrick
Since the late 1800s four women have run for the office of US president.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Larry Tye
More books have been written about Bobby Kennedy than most public figures in our history. Although he’s remembered as a fiery liberal, we easily ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 07, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Valiant Ambition
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nathaniel Philbrick
It’s been more than 240 years since the war of America’s independence began. Yet, the name Benedict Arnold still evokes any number of negative resp...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Box: A Memoir
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Edward Schultz
This is a personal story of the Vietnam War with Lynne Lorine Ludwick author of The Box.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 24, 2016
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 1
Kassie Hilgert turns a rust belt graveyard into an arts center.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: SteelStacks, Credit: Jonathan Davies
Reclaiming the abandoned Bethlehem Steel Plant for the arts gives a region new life

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
The Education of an American Journalist
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gerald Moore
When Gerald Moore decided to try his had at journalism, his reasoning was very good. He needed a job. But what began, as a way to pay the rent beca...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The German War
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Nicholas Stargardt
The Holocaust during World War II -- Horrifying images and stories that have come to symbolize an international conflict. What the story doesn’t t...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Constitutional Law Professor Kermit Roosevelt, author of “Allegiance”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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“It may well be that the Senate Republicans would be better off confirming some moderate Obama nominee to the Supreme Court now, rather than having...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2