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This is an Uprising
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Paul Engler
Central Coast Bioneers held its first conference in San Luis Obispo in 2010. Looking at their mission statement, It reads … To create a resilient a...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Putting Peace First
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jacket Cover, Credit: design by Kate Renner
Twenty-five years ago Eric David Dawson was your almost average 18-year old … almost, but not quite. That was the year he co-founded the non-profit...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Daring Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frances Moore Lappé
Some feel the election of Donald Trump is a signal that people want change. Others see it as a culmination of a decades long effort to destabilize ...

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Living With Cancer: A Step by Step Guide ...
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Living With Cancer, Credit: John Hopkins University Press
One of the most disorienting statements anyone can hear from their doctor is --- they have cancer. In spite of advances in life-saving drugs and tr...

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  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wine, Sex & Suicide: My Near Death Divorce
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Patty Blue Hayes
If you’ve ever felt abandoned by love and disconnected from your true self, Patty Blue Hayes’ journey will leave you feeling you are not alone. Her...

Bought by KVSC, KCBX, and KPVL


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 27:26
  • Purchases: 3
The Tolerance Trap
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: The Tolerance Trap, Credit: NYU Press
In her book The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality. Dr. Suzanna Walters explores how notions of tolera...

Bought by WCPN, WFHB, and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Restoring Opportunity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Restoring Opportunity jacket cover, Credit: Harvard Education Press
Americans see education as the primary social institution for achieving the goal of equality and opportunity. While there are sharp disagreements o...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Chomsky Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chomsky's Challenge, Credit: book jacket cover
Noam Chomsky is a polarizing figure in politics and foreign affairs. Although he is a pioneering scholar in the field of linguistics, he is better...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sharing is Good
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Beth Buczynski
Consumption and consumerism – they are the cornerstones of American society. Many feel that that model is about to change. We either continue on th...

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Reclaiming Our Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Sam Daley-Harris
With his new book, Sam Daley-Harris shares how he and the citizens advocacy organizations he has founded (RESULTS and the Microcredit Summit Campai...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Knocking on Heaven's Door
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katy Butler
In writing her book, Katy Butler set out to help others to avoid the pitfalls she faced during her father’s last years.

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
High Tide
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: High Tide book cover, Credit: jacket design by Kata Jancso
One week before super storm Sandy hit, oceanographer John Englander released his book about the short, medium and long term scenarios we can expect...

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  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Evolutions Purpose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Steve McIntosh
The debate around evolution is often misrepresented as a simple choice between science and creationism. A primary question posed by philosopher St...

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Moon in the Nautilus Shell
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Daniel Botkin
According to a recent Gallup Poll, 46 percent of Americans believe in creationism. Is this belief hurting our planet? In his new book, professor, ...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Reluctant Manager
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Devora Zack
One day you’re concentrating on doing your job well, and the next you’re “rewarded” with a promotion. If that’s you, you’re not alone in feeling un...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 14:17
An American Dream
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: National Fair Housing Alliance
Successful homeownership is a fundamental part of the American dream. Rebuilding that dream is in our national interest, and crucial to our economi...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
The Obama Question
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gary Dorrien
While attacks from the right on President Obama and his administration have been unrelenting, progressives have not shrunk from harsh words for a p...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Clay A. Johnson
This is not your average diet book. Author Clay Johnson challenges us to be more aware and selective of the information we digest.

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Scripting Jesus
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. L. Michael White
Dr. L. Michael White challenges us to read the gospels as they were originally intended -- as performed stories of faith rather than factual histor...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred: Journey to the Greatness Within
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Weiser Books
Founder and director of the nonprofit Life of Learning Foundation, Guy Finley presents passages from all the major religious traditions and philoso...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 14:17
Craig Childs Interview About Animal Dialogues
From: KVNF
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Craig Childs is interviewed about his book "Animal Dialogues".

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2008
  • Length: 19:16
  • Purchases: 1
Making Peace With Money (Peace Talks Radio Series) (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution, conversation with authors Lynne Twist and Brent Kesse...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, WGDR, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Talks Radio: Making Peace With Money (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution, conversation with authors Lynne Twist and Brent Kesse...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, WGDR, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Global Warming: Making it Personal
From: Catherine 'Cat' Vibert
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ann Hancock, director of the Climate Protection Campaign, gives personal solutions to Global Warming.

Bought by WXDU and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 11, 2007
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Youth Mediation and Anti-Bullying Programs (58:00 / 54:00 / or Two 29:00 programs)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The series on peacemaking explores elementary and middle school programs that address bullying and nonviolent solutions to conflict.

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  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 10