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Keeping Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teacher Christopher McFadden is a member of The Fellowship, a group in Philadelphia trying to recruit and retain black male teachers. Only 2 percent of teachers in American public schools are black men., Credit: Emily Hanford
(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2017
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 10
The Ashes of Truth
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Documentary film and science do not appear to have much in common, except that, philosophically, they have everything in common. Two men met in 197...

  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 48:08
Morning Birds: 'Marco...Polo'
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
Caption: 'Marco...Polo', Credit: wikimedia commons
May, early morning, 6:00am, warm, birds call and response, reminded me of playing 'Marco...Polo' in the pool as a child... No effects, only EQ. St....

  • Added: Mar 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:55
Insects..species unkown
From: JoAnne Maffia
Series: ReFoundSound an audio blog
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The sounds of: insects (crickets? cicadas?) Evening, 7pm, warm, comfortable, windy. St Augustine, FL. *No effects, only EQ for wind noise.

  • Added: Feb 01, 2017
  • Length: :38
The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
Caption: The View from Room 205
"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in this country. It ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KICI Iowa City, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 67
TEASER: The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
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PREVIEW THE HOUR NOW! http://www.prx.org/pieces/194893-the-view-from-room-205 "The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unf...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
'The Hayride' Program 86 (2 Hours)
From: Daniel Wargo
Series: 'The Hayride' (2 Hours)
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This program is two hours in length and explores roots music by presenting several types of musical styles including bluegrass, alternative country...

Bought by WPCA-LP, WPCA-LP, and WPCA-LP


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00:01
  • Purchases: 3
College Students Secrets To Paying For College
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
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College students are paying their way through college with the help of being a DJ and making their own music.

  • Added: Nov 17, 2016
  • Length: 03:46
Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars
After an abrupt reversal 20 years ago, some prisons and colleges try to maintain college education for prisoners.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, KUER, WSKG and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
What It Takes: Chasing Graduation in High-Poverty High Schools
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: What It Takes: Chasing Graduation in High-Poverty High Schools
The nation's high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, but high-poverty schools face a stubborn challenge. Schools in Miami and Pasadena ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WSKG, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Spare the Rod: Reforming School Discipline
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
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A get-tough attitude prevailed among educators in the 1980s and 1990s, but research shows that zero-tolerance policies don't make schools safer and...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WSKG, KUER, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
Stuck at Square One: The Remedial Education Trap
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: College students increasingly caught in remedial education trap, Credit: Lila Cherneff
A system meant to give college students a better shot at succeeding is actually getting in the way of many, costing them time and money and taking ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, KOSU, KFCF FM, WSKG and more


  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
Great Expectations part one
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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When Miss Havisham, a strange but wealthy old woman asks for Pip to come play, he has no choice but to go. What he experiences changes his life and...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 20:04
Ever Dawn & Ever Dusk Part II
From: tenali hrenak
Series: Muddy Boots
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Here we are and thus we go – upon the merry-go-round we journey so. . . Join Unbroken Circle tenali for a spellbinding look-see into the puzzling n...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:52:24
SHERLOCK HOLMES The Adventure of the Speckled Band pt1
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle part one, directed by Jason Merrin, composed by...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:44
Beyond the Blackboard: Building Character in Public Schools
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student at the Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School in New York conquers a high ropes course., Credit: Stephen Smith
In the 1940s a British headmaster named Kurt Hahn set up a wilderness school called Outward Bound to teach young men the skills they needed to surv...

Bought by WMUU-LP, XRAY.fm, WITF, Vermont Public, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student hangs a flag outside the veteran’s center at Pasadena City College., Credit: Stephen Smith
The GI Bill of 1944 revolutionized the lives of millions of young veterans, America’s institutions of higher education, and American society at lar...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, WHRV, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KSFR and more


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Teaching Teachers
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Teachers in Chicago doing "lesson study," a teacher improvement practice borrowed from Japan., Credit: Emily Hanford
This documentary what it would take to improve American teaching on a wide scale. We meet researchers who are trying to understand what makes teach...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Prairie Public, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
The Tell Tale Heart
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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A man is driven to commit a horrible but seemingly perfect crime, only to find that 'getting away with it' is harder than it seems.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 14:20
Across The Sea (Los Buques Suicidantes)
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
Caption: Ghost Ship, Credit: Albert Pinkham Ryder
Jackie, a journalist in the 1920s, thought she'd seen it all when she boarded a ship headed where few ships dare sail.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 30:27
Arden Junior High School Jazz Band (1973)
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: Highlights
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If you play this piece twice, it'll haunt you -- your leg won't stop rockin' no matter how many times you slap it -- and those wireless speakers be...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:55
Ever Dawn & Ever Dusk Part I
From: tenali hrenak
Series: Muddy Boots
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Here we are and thus we go – unto the merry-go-round we ascend again. . . Join Unbroken Circle Tenali for a spellbinding look-see into the head scr...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2015
  • Length: 01:50:48
A Neuron Channel Makes You Dumb
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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New research reveals a strange fact – a special type of neuron channel (HCN) makes us dumb. Hear about basic neuron mechanics and the supposed func...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (Adaptation) ***FREE***
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Radio Theater
Caption: Hamlet Classic Available To PRX Members Free, Credit: Lorie Kellogg
Veteran award-winning radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua's radio version of Hamlet. In 1982, Bevilacqua's Hamlet was picked up and distributed ...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 04:09:43
How We Hurt Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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A short episode about the things that hurt the learning process: why distractions are distracting and the conflict your brain encounters when given...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2