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Can Science Deal With God?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Are Science and Religion they compatible? Are they at war? Can Science Deal With God? Both Science and Religion pursue big truths and offer total s...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, KWMR, KSUT, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 7
Would Alien Intelligence Undermine God?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Suppose intelligent, self-conscious, knowledge-seeking aliens do exist? What Would Intelligent Aliens Mean? Whether or not we are alone in the univ...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, KWMR, KSUT, and CFBX


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 5
Can Brain Explain Mind?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Why does it “feel like something” to see, hear, taste and think? What’s our private, inner experience all about? Why is Consciousness So Mysterious...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR, KSUT and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 8
Are Science And Religion At War?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Science can describe everything about the physical world, but can it say anything at all reliable about God? Can Science Talk God? For centuries, S...

Bought by 'The Sea', KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 9
Does The Cosmos Provide Meaning?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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The Cosmos is overwhelming. We humans stand between astonishingly large galaxies and the vanishingly small atoms. What does it all mean? What about...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR, KSUT and more


  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 7
Is Consciousness an Illusion?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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Consciousness is a mystery. What is private, inner experience all about? What is the meaning of consciousness? Is mind only an accident of biology ...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR, KSUT and more


  • Added: Jan 18, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 7
Could Our Universe Be a Fake?
From: Closer to Truth
Series: Closer To Truth Radio Hour
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The idea that we might encounter aliens seems like the stuff of science fiction, but the possibilities demand serious thought. Could our existence ...

Bought by KGOU, KRDP, WCPN, KWMR, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 9
The Big Test
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
Caption: Here, the kids line up outside Congress on their first day., Credit: Credit Dustin Dwyer / Michigan Radio
For this special documentary, Dustin Dwyer spent six weeks in the fall following a group of third grade students at Congress Elementary in Grand Ra...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:31
Pete Seeger-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Pete Seeger
Tribute to legendary singer-songwriter, political activist and environmentalist Pete Seeger featuring interviews, music and stories from a life far...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, RadioFreePalmer, and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 4
One Child at a Time: Custom Learning in the Digital Age
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Working a math problem at Mooresville Middle School in North Carolina, where each student gets a laptop., Credit: Stephen Smith
Learning with a personal tutor is one of the best ways to learn. But hiring a tutor for every student was never a realistic option, until now. Can ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KMXT, KOSU, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
A documentary on race, neighborhoods, schools, and kids in Michigan
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
Caption: State of Opportunity from Michigan Radio
If you think we live in a post-racial world…think again: statistically speaking, being born Black or Latino or Native American is associated with s...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 50:27
Infant Mortality: A special documentary
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
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Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:01
Lawmakers Look at English Learner Education
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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For the first time in state Senate history, a committee gathered in Sacramento this week to talk about a problem that they say has been ignored for...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
Into the Music of Bob Dylan (3 Hours)
From: Hwy. 61 Productions
Series: Into the Music
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A 3-part chronological profile of Dylan's career from the early 1960's until his most recent work. Each part has a :60 intro and 2 segments of app...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:49:42
  • Purchases: 1
Independent Minds: John Adams (news-friendly without dates)
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: Independent Minds
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One hour doc. focusing on the life of America's second president

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 2
What's the Word? Poetry for Children
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Celebrating National Poetry Month in April
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The poetry we hear—and create—as children teaches us about the power of words.

Bought by WLIW, KMUN, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 16
Peace Talks Radio: Can Compassion to Animals Promote Peace? (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This edition of Peace Talks Radio explores how promoting compassion to animals and all living things may help young people and adults become more c...

Bought by Radio Catskill, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WGDR, and KDUR


  • Added: Sep 01, 2008
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Talks Radio: Can Compassion to Animals Promote Peace? (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This edition of Peace Talks Radio explores how promoting compassion to animals and all living things may help young people and adults become more c...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2008
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 5
Peace Talks Radio: Creative Nonviolent Actions For Peace (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Peace Talks Radio explores the roots of creative forms of guerilla street theatre and direct action groups like the often visible Code Pink group, ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Aug 08, 2008
  • Length: 28:54
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Creative Nonviolent Actions For Peace (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Peace Talks Radio explores the roots of creative forms of guerilla street theatre and direct action groups like the often visible Code Pink group, ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 07, 2008
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 6
What's the Word? Puerto Rican Literature on the Island and in the United States
From: Modern Language Association
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Explores issues of national and cultural identity central to Puerto Rican literature

Bought by KZYX, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., New England Public Media, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KHNS and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 7
What's the Word? Cosmopolitanism in Latin America
From: Modern Language Association
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During the early and mid-twentieth century, many Latin American writers engaged with international literary and cultural movements.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 6
Independent Minds: John Adams
From: Murray Street Productions
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One hour doc. focusing on the life of America's second president

Bought by KUOW, Marfa Public Radio, KUER, WSKG, and WPSU


  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 59:49
  • Purchases: 5
RN Documentary: "Copyists, Collectors and Curators" (Rembrandt's 21st century legacy)
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Interviews with people whose lives are in some way tied up with Rembrandt today.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
What's the Word? City of Ladies
From: Modern Language Association
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In 1405 Christine de Pisan wrote a landmark book called _The Book of the City of Ladies _in response to works that attacked and slandered women.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2006
  • Length: 29:07
  • Purchases: 7