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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
Audio Revolution: The After School Special - Part 2 (Live from YxYF 2015)
From: Littleglobe
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On the evening of April 16 Youth Media Project held a live radio broadcast at Warehouse 21 in Santa Fe, New Mexico during Youth X Youth Fest 2015. ...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1
Simmer 6: Coming to America
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Simmer
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The final episode in the Simmer series combines interview with El Salvadorian immigrants in Asheville, NC, cultural reflections from Robert Kohls' ...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In May of 2012, Harvard and MIT announced a partnership to provide free courses to anyone, anywhere, sparking an intense debate about the future of...

Bought by WCNY and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
Stressed-Out Students
From: Humankind
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Ideal for broadcast late-Summer / early- Fall, this new 1-hr. documentary from Humankind examines the epidemic of high anxiety among secondary scho...

Bought by WVTF, WSKG, KRCB 104.9, KUAF Public Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 24
Telling Our Own Stories: Wally Bowen on Creating a Democratic Media
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Wally Bowen
Documentary on the life and work of media reform activist Wally Bowen, founder and executive director of the Mountain Area Information Network (MAI...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 47:43
SWAT Bullying Segment
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo from Flickr
Youth Media Project and SWAT (Student Wellness Action Team) members from Santa Fe High and Capshaw Middle School have come together to produce an A...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 1
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
Voices
From: The National Center for Media Engagement
Series: American Graduate
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A high school student and recent graduate detail their struggles staying in school and what pushed them to persevere.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2012
  • Length: 42:54
ROTC
From: Radio K
Series: Quick Queue
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Not just citizen soldiers, but student soldiers.

  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 01:31
Seeking Peace on Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special (2011) [54:00 / 59:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Compelling conversation excerpts from Peace Talks Radio shows on Nobel Peace Prize winners Martti Ahtisaari and Liu Xiaobo; heading off domestic a...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WSKG, KUNM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Who Needs an English Major? The Future of Liberal Arts Education
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: The campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., founded in 1874. , Credit: Steve Woit, courtesy of Macalester College.
The most popular college major in America these days is business. Does it pay to study liberal arts? (9/8/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHRV, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WTIP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Some College, No Degree: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Alternatives To Violence in Prison (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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A look at the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) which has been going into prisons to offer non-violence workshops to prisoners with the intent...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alternatives To Violence in Prison (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A look at the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) which has been going into prisons to offer non-violence workshops to prisoners with the intent...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 3
College Access Matters II
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: www.mmep.org
Did you know that according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, 16 of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the sta...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1
Whose University?
From: Natalie Yahr
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Our country is getting less public, and our universities are no exception. But what does "public" mean? And why does it matter? This surprising fo...

Bought by KBYS 88.3 FM


  • Added: Mar 27, 2011
  • Length: 59:36
  • Purchases: 1
Homelessness Marathon Hour Two - Homeless in Kansas City
From: jessica lockhart
Series: The Homelessness Marathon
Caption: "Nobody" hosting the broadcast
Homeless in Kansas CIty

  • Added: Mar 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
Peace Week 2010 - Part 1 (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Part One of a recap of some compelling moments from an online gathering of 75 diverse peacemakers from around the globe in 2010.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KPIP-LP, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Put to the Test
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes
There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, NPR Illinois, WTIP, KERA and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Early Lessons
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student in a preschool classroom at River Breeze Elementary, a public school in Palatka, Florida. Preschool used to be a radical idea, but now the majority of American children go to preschool. , Credit: Stephen Smith
There’s been a quiet revolution in America’s schools over recent decades. We’ve added an extra grade to a child’s education: Preschool. (10/29/2009)

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WSKG, KPIP-LP, KMUZ and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Philosophy Talk Highlights
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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It's a Philosophy Talk highlight reel for your public radio pledge drive!

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KRZA, KTSW 89.9, KMXT, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2011
  • Length: 50:58
  • Purchases: 5
Freedom of the Internet
From: KUNM
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The future of the Internet is the future of our education, health, opportunity, and self-determination. Right now big cable and telephone companies...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2010
  • Length: 59:50
Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Bruce A. Jacobs, Credit: www.aliasbruce.typepad.com
Today on a very special Culture Clique we cover a topic that some people approach timidly: Race Manners. We visit with Bruce A. Jacobs, author of R...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
Peacemaking from the "Third Side": Peace Talks Radio [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: The Third Side by William Ury
The "Third Side" looks at conflict not just from one side or the other, but from the larger perspective of the surrounding community, or “third sid...

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


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5