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Steve Pinker’s “Better Angels”: Dodging Our Own Bullet?
From: Open Source
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My guest this hour is Steven Pinker, who has written a game-changer on the little matter of how quickly humanity is headed for hell or redemption. ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Peace on the Battlefield: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and Manassas Peace Jubilee (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Two instances when peace broke out – right on the field of battle. First, the impromptu but widespread unofficial Christmas Truce of 1914 in the ea...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WFIU, KUNM and more


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Peace on the Battlefield: The Christmas Truce of 1914 and Manassas Peace Jubilee (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two instances when peace broke out – right on the field of battle. First, the impromptu but widespread unofficial Christmas Truce of 1914 in the e...

Bought by KUHF, RadioStPete Florida, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUHF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 19
Helping Homeless Veterans, A Family Affair
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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Rachael McDermott and her dad, Jim Diana, volunteer their time helping homeless veterans. Rachael works for career services for Harvard and helps...

Bought by WAMU


  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 1
Help for veterans returning home
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Tribute to my father
“Thank a returning veteran for their service.” Jean Stetz Puchalski What can each of us do to help veterans’ families when the veteran is still...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2011
  • Length: 31:43
The Peace Message in Classical Music (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Karl Jenkins, Credit: www.karljenkins.com
A music historian tells stories about how classical composers have been influenced by the threat of war and the hope for peace in their works. Mus...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Part Three-New Protein Sources
From: Jan Thompson
Series: The Tragedy of Bataan
Caption: Wounded Eating at Jungle Hospital on Bataan, Credit: National Archives
Segment Three Background Info: This segment goes into detail about how the food situation became so bad in the Philippines that the troops had to b...

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Oct 15, 2011
  • Length: 05:27
  • Purchases: 1
The Peace Message in Classical Music (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Composer Karl Jenkins, Credit: www.karljenkins.com
A music historian tells stories about how classical composers have been influenced by the threat of war and the hope for peace in their works. Mus...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WFIU, KHNS, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Vets' Healing Journeys To Vietnam (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Two United States Vietnam Veterans talk about their journeys back to Vietnam to meet their former enemies and try to heal themselves of Post Trauma...

Bought by KUAC, KUOW, and KUNM


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Vets' Healing Journeys To Vietnam (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00/54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two United States Vietnam Veterans talk about their journeys back to Vietnam to meet their former enemies and try to heal themselves of Post Trauma...

Bought by KRWG, KGLP, KWSO, WORT, KAZU Seaside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 19
Confederate Outlaw
From: With Good Reason
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The American Civil War has produced a number of mythical characters. Perhaps there are none like the notorious Champ Ferguson, a Confederate guerri...

Bought by WDVX


  • Added: Aug 22, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Hondros
From: War News Radio
Caption: Chris Hondros in Libya, Credit: John Moore (Getty Images)
News and features on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2011
  • Length: 07:57
War and Conflict: The Gaza Strip
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: Rusty Stewart, Flickr
The Audio Revolution! production team and students at the United World College in Las Vegas, NM teamed up to create this comprehensive show about t...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 27:15
  • Purchases: 1
To The Fallen: Memorial Day - Part 1
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
Caption: Memorial Day Poster, Credit: Beverly & Pack
Part one of a two-hour remembrance for Memorial Day... Since the ending of the Civil War in 1865, America has lost over 700,000 soldiers. For Memor...

Bought by KTXK


  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: 44:32
  • Purchases: 1
The U.S. Institute of Peace: A Profile (Peace Talks Radio) [54:00/59:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: United States Institute of Peace New World Headquarters, Credit: USIP
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established in 1984 and funded by Congress to increase th...

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


  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Here's to the Vets
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Patterns in Music
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Commemorating Veteran's Day with this edition of Patterns in Music—a fitting musical tribute to those who served.

Bought by KFOK-LPFM and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 01:40:15
  • Purchases: 2
Three Cups of Tea
From: War News Radio
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From Ground Up (23 April 2010): War News Radio reports on the book Three Cups of Tea.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 07:35
Making Peace With Ourselves in Troubled Times - Peace Talks Radio (58:30 / 53:30)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Eric Kolvig, Credit: Dave Herman
Conversation with meditation teacher Eric Kolvig (Ph.D) and counselor/therapist Reyna Luna about coping with inner conflict, in light of terrorist ...

Bought by WUFT, KUOW, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 07, 2010
  • Length: 58:33
  • Purchases: 4
Miep Gies: Protector of Anne Frank Dies at 100 (19:00 Lecture Excerpt)
From: Paul Ingles
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Miep Gies, the Austrian woman whose family protected the family of Anne Frank during World War II and who found Anne's diary scattered on the floor...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2010
  • Length: 19:01
Still Fighting
From: War News Radio
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Features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Nov 14, 2008
  • Length: 30:11
  • Purchases: 1
A Postcard from Paris: Armistice Day 2008
From: Janet Robbins
Series: A Postcard from Paris
Caption: Paris, 2008
The 90th Anniversary of the end of World War I

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 1
What's the Word? Returning Veterans
From: Modern Language Association
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Three powerful films about American veterans returning home.

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


  • Added: Oct 30, 2007
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 4
Our American Generations - War - This I Believe Essays
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 Generaitional Essays - Special- This Believe essays on War

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Sep 04, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
On Memorial Day: An "I" for Islam
From: Kyle Gassiott
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A story about Muslims in the American military-including a WWII vet who lobbied the government to designate Islam on military dogtags.

Bought by Raven Radio and Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 01, 2007
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 2
Battleship Missouri Memorial
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Battleship Missouri Memorial, Credit: USS Missouri Memorial Association
The Battleship Missouri is best known as the site where World War II officially ended on Sept. 2, 1945. Veterans share tales about the ship, nickn...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., Delta College Public Radio, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., and KVMR


  • Added: Dec 06, 2006
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 4