With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

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712 Pieces

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Give War and Peace a Chance (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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January 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. A new book offers Tolstoyan wisdom for troubled times...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, CHSR-FM 97.9, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WFHB and more


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 8
Reading the Founding Fathers' Mail
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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More than 30 people who spent the last three years immersed in thousands of letters written by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John and Abigai...

Bought by WCNY, KUNV, KKRN, WTJU, and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Dec 05, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, CHSR-FM 97.9, KKRN, and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Giving Thanks—or Miigwetch (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In this special holiday episode, we're taking a look at the indigenous side of a Thanksgiving table.

Bought by WCQS, KUNM, MPR News Stations, Wyoming Public Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 53:43
  • Purchases: 53
Plague After War (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Africa is rising, but some fear the spread of Ebola is a sign the continent has a long way to go.

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc., and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: The Baptism of Pocahontas, Credit: Wikipedia
The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. And more...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KWMR, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Slaves Waiting for Sale (Hour Long Version)
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The painting that changed minds in Britain at the outbreak of the American Civil War. And more...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
“Duping Delight” and Who’s Likely to Lie?
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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While lie detectors are highly accurate, they’re also expensive. An expert in cyber security has developed a way to actually predict a person's pro...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Horror in the Hills (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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For decades, the rural South seen in books was a safe place of innocence and nostalgia. But in the last 15 years or so, movies have flipped that im...

Bought by WCNY, WABE, Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Furious Flower Honors Rita Dove (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The most celebrated African American poets in America pay homage to the life’s work of former Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove. An...

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KQED, Accessible Media Inc., Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 8
Love in the Workplace (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A new study finds that an affectionate work environment boosts teamwork and job satisfaction and leads to less burnout and absenteeism. And more...

Bought by WCNY, CHSR-FM 97.9, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Paddle Battle and Puppy Play (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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For coastal cities around the world, surf tourism brings huge revenue, but it can also bring conflict. Plus: With Good Reason goes to the dogs! And...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Summer Melt and the Z Degree (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Texting may help stop "summer melt," which is when students who graduate from high school intending to go to college in the fall never show up. And...

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 7
Brigham Young: American Moses? (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York who was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transformed a ba...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., WRPI, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU and more


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
When America Took to the Air (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the years after World War I, stunt pilots in small airplanes would fly throughout the country, performing tricks and selling rides to locals—int...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Patrick Henry’s “Thunder Speech” (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We interview the author of a new book about Patrick Henry. Plus: a visit to the "ghost church" where Henry heard the great orator Samuel Davies as ...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 22, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Aw Shucks...Oysters! (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Captain John Smith sailed into the Chesapeake Bay, he said oysters were as big as dinner plates. This show is our ode to oysters.

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 15, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Talking After the Trauma (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Haiti, 2010 earthquake damage
An interview with counselors about the importance of talking after a traumatic event like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. And more...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KWMR, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 6
Auto Biography (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Auto Biography is the true story of a '57 Chevy and the 13 people who owned it. And, modern day pilgrims walk the 500 miles of the Camino de Santi...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 01, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 4
Uptalk on Jeopardy (Hour Long Version)
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Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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If you pay close attention to the contestants on the gameshow Jeopardy, you might notice a rising, questioning tone in their voices. Especially whe...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WXDU, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Jul 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 5

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