With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

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Half hour episodes of With Good Reason.


597 Pieces

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In the '80s and '90s, many Puerto Rican poets who lived in the contiguous United States wrote within a fixed mainland vs. island story. For them, t...

Bought by KVSC, KHNS, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KICI Iowa City, and WJCU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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What makes a court a court? Most people might answer something like this: there’s a judge with legal training, who makes a judgment, and if you don...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KMUN, RadioStPete Florida, Kansas Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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In 1979, the US government commissioned a fictional account of the aftermath of nuclear war…set in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Bought by KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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The Soulmasters was a 1960’s interracial soul band from Danville, VA. Jerry Wilson and John Irby were the two African-American lead singers and the...

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Much has been said about the golden age of gospel music in the 1940s and 50s. But what about the gospel music that came later when hip-hop and soul...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Citizens quickly took Fidel Castro up on his offer to leave Cuba from the Port of Mariel if they had someone to pick them up. From Spring to early ...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2024
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 7
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Dog breeds get stereotypes. There’s the well-heeled, intelligent border collie or the good-natured, but not-so-bright golden retriever.

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Immigrant incarceration has a long history in the US - starting with the Chinese Exclusion Acts of 1882.

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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The International Olympic Committee has never required men to prove that they are men. But from nude inspections to DNA swabs, women have had to pr...

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  • Added: May 30, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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HBCUs rose from the ashes of slavery and have been educating Black students for generations.

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  • Added: May 23, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
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In the 19th century, French doctors were finally on the cusp of treating pain. It was a new horizon in the history of medicine.

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  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Before the covid-19 pandemic, there were clearly cracks in the healthcare system for maternity and postpartum care. But during the pandemic, those ...

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  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Crosswinds, a podcast from the University of Virginia’s Repair Lab, follows the efforts of Lathaniel Kirts and his friend and collaborator Malcolm ...

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  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Teenagers have long turned to books for a guide on how to live, but for kids of immigrant parents, those guides can be particularly important.

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Last year, thick smoke from Canadian wildfires wafted down and blanketed a broad swath of the East Coast - from New York to North Carolina. The wil...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Do you remember reading children’s newspapers in your childhood? In the 20s, W.E.B. DuBois started a paper just for “children of the sun.”

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Who decides what makes a language? In countries all over the world, there are official organizations with that job–in France, Croatia, India, Denma...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
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While Beyonce's Texas Hold 'Em spreads country music joy, we bring you this music-rich episode on women who have rocked the ole time country music ...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
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When Latorial Faison meets somebody, she can almost immediately tell if they attended a Black school during segregation. She says they carry themse...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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About 80% of Americans have visited Disney World in Florida.

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  • Added: Mar 14, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8