With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Series produced by With Good Reason

Series image

All episodes of this award-winning show are free on PRX. For more information visit withgoodreasonradio.org or contact Sarah McConnell at sbm2p@virginia.edu or 434-825-9432.

Half hour episodes of With Good Reason.


580 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Piece image
As the holidays approach, the pressure’s on to find perfect gifts for your loved ones. But if you're planning to give your mom a cashmere sweater, ...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
During and despite the Great Depression, the entertainment industry produced what some consider the greatest era of popular music. We look at the s...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
With the success of TV shows like Modern Family and Parenthood, it’s clear that the way Americans think of family is starting to change. But Linda ...

Bought by WJCT and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Nov 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
Whether it’s a traditional hymn or a holiday song from our childhood, many people say Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the music that m...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, KRPS, KUAC, KNAU and more


  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Piece image
Saxis, a tiny fishing community off the east coast, has lost so much shoreline it’s almost an island now.

Bought by WJCT and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Piece image
The fear of public speaking can be debilitating. For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares, and so many of us avoid doing it altogether.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Piece image
You can’t finish something you haven’t started. Francis Bush started running late in life and has now run more than 60 marathons.

Bought by WJCT, KMXT, Troy Public Radio, and WLIW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence?

Bought by WJCT and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Turmeric root
We're looking at the power of curcumin, found in turmeric, in fighting deadly diseases. Plus a new method of treating melanoma. And a simple, cost ...

Bought by WJCT, WEZU, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jan 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Piece image
Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by WORT, WJCT, WTJU, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WCSU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9
Piece image
In this last episode of our 10-part series on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education, we looked beyond traditional classrooms,...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
Nobody knows their exact price tag, but the Sochi Olympics were widely hailed as the most expensive Olympic games ever. Is it worth the cost? Plus,...

Bought by WJCT, WTJU, KVSC, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Piece image
Sonali Gulati’s new film, I Am, chronicles her personal journey to Delhi, India, where she confronts the loss of her mother whom she never came out...

Bought by WJCT, KUAC, WTJU, and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
The tribulations of Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, are depicted in the popular film 12 Years a Slave. A soon to be publis...

Bought by WJCT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Nurse Maria DeValpine
There are lots of TV shows about the tough men of Alaska, but what about the tough women? We explore the hardy nurses who came to help out for a w...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
With seven unpublished novels wasting away on his hard drive, Tony Vanderwarker was astonished when world-renowned author John Grisham offered to t...

Bought by WJCT, WTJU, WMNF, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Piece image
In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, German physicians...

Bought by WJCT, KBYS 88.3 FM, WFHB, WTJU, WLIW and more


  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Piece image
We trace hip hop’s roots, focusing on how it's expressed in different regions of our country, from California to New York, and even in Virginia. Pl...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Piece image
When it comes to love, jealousy is sometimes thought of as “natural” or even desirable. But a recent survey suggests that women who see jealousy as...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WLIW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
During the 1910s and 1920s, the question of whether one was “highbrow” or “lowbrow” became a concern in the minds of modernist Americans. Brooks He...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5