WGR Special Series

Series produced by With Good Reason

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The home for multi-part special series from With Good Reason.

Degrees of Separation: The great promise of public education is equality: an excellent education for every child. And yet, there’s a sense that America is falling short of that promise. In this special six-part series, With Good Reason
explores how the classroom reinforces inequality, from the school-to-prison pipeline to standardized testing, and how public schools—with the right support—might fulfill the promise of an equal education.

Pulitzer100: In honor of the Pulitzer Prize's centennial year, With Good Reason presents an eight-part series highlighting the works, ideas, and personal journeys of past Pulitzer Prize winners.


46 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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We ask a lot of primary schools: to teach kids about themselves and their communities, to prepare them to read and write, and to instill the right ...

Bought by WHFR and WDSE


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
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We ask a lot of primary schools: to teach kids about themselves and their communities, to prepare them to read and write, and to instill the right ...

Bought by WHFR, KQED, KEDT, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
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We ask a lot of primary schools: to teach kids about themselves and their communities, to prepare them to read and write, and to instill the right ...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
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In the first of a six-part series on education and inequality in America, we look back on the origins of the modern education system.

Bought by WHFR and WCPN


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
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In the first of a six-part series on education and inequality in America, we look back on the origins of the modern education system.

Bought by WHFR, WCPN, and WDSE


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 3
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In the first of a six-part series on education and inequality in America, we look back on the origins of the modern education system.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A conversation with Pulitzer Award-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey - Maya Angleou's global legacy - Highlights from Fu...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
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A conversation with former U.S. poet laureate, Pulitzer Prize-winning Natasha Trethewey.

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
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Pulitzer Award-winning historian Fred Logevall on the Vietnam War - Interviewing WWII veterans before it's too late - The lesser-known history of W...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 54:02
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Reading about the past sometimes gives us the impression that the Vietnam War was inevitable. But Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fredrik Logevall...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
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Caroline Shaw is the youngest recipient ever of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Now she’s one of the most respected composers on the New Music scene ...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
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Caroline Shaw is the youngest recipient ever of the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Now she’s one of the most respected composers on the New Music scene ...

Bought by KWMR, KKRN, and WLIW


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz talks about love, loss, and his New Jersey childhood.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz talks about love, loss, and his New Jersey childhood. -Jon Pineda's memoir "Sleep in Me" chronicles his s...

Bought by KZYX and KEDT


  • Added: Sep 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 2
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-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...

Bought by WLPR and KEDT


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 2
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-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
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Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel has tackled traditionally taboo subjects. In a different role, Vogel has also distinguished herself a...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
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-Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel has tackled traditionally taboo subjects. Vogel has also distinguished herself as an exceptional tea...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on how a small town fought against pollution and the polluters. -Marc Edwards who helped uncover the water...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

Bought by WSKG, KEDT, and WXDU


  • Added: Jun 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 3