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WAMU 88.5 FM is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington D.C. area. It is member-supported, professionally-staffed, and licensed to American University. Since 1961, WAMU has provided programming to a growing audience that now totals more than 450,000 listeners in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

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The topic - education. WAMU's education reporting has been generously supported in-part by the Corporation For Public Broadcasting.

  • From: WAMU
  • Updated: Apr 29, 2018
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As a part of the American Graduate program, Kavitha Cardoza, WAMU 88.5 education reporter, examines the dropout crisis in D.C.

  • From: WAMU
  • Updated: Aug 08, 2012
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Special programming from WAMU in Washington D.C.

  • From: WAMU
  • Updated: Mar 02, 2021

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From: WAMU
Series: Latitudes
Caption: Kazakhstani youth in engage in the traditional courtship game of Kyz Kuu. , Credit: WikiCommons.
On this episode of Latitudes, we look at how we play, where we play, and why play is so important.

Bought by KQED and WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 51:27
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Children's circus participants in Kabul, Credit: Zach Warren
Voices from Afghanistan is an hour long special marking a decade of US troop engagement in Afghanistan. The program offers snapshots of life in Afg...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZYX, WRNC-LP, and WBEZ


  • Added: Aug 30, 2011
  • Length: 51:29
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: The Beatles-One More Album, Credit: Lisa McCarty
April marks 40 years since the breakup of the Beatles. In honor of the milestone, we play a guessing game that has kept fans fighting for years - w...

Bought by WTIP, WFIU, and KGLT


  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Hosted by Lee Michael Demsey [http://bluegrasscountry.org/about/hosts/lee-michael-demsey/]

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 01:57:33
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Hosted by Lee Michael Demsey [http://bluegrasscountry.org/about/hosts/lee-michael-demsey/]

  • Added: Dec 03, 2009
  • Length: 01:57:28
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Hosted by Hubie King [http://bluegrasscountry.org/about/hosts/hubie-king/]

  • Added: Nov 11, 2009
  • Length: 56:38
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The Katy Daley [http://bluegrasscountry.org/about/hosts/katy-daley/] Show is an hour-long syndicated broadcast originating from WAMU's Bluegrass Co...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 10, 2009
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The Katy Daley [http://bluegrasscountry.org/about/hosts/katy-daley/] Show is an hour-long syndicated broadcast originating from WAMU's Bluegrass Co...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 05, 2009
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Hosted by Hubie King [http://bluegrasscountry.org/about/hosts/hubie-king/]

  • Added: Nov 05, 2009
  • Length: 56:47
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Hosted by Hubie King [http://bluegrasscountry.org/about/hosts/hubie-king/]

  • Added: Oct 28, 2009
  • Length: 57:17