PRX - Pieces for Tone: Contemplative

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Fresh water is the topic of discussion once again on World Ocean Radio. In this episode host Peter Neill re-asserts the gravity of the global fresh...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2016
  • Length: 05:02
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An increase in the acts of terrorism around the globe raises the fear levels in America. Islamophobia in the Bible Belt, and anti-immigrant, anti-M...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Storrs Congregrational
The number of people imprisoned in the United States is rapidly increasing. Although America accounts for only five percent of the world’s populati...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Dr Robert Jensen on his latest book “Arguing for Our Lives: A User’s Guide to Constructive Dialog,”

  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:07
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Calvin Duncan spent over 28 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. In prison, he taught himself the law. He became a jailhouse lawyer and he...

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  • Added: May 25, 2015
  • Length: 17:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Every place has a history hidden that lives beneath what you can see on the surface. Just take the Mission District.

  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 08:24
Caption: William and Brianna Bennett, Credit: William Bennett
More than 2.7 million minors in America live with a parent in prison. Studies show that the majority of incarcerated parents reside over 100 miles ...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 06:18
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Radio Curious discusses the contradictions in U.S. nuclear weapons policy with author and professor Dr. Seyom Brown, who is currently an adjunct se...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
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We’re trying also to locate Aaron Swartz as a landmark in the culture and the age.

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:35
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In the annals of Boston medicine two historic chapters in the last 50 years were the near conquest of sudden death by heart attack and (not unrelat...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 59:05
Caption: Michael Santos speaks on his experiences
At 49 years of age, Michael Santos is getting his first taste of college. He's walking through the main quad at San Francisco State, beaming like a...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 09:35
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Those who grew up in the era of Richard Nixon knew a time when "The Kingdom" took an especially frightening aura of power and glory. One speaking t...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
After Nelson Mandela was freed from the life sentence he was serving in prison, he often spoke about refusing bitterness toward his captors. But h...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2013
  • Length: 02:54
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The parades and camaraderie of the Fourth of July celebrate freedom. This nation-wide celebration doesn't mean that the freedoms we have can’t be...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
Caption: UvAmsterdam, Credit: UvA
In een kort exclusief gesprek vertelt dr. Carlos Reijnen over de sociaal economische consequenties van de migratie uit Oost naar West Europa

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 12:47
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
"Updating your truth" is a term not much used these days. We read that somebody "denied", "vetoed", "denounced", "maintained", "refused to consider...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
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Folk music legend Pete Seeger celebrates his 94th birthday on May 3. Independent producer Rhonda Miller talks with David Dunaway, author of the See...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 16:41
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Author Colin Woodard interview on Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

  • Added: Feb 17, 2013
  • Length: 58:24
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The lessons of D.L. Rosenhan's 40 year old study of psychiatric patients "plagerised" psychiatric diagnosis to see if they would be detected as fra...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2013
  • Length: 06:18
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Spirits are invisible, never caught in the flesh, imaginary presence usually. Children think they hide under the bed, in dark places, the darkness ...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 01:48
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In this season of gratitude, speak. Uphold civil liberties, the human rights that we have, that others will travel thousands of miles for, and when...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
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Many American expats gathered in Brussels on 4th July this year to celebrate American Independence Day. Reporter, Alison Turner, joined the celebr...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 09:53
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Anthony Garza has an appearance that seems to mirror everyone's expectation of him. Middle Easterners, Americans and Hispanics strangers enjoy pic...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:27
Caption: Book: Abraham’s Children: Liberty and Tolerance in an Age of Religious Conflict, Credit: Calvin College
Religious liberty and tolerance are complex issues, impacted by a variety of factors including education, politics, and the media. On this edition ...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
David Brooks excels when his vast analytic abilities are brought to his fondness for Republicans. In the New York Times, he ventured into an are...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2011
  • Length: 04:53