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Zen
From: Philosophy Talk
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What is the sound of one hand clapping?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
Islamic Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
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Astronomy, mathematics, linguistics, politics, justice, and the state -- the heritage of the West, given to Christianity by Islam.

Bought by KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, and WNYO


  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Side of Spin with Your Nightly News? Broadcast Media & Partisanship, Special Guest: Dr. Dominik Stecula
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Dominik Stecula
Episode 5 (Bonus Material) Side of Spin with Your Nightly News? Broadcast Media & Partisanship, Special Guest: Dr. Dominik Stecula What the heck ...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2020
  • Length: 05:59
Reparations: How it Could Happen
From: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Series: Ways & Means "Shorts"
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The question of whether and how to compensate descendants of people formerly enslaved in the United States has hung over the country since the end ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 1
Crisis Cracks the Veneer. Then Re-Order.
From: Cam Marston
Series: Keepin' It Real with Cam Marston - Short interstitial content.
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Covid-19 and the taking economy is causing all of us to see what's really inside.

  • Added: Mar 20, 2020
  • Length: 03:31
GRAILVILLE
From: renee wilde
Series: COUNTY LINES
Caption: Oratory at Grailville, Credit: renee wilde
Eighty years ago - in 1940 - two Dutch women came to Cincinnati to start a spiritual center on a farm. They were part of The Grail, a women's movem...

  • Added: Dec 26, 2019
  • Length: 05:22
The Untold Story of Dealing with Racism and Xenophobia in St. Cloud with Mayor Dave Kleis
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis to talk abou...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2019
  • Length: 30:00
Jewish Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is Jewish philosophy more about Judaism or about universal philosophical issues?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, WGBH Radio Boston and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Memorial Day with Lefty Lee
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Today is Memorial Day. So happy Memorial Day. Many people have the day off work today and many will be spending time with friends and family. But w...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 15:53
Rebel in the Ranks: A Conversation with Brad Gregory
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Dr. Brad Gregory
Notre Dame history professor discusses the secular effects of the Reformation.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
The Big Pond #04: The Colossi of Buffalo
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Buffalo, New York, was at one time the world’s foremost grain port. More than 30 enormous grain silos still attest to that fact – awesome colossi m...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Nov 07, 2018
  • Length: 13:36
  • Purchases: 1
The Military: What Is It Good For?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is the "citizen soldier" an outmoded concept of a bygone era?

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Standardized Patients
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion on the evolution and current usage of standardized patients...or simulated patients.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 51:26
The Athlete as Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are sports a way to cultivate virtues like loyalty, collaboration, and discipline, or to indulge feelings of rivalry, tribalism, and obsession?

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
The Idea of the University
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is a university a research institute with students, or and educational institution with research around the edges – or something in between?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WLPR , KNVC Carson City Community Radio, and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Velma Maia Thomas
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
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Once you forget the struggle, you won’t appreciate where you are.

  • Added: Jul 31, 2018
  • Length: 04:15
StoryCorps: Neoma Farr and Greg Yance
From: StoryCorps
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Greg Yance and Neoma Farr worked alongside each other during the Great Flood of 1993, to gird the town of Niota, Illinois from the rising waters of...

Bought by WVBI-LP


  • Added: Jul 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
PN 17-53 "The Pain Reliever" by Carrie Olivia Adams
From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow
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After an artist residency at Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science, Carrie Olivia Adams celebrates the lives of pioneering women in me...

Bought by Raven Radio, KALW, KHSU, KENW, and WFMT Station Account


  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 5
180526 Southern Soul
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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It wasn't until the 1980s that music featured anger. Some would say that introduction was liberating and progressive. That the anti-war music was...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 03:39:09
Delta Epiphany
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ellen Meacham
In the spring of 1967, Senator Robert F. Kennedy had an experience that changed his thinking about America, and his own responsibilities. His awake...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
180303 Emile Griffith, Music From Boston and Music About The Back Door
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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I always equated boxing with "manhood" until the boxer Emile Griffith proved that decency is the path to "manhood." Emile had a more dramatic stor...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2018
  • Length: 02:49:23
A Holiday Duel (Hour 1): Presented by The Appetizer Radio Show
From: D. Grant Smith
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This season is filled with music that has been around for years and years, to the degree that most Christmas albums or collections all contain some...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Holiday Duel (Hour 2): Presented by The Appetizer Radio Show
From: D. Grant Smith
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Our special continues with a historic and introspective look at other holiday classics including one of the most historic Christmas songs of all-ti...

Bought by KRPS


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Broken Country
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Paisley Rekdal
On Trauma, Crime, and the Continuing Legacy of Vietnam.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Nov 11, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
History, Slavery & the Obligation to Remember
From: Daniel Horowitz Garcia
Series: Change Over Time
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Anyone can do history. And anyone who does has an obligation to do it well. This episode is about how in the US we do our best to avoid the history...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 25:35