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Secrecy in the Sunshine Era (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, KENW, and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Secrecy in the Sunshine Era
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KKRN, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
The Jerk at Work
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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If someone is known as “the jerk” at work, it’ll show up on their performance review, right? Not likely, say two management researchers. Lilia Fuq...

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, KPVL, and KKRN


  • Added: Mar 06, 2015
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 4
Mothering Decisions
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Some critics of popular culture say there aren’t enough accurate portrayals of abortion decisions. But one scholar says, in some recent mother-daug...

Bought by KENW, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 3
Is the Bay Area in a housing bubble or a housing crisis?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Home prices are higher than ever before in the Bay Area. So it begs the question: are we in a housing bubble or a housing crisis?

  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz: A dissident superstar gives voice to political prisoners
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: "With Wind," an instillation at Alcatraz by the Chinese dissident, Ai Weiwei, Credit: Sandhya Dirks
Ai WeiWei has been under house arrest in Beijing since 2011, but that has not stopped him from making work internationally. He just opened a massiv...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 2
Interrogators Without Pliers
From: Matt Thompson
Caption: Hanns Scharff "Master Interrogator" of the Luftwaffe, Credit: Scharff Estate
Why torture doesn't work. How to trick the enemy into revealing secrets. Lessons from the Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe. The British Poli...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WRPI


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 27:31
  • Purchases: 2
The Future of Higher Education (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

Bought by WJCT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, KRDP, and WLIW


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 5
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, CHSR-FM 97.9, KKRN, and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
The Father of PR
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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When big business news breaks, public relations teams try to get out in front of the story. But that wasn’t always the case. PR in the 19th century...

Bought by KENW, PRX Remix, and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 3
Plague After War (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Africa is rising, but some fear the spread of Ebola is a sign the continent has a long way to go.

Bought by WJCT, KKRN, WXDU, and WLIW


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Plague After War (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Africa is rising, but some fear the spread of Ebola is a sign the continent has a long way to go.

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc., and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
The $35,000 Plumbing Bill: The adventures of a hopeful café owner
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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It all started a couple of years ago, when a happy-go-lucky guy I swim with named Joe Omran showed up at Aquatic Park one day in a foul mood. Thirt...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 14:18
Deception Detection
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A single lie could cost a job – or a life – as it turned out for Eric Duncan, the Ebola “Patient Zero” in Texas. What if there was a way to accurat...

Bought by KENW and WXDU


  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 2
We are the 51%: Women's Perspectives on Leadership
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Gloria Steinem
Why is leadership important for women and girls, and how does women's and men's leadership differ? What does leadership look like in everyday life?

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:12
“Duping Delight” and Who’s Likely to Lie? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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While lie detectors are highly accurate, they’re also expensive. An expert in cyber security has developed a way to actually predict a person's pro...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, WLIW, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
“Duping Delight” and Who’s Likely to Lie?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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While lie detectors are highly accurate, they’re also expensive. An expert in cyber security has developed a way to actually predict a person's pro...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and WTJU


  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Pathway to College
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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College-aged Latinos are the fastest growing population in Northern Virginia, yet these young adults are rarely making it through the education pip...

Bought by KENW, WXDU, and WEZU


  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 3
Summer Melt and the Z Degree (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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One of the largest community colleges in the nation has launched an innovative program that takes thousands of Latino high school students all the ...

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


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Brigham Young: American Moses?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York who was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transformed a ba...

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


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Talking After the Trauma (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Haiti, 2010 earthquake damage
An interview with counselors about the importance of talking after a traumatic event like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. And more...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KWMR, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 6
Talking After the Trauma (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Haiti, 2010 earthquake damage
An interview with counselors about the importance of talking after a traumatic event like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. And more...

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


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Wine and health: how do women and men differ?
From: Giovanna Rossi
Series: Well Woman Radio
Caption: Dr. Jan Werbinski, MD
When choosing wine do you stop to think about the affect it has on your health and well being? And do men and women engage with it differently? Fr...

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:29
Pathways to Exploration: Space Analyst John Logsdon on the National Research Council Human Spaceflight Report
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Gemini Spacewalker, Credit: NASA
The National Research Council released its long-awaited report June 4th. Distinguished space policy analyst John Logsdon returns to Planetary Radi...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and WESM 91.3 FM


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2