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Right now, there are 17,000 inmates in California prisons serving life with the possibility of parole. For years, no one has really known how many ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:50
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In part two in our series, “Greed is Now Respectable” we visit again with Attorney Prescott Cole, employed by California Advocates for Nursing Home...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
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Elder financial abuse may result from intentional deception promoted under the guise of "seminar," sometimes with a "free lunch" included. "Livin...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Marine reservist Nina D’Amato used to teach in East Palo Alto as part of Teach for America and served as assistant principal at AP Giannini Middle ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 08:38
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Winona State University President Dr. Judith Ramaley talks to us about the Teach 21 Campaign and NEXT (Network for Excellence in Teaching) through...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 16:41
Caption: www.mmep.org
Did you know that according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, 16 of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the sta...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 56:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Will Hesch of Winona Minnesota built a tiny house in an effort to reduce his carbon footprint. Today we will learn how Will accomplished his task, ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 16:37
Caption: The Pentagon is building a $12 million tent city at the site of a once proposed $125 million or more military compound for staging war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Credit: Department of Defense
News and features from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Photo courtesy of the American Association of Yemeni Scientists and Professionals
In the Bay Area, Yemeni-Americans are mostly young men, mostly in the East Bay, and often in the business of managing or owning the family corner s...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
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Today on Culture Clique we have a guest with a person who is excited to help MN move forward in relationship equality. We sit down with Anne Kaner-...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 15:30
Caption: Ham at work, Credit: Nasa
It's 50 years since the first American went into space; why the Large Hadron Collider isn't going to shut down for a year as planned; and we trick ...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 34:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Shutdown screen at Cern, Credit: Andy Duckworth
As the Large Hadron Collider goes into hibernation for the winter, producer Andy Duckworth visits the Atlas experiment at Cern, Geneva, to ask, wil...

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  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 24:18
  • Purchases: 1
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When the polar ice caps melt, sea level will rise. That’s happened earlier in the history of the world, and it appears it will happen again. In t...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:01
Caption: An IED next to an American tank in Iraq, Credit: Associated Press
From "The Invisible Threat" (7-9-2010): War News Radio reports on Improvised explosive devices that have been the biggest cause of US casualties in...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
James Lu Dunbar discussed the Universe Verse.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Bryn Terfel, Credit: Catherine Ashmore
The new production of Tosca at the Met caused an enormous uproar of epic proportions. While the new production pleased some, it inspired near riot...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2010
  • Length: :22
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, one in every four sexually active teenagers will contract a sexually transmitted disease. The Indiana...

  • Added: May 05, 2010
  • Length: 02:53
Caption: NORML Women's Alliance
Interview with Sabrina Fendrick at NORML about the role of women in ending marijuana prohibition; interview with author Anne Dryuan on her role in ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Mark Elder, Credit: Shelia Rock
To clap or not to clap – that's the concert hall debate that continues to rage in various circles. In Beethoven and Mozart's day, applauding was w...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: :23
Caption: Jon ("Jonsi") Thor Birgisson and Billy Holiday
Jon ("Jonsi") Thor Birgisson of Sigur Ros spins some of his favorite music -- everything from Iron Maiden to Django Reinhardt! Available for free ...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Hilary Hahn
Violinist Hilary Hahn performed on the Tonight Show in March 2010. The late night show had been in the news lately with a little hosting drama. D...

Bought by BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Jan 13, 2010
  • Length: :22
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Anahad O'Connor discussed the facts and myths about our health and the world we live in

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2009
  • Length: 26:07
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Lorin Maazel
Some obsessions and compulsions are better than others, and conductor Lorin Maazel admits that at one point in his career, he spent too much time a...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KVLU, KUHF, and BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM


  • Added: Oct 29, 2009
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. W. Brian Arthur discussed the nature of technology.

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 32:12
  • Purchases: 1
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What do you do when they tell you your child is in a persistive vegetative state, tell you to put her in a nursing home and go on with your life? Y...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2009
  • Length: 04:30