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Should Elite Universities Reinstate the SAT?
From: Open to Debate
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Many colleges during the pandemic decided to make their applications test-optional, but new research has elite colleges rethinking that policy. Tho...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUNM, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 4
How to Fortify Democracy in 2024: A Citizen’s Guide by Sam Daley-Harris
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Civic courage — what does it look like and how can more of us embody it? Our guest Sam Daley-Harris believes we need advocacy organizations to tra...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, KMUN, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for November 22, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Ralph Nader on Gaza War: ‘A Level of Savagery to Haunt the State of Israel...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
(Holiday Re-Air 2022-12-28) The Impact of Sitcom Abbott Elementary: Putting a Critical Eye on Public Education
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can you remember the last time when the challenges that inner city public school teachers face were the subject of a popular TV series? Abbott Elem...

Bought by KWMR, KDNK, WNYE, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Reducing Teen Break-up Violence
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO episode correspondent Yamini Ranjan explores the dynamics of dating and breakups among teens with three guests...

Bought by KUNM and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jun 30, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Participatory Budgeting Project
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When the news broke of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, it was chilling to many people to learn that 40 percent of that small city’s budget wa...

Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more


  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
Fighting Disinformation & Voter Engagement In Poetry
From: Generation Justice Admin
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How are our daily lives impacted by disinformation and media manipulation? To answer these questions we hear from Dr. Joan Donovan, the Research Di...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 54:52
NMPIRG Civic Engagement Panel
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Why should YOU vote? Tune in for inspiring speeches on the importance of voting from students, political consultants, and academic leaders in the 2...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2020
  • Length: 55:21
Exploring White Privilege and Preventing Violent Extremism
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO, Megan Kamerick interviews Layla Saad, the author of "Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World,...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KTOO, KFAI Minneapolis, WUFT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Reconciling A Sexual Assault & De-Escalating Street Conflict
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A two-part program. Part one shares the story of the victim of a sexual assault who winds up cooperating with her contrite perpetrator to help spr...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:59
Reconciling A Sexual Assault
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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A story of restorative justice and reconciliation between a woman, who was a victim of a non-consensual sexual assault during a casual date in coll...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Value of a College Education
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are college graduates happier, or better prepared for life?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WNYO, WDCB, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Deconstructing the College Admissions Rat Race
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What values are implicit in the American college admissions process?

Bought by KSKQ, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WLPR


  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Frozen River Film Fest 2018, Making Noise: The Story of a Skatepark
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, Logan Erickson takes us to the Frozen River Film Festival to speak with filmmaker Cecilia Cornejo on her new documenta...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Apr 06, 2018
  • Length: 27:11
  • Purchases: 1
Marijuana Community Talk: Hidden In Plain Sight
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, we go to a community forum on marijuana abuse in Winona County. We also speak to substance abuse counselor Phil ...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 14:38
2017-04-02 Youth in the Streets and in the Courts
From: Climate One
Caption: James Coleman, Fellow, Alliance for Climate Education, Credit: Ed Ritger
As Buffalo Springfield sang in 1967, “There’s something happening here…” But today’s youth revolution is happening far beyond the Sunset Strip. The...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
Iran Nuclear Deal
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Youth Led Public Affairs Live from Blunt Youth Radio
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Blunt tackles the Iran Nuclear Deal with some very special guests, including Maine Senator Angus King!

  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 01:01:39
From Foster Care to College
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Typically turning 18 has also meant aging out of the system. So no more reimbursements to subsidize care. Studies show foster youth lacking financi...

Bought by Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
Failing Our Youth: An Inadequate Foster Care System
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Nicole Rocke and daughter., Credit: Leticia Miranda
This show takes a look at issues within the foster care system in the U.S. from the high rate of teen pregnancy to the alarming use of psychiatric ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
Considering Loneliness (59:00 / 54:00 Version)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Some researchers suggest that loneliness can be lethal in that it can have significant physical and emotional effects. When is a loner personality...

Bought by KSUT, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WNIJ, WEKU, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 5
Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Carolyn Miles, President and CEO of Save the Children which serves the needs of over...

Bought by KMUD and WRIR


  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Reclaiming the Commons
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The Alley Project, Detroit, Credit: Karpov the Wrecked Train
From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets…cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Kid on Kid Shootings: Time for Prison
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
Caption: Host Martha Burk
According to the latest statistics available, one teen or child is killed with a gun every 3 hours 15 minutes, many by their peers. It's time for ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Room To Breathe: From Chaos to Peace in the Classroom (Encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Promotional picture from the Video Project , Credit: Image by: http://www.videoproject.com/roomtobreathe.html
At overcrowded and underfunded public schools across the country high suspension rates are exacerbating existing achievement gaps. Often, chaos in ...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stressed-Out Students
From: Humankind
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Ideal for broadcast late-Summer / early- Fall, this new 1-hr. documentary from Humankind examines the epidemic of high anxiety among secondary scho...

Bought by WVTF, WSKG, KRCB 104.9, KUAF Public Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 24