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Caption: Fourth grade girls know the truth's power., Credit: Susan Cook
I heard Jill Abramson , the former executive editor of the New York Times say recently that since the George W. Bush administration, there have be...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2015
  • Length: 04:51
Caption: Chris Guillebeau
Compulsive goal seeker and best-selling author Chris Guillebeau set out to visit every country on the planet by age thirty-five.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr David E. Kirkland, Transforming the world with more inclusive education methods

  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
Caption: Greg Sarris
Being an Indian in modern times has given rise to Indian casinos. Chairman Greg Sarris of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria found himself s...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
Caption: Gloria Steinem
World-renowned feminist, writer and change-maker Gloria Steinem connects the dots among disparate social movements to reveal the common patterns of...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
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A Radio Theatre piece about the creation and performance of one of America's most controversial songs.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 13:22
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A profile of Jubilee Leadership Academy, an organization reaching out to troubled teen boys.

  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 08:50
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Back in 1958 Popular Science published an article about General Motor’s plan to build self-driving cars guided by electrical cables in roadways. Gi...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Imagine waiting to catch a train. You show up at the station and wait for the familiar clanking of wheels and squealing of brakes. This time, howev...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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It was early morning, November first, nineteen fifty-two. The scientists who had gathered on the beautiful Enewetak (A-ne-we-tak) Atoll in the Sout...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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By the middle of the 20th century electromagnets were common and engineers had begun experimenting with using them to levitate vehicles, including...

  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Taking the listeners back into the early history of the universe, this introductory episode explains what fusion is, how it powers stars, and how i...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Frederick Banting (right) joined by Charles Best in office, 1924
Diabetes is one of the first recorded diseases. When was it first treated by physicians and how prevalent was it?

  • Added: May 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Art and science meet at the crossroads in this program focused on climate change, sustainability, and the future of our planet and ourselves. This...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2014
  • Length: 24:31
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"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on" - Johnny Cash in a previously unheard interview recorded in 1996. The man in black covers sidebur...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZYX, WABE, KVNF, Troy Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Sharon Wirtz, left, talks to Marquell Hicks, right, in front of a panel from the NM AIDS Memorial Quilt, Credit: Katy Gross
N’MPower participant, Marquell Hicks, interviews quilt artists Sharon Wirtz and Jane Gabaldon, in a community engagement project between the Museum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 10:00
Caption: John Gallegos, left, is interviewed by Antonio Martinez, right, with assistance from Marquell Hicks, center., Credit: Laura Marcus Green
N’MPower participant, Antonio Martinez, interviews Spanish Colonial artist John Gallegos, in a community engagement project between the Museum of I...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 06:34
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What is a home? Come take a look at the concept of “home” from a different perspective.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Saving Paradise , Credit: Book cover
IdeaSphere … Saving Paradise: Author and environmental activist Mike Bond uses fiction to tell the real story of Hawaii’s fight against corporation...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 21, 2014
  • Length: 20:41
  • Purchases: 2
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Texas troubadour and member of the super group, The Flatlanders, Butch Hancock sat down with us in front of an audience at the Woody Guthrie Folk F...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM, Delta College Public Radio, WRNC-LP, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Mar 17, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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A complex and multi-talented individual, Socrates held a medical degree, studied philosophy, wrote political commentary and led a movement in Brazi...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
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We’re told that genetically engineered Golden Rice is the answer to third world Vitamin A-related blindness, but is it? Join Food Sleuth Radio host...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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Farmer Joe Maxwell says: “I raise hogs; I don’t produce pork.” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her in...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Scipio A. Jones, Credit: Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
In the final episode, the NAACP begins efforts to fight the death sentences handed down in Helena, led in part by Scipio Africanus Jones, the leadi...

Bought by WNCU


  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
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Radio Curious visits with Don L. Brown, author of “Morphine Dreams: Delusions of Grandeur or Relentless Ambition?  Sometimes it’s Hard to Tell the ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:01