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The last several years have seen a big increase in the number of lawsuits focused on the climate crisis. Some lawsuits challenge governments for th...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, Maine Public Radio, KSQD Santa Cruz, Nevada Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
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The last several years have seen a big increase in the number of lawsuits focused on the climate crisis. Some lawsuits challenge governments for th...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
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Generational discussion about work ethics, first recorded in May of 2002, now added to our archive.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 22:27
Caption: Civil Society and Campus Politics: Two Collegians Take on Polarization
Avinash Bakshi, President of the Penn State College Independents, describes the importance of having a third, less tribal option among political gr...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 19:19
Caption: Paper recycling plant , Credit: Bas Emmen
Today we have a question about paper recycling. What happens after you throw your paper into the blue bin? How much of that paper actually gets reu...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2020
  • Length: 03:50
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Older, Middle and Younger generations guests discuss the nature of female sex drive over time.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
  • Length: 51:26
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We humans like to discuss all kinds of topics, but we seem to have trouble when it comes to sex. We are very interested in it even though our comfo...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2019
  • Length: 51:26
Caption: Kateri Gutierrez at Collective Avenue Coffee, Credit: Photo by Ben Tran
Like many kids who come from working class immigrant families, Kateri Gutierrez felt a lot of pressure to get ahead. After a brief stint trying to ...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2019
  • Length: 07:05
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For some US students, escalating costs are putting college out of reach – whereas in Germany higher education is considered a right, tuition is nor...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 19:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Darius Willard
On May 5 The James Beard Foundation will present one of only five 2019 leadership awards to Minneapolis-based chef Sean Sherman. In making the awar...

Bought by KMSU, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KSRQ, KQAL and more


  • Added: Apr 03, 2019
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Laptops have become standard in colleges across the country. Seemingly all professors are using them for the benefits of technology, but it isn't a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Older, middle and younger generation guests compare their perspectives on the issues facing rural and urban life over time.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2016
  • Length: 51:32
Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
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Tune into our Innovate Media interview with Russell Granet of Lincoln Center Education on the importance of the arts for children and Russell's ext...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 43:11
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Charles McLister discusses his role as board president helping Camden's youth through technology with Hopeworks In Camden and caring for those with...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2015
  • Length: 01:33:28
Caption: Hratch Sepetjian stands in front of his class on a typical day. He gets frustrated when his students do not take the Armenian lessons seriously., Credit: Andy Vasoyan
A century after Armenians fled genocide in 1915, language teacher Hratch Sepetjian is fighting to keep their dialect – Western Armenian – alive in ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:09
Caption: Oakland High School
It’s 8:08am, the Friday before spring break, and under other circumstances Kathleen Byrnes would already be at work. “We would be in our classroom...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 08:26
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Saying the Pledge of Allegiance is optional in Maine schools, but Lily SanGiovanni says not all of her classmates know that for sure.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
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Kayla Sargent reports on EarthCorps International, a program that brings young international students to the Seattle area for preservation efforts

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:04
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A girl and her mother talk about being bullied by internet, a school security officer talks about posing as a 14 year old online.

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:21
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Bullying is a complex problem with many different causes. It’s defined as aggression that is habitual and that involves a power imbalance. Today th...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 04:08
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In 1999 Rachel Scott was the first student to be killed in the massacre at Columbine High School. Her death prompted the creation of a national sch...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Downtown High School project-based learning student-centered learning alternative education high school public education SFUSD, Credit: Jen Chien
Nearly a dozen teenagers are scattered in small groups across a large classroom at Downtown High School in San Francisco. Some strum on guitars. Ot...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 09:28
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Hamlin School on Broadway Street in Pacific Heights, Credit: Flickr user rocor
Callie Jones is showing me how to 3D print a tiny yellow chess piece, after designing it herself on a computer. It’s her second day in the 3D print...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
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Natasha Mahia, a student at El Dorado elementary school in Visitacion Valley, is one of ROCK’s biggest fans. ROCK stands for Real Options for City ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 04:37