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In this podcast we explore the issues facing young mothers and women expecting babies, the changing trend of abortion and how pornography is having...
- Added: Oct 09, 2019
- Length: 30:53
Education is more than job training, says Duke University professor Priscilla Wald.
- Added: Nov 07, 2016
- Length: 02:06
Norman Wirzba sees a moral vacuum at the heart of the presidential campaign: He says candidates are ignoring society's most vulnerable citizens. Wi...
- Added: Nov 07, 2016
- Length: 02:11
We could do a lot to improve public health and reduce runaway medical expenses if we focussed more on preventing disease and less on medical fixes,...
- Added: Oct 21, 2016
- Length: 02:18
As the National Park Service turns 100 this year, our national parks represent a terrifically valuable asset in need of attention, says Stuart Pimm.
- Added: Oct 20, 2016
- Length: 02:18
It's "very expensive to be poor in contemporary America," says Duke Divinity School professor Luke Bretherton. Usury is one reason why.
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- Added: Sep 22, 2016
- Length: 02:10
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Climate change debates often center on the future. But our dirty environment carries a heavy price tag right now, says Drew Shindell, a physicist a...
- Added: Sep 20, 2016
- Length: 02:06
The word that best describes America's infrastructure is "crumbling," says Henry Petroski.
Petroski is Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engi...
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 02:07
Rising sea levels are just one way climate change is reshaping the world's oceans, says Duke University oceanographer Susan Lozier.
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 01:40
New voter identification laws could sharply curb voter participation in N.C. and other states, says Duke University historian Gunther Peck.
- Added: May 18, 2016
- Length: 02:14
With our piecemeal coastal policies, "We're haphazardly geo-engineering a whole coast," says Duke University economist Martin Smith.
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- Added: May 16, 2016
- Length: 02:19
- Purchases: 1
National service is a winning issue with potential bipartisan appeal, says a professor at Duke University.
- Added: May 10, 2016
- Length: 02:05
Climate change, failing infrastructure and growing inequality add up to a perfect storm that is poised to hit the nation's poor, says Megan Mullin....
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- Added: May 05, 2016
- Length: 01:51
- Purchases: 1
Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...
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- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 06:16
- Purchases: 1
Widows from WWII, Vietnam and Iraq wars discuss changes over time from the loss of their husbands in war.
- Added: Mar 16, 2014
- Length: 29:00
Dr. Frederick Hoxie discusses many Indian activists who laid the groundwork for today's Indian representation
- Added: Jan 20, 2014
- Length: 29:00
Almost 30 million Americans live a mile or more away from a supermarket. That may not sound very far, but for the five million plus who don’t have ...
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- Added: Jan 13, 2014
- Length: 04:33
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Every day, millions of people who take medications also drink grapefruit juice. I do. But most don’t realize the combination can be toxic and even ...
- Added: Jun 26, 2013
- Length: 02:00
- Added: Sep 05, 2009
- Length: 29:00
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The only generational discussion on Racial Profiling on radio.
- Added: Aug 02, 2009
- Length: 28:56
Honoring the late John Hope Franklin
- Added: Apr 05, 2009
- Length: 29:00
Paul Farmer believes heath care is a human right-and he's devoted his life to making that a reality.
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- Added: Feb 09, 2009
- Length: 03:48
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After 9-11, the executive and administrative branches of the U.S. government instituted a series of policies to control access to information, inst...
- Added: Dec 11, 2006
- Length: 05:06
