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How can we harness the power of games for education? In Part 1 of the episode, the podcast explores how the PAX South 2017 gaming conference inspi...

  • Added: May 05, 2018
  • Length: 40:18
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What are the World's Worst Cocktail Names? We also discuss knitting and get into the Wine News. The Wine Fellers is an upbeat, good chemistry dri...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
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Education is more than job training, says Duke University professor Priscilla Wald.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:06
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Cody Rilo and Tyler Schiedel, restaurant veterans, went vegan and wanted to open a business that reflected their ethics. They did, along with Aspen...

Bought by 'The Sea' and KMUD


  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
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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...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A board encouraging attendance greets students and parents as they walk into Garfield Elemantary School, Credit: Isabel Angell
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
Caption: Student activists Sofie Karasek and Meghan Warner, Credit: Liz Mak
On the state level, California is working to address the issue of sexual assault on campus. In September, the state passed a new “Yes means Yes” la...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: A pile of foldscopes, Credit: Prakash Lab
I am in a lab tucked away in the basement of a Stanford University engineering building. Bioengineering professor Manu Prakash is showing me a tiny...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Amelia Martinez and Elizabeth Montiel hit the streets to survey Mission residents, Credit: Melanie Young
With the start of a new school year, families all around San Francisco are sending their children off with hopes for a good year and a bright futur...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: The 168th class of the Oakland Police Academy, Credit: Kyung Jin Lee
After years of struggle, the Oakland Police Department is finally getting some positive news. Crime rates are down in all major categories, includi...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:24
Caption: Second grade teacher Pamela Diebel releases her class after the lockdown drill., Credit: Rhian Miller
Every time news of another school shooting hits the headlines, so does the debate about how to keep children safe. After the shootings at Sandy Hoo...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 10:14
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The Bay Area’s cultural diversity is translated in so many different ways; you can hear it in how many languages are spoken here. For parents want...

  • Added: May 20, 2014
  • Length: 07:01
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Dr. Frederick Hoxie discusses many Indian activists who laid the groundwork for today's Indian representation

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Jessy Jones and her third graders looks on as Principal Tracy Peoples shares in the community circle, Credit: Jen Chien
Last month, a group of students from the 100% College Prep Club in the Bayview district marched into the San Francisco Unified School District boar...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2013
  • Length: 08:54
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ThoughtCast speaks with Anant Agarwal, formerly the Director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. An entrepreneur and ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2013
  • Length: 11:32
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Smart Daily Tips from One of the Top Global Investment Advisers

  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
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Smart Daily Tips from One of the Top Global Investment Advise

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  • Length: 04:46
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Weekly series looking at the issues affecting the people of our planet

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:30
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In response to international tests that show American students lagging, a number of programs supporting the study of science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by KENW, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Tim Stackpool - Presenter
The WORLD features news reports from around the world, centered on humanitarian issues or stories that have an individual or mass impact on communi...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 27:30
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Honoring the late John Hope Franklin

  • Added: Apr 05, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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The first student to graduate as part of a Syracuse University full scholarship for Native American students got his degree last month.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2009
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
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3 Generations talking about WEALTH

  • Added: Nov 05, 2007
  • Length: 59:59
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Indoor air pollution can be far more harmful than what you breathe outside

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 1
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Australian River Gorge Exhibit

  • Added: Jan 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:49