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Michael Ellis, from the sustainability consulting firm GreenOrder, discusses how companies can work with employees to make sure they're onboard wit...
- Added: Jun 01, 2011
- Length: 29:18
Economic models were the basis for crucial practical decisions that led to the 2008-09 financial crisis. Yet government bailouts remain controversi...
- Added: Apr 25, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Scott Belsky believes that the greatest breakthroughs across all industries come from creative people and that teams are especially productive. So ...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Apr 18, 2011
- Length: 24:01
- Purchases: 1
"We live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommunicate across the globe, in which we could all just dial in from some sylvan suburb," says...
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- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 29:17
- Purchases: 1
In transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy, systems must decide who to exclude from public office. What do you do with those who, without ...
- Added: Apr 08, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Oil is cost-efficient as a primary energy source -- in the short term. Long-term, however, oil poses economic risks and damages the environment. Sh...
Bought by WRFA-LP, WMNF, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 3
Due to the high demand of energy, competitive costs, and environmental concerns, nuclear power seemed like a reasonable option. The earthquake and ...
- Added: Apr 01, 2011
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 2
Women and girls are a powerful accelerator for change, says Nike Foundation's Swan Paik. By allowing girls to fall through irreversible trap doors ...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 25, 2011
- Length: 30:32
- Purchases: 1
Bill Gates is spending one billion dollars in two years to eradicate polio. Although a deadly and crippling disease, it is extremely hard to end an...
- Added: Mar 18, 2011
- Length: 02:00
In March 2011, there were over 50 vessels and 800 people held hostage by Somali pirates. What should be the response to these captures? Should a th...
- Added: Mar 07, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Everyone knows that the only real solution to piracy in the Indian Ocean is to stabilize Somalia and revive its economy, says Merchant Marine Capta...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 07, 2011
- Length: 24:31
- Purchases: 1
Jerusha Klemperer, associate director of programs at Slow Food USA, explains the differences between slow and fast food and discusses food equity--...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 07, 2011
- Length: 28:44
- Purchases: 1
Author and eco-entrepreneur Roo Rogers' ventures include an alternative town-car service that uses hybrid cars. His recent book, "What's Mine is Yo...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 07, 2011
- Length: 24:01
- Purchases: 1
Can MBAs be held to "do no harm" standards similar to those of MDs? The MBA Oath was created by a group of Class of 2009 Graduates of Harvard Busin...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 07, 2011
- Length: 26:40
- Purchases: 1
"Although there is no magic bullet, social entrepreneurship unlocks everybody's ability to be a change maker and to participate in the solutions to...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 04, 2011
- Length: 29:45
- Purchases: 1
A curious mixture of punk rock, localized ska, DIY pop, and cannabis-infused folk from the city of Chengdu, gateway to China's wild west.
- Added: Mar 02, 2011
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 2
"We strongly believe that markets can be made to work for the poor in ways that far surpass the ability of the public sector and other intervention...
- Added: Mar 01, 2011
- Length: 27:04
Colette Lespinasse discusses pre-existing governance and human rights issues in disaster-stricken Haiti. She addresses the recent earthquake and ch...
- Added: Mar 01, 2011
- Length: 27:57
Susan Aryeetey discusses her work empowering women in Ghana. She has a background in journalism and communications, and has spent the last eight ye...
- Added: Mar 01, 2011
- Length: 26:51
A professor at Yale University, a landscape architect, and an urban ecologist, Alex Felson creates designs that take local and built environments i...
- Added: Mar 01, 2011
- Length: 26:42
Jonathan Rose discusses his focus on green building and transportation as key drivers in combating climate change.
- Added: Mar 01, 2011
- Length: 27:17
Julia Kennedy interviews Mary Joyce on the use of digital technology for activism.
- Added: Dec 01, 2010
- Length: 25:18
A 3-part chronological profile of Dylan's career from the early 1960's until his most recent work. Each part has a :60 intro and 2 segments of app...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 25, 2009
- Length: 02:49:42
- Purchases: 1
As state governments cut their budgets amid the national recession, funding for the uninsured or under insured with mental illness has become a rec...
- Added: Sep 03, 2009
- Length: 04:31
This week on Smart City we'll join the two-wheeled revolution with author, journalist and cycling enthusiast Jeff Mapes. And we'll hear about a ga...
Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WLRN, WBEZ, WFSU and more
- Added: Jun 03, 2009
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 6
