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Season 1, Episode 8 - 'Human Flourishing' feat Rosie von Lila
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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Imagining a world where we all are flourishing.

Bought by WDSE, KTRT RADIO INC, and WOJB


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 3
Minnesota 'N Ice: Hiking the Frozen Backwaters with the Winona Outdoor Collaborative
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Winter in Minnesota. It’s a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Some love it, some hate it, but we all get through (deal with) it...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 18:31
Films That Keep People Out of Prison: Complete Picture (Holiday ReAir - Week of 12/22/21)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What if judges could know a person more completely before sentencing them to prison? An organization called Complete Picture uses the power of film...

Bought by KWMR, WNYE, RadioFreePalmer, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
A Public Health Approach to Policing: The Newark Model
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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What does it look like to adopt a public health approach to safety, policing, and economic development? In February, 2020, Laura visited Newark, N...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 16, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Happiness is Good Medicine! - Episode 8
From: Daisy Oz
Series: Happy News
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Live longer, healthier and happier with daily doses of positive thought and feeling medicine.

  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
This is an Uprising
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Paul Engler
Central Coast Bioneers held its first conference in San Luis Obispo in 2010. Looking at their mission statement, It reads … To create a resilient a...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stand Up!
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gordon Whitman
For the past 20-years, Gordon Whitman has been working with the group Faith in Action where he is the deputy director. His job is teaching people h...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Daring Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frances Moore Lappé
Some feel the election of Donald Trump is a signal that people want change. Others see it as a culmination of a decades long effort to destabilize ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Even Vegans Die
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Ginny Messina is back on the show with her latest book, Even Vegans Die: A Practical Guide to Caregiving, Acceptance, and Protecting Your Legacy of...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
The Human Agenda
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Trans Über Publishing, Credit: cover design John Hamilton
Author and activist Joe Wenke speaks with some of the foremost advocates for change. They have a determined commitment to freedom and equality.

Bought by Wild Planet Radio and KCBX


  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Love or Fear: Which Motivates Us More?
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Competing essayists Jennifer Nelson and Jason Steck debate the question "Love or Fear: Which Motivates Us More?" at the 2014 "Great American Think ...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Apr 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Political Classroom
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: The Political Classroom jacket, Credit: Routledge Press
When politics is polarized, so is American Society. That, in turn, makes things more difficult for educators and students. It becomes riskier for t...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Happiness of Pursuit
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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
The Tolerance Trap
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: The Tolerance Trap, Credit: NYU Press
In her book The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality. Dr. Suzanna Walters explores how notions of tolera...

Bought by WCPN, WFHB, and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Flying Blind (for Pledge Drive)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Flying Blind book cover
When a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department approaches Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell about tracking endangered India...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2014
  • Length: 22:19
  • Purchases: 1
Butch Hancock on Art of the Song
From: Art of the Song
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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
PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America - part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: PTSD book cover, Credit: Lexington Books
This is a continuation of a conversation with sociologist Jerry Lembcke. His book, -PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Restoring Opportunity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Restoring Opportunity jacket cover, Credit: Harvard Education Press
Americans see education as the primary social institution for achieving the goal of equality and opportunity. While there are sharp disagreements o...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Chomsky Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chomsky's Challenge, Credit: book jacket cover
Noam Chomsky is a polarizing figure in politics and foreign affairs. Although he is a pioneering scholar in the field of linguistics, he is better...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Out On a Limb
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ben Kilham
Benjamin Kilham has been researching and living with black bears for nearly twenty years. He has become an expert in black bear behavior, as well a...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Opportunity
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion on Opportunity...then and now

  • Added: Dec 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
The Emerging Masculine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Azarm Ghareman
Clinical psychologist Azarm Ghareman brings the teachings of Carl Jung into post-modern analysis. Dr. Ghareman sees the need for a better understan...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Knocking on Heaven's Door
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katy Butler
In writing her book, Katy Butler set out to help others to avoid the pitfalls she faced during her father’s last years.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
High Tide
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: High Tide book cover, Credit: jacket design by Kata Jancso
One week before super storm Sandy hit, oceanographer John Englander released his book about the short, medium and long term scenarios we can expect...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Cows Save the Planet
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Judith D. Swartz
In her new book, author and journalist Judith D. Swartz reveals that our ability to transform many of our problems – climate change, desertificatio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1