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Presidents recorded 2/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A very special program comparing US Presidents with special guest the late Helen Thomas of UPI. Others on the panel discuss many aspects comparing ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 24:59
Why Cities Lose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jonathan A. Rodden
The path to political victory should be simple: accrue more points that your opponent, and you will win. Not so fast. U.S. elections aren’t nearly ...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
WorldCanvass: Why School? Education and Social Transformation (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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“Why School? International Perspectives on Education and Social Transformation” examines education in a global context, both as a reflection of soc...

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 31:17
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
We Animals: a free photography archive
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
Caption: A recently separated calf waits in a wheelbarrow as a farmer prepares her solitary crate. Spain, 2010 , Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur : Animal Equality
Award winning photographer Jo-Anne McArthur on her We Animals Archive - a free resource for activists to share hauntingly beautiful images of anima...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:28
Collective Delusions of America with Prof. Jerry Kroth, Psychologist and Author
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Jerry Kroth
Unspun challenges American delusions and the myths that underlie our collective insanity with Jerry Kroth, Assoc. Professor Emeritus of Psychology ...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 57:47
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: Genetics and New Technologies
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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An exploration of the many ways in which genetics and new technologies are changing the world we live in and challenging long-held assumptions.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:58:37
What Price the Princess Cult? Toys, our kids, and harmful messages.
From: KSFR
Series: Equal Time with Martha Burk
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Peggy Orenstein, New York Times best-selling author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture t...

Bought by Radio Catskill and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Show 11: Art/Artist/Audience in Dylan' Songs
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Bill King dusting his broom
Dylan's Relationship to His Art, to himself as Artist, and to his Audience

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, and KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: Sep 27, 2008
  • Length: 59:13
  • Purchases: 4
Show 12: Dylan and the Traditions
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
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Dylan & the Traditions: Literature, Popular Song, Folk Song

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 13, 2008
  • Length: 01:00:13
  • Purchases: 5
Wikipedia: A 5-Minute Primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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the pros and cons of a magnificent experinent in encyclopedia making

  • Added: Dec 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:29
CL 2006 Mel Levine,MD "Helping a mind become defined."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Dr.Mel Levine examines the many ways children learn.

Bought by KMXT, Interlochen Public Radio, and AIFM


  • Added: Sep 20, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
Perinatal Hospice: Ethical Issues
From: Miles Eddy
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It’s not until we have to make choices that have no clear outcome that our ethics are challenged and we have to re-evaluate what we consider right ...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2005
  • Length: 07:01
RN Documentary: Misunderstanding Islam
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Islam and the West have been described as a Clash of Civilizations – but is it all just one big misunderstanding?

Bought by KALW, WGBH Radio Boston, and WUFT


  • Added: Dec 06, 2004
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 3
Dyslexia: Identifying, coping and learning to read.
From: Barry Vogel
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Dyslexia: What is this disability that affects one person in five? How is diagnosed and treated?

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Feb 08, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1