PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative
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If you look at the number of hours Americans spend on gathering political information, it appears they are spending more time involved in politics....
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- Added: Feb 18, 2020
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This is the second half of a Happy News feature on Decluttering for greater peace and happiness - focusing this time on the mind!
- Added: Feb 13, 2020
- Length: 03:00
Did you know that the heart sends more messages to the brain than the brain does to the heart? Find out more on our amazing heart's intelligence...
- Added: Feb 13, 2020
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Permanent subjection or exile. Even the abolitionists of the 1800s beloved those were the options for African-American youth.
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- Added: Feb 10, 2020
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The Works Progress Administration, what became better known as the WPA, was designed to provide jobs for unemployed Americas. One of their provoca...
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- Added: Feb 05, 2020
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It’s well understood that our environment affects our behavior. Realistically, though, it works both ways. Our behavior profoundly impacts our envi...
- Added: Jan 28, 2020
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Is he a gift directly from God? Or a Lucifer with "messianic certainty?" ALABAMA PUBLIC RADIO DECLINED TO AIR THIS COMMENTARY - TOO CONTROVERSIAL.
- Added: Jan 27, 2020
- Length: 03:40
Usually, when someone is thought to have sold out, it’s a negative reference. It can mean they’ve betrayed their values and ethics. Yet it’s someth...
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- Added: Jan 13, 2020
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America is facing challenging times. This much chaos and confusion has not been witnessed since the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s and ‘70s. As...
- Added: Jan 07, 2020
- Length: 29:00
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Important stories about the struggle for freedom in Brooklyn, from a young girl “auctioned” at Plymouth Church in 1860 to the story of Crown Height...
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- Added: Dec 23, 2019
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Interview with author Dave Eggers.
- Added: Dec 23, 2019
- Length: 11:49
We like to think of America as a country that, until recently, welcomes immigrants. In reality, that’s never been the case. You may have read abou...
- Added: Dec 22, 2019
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Shortly after the outbreak of WWII, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. It called for the forced removal of over one-hundred-thousand ...
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- Added: Dec 17, 2019
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Very few issues cause heated debate like the vaccination controversy. From their introduction, vaccines have created concern and skepticism.
- Added: Dec 09, 2019
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For a growing number of Americans, our current political realities are of increasing concern. Many are deeply puzzled about what we do in the near ...
- Added: Dec 03, 2019
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There are fakes all around us. No, this isn’t about “fake news.” In fact, the overuse of that term as given real fakes a bad name. That’s right. We...
- Added: Nov 26, 2019
- Length: 29:00
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In grade school and high school, back girls make up about 16% of the female student population. Yet, of all girls referred to law enforcement in ou...
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- Added: Nov 19, 2019
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There is an ongoing “us” and “them” argument in our society. Realistically, politics and religion have always managed to create deep divisions.
- Added: Nov 11, 2019
- Length: 28:19
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A general tendency among those who study human behavior is to identify two separate groups of mental predators.
- Added: Nov 06, 2019
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An act of oppression comes in many forms. Government, household, work environment, and even friendships. It happens when one group or person exerci...
- Added: Oct 29, 2019
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Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how much time we spend online. We might even ask if it really matters. The digital world is so ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2019
- Length: 28:59
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In 1965, two intellectuals met at Cambridge University for a debate. The topic: “The American dream is at the expense of the American Negro.” The r...
- Added: Oct 15, 2019
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He broke a cardinal rule of speaking: never attack your audience or an audience member.
- Added: Sep 30, 2019
- Length: 03:27
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Mixing history with poetic metaphor is not an easy task. Especially when the subject involves separate cultures, different languages, and vastly ch...
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
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The hardest book to write is the one about you. I’ve heard that story from so many authors. You want to be honest, yet there are times that can fee...
- Added: Sep 17, 2019
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