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Caption: Professor Tom Kochan
America’s workforce and the economy are rapidly changing. As is the type of work we do. Flip that coin over and you’ll see that institutions and po...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Daina Ramey Berry
A historian and a journalist speak about the devaluation of human life past and present in America.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Jacques Berlinerblau
In the 1970s, over half of America’s university professors were tenured or on the tenure track. Today that figure is around 25-percent and falling.

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Corey Dolgon
American voters have been convinced to vote against their best interests for decades, according to sociology professors Corey Dolgon.

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  • Added: Jun 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Tom Nichols
Research is not plugging a question into a browser. Yet, we treat the Internet as though it has intelligence. And, in turn, that makes us intelligent.

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: George Lakey at Occupy Philly
The Scandinavian countries … Sweden, Norway and Denmark … boasts the world’s happiest, most productive people. They have equality, low unemployment...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: William W. Goldsmith
There is deep concern for the health of American cities. Frustration with inequality is spreading. Public schools are lagging behind expectation. I...

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Yuval Levin
Americans appear frustrated today. The economy that was supposed to bounce back following the recession nearly a decade ago, remains sluggish and s...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jerry Kroth
Unspun challenges American delusions and the myths that underlie our collective insanity with Jerry Kroth, Assoc. Professor Emeritus of Psychology ...

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  • Added: Mar 13, 2016
  • Length: 57:47
  • Purchases: 1
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In today’s edition of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with St. Martin Mayor Jim R...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2016
  • Length: 31:27
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Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Economist Robin Hahnel about the road ahead for Greece, their inspiring example to the world in the ...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2015
  • Length: 27:43
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Linda speaks about her book The trouble with billionaires , Corporate philanthropy, alternatives

  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 30:05
Caption: School Violence, Credit: jacket cover design by Emily Osborne
More violence is committed in America than any other industrialized nation. Nowhere is that sad fact more prevalent than on our school grounds.

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Caption: Elisabeth Bolaza on MIW, Credit: Allegra Bandy
Making It Work Radio Season 1-Episode 2 with Elisabeth Bolaza, Sex Educator and Activist

  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 22:46
Caption: Andrew HIller
A commentary about the recent pay scandals and court decisions involving student athletes. Plus, a plan to resolve the controversy. Recently, Peo...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2014
  • Length: 04:16
Caption: Host Martha Burk
College students are hitting the road back to school this month. There’s no doubt it can be a wonderful experience. But for some, college will be ...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
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Schools are almost out; will they still be there in September?

  • Added: May 10, 2014
  • Length: 58:35
Caption: Gilbert Stuart, Lansdowne Portrait, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Prof. Peter Kastor sheds light on how debates over the size and role of government have evolved over time, from the country's earliest days to the ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2013
  • Length: 13:24
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Missing the deadline...and heading off for a week's vacation...The House and Senate failed to reach a final deal on keeping student loan interest r...

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm and WOUB


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 59:11
  • Purchases: 2
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The Living Well Show presents: A two part interview with Dr. Richard D. Wolff author of Occupy the Economy. Dr. Wolff is Professor of Economics Em...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: TheCivicCommons.com
How do YOU talk about race? And why can it be so touchy?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:32
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Economic hard times continue in Oregon as in the nation, so could a new tax to fund the arts be approved by voters in this environment? An arts ad...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
Caption: USC junior Kyle Tabuena-Frolli, Credit: Jayme Catsouphes
Reform programs such as Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind have their share of critics, but they also have strong supporters: stakeholders wh...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:15
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Husseyin Baybasin is een Koerdische zakenman die, naar zeggen van zijn advocaat Mr. Adele van der Plas, al veertien jaar lang onschuldig in de Nede...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 06:37