PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative

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The newest JazzGrass referendum on "Where It's At" in the world....

  • Added: Nov 06, 2018
  • Length: 01:56:50
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Dr. Sharon Akabas, PhD, Director of the MS Program at the Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition, talks about her early interest in educa...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2018
  • Length: 34:02
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: The cover art for this episode alludes to the activity mentioned where a class of forms a scale model of the solar system with the sun as a basketball.
Science education occurs in juvenile detention centers, as part of the schooling available to young people there so that they can receive their hig...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2018
  • Length: 40:25
Caption: Ellen Condiff Lagemann
Providing prisoners a chance to earn a college degree may just be the antidote for our lock-them-up society. America is the clear winner among indu...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Ulrich Boser
You’d think that after several centuries of learning, we’d finally understand how to learn. But, it seems that humans are always on the path to a b...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Power 20 Countdown, Credit: Cerebral Radio CBRTalk
Celebrating Influential African American Albums From The Civil Rights Era To Present- Day

  • Added: Apr 21, 2018
  • Length: 01:07:12
Caption: Yaffed, a Hasidic education advocate organization, puts up a billboard in Williamsburg
New York City is home to a sprawling network of ultra-Orthodox schools. 60,000 students go to these yeshivas every school day. For years there have...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:04
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The associate director for the California Innocence Project talks about the importance of working to address issues of evidence retention and prese...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
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The SXSW Education conference and festival in 2017 highlighted equity, fairness, and justice as a major theme. How does this apply to engineering ...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2018
  • Length: 43:03
Caption: Johann Hari author of Lost Connections and Chasing the Scream
Johann Hari discusses his book, "Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression—and the Unexpected Solutions."

Bought by WCPN, KMUN, WETS, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 18, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Dr. Linda Nathan
There’s a long held assumption that college access is available to anyone and everyone. All they have to have is fortitude and a big dream. In othe...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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An in depth discussion of the historical social implications of misogony

Bought by High Plains Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2018
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Noliwe Rooks
America’s system of public schools is recognized as one of the countries greatest achievements.

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Cory Daniels interview with Bob Minkin

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jessi Silva (left) and Maggie Marquez (right)
Maggie Marquez and Jessi Silva grew up in the desert town of Marfa, Texas in the 1950s. At the time, segregation of Latino and white students was n...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Midnimo, which means “unity” in Somali, is a multi-partner project anchored with the Cedar Cultural Center that was bringing world renowned Aar Maa...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:41
Caption: H. Chris Ransford
Mathematician and Physicist, Chris Ransford, elevates the debate regarding infinity, the universe, godhood, and irreducible mathematics.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Reshma Saujani
The world of technology is male driven. Very few women are represented in leadership roles. For decades now, there’s been a major gender diversity ...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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

  • Added: Aug 14, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
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It probably won’t surprise you but boys and girls are not on a par with STEM programs: That’s the shorthand term for science, technology, engineeri...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 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