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We begin our story–the story of Hazel Johnson, of Altgeld Gardens, of Environmental Justice, and of how we each fit into the fight to change our li...
- Added: May 14, 2024
- Length: 43:27
Amy Pirzada started My Coding Place as an educational business focused on teaching coding to kids in Austin. But she soon expanded to teach chess, ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2022
- Length: 39:26
"...articulate, thoughtful, moving"
A LIMITED SERIES. Producer Paul Ingles gathers 7 top music writers to talk about their favorite Bruce Springs...
Bought by WHRV, KUOW, KSUT, KSRQ, and KRCU Public Radio
- Added: Oct 16, 2020
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 5
To control and steer kinetic energy
is an actuator's ultimate apogee.
This is Episode 89 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favo...
- Added: Aug 07, 2020
- Length: 04:34
Taxonomists are scientists (usually in museums) who classify life. They're field has open boundaries which creates tension for the Taxonomists and ...
- Added: Nov 01, 2018
- Length: 01:08:52
After years of unusual episodes dating back to her childhood, Anita went to the doctor and was told there was nothing medically wrong with her. "Sh...
- Added: Mar 07, 2017
- Length: 42:40
As a new U.S. administration takes hold, with talk of new military action against ISIS in the Middle East, and the reinstatement of Bush-era tortur...
- Added: Jan 30, 2017
- Length: 45:50
Our lives are controlled by the invisible hand from the grave. Death does not prevent people from influencing the world with their wealth, but such...
- Added: Jan 24, 2017
- Length: 46:43
We improve our movements. This is called motor learning and it is a very subconscious activity. Hear about the subconscious subverting the consciou...
- Added: Jan 05, 2017
- Length: 15:54
If you dip your toe into the running world, you'll notice a variety of claims about efficiency and speed from coaches and athletes. Surprisingly, w...
- Added: Nov 02, 2016
- Length: 07:39
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 11:00
- Purchases: 1
Professor Joe Loewenstein details Shakespeare's creative and intellectual response to accusations of plagiarism by Robert Greene.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 16:39
Scholars and directors shed light on the question of why we continue to study and admire William Shakespeare.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 16:50
Jami Ake questions the role of marriage in Shakespeare's plays and whether the famous playwright qualifies as a feminist.
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 15:11
- Purchases: 1
An urban studies professor explores some of the problems shared by cities around the globe.
- Added: Oct 27, 2015
- Length: 10:00
Patricia Barber is joined by Larry Kohut on Bass, Jon Deitemyer on Drums, and Jim Gaillereto on Tenor Sax for an hour of music and conversation abo...
- Added: Apr 21, 2015
- Length: 58:43
- Purchases: 2
Poet Paul Legault shares how he challenged the norms of translation in his interpretations of Emily Dickinson's poetry.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 14:00
Historical fiction is an ongoing balance between fact and fiction, but what if the story takes place outside of reality? Author Sarah Shun-Lien Byn...
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 15:12
How closely must historical fiction mirror recorded history? Author Marshall Klimasewiski weighs in.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 13:39
“Hey, you’re smart!” That feels good to hear, doesn’t it? Praise always feels good to hear, but not all praise motivates us to try new things, ch...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
John Lomax and his son Alan toured the South in the 1930s gathering music for the Library of Congress. Life then, and now, can be pretty tough in ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WWNO, Troy Public Radio, and KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 28, 2014
- Length: 54:18
- Purchases: 4
In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke explain the relationship between money, security, opportunity, memory, an...
- Added: Jan 10, 2014
- Length: 07:20
A winter's journey from the Arctic to the Antarctic, with familiar works by Mozart, Prokofiev and Debussy along with surprises by newer composers f...
Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WCQS, and KREV-LP
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 58:04
- Purchases: 3
Cannonball Adderley was embraced by the jazz community as soon as he hit the stage. His solos on Miles Davis' record Kind of Blue were remarkable a...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Sep 14, 2013
- Length: 03:02
- Purchases: 1
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
