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Caption: North Atlantic Right Whale, Credit: US Marine Mammal Commission
This ThoughtCast hour introduces Faculty Insight, a partnership with Harvard Extension School, in addition to a series of interviews on endangered ...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
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"Sew Spot Sew" is an audio piece by Sergio Gonzales, who strongly advocates DYI -- Do It Yourself, a movement that began in the late '50s. Since th...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
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We're talking politics and poetry with Noam Chomsky and C.D. Wright. Noam Chomsky is on an upbeat about American views on war and imperialism, and ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Let's find out where those chemicals are Kids!   Kids of the Gottfried-Röhl-Schule
We all have a mouth and for the duration of our lives we put mainly food into it. Some people think about what goes down! Others don't care. But m...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: 31:00
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In Latin America, sexism and impunity contribute to violence against women. But the region is also home to powerful female voices, and effective mo...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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The growth in national security measures since 9/11 is striking. Is this level of government investment worthwhile? Can there ever be too much secu...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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How do you choose missions to fight a war effectively, while minimizing civilian deaths and meeting the obligation to your soldiers?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Must governments meet violence with an authoritarian response? In the recent Mexican election, citizens could demand a crackdown on druglords at th...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Does the state capitalism model present a challenge to free market political systems? Is Google's confrontation with China a taste of the future? W...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Can you hold to ethical standards and serve a government that makes mistakes? Does becoming a diplomat mean, "my country right or wrong"?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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Inequality in America has been accelerating rapidly since the 1980s. But capping income levels could put liberty and competitiveness at risk. Regar...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: http://peopleswaterboard.blogspot.com/  , Credit: Detroit Peoples Water Board
In Detroit, the price of water is so high that for some, it’s out of reach. In response, citizens have come together to form the Detroit People’s ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 09:03
Caption: http://michiganwro.blogspot.com, Credit:  Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 28:56
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Until September 11, 2001, The Triangle Shirtwaste Fire on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest workplace disaster in the history of New York City. Davi...

Bought by WFHB, WFHB, and KVSC


  • Added: Sep 03, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
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In this edition of Radio Curious we visit again with Spencer Wells and discuss his new book, “Pandora’s Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization,”...

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Aug 02, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: An Afghan girl carrying water jugs, Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the news in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Jun 11, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Women at the Tulle Lake War Relocation Camp, circa 1942. , Credit: Bob Bobster.
Two survivors of Japanese American internment describe how they went from being seen as model citizens to being seen as the enemy. In the story of ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVSC, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 20:30
  • Purchases: 9
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Peace Advocacy discussed from generational perspectives

  • Added: May 31, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
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From the Sudan Radio Project: we hear a range of opinions about the upcoming elections in Sudan.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2010
  • Length: 05:17
Caption: Scientists at the Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia perform cutting edge neuroscience research. A Janelia Farm exec says Northern Virginia's congested highways makes hiring and retaining employees difficult., Credit: Matt Staley/Janelia Farm
Business execs in Northern Virginia, typically a core Republican constituency, are beginning to lose patience with the GOP over its refusal to rais...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2010
  • Length: 04:41
Caption: Mairead Maguire
This time on Peace Talks Radio, a 2006 conversation with Northern Ireland Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire. Also talk about middle school...

Bought by KWMR, KCNP, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
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ATMI Reporter Aviva Hirsch asks her group mates from Alaska Youth for Environmental Action (AYEA) what it will take to get a tax through the assembly.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 04:00
Caption: Tony Blair defends his decision to invade Iraq in front of a public hearing, Credit: Associated Press
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: U.S. Secretary of commerce Gary Locke discusses the National Exports Initiative at a National Press Club Lunceon on February 4, 2010, Credit: Sam Hurd
United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke talks about President Obama's State of the Union commitment to double U.S. exports in 5 years. Secr...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2010
  • Length: 54:00