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What Music to Listen To When Writing? A 3-minute primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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What music is most conducive to writing - the answer might surprise you

  • Added: Apr 15, 2007
  • Length: 02:52
Making It To School
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Series: Making It . . .
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Anya Sippen almost never makes it to school on time. This piece explores why.

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Apr 03, 2007
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1
"Kill the Editor" by Kim Truong
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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There is an editor within each of us, and sometimes that editor needs to be killed. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge,...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:26
"Fitting in" by Team Oak Park-River Forest High School
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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Peer expectations in a teenage world are strong, and being confortable with who you are is a hard lesson to learn. Addressing issues of faith, gen...

Bought by Public Interactive


  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Scrotum and the Culture Wars
From: Merle Kessler
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The word "scrotum" is used in a children's book. Controversy ensues.

Bought by KRCC-FM and KUSP


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 2
Going Back to College
From: Littleglobe
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The influence of my childhood experience with college on my current desire for a degree.

Bought by SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network and WQJC


  • Added: Mar 14, 2007
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Lee Shulman
From: This I Believe
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Educator Lee Shulman believes life, like pastrami, should be enjoyed in its full and rich complexity.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WPSU


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe, Vermont
From: Vermont Public
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A series of five essays written by Vermonters for This I Believe, the national radio series exploring principles and values that guide our lives.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2007
  • Length: 18:55
Wikipedia: A 5-Minute Primer
From: Paul Levinson
Series: A View to Media
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the pros and cons of a magnificent experinent in encyclopedia making

  • Added: Dec 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:29
Winnie Farao: A Success Story for Girls' Education in Zimbabwe
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! Winnie Farao, a champion of girls' education who struggled to get an education herself, in Zimbabwe, tells her story

  • Added: Nov 26, 2006
  • Length: 04:48
Happy Accident
From: Littleglobe
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The unintentional discovery of my passion

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Aug 18, 2006
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Rick Moody
From: This I Believe
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Novelist Rick Moody believes in the unlimited joy of reading a new book and interpreting its story.

Bought by WHFR, WMPG, WKMS, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 4
This I Believe - Kay Redfield Jamison
From: This I Believe
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Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison draws from personal experience to believe in her own unquiet mind.

  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:19
This I Believe - Brian Greene
From: This I Believe
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Physicist Brian Greene believes that science can inspire people and unite us into a greater whole.

Bought by Interfaith Voices and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 2
This I Believe - Alan Lightman
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Astrophysicist and novelist Alan Lightman believes that mysteries inspire our greatest creativity.

Bought by WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, Remix Radio, KJZZ and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 6
This I Believe - Gregory Orr
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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In a confusing world, Gregory Orr believes poetry ? and the making of poems ? helps us live and heal.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and KUER


  • Added: Jun 12, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 4
Why I am not a Scientologist
From: Merle Kessler
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A new program from Scientology gets Ian to thinking.

  • Added: May 31, 2006
  • Length: 02:22
Bashing Back!
From: Outright Radio
Series: Outright Radio Series 2002
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Stories of gay folks who stood up to their oppressors and kicked butt.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, North State Public Radio, KZYX, and KWCW


  • Added: May 28, 2006
  • Length: 58:53
  • Purchases: 4
Airplane Safety or How to Teach Pre-Schoolers About Death
From: Michael Kraskin
Series: Catalogue of Ships
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How to teach pre-school children about death.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and Remix Radio


  • Added: Apr 11, 2006
  • Length: 07:11
  • Purchases: 2
Home Planet: Twenty-one things to think about when turning 21.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Written for a daughter who is turning 21, the list includes twenty-one things every adult should think about; lessons no book or school will ever t...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2006
  • Length: 03:45
Forgive & Forgetfulness
From: Jacob C. Norman
Series: Practical Perspecitves
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Perspective on Forgiving others for their forgetfulness

  • Added: Mar 24, 2006
  • Length: 01:26
At the Children's World Water Forum, girls from Kenya and Nigeria shares her views
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Children come together to talk about water and sanitation: the girls' education ramifications

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Mar 23, 2006
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Southwest Side Stories: Forty in a Classroom
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Overcrowded schools mean sixth grade in a mobile unit, seventh grade at a highschool.

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and WXLV-FM


  • Added: Mar 06, 2006
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 2
Commentary: Going to School at Home
From: KRCC-FM
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Thoughts on the homeschooling movement

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:43
Selling A Papers
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
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ATMI reporter Katie Zager looks into turning her "A"s into $.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUNM, and YouthCast


  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 04:49
  • Purchases: 3