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Optimal Performance and the Emotional Intelligence Consortium
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
Highly recommended for leaders and those aspiring for leadership positions. Optimal, How to Sustain Personal and Organizational Excellence Every Da...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 54:11
Healthy Grief - A conversation with Dr. Karen Kramer
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Roadmap to Emotional Intelligence
Karen has written about grief in a way that will help people find healthy ways to come to terms with losses that matter to them. We all are challen...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 53:22
To create more resilient warriors, Air Force training is emphasizing wellness and stress management
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Air Force recruits at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland prepare to leave a classroom after listening to a lecture on resilience, which included tips on self-control, keeping a positive mindset, and relaxation., Credit: Vanessa Adame / U.S. Air Force
The new basic training curriculum aims to better prepare recruits for the uncertainties of war.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 7
After defeating affirmative action at most colleges, activists' next target is military academies
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: New cadets line up at West Point for Reception Day June 26, 2023. The military academy's class of 2027 includes more than 1250 people. , Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy at West Point
In its June ruling outlawing affirmative action in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court excepted the nation's military academies. A new lawsu...

Bought by KPBS, WRFA-LP, Texas Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KLCC and more


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 8
For the first time in decades, military academy cadets will be allowed to become parents
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: New cadets in West Point's class of 2027 arrive at the military academy for Reception Day June 26, 2023., Credit: Eric Bartelt / U.S. Military Academy
In 2021, Congress reversed a policy that blocked students with dependents from continuing their studies at the highly competitive military academie...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, Texas Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT, and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 5
For these West Point cadets, military leadership includes finding solutions to climate change
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Paul Farnan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, talks with cadets after they presented their capstone projects in May 2023 at the military academy at West Point., Credit: Desiree D'Iorio / American Homefront
Under a new Army program, West Point students are working with the Defense Department to address climate challenges that could affect national secu...

Bought by KTEP, WRFA-LP, KRPS, North Country Public Radio, Texas Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 9
Roughhousing
From: ROS: Crushed
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Host Iggy Monda takes listeners inside America’s locker rooms and field houses to explore hazing in high school sports today. Through deeply person...

Bought by WUAL, WILL, WJCT, and WVXU


  • Added: Apr 07, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Award Winning Leader Shares How to Inspire Team Members
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
John Caparella led over 10,000 team members when he was President in Vegas of the Venetian and Palazzo Hotels, and the Sands Convention Center. In ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 22:53
For disabled children of military parents, frequent moves can lead to schooling and health care gaps
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: 8 year old Victoria Thomas boards a bus to attend school outside of San Antonio, Texas. Victoria is nonverbal and relies on a motorized wheelchair and assistive communication devices., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
When service members move from base to base, they sometimes find it takes too long for their child's new school to begin providing special educatio...

Bought by KWMU St. Louis, KMXT, North Country Public Radio, WRFA-LP, KUT and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 7
To prepare for new international threats, the Air Force is readying pilots for the unexpected
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Air Force Capt. Dylan Rabbitt guides student pilots through a training scenario using virtual reality simulators at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas., Credit: Carson Frame / American Homefront
The Air Force is revamping the way it trains pilots so they can better respond to potential challenges from countries like China and Russia.

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2022
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 2
Confederate names are being removed from bases, but is a KKK image at West Point 'more nuanced'?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Three bronze panels were mounted on a West Point classroom building in 1965 to display key events in American History. One of the images depicts a hooded Ku Klux Klan member., Credit: Elizabeth V. Woodruff / U.S. Military Academy
The Defense Department is planning to eliminate Confederate names from bases and more than 1100 other things in the military. But it's not clear wh...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2022
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 6
Archives, artifacts, and 'a lot of rocks': The Army Corps of Engineers is training veterans for jobs
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Matthew Hanks labels a pottery shard in the Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis office. Hanks is part of the Corps Veterans Curation Program, which employs veterans to help maintain artifacts unearthed in various Corps projects., Credit: Eric Schmid / American Homefront
An Army Corps of Engineers program teaches former troops how to do curation work, while also preparing them for jobs in other fields.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 6
What Happens When the People Decide?
From: Jenna Spinelle
Series: When the People Decide
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Learn about the basics of the ballot initiative, the history of how it caught on in the United States, and the pros and cons that she will explore ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 32:45
Most military recruits come from families of people who served. Experts say that's not sustainable.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Military and community leaders, including Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (second from left), applaud new military recruits at a "Community Salute to Service" May 11 at Waynesville, Mo. High School., Credit: Dawn Arden / U.S. Army
The military is having a tough time finding new recruits, and one factor may be its heavy reliance on families of those who’ve served.

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6
New York's Hunter College is falling apart
From: Julian Abraham
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students at CUNY's Hunter College in New York City are complaining about mice running the halls, broken windows, and leaky ceillings. But, the scho...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2022
  • Length: 02:43
College Classes Are Back In-Person, And Student Mental Health Is On The Decline
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Students attending colleges like Syracuse University are struggling to keep up with the increased workload and stress that have come with a return to fully in-person classes., Credit: Alex Malanoski 2021
With most college classes back fully in-person, current sophomores who started their college careers online are having a difficult time balancing t...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2021
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1
Driving buses, giving vaccines, patrolling the border: Is the National Guard asked to do too much?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: A member of the National Guard drives a school bus van in Chelsea, Mass. in October. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker activated the Guard to address a shortage of drivers as the school year began., Credit: Jesse Costa / WBUR
The National Guard is being tasked with a growing number of missions, and critics argue that heavy deployments are straining the force.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPBS, WRFA-LP, North Country Public Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 6
For veterans starting college, "Academic boot camps' ease the transition to the classroom
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: English Professor Hilary Lithgow leads a discussion among about a dozen veterans and active-duty troops at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill during the Warrior-Scholar Project's 2021 "Academic Boot Camp.", Credit: Ira Wilder / UNC-Chapel Hill
The Department of Veterans Affairs has partnered with the Warrior-Scholar Project, a non-profit group that runs the camps at major universities aro...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KPBS, KCUR, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2021
  • Length: 03:53
  • Purchases: 4
Amid a 'stark' racial disparity in military academy nominations, should Congress be doing more?
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Members of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2021 take the oath of office to become Marine Corps second lieutenants during their May graduation and commissioning ceremony., Credit: Stacy Godfrey / U.S. Naval Academy
Advocates say more members of Congress should reach out to Black and Latino high school students and make them aware of opportunities at the elite ...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2021
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 6
Episode 3 - Agroforestry
From: Grounded Hope
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This month, when the maple sap is flowing, we have three different stories about the importance of trees and our interaction with them. We’ll meet ...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2021
  • Length: 19:53
GN_6.57_ Gaming For Peace
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A young boy designs video games about peace. He grew up as a Ugandan refugee and became a brilliant video game designer and business owner.

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Mar 05, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
GN_5.10_YogaBehindBars
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
‘Yoga Behind Bars’ is an extraordinary program that seeks to offer healing and transformation in an environment where many people believe, that no ...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_4.18_Dirty Art
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 4
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Art made from vaporized landfill waste - turns toxic into non-toxic building material.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Episode 1 - Regeneration
From: Grounded Hope
Caption: Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice Barn
Regenerative Agriculture was the number one food trend in 2020 - with companies from General Mills Foods to the Patagonia clothing company turning ...

Bought by WEJP-LP 107.1


  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 19:21
  • Purchases: 1
2020 Done! 2021 New Beginnings!
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: 2020 Done!
Since you are reading this you made it! 2020 is a year we will never forget. We welcome 2021and new beginnings. Listen to learn how to make resolut...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 51:53

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