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Caption: Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro
Prof.Stavros Xanthopoylos is the Executive Director of the on line and distant learning project at the Getulio Vargas institute in Rio de Janeiro, ...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 15:53
Caption: Image source: Hamilton.edu
Host Phalana Tiller interviews A.G. Lafley, who led Procter & Gamble as its CEO from 2000 through 2009, and Craig Wynett, P&G's chief creative offi...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
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Meet Morris Robinson, who was an All-American at The Citadel, started studying voice at the age of 30, and sings at the great opera houses througho...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 27:03
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1994 NEA National Heritage Fellow, violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2011
  • Length: 27:23
Caption: Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, Credit: Peter Aronson
A big milestone for women in Tibetan Buddhism, as a nun is recognized with a prestigious Buddhist academic title for the first time ever. TWO VERSI...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 10:06
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Author Luis Alberto Urrea talks about the inspiration for and writing of his novel Into the Beautiful North, which takes place from Sinaloa, Mexico...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Ken Burns talks about his most recent documentary series on the National Park system, as well as his approach to filmmaking and his attraction to i...

  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 22:24
Caption: Nicholson Baker
Part of "Whose Words These Are," our look at poetry in our time: first Christopher Lydon in conversation with novelist Nicholson Baker, whose novel...

Bought by KALW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEOS and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
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When Jonathan Dickinson’s father was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease--a fatal neurodegenerative disorder--Jonathan decided to take him on an ep...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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Something always seems to get in the way of peace. Land disputes, nuclear weapons, natural disasters, financial collapses, ethnic divisions… the l...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
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On this edition of Don't Cha Know we introduce Dr. Rich MacDonald. We will get to learn about what inspired him to be a musician, hear stories of w...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 03:41
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We talk with Brian Vroman, Philosophy Instructor at Itasca Community College, about the history Ku Klux Klan in Itasca County in the 1920s.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:46
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Susan Cone Bell, born July 5, 1946, created a legacy of leadership that will long out live her life which sadly ended in Honduran waters on Decembe...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: Acceptance book
Journalist Dave Marcus follows an extraordinary college guidance counselor through the placement process in a NY suburb.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 30:31
Caption: Book Cover
Changing our place in the world, through philosophy and math skills.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
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Julie Adler, producer for The Tibet Connection talks to Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche about the Tibetan tradition of dream yoga. What is it and why is i...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2009
  • Length: 06:16
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Producer Julie Adler meets up with reknowned Buddhist teacher and author, Reginald Ray in Los Angeles to talk about his latest book, 'Touching Enli...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2009
  • Length: 16:16
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Children explore the river's wildlife, Credit: Brian Mohan
Clearwater acts as a model for letting children be active and interactive with nature on the Hudson River. Welcome aboard

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
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Leaving Suriname as a young boy with dreams and hope for another life.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 19:21
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Fifty hours a week, at the University of Washington Medical Center ER, Crystal Patterson is so busy that she barely has time to go to the bathroom....

  • Added: Jul 30, 2008
  • Length: 08:55
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A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew shed light on love, faith and understanding.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 24:34
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One-hour radio documentary explores Benny Goodman's life and music, and the impact it had on both jazz and popular culture.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WDCB, Prairie Public, Harford Community Radio, WDCB and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 21
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Every Saturday morning, Ghanaian musician Koo Nimo hosts a group for children. This is his description.

Bought by Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland


  • Added: Jan 04, 2007
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
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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