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Youth Supporting Youth Minnesota at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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In this Arts & Cultural Heritage news feature, Jeff Carmack explores an innovative arts program which has taken root at the Eastside Boys & Girls C...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 30:23
Teachers Need Strong Unions
From: Dick Meister
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For the sake of the country's future, teachers are one group of public employees we must all support.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:11
United States Institute of Peace: A Profile (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: US Institute of Peace Headquarters, Credit: USIP
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established in 1984 and funded by Congress to increase th...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WGDR, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Making Peace With Nature After Environmental Disasters [Peace Talks Radio] 29:00
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Reflecting on the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill, three people, who have placed their relationship with nature at the center of their lives, offer their thoug...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Sep 25, 2010
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 1
Rethinking Teaching...Looking for Supermen?
From: Learning Matters
Series: Paul Vallas in New Orleans
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Paul Vallas thinks the era of teaching as a career is coming to an end. What does the experiment in New Orleans tell us about what it means to be a...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 11:09
How to Judge a Teacher
From: Learning Matters
Series: Race to the Top
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NEA president Dennis Van Roekel talks with John Merrow about teacher evaluation; should we judge teachers based on how they teach or on what their ...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Apr 19, 2010
  • Length: 08:40
  • Purchases: 1
School Building in Afghanistan To Promote Peace [Peace Talks Radio] (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti
This time Peace Talks Radio considers two men – Greg Mortenson and Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti (Hah-ROH-Tay)- who firmly believe that the path to rel...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2010
  • Length: 29:03
School Building in Afghanistan To Promote Peace [Peace Talks Radio] (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Greg Mortenson, Credit: www.gregmortenson.com
This time Peace Talks Radio considers two men – Greg Mortenson and Dr. Mohammad Khan Kharoti (Hah-ROH-Tay)- who firmly believe that the path to rel...

Bought by WHRV, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
What are dental sealants and do they belong in a kid's mouth?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical ne...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:01
Does an aspirin a day really keep a heart attack away?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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In a new, entertaining 2 min. weekly module, former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical ne...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Dr. Joanna Macy: Gifts of Uncertainty
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Dr. Joanna Macy, Credit: www.bioneers.org
Dr. Joanna Macy is a long-time peace, justice, and ecology activist. A celebrated Buddhist teacher, Dr. Macy’s wide-ranging work spans Eastern and ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Is Chocolate a Health Food or Just a Candy?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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Dueling Docs offers 2-minute modules where listeners can find the cure for contradictory medical advice. Listeners will hear the side of health sto...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:02
Will a Glass of Wine a Day Lead to Breast Cancer?
From: Dueling Docs
Series: Dueling Docs
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Huffington Post blogger and former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Jim Leach, From the National Press Club
From: Sarah Williams
Caption: Jim Leach, Credit: National Press Club
Jim Leach, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, speaks at the National Press Club

  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 54:01
AN IMPORTANT LABOR LESSON
From: Dick Meister
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Advocates of teaching labor in public schools have scored an important victory.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 03:19
Day in Tech History
From: Jeffrey Powers
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We run through Technology history on a daily basis

  • Added: Oct 02, 2009
  • Length: 04:40
Peace Talks Radio: The Dalai Lama in Our Time (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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PEACE TALKS RADIO explores how the Dalai Lama's life and philosophies might inspire our own search for personal and global peace.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSFR


  • Added: May 19, 2009
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 3
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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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
Thinking of Scopes and Trials
From: LISNews Netcast Network
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Commentary on the recent decision in Kansas to restrict library books.

  • Added: Feb 22, 2009
  • Length: 02:47
Peace Talks Radio: Peace Elders Part 1 / Juanita Nelson + Ruth Imber (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Juanita Nelson, Credit: Paul Franz
Conversations with two octogenarian peace advocates, Juanita Nelson and Ruth Imber, who have each found ways to stay active, working for peace well...

Bought by WOMR, Radio Catskill, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and WGDR


  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Talks Radio: Peacemaking Elders (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Ruth Imber
Conversations with three octogenarian peace advocates who each found ways to stay active, working for peace well into their eighties. Juanita Nels...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 08, 2009
  • Length: 58:39
  • Purchases: 6