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The Mask of the Public Good: What the University Costs Communities
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our guest is Davarian Baldwin, professor of American Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and author of In the Shadow of the Ivory ...

Bought by KTSW 89.9 and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Aug 31, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Presidents recorded 2/2003
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A very special program comparing US Presidents with special guest the late Helen Thomas of UPI. Others on the panel discuss many aspects comparing ...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 24:59
Why Cities Lose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jonathan A. Rodden
The path to political victory should be simple: accrue more points that your opponent, and you will win. Not so fast. U.S. elections aren’t nearly ...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Future of Higher Education (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

Bought by WJCT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, KRDP, and WLIW


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 5
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, CHSR-FM 97.9, KKRN, and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Unspun Analyzes California Prop 47 With Lenore Anderson, Director of Californians for Safety and Justice
From: Doug Bennett
Series: Unspun: An Experiment in Truth-Telling
Caption: Lenore Anderson
Unspun weighs the pros and cons of California Proposition 47,The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act of 2014, with Lenore Anderson, former Assistant...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:55
Summer Melt and the Z Degree (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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One of the largest community colleges in the nation has launched an innovative program that takes thousands of Latino high school students all the ...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Talking After the Trauma (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Haiti, 2010 earthquake damage
An interview with counselors about the importance of talking after a traumatic event like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. And more...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KWMR, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU and more


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 6
Talking After the Trauma (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Haiti, 2010 earthquake damage
An interview with counselors about the importance of talking after a traumatic event like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. And more...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Aug 08, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Future of Higher Education (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In May of 2012, Harvard and MIT announced a partnership to provide free online courses to anyone, anywhere, sparking an intense debate about the fu...

Bought by WJCT, WMNR, KVSC, WFHB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In May of 2012, Harvard and MIT announced a partnership to provide free courses to anyone, anywhere, sparking an intense debate about the future of...

Bought by WCNY and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Freedom: Higher Education in America
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: Detail from “Academic Gowns, American Usage,” chromolithographic print by Julius Bien & Co., 1903
President Obama recently proposed sweeping changes to the way government helps to finance students’ higher education, and an unprecedented system o...

Bought by XRAY.fm, KBRP Community Radio, WEZU, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRPI and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Up to Speed: Remedial Math and Community Colleges (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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For every ten students who go to community college for an associate’s degree, only one graduates in three years. Is it time to overhaul the communi...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 2
The World with Tim Stackpool
From: Timothy Stackpool
Series: THE WORLD with Tim Stackpool
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Weekly series looking at the issues affecting the people of our planet

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 27:30
THE WORLD with Tim Stackpool (weekending 10 Nov 2012)
From: Timothy Stackpool
Series: THE WORLD with Tim Stackpool
Caption: Tim Stackpool - Presenter
The WORLD features news reports from around the world, centered on humanitarian issues or stories that have an individual or mass impact on communi...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 27:30
Education Not For Sale
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Around the world, students have been taking to the streets. They’re opposed to rising tuition fees and cuts to education. On this edition, we’ll ...

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Oct 25, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Mary Tyler Moore
From: National Press Club
Series: From the National Press Club
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Mary Tyler Moore, actress and International Chairman for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, discussing research and finding a cure for diab...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
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
The Death Penalty interview with Stuart Banner
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview on the death penalty, regular features on history in the news and site of the week along with commentary on the centennial celebrations i...

  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
Equal Rights and Same Sex Marriage (es#105)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Why is marriage like voting? Because they have both been the subject of "legal" governmental discrimination.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1