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Social Mobility Through College (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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One of the great American beliefs is that a college education gives us a better shot at moving up in life.

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, KRZA, KVSC, WLIW and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Pollinator Protectors
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Kids take action in state government to protect pollinators, plus we learn about Civil Rights photographer Cecil Williams

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Third Parties
From: Nick Capodice
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When not winning is part of the strategy.

Bought by Raven Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 24:58
  • Purchases: 1
Becoming a U.S. Citizen
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Why is it a breeze for some and the doldrums for others?

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 2
Census
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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It's about people, money and power.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KVNF, WNYO, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 19:28
  • Purchases: 4
Electoral College
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The intentional barrier between the people and who they want to be President.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 3
How to Run for President
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Almost anyone can do it... but what does it actually take?

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 04, 2019
  • Length: 31:46
  • Purchases: 1
11282019: What It Means to Be Truly Alive: An Exploration of the Ideal Human Experience with Ami Dar & Chad Gabriel, 11/28/2019
From: KBUU
Series: Harvesting Happiness Talk Radio
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Purpose-driven and consciously prepared brain food from the beaches of Malibu, California. Join us on this week’s show focusing on what it means to...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 50:05
Starter Kit: How a Bill (Really) Becomes a Law
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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4% of bills become laws. 90% die in committee. Here's why.

Bought by WFHB, WNYO, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 24:42
  • Purchases: 3
Starter Kit: Federalism
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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One big government and the fifty little governments that comprise it.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 24:20
  • Purchases: 3
Starter Kit: Judicial Branch
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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They used to meet in a basement.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 20:54
  • Purchases: 2
Starter Kit: Checks and Balances
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The glue that slows us down and holds us together.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 15:34
  • Purchases: 3
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
Morality and the Environmental Crisis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Roger S. Gottlieb
Here’s the conundrum: a good person doesn’t knowingly create devastation and suffering. Yet, that is exactly what we’re doing with our environment....

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: May 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
William Boyer – The Rights of Our Children
From: Barry Vogel
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America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century William Boyer, a Professor Emeritus and the former Chairman of the Department of Educational Fo...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Is Philanthropy Bad for Democracy?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What’s the difference between charitable giving from ordinary people and philanthropic giving from the very wealthy?

Bought by KMUN, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WDSE, KMSU, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2019
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 9
Founding Documents: The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The all-out op-ed battle over the U.S. Constitution.

Bought by KMUN, PRX Remix, and KRZA


  • Added: Mar 18, 2019
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 3
Driving the Peace Train: Eric Dawson on Putting Peace First
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our guest today, Eric Dawson, has spent twenty-five years training others to take up the burden of peace. He’s just published a book called Putting...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 58:01
Charter School Myths
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Inequality
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A sociologist of education breaks down some common myths about charter schools and offers her advice for newly appointed education secretary Betsy ...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2018
  • Length: 15:08
Behind the Scenes with the documentary Personal Statement
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Christine Rodriguez celebrates with a student she is helping apply to college, Credit: Juliane Dressner
Personal Statement takes us into the lives of three public HS seniors who are determined to go to college and take their classmates with them.

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Uprooting Racism offers a framework for understanding institutional racism. It provides practical suggestions, tools, examples, and advice on how w...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WVAS, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: Jul 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode #3: "The Ladies in His Life"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: Betty Dowd, Marco Acosta & Anita Acosta at the SF Latino Film Festival , Credit: Marcos Nájera
The women in Zeta’s life. From family to friends to former lovers. The ladies speak up and out about Oscar Zeta Acosta. From his spark-light sister...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 31:40
Episode #2: "Hunting for Buffalo in Arizona"
From: Marcos Nájera
Series: ZETA PODCAST SERIES
Caption: ASU Professor Luis Mendoza holds up an original copy of Acosta's book., Credit: Marcos Nájera
Nájera travels home to the Southwest to visit Latino scholars from ASU’s Transborder Studies department. The first of its kind in the nation. Chica...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 22:40
Liberating Minds
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ellen Condiff Lagemann
Providing prisoners a chance to earn a college degree may just be the antidote for our lock-them-up society. America is the clear winner among indu...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
New State Education Guidelines Presents Challenge to New York Yeshivas
From: Colin Marston
Caption: Yaffed, a Hasidic education advocate organization, puts up a billboard in Williamsburg
New York City is home to a sprawling network of ultra-Orthodox schools. 60,000 students go to these yeshivas every school day. For years there have...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 04:04