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In 1951 a group of African American students at Robert R. Moton High School in Prince Edward County, Virginia, organized a strike to protest the su...
Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 27
Economic hard times continue in Oregon as in the nation, so could a new tax to fund the arts be approved by voters in this environment? An arts ad...
- Added: Jan 04, 2012
- Length: 04:45
An 1880 close encounter with a mysterious balloon over Lamy.
- Added: Dec 08, 2011
- Length: 01:59
Gang injunctions are a controversial crime fighting tool that some people say should be illegal, and others say is a necessary last resort for comm...
- Added: Dec 06, 2011
- Length: 29:00
Keri Putnam discusses Film Forward, an initiative of the Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Now in it...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Dec 02, 2011
- Length: 25:45
- Purchases: 1
The Total Tutor will interview Chris Draft former NFL Player, CEO of Listen UP Espanol, Judge Lynn from Divorce Court, Michael Connors, and Geoffre...
- Added: Oct 05, 2011
- Length: 01:30:11
Co-Founder of the Vermont Performance Lab, Sara Coffey talks about creating spaces and community support for contemporary dance in rural Vermont.
- Added: Sep 01, 2011
- Length: 26:06
The program features the voices of author, Tobias Wolff, along with a great cast of writers and thinkers: Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore, T.C. Boyle...
Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 28:49
- Purchases: 5
Reform programs such as Race to the Top and No Child Left Behind have their share of critics, but they also have strong supporters: stakeholders wh...
- Added: Aug 15, 2011
- Length: 03:15
In this half-hour radio show, we'll explore Bradbury's terrifying vision of a future without books as we discuss his groundbreaking 1953 novel, Fah...
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WKMS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis, KMUD and more
- Added: Aug 12, 2011
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 13
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
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
Cristel Martinez came to America from the Dominican Republic with a dream to become a music producer. But the only music she hears in school, says ...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGXC, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 10, 2011
- Length: 05:02
- Purchases: 3
Activists gathered in Sacramento Monday as part of a weeklong demonstration against budget cuts to schools. Sixty-five protesters were arrested for...
- Added: May 16, 2011
- Length: 06:53
Husseyin Baybasin is een Koerdische zakenman die, naar zeggen van zijn advocaat Mr. Adele van der Plas, al veertien jaar lang onschuldig in de Nede...
- Added: Apr 12, 2011
- Length: 06:37
New research examines how postwar German history textbooks addressed the traumatic events of the Second World War.
Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXDU, and WRPI
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Primary education is compulsory in Pakistan, and the country has a large public school system. But many of these schools are just marginally functi...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WBEZ
- Added: Aug 20, 2010
- Length: 06:45
- Purchases: 2
From "Uploading the War" (7/16/10): War News Radio reports on efforts to provide Afghan women with education.
- Added: Jul 16, 2010
- Length: 08:15
This includes John Latimer's Phenology Report and Talk Backs. Plus A Talk on the Wild Side with John Weber and Gil Quaal on Anishinabe food.
- Added: Jul 07, 2010
- Length: 55:59
Children's Rights are sometimes completely overlooked in our society. But things are changing Children are slowly getting the respect they deserve ...
- Added: Jun 04, 2010
- Length: 30:00
In an ESL class, everyone is new to the country. They're learning a new language, new customs... But what's it like to learn English in a class whe...
- Added: Jun 02, 2010
- Length: 06:49
When Wendy Kopp was a college senior she had an idea: what if some of America’s top college students chose teaching over higher-paying professional...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 09:49
Two scholars from the Berkeley School of Information share thoughts on their research and the future of the Internet.
- Added: Dec 30, 2009
- Length: 11:25
Taboos associated with menstruation limit public discussion of a primary event in the lives of more than half of the human population of the world....
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 28:55
- Added: Dec 06, 2009
- Length: 03:04
