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A deep exploration of the urban-rural divide and how one group is trying to bring both sides together
- Added: Nov 22, 2020
- Length: 28:19
Kingwood Kowboy's History Of Country Music Episodes showcases the roots of classic and vintage country, cowboy, western and bluegrass music with co...
- Added: Mar 15, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
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
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
In “Palm Treo”, Brittany and Eric talk about the secret parties that the RA’s at Howard University were throwing in 2005. Their podcast “For Colore...
- Added: May 24, 2017
- Length: 23:32
Documentary film and science do not appear to have much in common, except that, philosophically, they have everything in common. Two men met in 197...
- Added: May 15, 2017
- Length: 48:08
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Two lives, two philosophies, and a History Channel special collide as a relationship is forged with Iron Age techniques.
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 09:24
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
A society of weavers and spinners shares their textured, multi-stranded history with the next generation.
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 07:24
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Lee Miller is a bootmaker with a storied history, carrying on the traditions and techniques of the best bootmakers anywhere in the world.
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 06:03
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Mark Erlewine may be known as the Luthier of the Stars, but his Austin workshopshop couldn't be more down to Earth. Hear the story of the man who m...
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 07:29
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Tuning an accordion isn't just a matter of intonation. The sculpting of the reeds makes all the difference between those classic sounds, from Texas...
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 07:22
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Jeremiah Williams, better known as Flag Boy Twin, may have left New Orleans, but he brought his rich heritage as a Mardi Gras Indian with him. Part...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 08:50
- Purchases: 1
What we actually learn from school and why it might be at risk.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: 11:15
- Purchases: 1
The purposes and expansion of the educational system.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 19, 2015
- Length: 17:21
- Purchases: 2
When Miss Havisham, a strange but wealthy old woman asks for Pip to come play, he has no choice but to go. What he experiences changes his life and...
- Added: Oct 14, 2015
- Length: 20:04
New research reveals a strange fact – a special type of neuron channel (HCN) makes us dumb. Hear about basic neuron mechanics and the supposed func...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 22, 2015
- Length: 07:18
- Purchases: 2
Veteran award-winning radio theater producer Joe Bevilacqua's radio version of Hamlet.
In 1982, Bevilacqua's Hamlet was picked up and distributed ...
- Added: Jul 08, 2015
- Length: 04:09:43
A short episode about the things that hurt the learning process: why distractions are distracting and the conflict your brain encounters when given...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 03, 2015
- Length: 06:55
- Purchases: 2
As a teacher, the first step to student learning is starting a lesson. This is an incredibly chaotic time for teachers! Hear the thinking behind th...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIP-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 16, 2015
- Length: 04:28
- Purchases: 4
How do we measure learning? Hear neuroscientists and teachers describe how it's done in the lab and at school.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 27, 2015
- Length: 10:01
- Purchases: 2
How do we get better at tasks? In this short episode, we describe an important mechanism of learning: pruning away neural connections.
- Added: Mar 08, 2015
- Length: 02:59
- Purchases: 3
Listen to experts define learning and lead us through the types of knowledge to be gained in learning. Then hear the basic explanation of how neuro...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Feb 14, 2015
- Length: 10:09
- Purchases: 2
It’s time to go outside. Join Ranger Kelly as she takes you for a walk to a melting stream in the spring at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge.
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jun 05, 2014
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
Throughout the school year, we've been following two bright, young, future doctors. Now, we're wrapping up the journey with a one-hour documentary ...
Bought by 90.5 WESA, KZYX, KUNM, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)
- Added: Jul 09, 2013
- Length: 52:45
- Purchases: 4
For the past school year, the series "Future Docs" has been following two Brown University medical students to see how their training is evolving w...
- Added: Jul 09, 2013
- Length: 05:00
