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Anton Treuer discusses how education and prosperity go hand in hand. Can we restructure the system to make education more equitable? Anton speculat...
- Added: Apr 12, 2016
- Length: 08:12
Gaining admission into the competitive Foster’s Business School at the University of Washington is no small feat. The application process contains ...
- Added: Apr 10, 2016
- Length: 18:18
The first episode of Season 2 of Character Development delves into the topic of poetry and its relationship with some of our OWRC tutors. Tutors Ja...
- Added: Apr 03, 2016
- Length: 30:08
With so many opinions, we may never reach a consensus in education. But keeping the dialogue open and considering all stakeholders – even those no...
Bought by WGZS
- Added: Mar 16, 2016
- Length: 02:20
- Purchases: 1
Failure is a part of life. College students, in particular, know this feeling all too well. Since academic failure can take many forms in the colle...
- Added: Mar 13, 2016
- Length: 21:31
In this episode, the Character Development team inquired about the process of academic portfolios—how they’re written, what their purpose is, and h...
- Added: Mar 06, 2016
- Length: 20:06
The focus in this week’s episode is creativity—specifically, our team wanted to interview OWRC tutors and generate some novel discussions about the...
- Added: Feb 28, 2016
- Length: 25:30
The Character Development team wanted to learn more about the thought processes that occur within tutors during bilingual writing sessions. OWRC tu...
- Added: Feb 21, 2016
- Length: 20:06
Bemidji’s Truth and Reconciliation group faces tough problems, head on. In this week’s episode of Anishinaabenaajimon: Minnesota’s Tribal Voice, An...
Bought by WGZS
- Added: Feb 19, 2016
- Length: 04:37
- Purchases: 1
Character Development's first episode features Jenny Halpin, director of the OWRC, and Jacob Kovacs, the OWRC's operations specialist. They reflect...
- Added: Feb 08, 2016
- Length: 20:32
In this episode, the Character Development team inquires about the relationship between music/theater experiences and academia. To some, these two ...
- Added: Jan 24, 2016
- Length: 19:29
Making science come alive, in pictures.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Dec 10, 2015
- Length: 04:59
- Purchases: 2
Aristotle said it best: “Nature abhors a vacuum.” Whenever there is a void in our lives we fill it, consciously or otherwise. Too often, people tr...
- Added: Oct 23, 2015
- Length: 26:45
With Akeisha Johnson, your host, this episode of Making it Work we will chat with spiritual leader Jakada Imani about the importance of the Bay Are...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Aug 20, 2015
- Length: 25:32
- Purchases: 1
Gabby Saechao was in her first year of college when she heard those two dreaded words: “You’re pregnant.”
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 04, 2015
- Length: 04:08
- Purchases: 1
Making the transition from teenager to independent adult is hard enough… but without family support, it’s especially tricky. Lilia Fuquen reports ...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Jul 24, 2015
- Length: 03:39
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jul 02, 2015
- Length: 28:27
- Purchases: 1
Sean Fitzpatrick and Officer John Gately remember the day back in 2003 when Sean came to school with a gun.
- Added: Jul 01, 2015
- Length: 02:27
Irish music is great, seemingly everywhere, including Our Town. This Friday through Sunday, the Center for irish Music presents Minnesota irish Fai...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Most colleges require professors to hold office hours so students have the chance to ask for help. However, nowadays, students are less and less wi...
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 02:42
Hundreds of students at Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco are taking part in a nationwide Tech Timeout, challenging students to unplug f...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 05:22
- Purchases: 1
Auto Mechanic Harold Kyle plays with movement, balance, and shadows in his sculpture.
- Added: Feb 01, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
As the old year ends and a new year begins, the passage of time is on our minds. We check the time on cell phones, computer monitors, watches and w...
Bought by Radio Newark
- Added: Jan 28, 2015
- Length: 06:17
- Purchases: 1
Peter Richardson, a lecturer at San Francisco State, was teaching a course on the Grateful Dead at a school for adults over 50. A cultural history ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 26, 2015
- Length: 07:44
- Purchases: 1
Matt Velguth runs The Bike Shop, an after-school program for low-income kids, because he wants to empower them and help them mature into independen...
- Added: Jan 15, 2015
- Length: 05:22
