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Tales from the South 045
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Jobs: some drive us to extreme measures, some we think we can't do, and still others we love to hate. Mike Rush isn't so sure he has what it takes ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
From Top to Bottom: What Makes an Effective Organization?
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Better Under Pressure by Justin Menkes
Host Phalana Tiller interviews author Justin Menkes and management professor Paul Adler about what makes organizations highly effective - from the ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
Seniority policy puts Futures Elementary teachers at risk
From: KALW
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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
Teachers Need Strong Unions
From: Dick Meister
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For the sake of the country's future, teachers are one group of public employees we must all support.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2011
  • Length: 03:11
Commentator Aaron Brown on Good News and Bad News
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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There's a whole host of 'Good News/Bad News' jokes floating around on your finer after diner speech preparation websites...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
Business Ethics 101
From: Youth Radio
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An audio postcard exploring how the recession has changed the way business school students think about ethics.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 02:06
  • Purchases: 1
AN IMPORTANT LABOR LESSON
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Advocates of teaching labor in public schools have scored an important victory.

  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 03:19
Ethics and Experts
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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How should we reward experts and how much? When the experts fail, should populist outrage be directed at those individuals or the system?

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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
"A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE POOR"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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A modern look at the world's poor and the causes of poverty

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:48
  • Purchases: 1
Dialog in the Dark
From: Marianne Gardner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Visually impaired guides lead sighted visitors through the dark

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Nov 11, 2008
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 1
Not the Only Kid on the Block
From: Learning Matters
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George Parker, president of Washington DC's Teachers Union shares some astonishing confessions about the lack of accountability in the union and ho...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2008
  • Length: 13:13
Stephen King's Comments on WalMart
From: The humble Farmer
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Stephen King told kids to get an education

  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: :20
Crusts - Tracy Ford - Mechanic
From: Ray Gard
Series: Crusts
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Careers Vignettes: The passion that got them started: Tracy Ford - Mechanic

  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 05:17
The Unmet Promise of "Equal Pay for Equal Work"
From: Dick Meister
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Equal Pay Day is coming up on April 24 to remind us that working women's wages still trail far behind those of men.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
Commentary: Our Undervalued Teachers
From: Dick Meister
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Despite the great importance of teachers, they are by far the most poorly paid of all professionals.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
"You talkin' to me?" - Conversation with a Cabbie
From: Aaron Henkin
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A veteran cab driver reflects on what it takes to do his job.

Bought by KUOW, Here and Now, and CKMO


  • Added: Oct 20, 2006
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 3
CL 2006 General Billy Cooper "Children at war"
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Gen Billy Cooper talks about job corps the government program that provides skills training to disadvantaged youth.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 59:01
Passaic On Strike!
From: New Jersey Historical Commission and NJN Public Radio
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In 1926, 16,000 Wool Workers Strike for nearly a year in New Jersey

Bought by WVTF, KBRP Community Radio, Iowa Public Radio, KLCC, KZYX and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2006
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 10
Active Voice Radio Interview Remix: Tamara Draut- STRAPPED!
From: Chris Goldstein
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Find out " Why America's 20-30 Somethings Can't Get Ahead" with Tamara Draut author of Strapped mixed with music

  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 07:11
El Americano Dream
From: SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Latinos in the States and the many struggles they face and overcome.

  • Added: Dec 20, 2005
  • Length: 06:28
Freshmen Formations: James Hannaway
From: Terin Mayer
Series: Carleton Audio Portraits
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Audio portrait of "idealistic college student" James Hannaway, Carleton Class of 2009

  • Added: Nov 06, 2005
  • Length: 03:16
Don't Drive Like My Brother
From: Jonathan Menjivar
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story of one man in desperate need of a job.

Bought by WJCT, PRX Remix, The Neighborhood, KUT, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2005
  • Length: 15:10
  • Purchases: 5
Remembering Mother Warren
From: jessica lockhart
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A look into the labor history of one of the world's oldest paper mills.

Bought by WMPG, KVSC, WMPG, PRX Remix, Prairie Public and more


  • Added: Nov 11, 2004
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 9
Show me The Integrity
From: Carl Hammerschlag
Caption: PRX default Piece image
College Grads Choose Integrity over Stability

  • Added: Nov 03, 2004
  • Length: 03:20