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Most military recruits come from families of people who served. Experts say that's not sustainable.
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: Military and community leaders, including Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (second from left), applaud new military recruits at a "Community Salute to Service" May 11 at Waynesville, Mo. High School., Credit: Dawn Arden / U.S. Army
The military is having a tough time finding new recruits, and one factor may be its heavy reliance on families of those who’ve served.

Bought by KTEP, Texas Public Radio, KPBS, WRFA-LP, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 6
Work Ethics
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Generational discussion about work ethics, first recorded in May of 2002, now added to our archive.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 22:27
Civil Society and Campus Politics: Two Collegians Take on Polarization
From: Fluent Knowledge
Series: The Purple Principle Podcast
Caption: Civil Society and Campus Politics: Two Collegians Take on Polarization
Avinash Bakshi, President of the Penn State College Independents, describes the importance of having a third, less tribal option among political gr...

  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 19:19
Male Sex Drive
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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We humans like to discuss all kinds of topics, but we seem to have trouble when it comes to sex. We are very interested in it even though our comfo...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2019
  • Length: 51:26
The Big Pond #25: US-American Students in German Universities
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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For some US students, escalating costs are putting college out of reach – whereas in Germany higher education is considered a right, tuition is nor...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 19:24
  • Purchases: 1
To reach potential recruits, the Army is working to win over high school teachers
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: High school educators take part in a virtual firing range exercise as they tour Fort Carson, Col. Army leaders hope these tours will result in educators steering more students toward military service., Credit: Dan Boyce / American Homefront
To increase interest in military service among teenagers, the Army is reaching out to some of the people who know them best: high school teachers a...

Bought by KPBS, WUSF, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and Texas Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 05, 2019
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 4
Ramadan-Children and Ramadan
From: kim fox
Series: Ehky Ya Masr Podcast - Ramadan Series
Caption: Ehky Ya Masr logo, Credit: Heba Fouad
“Children and Ramadan” by Refan AbdelNabi. This audio feature is a glimpse into how children experience Ramadan; the celebration and spirituality ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 1
Scott Warren and Generation Citizen: A Belief in Positive Politics
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Scott Warren is the CEO of Generation Citizen. He cofounded the organization at Brown University with fellow student Anna Ninan during their senior...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 33:28
  • Purchases: 1
Maritime schools teach Great Lakes skills
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
Attacks on Education Hurt Democracy
From: Duke University
Series: Glad You Asked
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Education is more than job training, says Duke University professor Priscilla Wald.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 02:06
Russell Granet and Lincoln Center Education: Enriching Learning Through the Arts
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Tune into our Innovate Media interview with Russell Granet of Lincoln Center Education on the importance of the arts for children and Russell's ext...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2016
  • Length: 43:11
A San Francisco high school’s LGBTQ studies class makes history
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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This year, teens at San Francisco Unified School District’s School of the Arts walked into a brand-new kind of class: the district’s first-ever LGB...

Bought by WABE and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 2
Gender Fluid Generation: Evolving Gender Norms At School
From: Youth Radio
Caption: Jace McDonald,16, stands in front of his high school’s bathrooms in El Cerrito, California. Under current California law, students have the right to use the school bathroom that corresponds with their preferred gender., Credit: Teresa Chin
Young people increasingly see gender as not just limited to male and female. Youth Radio has been exploring the torchbearers of gender fluidity -- ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2015
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
The fight to bring back Geography education
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Geography Bee at Mission Hills Middle School, Credit: HANA BABA
Americans are often stereotyped as not knowing much about the rest of the world. But, according to the numbers, it’s more than a mere stereotype. ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 09:00
  • Purchases: 2
The quest to be Oakland’s next Youth Poet Laureate
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Oakland's Youth Poet Laureate hopefuls gather on stage, Credit: Holly J. McDede
Poet laureates reign across the country, representing different cities and states like kings and queens of the written word. Often, they’re college...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2015
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
A Language Teacher's Fight to Save the Western Armenian Dialect
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: Hratch Sepetjian stands in front of his class on a typical day. He gets frustrated when his students do not take the Armenian lessons seriously., Credit: Andy Vasoyan
A century after Armenians fled genocide in 1915, language teacher Hratch Sepetjian is fighting to keep their dialect – Western Armenian – alive in ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:09
I Pledge
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Saying the Pledge of Allegiance is optional in Maine schools, but Lily SanGiovanni says not all of her classmates know that for sure.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
Bay Area schools put race on the syllabus
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Beginning next fall, all San Francisco public schools will offer a class called Ethnic Studies. It’s a look at American history and culture from th...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 24, 2015
  • Length: 06:16
  • Purchases: 1
Teens digitally detox
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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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
Treasure Island High School offers oasis of hope for disconnected youth
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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There’s a lot of talk in education circles these days about changing to the common core curriculum or changing from books to computers. But at Life...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
The Content is Filtered: We Don't Know Why.
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
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If you try to check email on a Seattle Public School computer, it won't let you. But if you try to watch Dave Chappelle talk about drugs, it will. ...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 06:51
Day Campers Learn Through Discovery
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Health of Puget Sound
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Weekday intern Elin Rummel talked to Dana Catts, the director of the Carkeek Park Day Camp, about its goal to make kids more aware of the ecosystem...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 1
How one Oakland school is getting kids to class
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A board encouraging attendance greets students and parents as they walk into Garfield Elemantary School, Credit: Isabel Angell
Oakland schools have a dropout rate that’s higher than the state average. So, the district made solving the problem a priority. Officials started t...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
A survey of Mission District families tries to discover why kids are falling behind
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Amelia Martinez and Elizabeth Montiel hit the streets to survey Mission residents, Credit: Melanie Young
With the start of a new school year, families all around San Francisco are sending their children off with hopes for a good year and a bright futur...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
Social Exclusion and Bullying
From: Prairie Public
Series: Stand Up ND
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Who are the kids who are left out, excluded? How does this play into bullying?

Bought by KVNO


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 1