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23 The New Art of Listening
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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How the Victorians learned to listen all over again. Episode twenty-three of Noise: A Human History, 'The New Art of Listening'.

Bought by KALW and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:41
  • Purchases: 2
26 Shell Shock
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Assistant producer Cathy FitzGerald on location in Flanders, France.
Soldiers in WW1 experienced a sonic onslaught. Professor David Hendy considers life under bombardment in episode twenty-six of Noise: A Human Histo...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 2
27 Radio Everywhere!
From: Matt Thompson
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Radio seemed like magic to begin with. Then the Nazis exploited its darker powers. Episode twenty-seven of Noise: A Human History, Radio Everywhere!'

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 1
28 Music While You Shop, Music While You Work
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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How music can make us work, rest and play - episode twenty-eight of Noise: A Human History, 'Music While You Shop, Music While You Work'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:52
  • Purchases: 2
06 Epic Tales
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Orkney, Scotland
Epic tales could take days to perform, yet storytellers recited them from memory. David Hendy explains how ancient tales were remembered and passed...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:41
  • Purchases: 3
29 An Ever Noisier World
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy on the sounds of revolution and war in episode twenty-nine of Noise: A Human History, ‘An Ever Noisier World'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:47
  • Purchases: 2
30 The Search for Silence
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Professor David Hendy considers the modern quest for quiet in episode thirty of Noise: A Human History, 'The Search for Silence'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:36
  • Purchases: 3
Second Chance Diploma: Examining the GED
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Studying for the GED at an adult education school in Washington, D.C., Credit: Emily Hanford
Millions of high school dropouts hope their ticket to a better job is getting a GED. But critics say passing a test is not the same as getting a hi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, WITF, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
One Child at a Time: Custom Learning in the Digital Age
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Working a math problem at Mooresville Middle School in North Carolina, where each student gets a laptop., Credit: Stephen Smith
Learning with a personal tutor is one of the best ways to learn. But hiring a tutor for every student was never a realistic option, until now. Can ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KMXT, KOSU, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Behind Bars (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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From Tolstoy to Lermontov, the program that’s putting the Russian classics to work—in a juvenile detention center.

Bought by WCNY, KPIP-LP, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 3
It's too quiet here.
From: Julia Botero
Caption: James at Phillips Exeter
James Simmons lives on the south side of Chicago. For five weeks, he was granted the opportunity to attend a summer program at Phillips Exeter Acad...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2013
  • Length: 08:08
A Year of Future Docs, in One Hour
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Sarah and Peter are about to begin their third year of med school., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
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
Future Docs 7: Sarah and Peter Reach a Milestone
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport grabs the mic and interviews fellow student Peter Kaminski., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
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
Future Docs 4: Flirting with Specialties, Treating Real Patients
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Second year medical student Sarah Rapoport, in Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
We're checking in on our Future Docs, Sarah and Peter, who've nearly reached the mid-way point of their second year of medical school. Reporter Kri...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
Future Docs 3: The Changing Face of Residency
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky begins morning rounds on the surgical intensive care unit., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
After medical school, most doctors go through a kind of on-the-job training called residency. Residency programs have been around for a while, but ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
Future Docs 6: Treating an Older, Sicker Nation
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Second year medical student Peter Kaminski takes a history from a "standardized patient.", Credit: Kristin Gourlay
As a nation, we’re getting older, and we’re getting sicker. More of us than ever are over the age of 65. And more of us are suffering from at least...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 07:50
  • Purchases: 1
Future Docs 8: Learning the Body's Systems...and the Health Care System
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Resident Anne Kuritzky examines a traume patient at Rhode Island Hospital., Credit: Kristin Gourlay
What do doctors need to learn in school to take the best care of you? Clearly, they need advanced medical and scientific knowledge. But should we e...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 1
Future Docs 9: Teaching Medical Ethics, as the Ground Shifts
From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Future Docs
Caption: Brown University medical ethics and emergency medicine professor, Jay Baruch, Credit: Kristin Gourlay
Some of the toughest decisions any of us will ever make will take place in a doctor’s office. But before those decisions ever come up, doctors must...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 06:47
Families and teachers fight for individualized special education from public schools
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Getting access to special education services can be tough. A lawsuit is currently making its way to the California courts saying that school distri...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 08:09
Chemistry Magic
From: With Good Reason
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In mid-May, more than 1500 high school students competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The winning projects included a p...

Bought by Radio Newark, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 3
Percussion artist/educator Mark Powers makes music with everyday objects
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Buck Benson & Ann Possis welcomed percussionist, educator, and world traveler Mark Powers recently to Studio A with buckets, pots & pans, an...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 26:13
  • Purchases: 1
From Music Studio to Big Screen
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: Fresh Picked by Open Orchard Productions
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How do the scores for Hollywood Blockbusters come to be? Talented composers like Michael Rubino create musical pieces crafted for the emotion on s...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 07:15
Culturology: Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People - Hour One
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
In this installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People, the first of ten programs being produced for Northern Community...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WGZS, KKWE Niijii Radio, and Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 57:17
  • Purchases: 4
Do the Math
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Civil rights activist Bob Moses famously helped organize a voter registration drive in Mississippi that changed the political landscape for the bla...

Bought by WJCT, KRZA, and KVLU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Solving the Middle School Math Problem
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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A $25 million federal grant has been awarded to improve math achievement in low-income middle schools across the nation. Ground zero for the progra...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 12, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1

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