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Lustration: Purging Civil Servants in New Democracies
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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In transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy, systems must decide who to exclude from public office. What do you do with those who, without ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Beyond the Islamic Golden Age
From: With Good Reason
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Scholars from around the world gathered recently for George Mason University’s forum Beyond Golden Age and Decline: Muslim Societies and Global Mod...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Funding For The Arts in Minnesota
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha Know we discuss a topic that is very much at the forefront these days. Funding for the arts in Minnesota. It's a panel discussio...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 01:07:25
The Museum of Chinese in America: The Chinese Identity
From: Let's Travel! Radio
Caption: 215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013, Credit: Museum of Chinese in America
Today we celebrate the Chinese New Year with special guest S. Alice Mong, director of the Museum of Chinese in America.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:38
The Art of Garrick Holey
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Garrick Holey works on restoring a piece, Credit: Willet Hauser Architectural Glass
This week on Art Beat we visit with Garrick Holey a repair and restoration expert at Willet Hauser Architectural Glass in Winona Minnesota. Garrick...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2010
  • Length: 16:17
Norwegian Culture with Völva Kari Tauring
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Kari Tauring is a Völva -- which is Old Norse for "staff carrier", Credit: http://karitauring.com
Kari Tauring: Author, singer, educator, runes reader and self proclaimed Völva -- which is Nordic for "staff carrier"-- definitely knows her way ar...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KSRQ, and KVSC


  • Added: Dec 30, 2010
  • Length: 25:10
  • Purchases: 3
Winona as The Stained Glass Capitol of the World
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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In 1946 James E. Hauser saw a business opportunity for repairing stained glass windows during a rationing of materials due to World War II. Today t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 14:28
Action Speaks! What's Eating Us? 1927 - Father Coughlin "On the Air" and the Birth of Right-Wing Radio
From: Action Speaks Radio
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With the popularity of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and now Glenn Beck, we felt it was time to look at the ‘original’ nationally known conservative ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, Spokane Public Radio, WSKG, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
The State of Latino's in Minnesota with Jesse Bethke Gomez, Part 2
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Latinos have been living in Minnesota for generations. The first record of Latino residents date back to the 1860's. Since the 1990 Census, the sta...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 30:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Bunnell House
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
Caption: The Bunnell House, Credit: Courtesy of The Winona Historical Society
Perhaps while driving down highway 61 you’ve noticed the dark steamboat gothic style home sitting on a hill looking over the Mississippi River. Wel...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 13:10
The Art of Billy Curmano
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Billy Curmano: Performance Artist, Credit: BillyX.net
On this edition of Art Beat we visit with well known Minnesota artist Billy Curmano (also known as Billy X). Billy is a performance artist who has ...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 25:05
Kennedy and the Peace Corps: Idealism on the Ground
From: Lester Graham
Caption: Kennedy challenging university students to serve the Third World., Credit: University of Michigan
This compelling documentary explains how a John F. Kennedy challenge to college students ultimately became the Peace Corps. It explores Kennedy's...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Interlochen Public Radio, Michigan Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WYSO and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 14
The Great Textbook War
From: Trey Kay
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In 1974, Kanawha County was the first battleground in the American culture wars. Controversy erupted over newly-adopted school textbooks. School bu...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KUER and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 26
Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam
From: Lydia Wilson
Caption: Bunk Canvas from the General Nelson M. Walker , Credit: Vietnam Graffiti Project
Graffiti left on a troop transport ship by soldiers heading to the Vietnam War, found accidentally, is salvaged by a couple on a decade-long campai...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 2
Robin Kelley's Transcendental Thelonious Monk
From: Open Source
Caption: Robin Kelley
Christopher Lydon is in conversation hour with Robin Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. His superb biog...

Bought by KMUW, Prairie Public, KFOK-LPFM, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Artifact Protection
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi official displays a recovered stolen artifact., Credit: Associated Press
From Guarding Heritage, March 19, 2010: War News Radio reports on a partnership between the military and archaeological experts that works to prote...

Bought by Listenwise


  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
Into the Music of Bob Dylan (3 Hours)
From: Hwy. 61 Productions
Series: Into the Music
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A 3-part chronological profile of Dylan's career from the early 1960's until his most recent work. Each part has a :60 intro and 2 segments of app...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:49:42
  • Purchases: 1
Sustainable Communities
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City, we'll look at the next generation of housing design with architect Avi Friedman and discover the lessons learned from Dani...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLRN, WFSU, Spokane Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Sep 09, 2009
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 5
WNR: A Short History of the Taliban
From: War News Radio
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From "Pen to Paper" (March 13, 2009): War News Radio cracks open the history books to see who today's Taliban are, and where they came from.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, Wyoming Public Radio, and CKMO


  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 3
Impunity and Accountability in Colombia
From: A World of Possibilities
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The state of Colombia's renewed Justice system.

  • Added: Mar 12, 2009
  • Length: 55:00
Children Seen and Heard
From: With Good Reason
Caption: The Atcheson children, Washington, DC, Credit: Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) Courtesy: Library of Congress
Elementary school teachers may want to encourage a noisier classroom this fall. Adam Winsler’s recent research shows that 5-year-olds perform bette...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:43
A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF SPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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A look at the developement of Sports in the United States

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:19:32
"Havana Nocturne: How The Mob Owned Cuba And Then Lost It To The Revolution"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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A look at the contending forces-the mob,a brutal dictatorship, United Fruit and Fidel Castro-prior to the Cuban revolution

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 54:37
  • Purchases: 1
"I do solemnly swear..."
From: With Good Reason
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A Presidential Historian plays clips from Inauguration speeches and tells us what to listen for in Obama's address. And Political Scientists reflec...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
KERA Commentary: Language of Business
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Three areas in which business leaders made mistakes leading to the current weak economy.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:00

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