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The Political Classroom
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: The Political Classroom jacket, Credit: Routledge Press
When politics is polarized, so is American Society. That, in turn, makes things more difficult for educators and students. It becomes riskier for t...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Black Hole of Calcutta
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM


  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 1
Ducks in a row
From: Don Hill
Series: Xpressions
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

Bought by Key Radio KEYK 89.3 FM and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 01:46
  • Purchases: 2
The Happiness of Pursuit
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chris Guillebeau
Compulsive goal seeker and best-selling author Chris Guillebeau set out to visit every country on the planet by age thirty-five.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Co-Parents' Handbook
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: The Co-Parent's Handbook, Credit: CMC Publishers
With a tested “here’s how” approach, Karen Bonnell and Kristin Little help parents confidently take on the challenges of raising children in two ho...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
STAY: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jennifer Michael Hecht
In a position that some will find controversial, Jennifer Michael Hecht argues that suicide is quite simply wrong, from a secular point of view. To...

Bought by WHFR and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Tolerance Trap
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: The Tolerance Trap, Credit: NYU Press
In her book The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality. Dr. Suzanna Walters explores how notions of tolera...

Bought by WCPN, WFHB, and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Flying Blind (for Pledge Drive)
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Flying Blind book cover
When a biologist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department approaches Middlebury writing professor Don Mitchell about tracking endangered India...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 01, 2014
  • Length: 22:19
  • Purchases: 1
Riddles from the Border Regions 03/01/14
From: Joan VanBuskirk
Series: Riddles from the Border Regions
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I RHYME WITH GRAB ....

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America - part 2
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: PTSD book cover, Credit: Lexington Books
This is a continuation of a conversation with sociologist Jerry Lembcke. His book, -PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
50 Year Ago, D.C. Introduced The Beatles On Stage and On Air
From: Rebecca Sheir
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Not only was Washington, D.C., the site of The Beatles' first full North American concert in 1964... It was also the first North American city to a...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 09:45
Restoring Opportunity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Restoring Opportunity jacket cover, Credit: Harvard Education Press
Americans see education as the primary social institution for achieving the goal of equality and opportunity. While there are sharp disagreements o...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Chomsky Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chomsky's Challenge, Credit: book jacket cover
Noam Chomsky is a polarizing figure in politics and foreign affairs. Although he is a pioneering scholar in the field of linguistics, he is better...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Sex Itself
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Sara Richardson
Human Genomes are almost 100 percent identical. There is one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Out On a Limb
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ben Kilham
Benjamin Kilham has been researching and living with black bears for nearly twenty years. He has become an expert in black bear behavior, as well a...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Sharing is Good
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Beth Buczynski
Consumption and consumerism – they are the cornerstones of American society. Many feel that that model is about to change. We either continue on th...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Hardwiring Happiness
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Rick Hanson
Neuropsychologist Dr. Rick Hanson has a different way of looking at the functions of the brain. What he’s realized is that simply using positive th...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Living in the Shadow of the Cross
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Paul Kivel
Christianity has provided many positive events: assisting the underprivileged, supported education and promoted social justice, however, its also f...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Emerging Masculine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Azarm Ghareman
Clinical psychologist Azarm Ghareman brings the teachings of Carl Jung into post-modern analysis. Dr. Ghareman sees the need for a better understan...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Reclaiming Our Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Sam Daley-Harris
With his new book, Sam Daley-Harris shares how he and the citizens advocacy organizations he has founded (RESULTS and the Microcredit Summit Campai...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Knocking on Heaven's Door
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katy Butler
In writing her book, Katy Butler set out to help others to avoid the pitfalls she faced during her father’s last years.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Raising Dough
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Elizabeth Ü
Increasingly, food-based businesses are seen as key solutions to solve our social and environmental problems, and yet entrepreneurs report a surpri...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
High Tide
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: High Tide book cover, Credit: jacket design by Kata Jancso
One week before super storm Sandy hit, oceanographer John Englander released his book about the short, medium and long term scenarios we can expect...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Cows Save the Planet
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Judith D. Swartz
In her new book, author and journalist Judith D. Swartz reveals that our ability to transform many of our problems – climate change, desertificatio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Chew On This - Season 1 - Episode 5 - Gardening in a Small Space
From: Lisa Rothman
Series: Chew On This
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Our guest experts give our audience advice on making the most of what you've got when it comes to gardening.

Bought by KWMR, KUT, and KALW


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 56:28
  • Purchases: 3