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We learn about the power of actively-engaged scholarship in this program about the University of Iowa Obermann Center for Advanced Studies and its ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2016
  • Length: 24:39
Caption: Odegaard Writing and Research Center, Credit: OWRC
The Character Development team wanted to learn more about the thought processes that occur within tutors during bilingual writing sessions. OWRC tu...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2016
  • Length: 20:06
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During the industrial revolution, Pittsburgh welcomed thousands of immigrants to southwestern Pennsylvania. The city remains welcoming to families ...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 03:54
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Sam hails from Bosnia, but she’s lived in the US for the last 6 years. Sometimes she finds that her two cultures have opposing values. Add to that ...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 02:58
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One Ethiopian woman works to remove obstacles for women pursuing an education.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
Caption: Folktale of Education, Credit: Julia Meek
We're traveling around the world of knowledge on this week's back-to-school edition of Folktales, in the finest of 'musical continuing ed' traditio...

Bought by WFIU, GCR (Global Community Radio), WLPR , KCMJ Community Radio, and WFIU


  • Added: Sep 16, 2015
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 5
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When you think back about your own history education, think about how much of it was a history of wars, and then ask yourself how much in there was...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 29, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 2
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, a number of Germa...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WKCC, KENW, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: K. K. Ramachandra and family., Credit: Charles Nuckolls
K.K. Ramachandra Pulavar and his family continue the ancient tradition of shadow puppetry in Kerala, India.

  • Added: May 18, 2015
  • Length: 22:46
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Teacher, librarian, and role model Catherine Talim of Kanté, Togo, gives advice on how to prepare for exams and succeed in school.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 18:37
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
We hear a male perspective on gender roles from 22-year-old Tibemoni Bakou of Nadoba, Togo.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 20:21
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Three junior high school girls present a skit on ideal love. Host Carla Seidl interviews a 22-year-old male student about gender equality and share...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 19:46
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Madame Hortense Bararmna, director of Junior High School (CEG) # 1 in Kante, Togo, speaks about her experience becoming director and the situation ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 19:15
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Two female high school student writers present original dialogue and poetry and speak about responsible behavior and putting off marriage.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 20:58
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Five junior high school students from Kante, Togo collaborate with host Carla Seidl to present skits and speak about sexual harassment in the schoo...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 17:05
Caption: Host Carla Seidl with students in Kante, Togo
Host Carla Seidl speaks with young scholar and Dankpen Prefecture beauty pageant winner Prisca Nantob about studying, sexual harassment, and a woma...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 17:34
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The first Simmer episode features an interview with Malawi Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and songwriter Dr. Jack Allison and an investigation of t...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
"The Rainbow or the Stick?: Teaching and Discipline Across Cultures" features interviews with Renee Owen, director of the Rainbow Mountain Childre...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The fifth episode of Simmer features an interview on the topic of community with community consultant Gaya Erlandson, founder of the Lotus Lodge Co...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
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A new rite of passage is taking hold among ambitious young doctors entering modern practice in a new century. It can take a year or two after medic...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2014
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Man casting net from a boat, Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2005, Credit:  Mangrove Action Project | Marine Photobank
2013 was an incredible year for the World Ocean Observatory. We celebrated many successes and reach a wider audience than ever before. In this epis...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg. Wide ranging discussion from his relationship with Bob Dylan to the potential of viral video...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 16:54
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Steve Downing has been a teacher, house painter, conflict mediator, musician, arts administrator, freelance writer, and has occasionally worked for...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 03:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Floating Classroomm, Credit: Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the stark juxtaposition of two ocean stories, extreme in their differences, lin...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
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An immigrant adjusting to new life in a new country has many challenges including how the community accepts them. Immigrants may feel they are on t...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:58