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Ocean news is often bad news these days. We are bombarded with stories of pollution, overfishing, of sea level rise and the dire consequences of ex...

  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 04:03
Caption: Interstate 45, submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey, which caused widespread flooding in Houston, Texas and surrounding areas. , Credit: Credit Richard Carson for Reuters (c)
Natural forces unleashed an epic scale of destruction on Houston and surrounding areas of Texas. Built upon consumption, unmitigated growth, and fo...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 05:28
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Audio essay bringing the current summer-long Market Basket situation back to the basics.

  • Added: Aug 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:34
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Time zones reflect a history of our changing politics, commerce, and technology.

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: HOST PAM MCKISSICK
Produced for Weekend Edition programming, Pam McKissick Without Reserve is a one-hour talk show that delivers unfiltered commentary on the world of...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 47:15
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
As the Supreme Court Justices listen to lawyers try to find the legal logic in requiring people to buy health insurance, let us remember that peopl...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:45
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Farm workers have suffered a heavy blow in their drive to win union rights.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:03
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A short essay by Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 06:15
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A study on new peacebuilding actions within the Pentagon.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2008
  • Length: 55:00
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Sunshine Week

  • Added: Mar 16, 2008
  • Length: 02:16
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How far has the once-mighty CBS fallen

  • Added: Aug 26, 2007
  • Length: 02:56
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A commentary noting that if pitcher Kenny Rogers did indeed use pine tar to gain an illegal edge on batters in the World Series, he was only doing ...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
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Although increasingly used by the CIA, FBI and other agencies and private employers, so-called lie detector tests are highly unreliable and serious...

  • Added: May 07, 2006
  • Length: 02:57