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Locally Grown Food Sprouts in Restaurants
From: The Environment Report
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Chef is encouraging farmers to grow local food for new trend in restaurants.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 29, 2007
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 1
PRI's Michael Arnold on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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PRI's Michael Arnold: the 12th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Jan 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
Bill Moyers on Media Reform 2007
From: Steve Schultze
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Bill Moyers talks in detail about corporate media and media reform.

Bought by KWCW


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 57:29
  • Purchases: 1
U.S. Army turns over Patrol Base Razor to Iraqi Army
From: Eric Pahon
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Package about turnover of American Patrol Base ?Razor? near Samarra, Iraq to Iraqi Army.

  • Added: Dec 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:14
Juvenile Detention
From: Justin Levy
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A look at violence and other ongoing problems in The Baltimore City Juvenile Detention Center

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 04:43
NCPR's Jackie Sauter on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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NCPR's Jackie Sauter: the 7th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
NPR's Jay Kernis on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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Jay Kernis, the senior VP of programming at NPR: the 6th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:27
WHYY's Elisabeth Perez-Luna on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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Elisabeth Perez-Luna of WHYY: the 4th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 11:46
In Baseball Anyway, Crime Sometimes Does Pay
From: Dick Meister
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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
No Freedom of Speech at Constitution Day Parade
From: KVMR
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Group Censored at "Freedom of Speech" Parade

  • Added: Oct 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:02
NPR's Eric Nuzum on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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Eric Nuzum, NPR's director of programming and acquisitions: the 2nd of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Oct 03, 2006
  • Length: 02:38
Smart Credit Cards
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Fingerprints on Credit Cards are becoming the new high tech signature

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:32
  • Purchases: 1
Part 1: Welcome to Western Guilford
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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We begin a series to better understand the challenges facing all high schools by looking closely at one school: Western Guilford High School in Gre...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 3
Part 2: Freshman Academy
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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More students drop out in the 9th grade than any other year of school. At Western Guilford High School in Greensboro, North Carolina, school leader...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 3
Part 3: The Home Team
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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A ball game at Western Guilford High School was once the "only" place to be on a Friday night. Western was the heart of a tight-knit community that...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:59
  • Purchases: 3
Part 4: What Are Kids Learning?
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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Do you remember what you learned in high school? Much of what is taught stays the same, year after year, from generation to generation. Homer's Ody...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KZMU Moab Community Radio, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 4
Part 5: What Are You Going to Be When You Grow Up?
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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In Greensboro, North Carolina the textile and manufacturing industries once provided good jobs to generations of people with little or no education...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:02
  • Purchases: 3
Part 6: Tests, Tests and More Tests
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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There has been a dramatic change in education and it?s all about numbers. State and federal laws now require schools to measure just about everythi...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KPFT


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 4
Part 7: AP or Not AP?
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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In the past five years, at Western and high schools around the country, there's been a big push to increase the number of students taking higher le...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), 90.5 WSNC, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 4
Part 8: The Future of Teachers
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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Schools across the country are scrambling to fill a teacher shortage. In Greensboro, North Carolina, the school system is offering new teachers fre...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KQAT


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 3
Part 10: The Meaning of High School
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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We conclude our series from Western Guilford High School in Greensboro. A team of reporters visited Western over the course of six months?. gettin...

Bought by WEZU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 07:54
  • Purchases: 3
Part 9: Card #10 (Sue)
From: WUNC
Series: Daily Lessons: Inside Western Guilford High School
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Every year, hundreds of thousands of teenagers in the United States drop out of school. The reasons are many and each story is unique. Today, as ...

Bought by WEZU, WVAS, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2006
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 5
9/11's Hidden Toll
From: WFUV
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Five years after the 9/11 attacks, the death toll among first responders is still climbing.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 05:27
Family on the Frontlines
From: WFUV
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A look at what family life is like for soldiers after their return from war.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 03:49
The After-Effects of War
From: WFUV
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Soldiers in Iraq are suffering a higher rate of traumatic injuries than soldiers in previous wars.

  • Added: Sep 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:29

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