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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
PART 5: RESTORING STREAMS IN THE HEARTLAND
From: The Environment Report
Series: Pollution in the Heartland
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Farmers work to restore a channelized river.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:45
PART 4: TOO MUCH MANURE?
From: The Environment Report
Series: Pollution in the Heartland
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A look at the environmental costs of a large-scale dairy operation.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:32
PART 2: CITIES COPE WITH PESTICIDE POLLUTION
From: The Environment Report
Series: Pollution in the Heartland
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Cities work to clean up pollution from pesticides in their water supplies.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:36
PART 1: CAPPING POLLUTION AT THE SOURCE
From: The Environment Report
Series: Pollution in the Heartland
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Nitrogen pollution from farm fields pollutes public water supplies

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
Why Single Payer, Part 6: The Single Payer System
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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The problems in healthcare have gone beyond just tweaking the current system to a point where we really have to look at infrastructure issues, and ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2006
  • Length: 07:44
Why Single Payer, Part 5: The Flow of Medical Information, the legal system, and medical school.
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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Emergency rooms don't have access to a patient's primary healthcare information. This, as well as the cost of a healthcare education, adds to the ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2006
  • Length: 05:35
Why Single Payer, Part 4: Emergency Rooms and Prevention
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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As access to healthcare becomes increasingly difficult, emergency rooms are becoming the primary health service for a lot of people.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2006
  • Length: 06:47
Why Single Payer, Part 3: Cash Flow in the Healthcare Industry
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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When capitalism is applied to taking care of our health, things can quickly get out of control.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2006
  • Length: 04:41
Why Single Payer, Part 2: A big slice of the healthcare pie - Insurance and Pharmaceutical Companies
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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If you look at who is profitable in healthcare these days, it's not hospitals, it's not doctors; the two most profitable lines of business are phar...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:44
Why Single Payer, Part 1: We are all paying for a broken healthcare system!
From: Miles Eddy
Series: Why Single Payer Healthcare Series One
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We are all paying for a broken healthcare system! Three healthcare professionals speak out why and offer some possible solutions.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2006
  • Length: 06:17
A Department of Peace? (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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In September of 2005, legislation was introduced in both the U.S. House and Senate proposing the creation of a federal Department of Peace. Peace ...

Bought by WCOM, KSKA, and WSKG


  • Added: Sep 11, 2005
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
The Nonviolent Peaceforce In Sri Lanka (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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A Conversation with Mel Duncan, Executive Director of the Nonviolent Peaceforce which sends modestly paid peacemakers into conflict regions.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2005
  • Length: 29:03
Anchors Say Goodbye
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
Series: Janensch on the Media
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Media commentary on television news anchors

  • Added: Nov 24, 2004
  • Length: 02:39
The Heart of Cycling
From: WHYY
Series: Olympics
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A small-town cycling track produces the fastest cyclists in the world.

Bought by KMXT and KZSC


  • Added: Aug 12, 2004
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
PART 1: When the American Dream turned into a Nightmare
From: Claes Andreasson
Series: Downwinder Diaries
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Downwinder affected by the radiocative fallout from test at Nevada Test Site

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, WYSO, and WMPG


  • Added: May 28, 2004
  • Length: 02:46
  • Purchases: 4
The Home-State Record: Carol Moseley Braun
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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In-depth look at Illinois' perspective on Democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWMU St. Louis, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 3
The Home-State Record: Wesley Clark
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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In-depth look at how Wesley Clark's peers see the candidate's leadership record.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWMU St. Louis, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
The Home-State Record: John Edwards
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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In-depth look at the North Carolina perspective on Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

Bought by WZBC, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWMU St. Louis, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:13
  • Purchases: 4
The Home-State Record: Dick Gephardt
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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In-depth look at the Missouri perspective on Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWMU St. Louis, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 3
The Home-State Record: John Kerry
From: Vermont Public
Series: "The Home-State Record"
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In-depth look at the Massachusetts perspective on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

Bought by WZBC, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KWMU St. Louis, and KPBS


  • Added: Dec 08, 2003
  • Length: 04:12
  • Purchases: 4

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