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Top of Mind - Many Students Lack Motivation to Learn. What Can We Do?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Between chronic absenteeism and shifting grading systems, we know many students lack motivation to learn. What can schools do differently?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Jacob Vigdor: College Admissions Quandries
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jacob Vigdor
Whether it be standardized testing, grades, extracurricular activities or personal essays, the question of how to level the playing field in educat...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Top of Mind - Introducing "Stick With It": What happens when you lean in to a challenging perspective?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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A new series of conversations about leaning in to a challenging perspective, rather than backing away

Bought by KMXT, KOWS, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSTK and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2023
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - Public Education is in Crisis. Are Elected School Boards the Problem?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Public education in America is in crisis. Are elected school boards the problem – or the key to a solution?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, RADIOLEX, and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
05-18: Social Medicine: Restoring Public Health by Changing Society, 9/13/2023
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Rupa Marya, Credit: Nikki Ritcher
We are told that our personal health is our individual responsibility based on our own choices. Yet, the biological truth is that human health is d...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 28:30
Top Of Mind - What is the Purpose of Prison
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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America’s justice system relies heavily on incarceration. What is the purpose of prison, and is it working to keep us safe?

Bought by WXDU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, WYAP, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 7
Roderick Graham: The End of Affirmative Action?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rod Graham
With the right-leaning US Supreme Court poised to eliminate affirmative action in higher education around the country — this seemed like an opportu...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Top of Mind - When is War Justified?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Rarely is going to war clearly the right or wrong choice. When is war justified?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 01, 2022
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 9
Inside Europe, 9/23/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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This week on the show: The week the game changed: what does Russia’s military escalation mean for Ukraine and its allies? Water under the bridge: ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Braver Angels Challenging Polarization: An Approach with Promise
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: The Emotion Roadmap to Inspired Performance
Polarization is an ongoing problem that has been linked to violence in our streets, angry outbursts in our homes, and civil unrest. Numerous groups...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 44:12
08-16: Restorative Justice: From Harm to Healing, 8/31/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Fania Davis
Oakland, California, has had the reputation of being one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Then the Restorative Justice movement started...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
The Power Worshippers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katherine Stewart
There is a powerful movement in America that is reshaping our political landscape. Anyone who does not agree with their agenda is disenfranchised. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2219: What Is Ideology?, 5/10/2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How is ideology different from dogma?

  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
World in Progress 03/03/2022
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Making Cape Town's Hanover Park a better place - Unemployment in Cape Town's neighborhood Hanover Park is high, gun shots ...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2022
  • Length: 29:59
Rod Graham: The Fight Over Affirmative Action
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rod Graham
Back in 2016 the US Supreme Court established that the University of Texas could continue to consider race as a factor in admissions, in order to e...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dismantlng Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Unprecedented concentrations of wealth. Fundamental changes in the economy. A weakened institutional government, making it more difficult to meet p...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Privatization of Everything
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Democracy is more efficient, and equally distributed when public goods are created. Things like free education, public health, open parks, clean wa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
John Stoehr on Critical Race Theory Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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Have you noticed what’s got the far right-wing of American politics hot-and-bothered lately? This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to John Stoehr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Governing A State
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
Caption: NM Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs a bill for universal pre-k education
The Kids Crew interview New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham about her job, leading during a pandemic, and how governors can help address the...

Bought by KCHU, RadioFreePalmer, KSTK, Allegheny Mountain Radio, KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
20210906: Governing A State, 9/6/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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The Kids Crew interview New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham about her job, leading during a pandemic, and how governors can help address the...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Liz King: Civil Rights In Our Public Schools
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Liz King
One front on which the fight for racial justice is being waged is in the area of education. We have been led to believe that education is the great...

Bought by WFHB and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The US Senate
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Learn about the United States Senate on this edition of The Children’s Hour. We’ll visit with New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich in an interview he...

Bought by KQRU FM LP, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], Allegheny Mountain Radio, KSTK, KRSC and more


  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 12
20210329: The US Senate, 3/29/2021
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour (Subscribable)
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Learn about the United States Senate on this edition of The Children’s Hour. We’ll visit with New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich in an interview he...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
Leadership the Super Bowl and the Vaccine Rollout
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
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From the Super Bowl to the Vaccination roll out we have seen great examples of leadership. In the Super Bowl we saw Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat one...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2021
  • Length: 54:10
Education
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Critical Thinking is a set of skills that most students learn at a relatively early age. Even students who don’t do well in school are familiar wit...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1