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Moral Maps and Geographies of Conflict - Melani McAlister & Téa Obreht
From: Open Source
Caption: Melani McAlister's book jacket for Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and US Interests, 1945-2000
How do war stories work, and where do we find them? Our guests this week are mapping out terrains of conflict and confusion in our lifetimes, from ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Political Roundtable
From: National Press Club
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The national budget is one of the main topics during a political roundtable hosted by Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Chief Rick Dunham. Other ...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
Lustration: Purging Civil Servants in New Democracies
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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In transitions from authoritarian rule to democracy, systems must decide who to exclude from public office. What do you do with those who, without ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Smil and the Whole World Smils with You: Part I of Vaclav Smil Interview
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Vaclav Smil
This week on Sea Change Radio, a rare interview with renowned energy expert and futurist, Vaclav Smil. A Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:40
Peter Escher on the MBA Oath
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Can MBAs be held to "do no harm" standards similar to those of MDs? The MBA Oath was created by a group of Class of 2009 Graduates of Harvard Busin...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 26:40
  • Purchases: 1
Forensic Beginnings -- Groks Science Show 2011-03-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Douglas Starr discussed the origins of forensic science.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 28:04
  • Purchases: 3
Alex Felson on Urban Ecology
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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A professor at Yale University, a landscape architect, and an urban ecologist, Alex Felson creates designs that take local and built environments i...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2011
  • Length: 26:42
Defunding USAID; Defunding Corporation for Public Broadcasting; "Private" CIA
From: Spencer Downing
Series: BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS
Caption: Ian Masters
Ambassador James Dobbins talks about move to defund USAID; James Baughman on move to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Robert Young P...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 54:02
Jan 20 - Susan Shirk and James Fallows on China; Citizens United
From: Spencer Downing
Series: BACKGROUND BRIEFING with IAN MASTERS
Caption: Ian Masters
Susan Shirk discusses US-China relations; James Fallows analyzes China also; Ben Manski of Move To Amend talks about one year after the Citizens Un...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2011
  • Length: 53:57
Under New Management
From: War News Radio
Caption: Talabani and Allawi win in 2006
News and analysis on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Dec 10, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Mary Joyce on Digital Activism
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Julia Kennedy interviews Mary Joyce on the use of digital technology for activism.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 25:18
Senator Tom Daschle on the passage of healthcare reform
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Senator Tom Daschle, former Senate Majority Leader, and his new book, Getting it Done: How Congress Finally Broke the Stalemate to Make Way for Hea...

  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 25:47
Canvas and Casualties
From: War News Radio
Caption: Pakistani civilians try to get aid from a relief office, Credit: Photo courtesy of the AP
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Action Speaks! What's Eating Us? 1927 - Father Coughlin "On the Air" and the Birth of Right-Wing Radio
From: Action Speaks Radio
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With the popularity of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and now Glenn Beck, we felt it was time to look at the ‘original’ nationally known conservative ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, Spokane Public Radio, WSKG, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Race Manners with Bruce A. Jacobs Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Bruce A. Jacobs, Credit: www.aliasbruce.typepad.com
Today on a very special Culture Clique we cover a topic that some people approach timidly: Race Manners. We visit with Bruce A. Jacobs, author of R...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 23, 2010
  • Length: 39:24
  • Purchases: 1
Overdose prevention: Still using, but still alive
From: Tinker Ready
Caption: Hundreds who have overdosed are rememberd at an April State House rally. , Credit: Tinker Ready
Massachusetts is using a nasal spray to prevent fatal heroin overdoses.

  • Added: Oct 15, 2010
  • Length: 06:15
Kennedy and the Peace Corps: Idealism on the Ground
From: Lester Graham
Caption: Kennedy challenging university students to serve the Third World., Credit: University of Michigan
This compelling documentary explains how a John F. Kennedy challenge to college students ultimately became the Peace Corps. It explores Kennedy's...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Interlochen Public Radio, Michigan Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WYSO and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2010
  • Length: 53:25
  • Purchases: 14
Military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From Don't Ask, Don't Tell 10/08/2010: War News Radio reports on opponents of the US military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 05:55
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
From: War News Radio
Caption: Protesters demonstrating against the military’s don’t ask don’t tell policy on Capitol Hill. , Credit: Photo courtesy of the AP.
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 29:02
Bollywood Across Borders
From: War News Radio
Caption: Bollywood posters for sale in an Afghani store, Credit: AP
News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam
From: Lydia Wilson
Caption: Bunk Canvas from the General Nelson M. Walker , Credit: Vietnam Graffiti Project
Graffiti left on a troop transport ship by soldiers heading to the Vietnam War, found accidentally, is salvaged by a couple on a decade-long campai...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 03, 2010
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 2
Health Professions Scholarship Program
From: War News Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
From "Passport Troubles" (7/23/10): We talk to medical school students who are participants in the Army’s Health Professions Scholarship Program, w...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2010
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 1
Modernizing America's Public Health System
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Lowell Weicker, former U.S. senator and governor of Connecticut and current president of the Trust for America's Health.

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 24:44
Congresswoman Lois Capps talks about her commitment to quality health care for all
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Congresswoman Lois Capps, U.S. Representative of California and founder of the House Nursing Caucus, discusses her commitment to quality health car...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 24:05
Marching To The Beat Of Their Own Drum
From: Sarah Danson
Caption: A dancer twirls the baton with the Hungry March Band at the Honk! Festival
An in-depth look at the world and music of alternative marching bands.

  • Added: May 04, 2010
  • Length: 27:54

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