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Stealth Communications
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Sue Jansen
The art of communication. We grow up thinking that we can talk and hear, or even sign, therefore we can communicate.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Peter Kalmus
We have a choice to fight the change, or be part of the change. That has never been more apparent than when we are watching ice caps melt, heat tha...

Bought by XRAY.fm and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Is This What Peaceful Democracy Looks Like?
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In recent years, national elections have been tightly contested and one result has been an uptick in the rancor in political discourse. With that, ...

Bought by KUHF and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Is This What Peaceful Democracy Looks Like?
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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In recent years, national elections have been tightly contested and one result has been an uptick in the rancor in political discourse. With that, ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Democracy in Chains
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nancy MacLean
When the term RINO is used in political circles today, it’s an acronym for Republican in Name Only. The basic translation is that the today’s GOP b...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dissecting Hillary's Loss
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Susan Bordo
Hillary Clinton has spent the last 16-years in government service, and 8-years occupying the White House. All of that experience did her little goo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Whataboutism
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about ad hominem, Soviet propaganda, and red herrings. We also discuss Pravda, logical fallacies, and hypocrisy.

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 27:25
The Death of Expertise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Tom Nichols
Research is not plugging a question into a browser. Yet, we treat the Internet as though it has intelligence. And, in turn, that makes us intelligent.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Blind Dog and Other Radio Stories: A Conversation With Scott Carrier
From: Missouri Audio Project
Caption: Scott Carrier and Julija Šukys, Credit: Shane Epping
Scott Carrier talks to Julija Šukys about bearing witness, about telling difficult stories, about spinning tales of human oddness, and about the re...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2017
  • Length: 15:23
Criticism
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about chronological snobbery, signaling theory, and the Chicken Connoisseur. We also discuss social cognition, Discover Weekly, ...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 44:37
Life of the Law #103: In Studio: Radio Silenced
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
Caption: Senior Producer, Tony Gannon, and Post Production Editor, Kirsten Jusewicz-Haidle, Credit: Nancy Mullane
What do radio silence, the FCC, net neutrality, President Trump's first solo press conference, and Richard Wagner have in common? Welcome to In-Stu...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Mar 08, 2017
  • Length: 53:16
  • Purchases: 1
John Dickerson on Presidential Campaign History
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: John Dickerson, Credit: Courtesy of CBS
Author and moderator of Face the Nation, John Dickerson’s book Whistlestop is a witty rollicking tour of presidential campaign history

Bought by KPIP-LP, WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Moral Revolution: Tom Shadyac Part 2 #202
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Hollywood director Tom Shadyac traded a mansion and private jets for a mobile home and a bicycle. He had found the traditional trappings of success...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KUNM, KVSC, and KZUM


  • Added: Feb 28, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Political Omnivores
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about enemies who are friends, globalization, and non-polarized opinions.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 36:24
Intellectual Exhaustion
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about noble lies, compassion fatigue, and addiction.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 36:55
Journalism-ish
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about smart mobs, reddit, and Kompromat.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 41:27
Survival of the Kindest: Tom Shadyac #201
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
Caption: Steve Carell and Tom Shadyac on the set
Tom Shadyac is a successful Hollywood comedy director who found the traditional trappings of success were not the key to happiness. He traded a man...

Bought by Indie3 Radio, KUNM, and KVSC


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Area Voices: Filmmaker & Photojournalist Nik Nerburn
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Nik Nerburn, Credit: Nik Nerburn
Nik Nerburn grew up in northern Minnesota and is working as a photojournalist and documentary filmmaker. He recently covered the presidential inau...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2017
  • Length: 09:41
The Future of Democracy: Sec. Leon Panetta
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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It’s not unusual for a new president to find the adjustment from candidate to leader to be jolting but President Trump’s first week in office has b...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation”
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we hear from Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton Universit...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, XRAY.fm, WRIR, and WXDU


  • Added: Jan 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
FRDH: How America Got This Way
From: MIchael Goldfarb
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Veteran overseas journalists look at America as it enters the Age of Donald Trump

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 49:16
A Call to Postpone the Electoral College Vote
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Seth Abramson
An unexpected turn has unfolded with the 2016 elections. The Washington Post broke the story on Friday, December 9 that Russia not only hacked Amer...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Post-Factual Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Vincent Hendricks
A new beast is on the scene, and it just may be part of the information age. The multi-headed monster is known as Post-Factual Democracy.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Great Divide (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Are betting markets are a more accurate predictor than election polls? -The influence of Millennials on the upcoming election. -The vast majority ...

Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), WXDU, WLIW, KKRN and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 8
Skeptic Check: Science and the Election
From: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: Science and the Election, Credit: Seth Shostak
It’s a divisive election year, but there is public consensus that science and technology policy issues matter. So why aren’t the candidates discus...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8