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The Gift
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Is it better to give than to receive?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Robot Soldiers (#113)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Replacing human soldiers with robots.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 01:05
  • Purchases: 1
Helpful Clerk (#115)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Sometimes a sales clerk can be too helpful.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Speak Up. Get Fired. (#116)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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In most states you lawfully can be fired for your political beliefs.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Contaminated Soldiers
From: Voices of Our World
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A discussion with Army veteran Herbert Reed about his exposure to depleted uranium in Iraq. Discussion with Aileeen Miyoko Smith about Japan's plan...

  • Added: May 26, 2005
  • Length: 28:00
God's Politics
From: Voices of Our World
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Jim Wallis discusses how the politics of the religious right claim intimate knowledge of the Almighty?s intent. We also speak with Jesuit priest...

Bought by KUHB


  • Added: May 17, 2005
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Death Penalty interview with Stuart Banner
From: Talking History
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Interview on the death penalty, regular features on history in the news and site of the week along with commentary on the centennial celebrations i...

  • Added: May 16, 2005
  • Length: 29:02
Do or do not unto others (es#112)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What is the ethical difference between two religious adages, "do unto others" and "do not do unto others"?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WUSF


  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Toxic Living
From: Voices of Our World
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Deirdre Imus explains the connection between household chemical cleaning agents and pediatric cancers.

Bought by KUNM, KHSU, KVSC, and KMXT


  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
A special gift or a limited future? (#111)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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When should a child focus on their special gift?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Just who are you on the Internet?
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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On the Internet, no one knows you. So, why not lie about yourself?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Navajo's Fighting Uranium Mining
From: Voices of Our World
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Members of the Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Mining came to the United Nations Indigenous Forum to discuss their struggle against the reinsta...

Bought by KVNF and KSUT


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
In Search of Opportunity
From: Voices of Our World
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We visit a Westchester, NY good neighbor program, Neighbors Link, serving Latino immigrants to the area.

Bought by KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WYSO, WVAS and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
The job of an Ombudsman (#109)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What's the difference between being an agent versus an advocate?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
[Insert Racist Comment Here] (#108)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Do we have an ethical obligation to respond to offensive speech? How about, just to listen to it?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Honor and Kill Your Parents (es#107)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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How do the differences between principles and practices influence our perception of right and wrong?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 30, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Virtual Classrooms (ES#106)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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How is it that by not knowing people in person you end up knowing their person really well?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Equal Rights and Same Sex Marriage (es#105)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Why is marriage like voting? Because they have both been the subject of "legal" governmental discrimination.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nose to Nose in a Restaurant (es#104)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What should you do when bottle of cologne is seated at the table next to you?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
How to treat a service dog (es#103)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Don't you want to just hug a service dog? Pet it? Give it treats? Well, don't! Here's why.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:05
  • Purchases: 1
Caring for Aging Parents (ES#100)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Do we have an obligation to care for our aging parents as we do our children?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KDNK


  • Added: Mar 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Paternalism
From: Talking History
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Interview with David Leverenz on the transformation of the image of the role and image of the father. Raymond Geselbracht comments on the relations...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
No Turning Back
From: Talking History
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Interview with Estelle Freedman, author of No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women. Commentary: Spinning the Casualties: ...

Bought by KQED and KUHB


  • Added: Mar 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Fahrenheit High on Fourth of July
From: Carl Hammerschlag
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The 911 Commission, George W & Michael Moore

  • Added: Nov 03, 2004
  • Length: 03:37
The Wind Will Carry Us: Moving Beyond the Oil Economy
From: A World of Possibilities
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Oil is heading out and wind is blowing in. So jump in the truck for a ride to the plains where wind is the new power.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Oct 28, 2004
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1

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