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Getting into Vietnam (52 minutes)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Memorial Day shows
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In this episode of With Good Reason’s NEH-funded documentary series on the Vietnam War, the story of the draft -- who it ensnared, who escaped, an...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WGZS, KMUN, WVTF, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 51:59
  • Purchases: 6
Getting Into Vietnam (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Memorial Day shows
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In this episode of With Good Reason’s NEH-funded documentary series on the Vietnam War, the story of the draft -- who it ensnared, who escaped, an...

Bought by KMUN and KRZA


  • Added: Apr 30, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
"Building a Wall": Church and State in America (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-When Thomas Jefferson designed the University of Virginia’s central Rotunda, he set out to build a temple to the book, a stunning rebuke to the Ch...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WFAE, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 12
“Building a Wall”: Church and State in America (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-When Thomas Jefferson designed the University of Virginia’s central Rotunda, he set out to build a temple to the book, a stunning rebuke to the Ch...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, Harford Community Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9
Invisible Founders (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Scholars, historic interpreters, and descendants of enslaved people recently gathered at Montpelier, the home of James Madison. Justin Reid tell...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Invisible Founders (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Scholars, historic interpreters, and descendants of enslaved people recently gathered at Montpelier, the home of James Madison. Justin Reid tell...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KMUN, WVAS, KRZA and more


  • Added: Feb 23, 2018
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Making a Mountain in Miami: Ugo Rondinone's Bright Boulders
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Today, we take you to South Florida, for a conversation about public art with Swiss born artist Ugo Rondinone. Miami Mountain is the latest in his ...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2018
  • Length: 08:34
The New Minority (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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A look at what's motivating Trump's most loyal base - The invention of immigration - Why getting facts on immigration is so tough - Inside one of V...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
The New Minority (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A look at what's motivating Trump's most loyal base - The invention of immigration - Why getting facts on immigration is so tough - Inside one of V...

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
The New Minority (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A look at what's motivating Trump's most loyal base - The invention of immigration - Why getting facts on immigration is so tough

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Census Problems (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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The Justice Department has submitted a controversial request to add a question about citizenship status to the 2020 Census. Experts say the questio...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KYUK, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WOUB and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2018
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 6
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the debate over charters, examine new ways school distric...

Bought by WHFR and WCPN


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the debate over charters, examine new ways school distric...

Bought by WHFR, KWMR, WMUU-LP, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the heated debate over charters.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the debate over charters, examine new ways school distric...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the debate over charters, examine new ways school distric...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCWP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 10
Degrees of Separation: School Systems (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the final episode of our special series on education and inequality, we dive deep into the heated debate over charters.

Bought by WJCT, KMUN, WVAS, WLPR , KKRN and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Problem of Rural Schools (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Nearly a quarter of Virginia’s schools are in rural areas. According to one researcher, Federal education policy could threaten the sustainability ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by WNMU-FM and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KQED, KUAF Public Radio, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 20
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KVSC, KMUN, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers...

Bought by WHFR


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by WHFR, KWMR, and WLIW


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 3
Degrees of Separation: Teachers (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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From mandatory testing to terrible pay, teachers face formidable obstacles to doing their job and doing it well. We look into the reasons teachers ...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Teacher of the Year (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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It’s no secret that teachers are underpaid and underappreciated. But when a state’s Teacher of the Year jumps ship, it gets a lot of attention. Lil...

Bought by KENW and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 03:31
  • Purchases: 2