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Degrees of Separation: Secondary (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the third episode of our series, we examine how inequality is at work in the high-stakes world of high school, from who we discipline, to the wa...

Bought by WHFR, WDSE, KWMR, and WLIW


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 4
Degrees of Separation: Secondary (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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In the third episode of our series, we examine how inequality is at work in the high-stakes world of high school, from who we discipline, to the wa...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and WVAS


  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: Primary (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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We ask a lot of primary schools: to teach kids about themselves and their communities, to prepare them to read and write, and to instill the right ...

Bought by WHFR and WDSE


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: Primary (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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We ask a lot of primary schools: to teach kids about themselves and their communities, to prepare them to read and write, and to instill the right ...

Bought by WHFR, KQED, KEDT, KWMR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Degrees of Separation: Primary (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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We ask a lot of primary schools: to teach kids about themselves and their communities, to prepare them to read and write, and to instill the right ...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Degrees of Separation: Primary (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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We ask a lot of primary schools: to teach kids about themselves and their communities, to prepare them to read and write, and to instill the right ...

Bought by WCPN and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Degrees of Separation: Primary (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We ask a lot of primary schools: to teach kids about themselves and their communities, to prepare them to read and write, and to instill the right ...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCPN, WTJU, WDSE and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
Degrees of Separation: Primary (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We ask a lot of primary schools: to teach kids about themselves and their communities, to prepare them to read and write, and to instill the right ...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, WJCU, WCQS, WNSB and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: :30
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on his book "Tom's River: A Story of Science and Salvation" that tells the story of a how small town fough...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 11
Pulitzer100: Stories in Science (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Dan Fagin on how a small town fought against pollution and the polluters. -Marc Edwards who helped uncover the water...

Bought by WJCT, WLPR , KRZA, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 10
Life in a Goiter Belt (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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One young woman in southwest Virginia has become a super-sleuth. With a head full of questions and a heart full of concern, one college student tea...

Bought by KENW, WOUB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 03:42
  • Purchases: 4
Life of the Law #105: In Studio: Heroin Town
From: Life of the Law
Series: Life of the Law
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Want to know how heroin treatment centers in Canada, the Affordable Care Act, President Trump’s new budget, and Henrietta Lacks all fit into one co...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
Nation of Nations (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten on immigration in America - Gustavo Perez-Firmat on "A Cuban in Mayberry" - The view from Cherokee country - A Mexica...

Bought by WCNY, KRWG, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 14
Nation of Nations (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten on immigration in America - Gustavo Perez-Firmat on "A Cuban in Mayberry"

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, WMNR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Robert W. Merry discusses presidential performance
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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On this Presidents' Day weekend, host Bob Kustra interviews Robert W. Merry about his book, "Where They Stand."

  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 30:31
Saladin Ambar, author of "Malcolm X at Union Station"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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As we mark Black History Month, host Bob Kustra talks with Saladin Ambar about a pivotal speech Malcolm X gave near the end of his life.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
The Wishes of the Dead
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Our lives are controlled by the invisible hand from the grave. Death does not prevent people from influencing the world with their wealth, but such...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2017
  • Length: 46:43
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
Matthew Palmer, author of "The Wolf of Sarajevo"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra interviews longtime U.S. diplomat Matthew Palmer about his novel, "The Wolf of Sarajevo."

  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
WorldCanvass: Higher Education in the Age of Internationalization (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Host Joan Kjaer interviews Howard Kerr, 2016 recipient of the University of Iowa International Impact Award, about his national and international c...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:05
The Great Divide (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly 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 majorit...

Bought by WCNY, 91.7 WHUS Storrs, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
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
David Brooks, author of "The Road to Character"
From: Janelle Brown
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Host Bob Kustra interviews New York Times columnist David Brooks about his bestseller, "The Road to Character."

  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 30:28
Mapping the KKK (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-An animated, online map shows for the first time just how the Ku Klux Klan spread rapidly to all 50 states between 1915 and 1940. -Tracing the “e...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KEDT, KRDP, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8