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Most people have an overused word or two that drives them crazy when they hear it, and the folks at Lake Superior State University are doing someth...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2016
  • Length: 18:35
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In this Innovate Media interview, sociologist, political writer, novelist and cultural commentator Todd Gitlin discusses how he came to understand ...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 43:59
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A new center supporting documentary film production and research has been established at Indiana University's Media School.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 09:45
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We all know this feeling. You're driving. Maybe you're speeding. Maybe you don't think you're doing anything wrong. All of a sudden blue lights fla...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2015
  • Length: 15:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Charles Seife
Numbers can be deceptive … we know this. Yet, in spite of how sophisticated we think we are, we still can be taken-in by numbers. Sometimes we’ll e...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Job Creators, Credit: Brad Kayal
It began with an on-air rant by CNBC commentator Rick Santelli. It became a major political movement, with elected representatives on Capitol Hill....

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:01

  • Added: Apr 18, 2012
  • Length: 56:31
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Is Bernie Madoff a monster or is it easier than you might think to slip over the line? Diana B. Henriques explores the ethical questions raised by ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 34:20
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Back issues of High Time magazine were pulled from eBay and CBS turned down a Times Square advertisement from NORML: Chris Goldstein interviews Ste...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2010
  • Length: 13:54
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Virtual worlds are online environments in which users interact via self-designed persona called avatars. Virtual reality can be entertaining and ed...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:33
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Youth Mic asks people what they think about how media portrays beauty.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2009
  • Length: 03:21
Caption: Arthur Miller with panelists, Credit: Jonathan Guyer
A panel of international journalists, politicos, academics and legal experts consider propaganda in the context of a hypothetical struggle between ...

Bought by KQED, WGBH Radio Boston, KUT-HD, KCUR, KWGS and more


  • Added: Dec 15, 2008
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
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Ever since the election -- or even further back, when Barack Obama chose former rival Joe Biden as his running mate -- the blogosphere and the pund...

Bought by WCNY and WRPI


  • Added: Dec 11, 2008
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Judy Polumbaum interviewed 20 Chinese journalists about their life and craft, opening a unique window into this major media producer.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Length: 29:30
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A conversation with Ivan Marovic, former Serbian student leader and consultant on the nonviolent strategy video game A Force More Powerful.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jun 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Minute Men on Our US-Washington State & BC Border Interviews

  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 22:27
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Examining democracy in the United States: California.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR) and KUHB


  • Added: Nov 22, 2005
  • Length: 22:28
  • Purchases: 2