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"One of the things I've seen over my lifetime is a move away from war and from the place of the military in political life. This to me is astonishi...
- Added: Jul 03, 2013
- Length: 04:32
"Each of us can do a little bit, and we have to pick a piece where we feel an interest and think we have a comparative advantage and try to work on...
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 05:00
The recent revelations that the NSA is collecting cell phone and Internet data from millions of Americans has left many asking questions. Is this a...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Jun 19, 2013
- Length: 02:08
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Devra Davis - Ph. D., M. P. H., author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Is Doing to Hide It, and How to P...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 28:41
Secret recordings have been a headache for some high-profile politicians. Many question the morality of the practice, especially when the media get...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 02:13
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Frank R. Spellman, author of Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing talks to us about the topic of his book. He discusses all aspects o...
- Added: Jun 10, 2013
- Length: 28:36
"The main, essential message of Islam is 'salaam.' It's peace, intimate peace; peace with the universe, with nature, and peace with human beings."
- Added: Jun 07, 2013
- Length: 04:02
Dr. Ken Weiss discussed the controversy surrounding the Yanomami blood samples.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and WRNC-LP
- Added: Jun 06, 2013
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
"Stories touch us. In some ways, they're so powerful that your point, if you're a minister, often gets lost because people remember the story and c...
- Added: Jun 03, 2013
- Length: 04:01
With U.S. companies losing billions of dollars to intellectual property theft, mostly to China, some are suggesting that corporations fight back. C...
- Added: Jun 03, 2013
- Length: 02:17
"We still view ourselves as the land of opportunity, which, in a sense we are. But the opportunities are not trickling down to the bottom the way t...
- Added: May 28, 2013
- Length: 03:36
A proposed EU ban on the use of dipping bowls and refillable glass bottles of olive oil in restaurants has people asking questions. Is this more us...
- Added: May 28, 2013
- Length: 02:20
"To use the New Testament sort of logic, who is my neighbor? Today that extends not only to your family or your literal neighbors. We know much mor...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:13
A fight on Mt. Everest between Nepalese Sherpas and European climbers has again raised questions about tourism and the world's tallest mountain. Sh...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 01:59
"What many people can no longer claim is ignorance, especially those of us that do have easy access to technology. We know not only that these prob...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 03:22
Food for Peace, which ships American farm products to developing nations, has long been criticized for crowding out local agriculture. Now, to the ...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 02:12
- Purchases: 1
"We're in an age where every person can have access to global information. If they have access to a cell phone, which most of the world now has acc...
- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 04:02
Childhood vaccination programs have been met with skepticism and hostility in the U.S. Some oppose them on religious grounds, while others worry ab...
- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 02:05
"The good news is that we're figuring out some of the big mistakes people are making, and if we figure out in time, we can try to fight that and ac...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 03:41
- Purchases: 1
As authorities searched for one of the Boston Marathon bombers, the city of Boston and its suburbs were put on lockdown. Was this action justified?...
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 02:09
"I see a world driven by a loss of central authority, which creates its on moral problems as a consequence."
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 03:50
With over half of the detainees on a hunger strike, tensions are worse than ever at Guantanamo Bay. Is it finally time for the United States to clo...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 02:02
"A global ethic, which is absolutely necessary to meet the destructive forces that our intellectual and technological powers have given us to meet ...
- Added: Apr 15, 2013
- Length: 03:55
"There are two kinds of countries in this world, the good ones and the bad ones. The good ones I count as the countries where the governments are a...
- Added: Apr 15, 2013
- Length: 02:45
After a controversial election, Kenya has inaugurated Uhuru Kenyatta, who has been indicted by the ICC for crimes against humanity, as its new pres...
- Added: Apr 15, 2013
- Length: 02:05
