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Caption: Fear and relationships benefit from emotion management
The Coronavirus is generating fear to such a degree that the NY Governor said we are experiencing a "fear pandemic". There is a concept called emot...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2020
  • Length: 52:51
Caption: The Statue of Liberty - Tokyo, Japan - Travel photography, Credit: Photo by Giuseppe Milo.
The American Dream . . . Fact or fiction? For those who come to the U.S. undocumented as children, the future can seem uncertain.

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Elizabeth Anderson
Interview by Ken Winkes: Dr. Anderson discusses her book “Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (And Why We Don't Talk About It).”

  • Added: Oct 11, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Regional Apprenticeship Pathways
Interview by Gary Kanter: Paul and Nate describe the Regional Apprenticeship Pathways (RAP) program.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: ILWU Local 142 Mural (section)
The story of Hawai’i, as told through the voices of Karl Malden, Ed Asner, Carroll O’Connor, Congressional members Patsy Mink, Neil Abercrombie and...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KWMR


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 58:51
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Feel Better and Live Healthier
Children who experience social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools are less likely to drink alcohol, take drugs, or smoke. On the plus side the...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 52:25
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The word 'indigenous' is used a lot these days, especially in terms of territorial rights to land and of invasive species of flora and fauna. In th...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2019
  • Length: 04:30
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Educator Rachel and engineer Pius introduce Season 4 and brainstorm about what interests us in K-12 engineering education today. We talk about scho...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2019
  • Length: 31:25
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Is capitalism to blame for our economic ill and inequalities? The answer might surprise some. Great analysis.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2019
  • Length: 05:00
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There were thousands of organizers, activists and local social justice leaders around the world who died in 2018. As we do every December, we brin...

Bought by KVSC and WFHB


  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: a diagram of sex, sexuality and gender, Credit: Robin Hubbard
I Am Because I Am, explores the expansion of gender identity and presumed roles in our society. A look beyond the socially constructed ideas of wha...

Bought by WVAS, KQED, Boise State Public Radio, and WRIR


  • Added: Nov 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools is an examination of the experiences of black girls across the country whose intricate lives...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Healthcare, housing, college- all of it costs a bundle. Why/ Hear the reality of what happens when government throws money in a particular directio...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2018
  • Length: 05:19
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In mid-June the World Ocean Observatory co-hosted the Arctic Summer Institute in Portland, Maine in partnership with the University of Maine School...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill outlines laws that are intended to protect Nature and its resources--water, fresh air, food,...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 05:17
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Recorded on November 28th, 2017 Op-Ed Piece from Winona LaDuke

  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 07:49
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Recorded on November 15th, 2017 All the Buzz about Bees.....

  • Added: Nov 28, 2017
  • Length: 05:36
Caption: Pretoria All Girls School in South Africa Protesting the Mandate to Straighten Hair, Credit: BBC News
We looks in to the roots of colonialism in South African education.

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:58
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It's not a power ballad by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and it's not a burrito chain. What is it? The question floods me with curiosity.

Bought by WETD


  • Added: Oct 08, 2017
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
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At the signing of the declaration of independence, Benjamin Franklin was quoted as saying, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all ha...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 04:55
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Massive deficits, overspending and borrowing. Debt is off the charts. What happens when countries do this? What about the US? Hear how serious this...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2017
  • Length: 05:18
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Governments have an art when it comes to getting things done, including convincing their constituents what they are doing is right and deserved. Na...

  • Added: May 21, 2017
  • Length: 04:50
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Uncovering hidden diversities in a small community. This episode of 12 Knots explores three stories that look at hidden diversities in our small i...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2017
  • Length: 42:04
Caption: Paul Hope
Interview by Ken Winkes: Paul continues the discussion on national politics and Washington State’s legislative session on their education budget.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 28:10
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
The costs to individuals, business and society is mounting from the use and abuse of social media platforms. Host Marc Cuniberti details its stagge...

  • Added: Mar 25, 2017
  • Length: 04:42