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SUNY and Lurie Gardens
From: Smart City Radio
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SUNY and Lurie Gardens

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WFSU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WLRN, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Tapped Out: Clean Water in Peril (1-hour version) with Newshole
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country. They’re people wor...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 16, 2009
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Tapped Out: Clean Water in Peril
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Gowanus Canal, Credit: brainware3000 on flickr
From a grassroots toxic canal clean up to a long-standing watershed war, we’ll hear from U.S. water stewards across the country, working to protect...

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
Competition, Culture, and Cheating
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Competition magnifies the importance of choices people make, as penalties for failure and rewards for cheating increase. What would you do if faced...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Ethics and Experts
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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How should we reward experts and how much? When the experts fail, should populist outrage be directed at those individuals or the system?

  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
The Future of Cities
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City, we'll find out how Echoing Green brings venture capital strategies to funding social entrepreneurs. And Katherine Von Jan...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), Yellowstone Public Radio, WFSU, Spokane Public Radio, WLRN and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2009
  • Length: 58:52
  • Purchases: 6
The Consequences of Capitalism
From: Business Matters
Series: Business Matters
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This week on Business Matters, we’re exploring how the our capitalist system shapes human interactions and ways to create solutions through dialogu...

  • Added: May 18, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
The City in 2050
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City, we'll push into the future and find out what cities will look like in the year 2050. And we'll have a conversation with 2...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, WBEZ, and WFSU


  • Added: Apr 22, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 5
Evolutionary Truth -- Groks Science Show 2009-02-11
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Prof. Jerry Coyne from the University of Chicago discusses why evolution is true.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 05, 2009
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 3
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle Against America’s Veterans
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle Against America’s Veterans, Credit: Brett Stirton
As we mark the 6th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, reporter Aaron Glantz takes us inside the war as it comes home to our communities. We f...

Bought by KVNF, WXDU, KVSC, KVSC, KUER and more


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Strategies for Revitalizing Downtown, and Teachng for America
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City we'll speak with two award winning urban designers about how adding parking can revitalize your downtown. And we'll have a...

Bought by WLRN, WBEZ, Spokane Public Radio, and WFSU


  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Charter Schools and Eating Locally
From: Smart City Radio
Series: Smart City Radio
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Guests: National Alliance for Public Charter Schools president Nelson Smith, and Chef Brian Williams

Bought by KREV-LP and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Black and African
From: Making Contact
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African immigrants are the fastest growing segment of the black population in the U.S. On this edition, we meet Mauton Akran, a Nigerian immigrant ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, XRAY.fm, WCSU-FM, and WNCU


  • Added: Aug 08, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Paradise Lost: Military Training in Makua Valley
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Making Contact intern Samson Reiny reports on what happens when the military takes over historically sacred land and on how people are fighting bac...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Reviving Physical Education in NY Schools
From: NYCity News Service
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Gym class and recess have become a shrinking part of the New York City public school curriculum over the last three decades.

  • Added: Oct 26, 2007
  • Length: 15:00
WWOZ Street Talk-Silence is Violence
From: David Weinberg
Series: WWOZ- Street Talk
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A look at some of the initiatives started by Silence is Violence, which strives to address the crime and social issues facing New Orleans

  • Added: Aug 16, 2007
  • Length: 07:46
Coercion Giftwrapped (es#161)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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When is a gift philanthropy, and when is it coercion?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Professor Ritch Savin-Williams in conversation about important book "The New Gay Teenager."
From: Out of Bounds
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Savin-Williams discusses his book "The New Gay Teenager."

Bought by CKMO


  • Added: Apr 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sundown Towns
From: Talking History
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Our interview features James Loewen who discusses the historical practice of banning minorities after sundown in American communities, plus our reg...

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ethical Awareness (es#143)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What can be said of a person who willingly tries to exceed ethical standards?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 14, 2005
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 2
Discrimninatory Punishment (es#142)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Why should some crimes get special punishment?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KDNK, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Wealth and Commonwealth (es#140)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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How does society justify abundant private wealth?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
If you knew (Es#138)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What is the ethical response to unpleasant knowledge?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Teaching History
From: Talking History
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Interview focuses on the teaching of history in today's classrooms, commentary examines what we learn from history,

  • Added: Sep 07, 2005
  • Length: 29:00

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