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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
Peace Efforts at the Rainbow Gatherings (54:00 / 59:00) [Peace Talks Radio]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A "Welcome Home" Sign from a Rainbow Gathering
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Talking to Jono
From: LISNews Netcast Network
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A chat with Jono Bacon, community manager of the Linux variant known as Ubuntu

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 10:32
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
Seeking Peace on Earth: The Peace Talks Radio Special (2008) [59:00/54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Seeking Peace on Earth: The Peace Talks Radio Special reminds listeners that there ARE people who are actually pursuing peace and offering ideas ho...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WGDR, KXOT Public Radio, KVNF and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2008
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 6
Deborah Meier
From: Learning Matters
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Deborah Meier has spent more than four decades working in public education. A MacArthur Foundation ?Genius,? she founded Central Park East Elementa...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 10:53
Peace Talks Radio: Changing Minds During Election Season (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Insights into the mind-changing process that targets the undecided or conflicted voter from two authors who've written books about changing minds a...

Bought by KUNM, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUNM, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 27:47
  • Purchases: 6
Peace Talks Radio: Can Compassion to Animals Promote Peace? (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This edition of Peace Talks Radio explores how promoting compassion to animals and all living things may help young people and adults become more c...

Bought by Radio Catskill, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, WGDR, and KDUR


  • Added: Sep 01, 2008
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Talks Radio: Can Compassion to Animals Promote Peace? (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This edition of Peace Talks Radio explores how promoting compassion to animals and all living things may help young people and adults become more c...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2008
  • Length: 58:25
  • Purchases: 5
Learning from Dakar's School of the Road
From: Emma Jacobs
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Amayatou Mbaye, unable to read or write French until age 14, has led a school for nearly 30 years to bring education to the street

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Climate Change and Conflict (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Two scholars who have studied the impact of climate change on peace and security reflect on the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to climate c...

Bought by WGDR and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Climate Change and Conflict (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two scholars who have studied the impact of climate change on peace and security reflect on the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to climate c...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 57:34
  • Purchases: 13
Making Peace With Money (Peace Talks Radio Series) (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution, conversation with authors Lynne Twist and Brent Kesse...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, WGDR, and 90.5 WSNC


  • Added: Mar 06, 2008
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Talks Radio: Making Peace With Money (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution, conversation with authors Lynne Twist and Brent Kesse...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, WGDR, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 10
Peace Talks Radio: Teaching Peace (Part 2) (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Colman McCarthy
Can we, should we, teach peace in our schools? Two individuals who are driven to teach peace in Washington, DC and Seattle, WA are profiled.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jan 22, 2008
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Teaching Peace (Part 1) (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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An inspiring story of a man who turned his grief over his slain son into action to teach nonviolence to school kids.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and WGDR


  • Added: Jan 22, 2008
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Teaching Peace In Schools (58:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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An inspiring story of a man who turned his grief over his slain son into action to teach nonviolence to school kids. Plus other efforts to teach p...

Bought by KVSC, XRAY.fm, KUOW, KSJD, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2008
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 12
Seeking Peace on Earth: The 2007 Peace Talks Radio Special (59:00/54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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During the season when hopes for Peace on Earth are expressed, spend an hour hearing from people whose life's work is pursuing peace in different w...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, WNYC and more


  • Added: Dec 03, 2007
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 19
When Crises Strike: Part 1 in Series on Education in Emergencies
From: UNICEF
Series: Beyond School Books
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This Story is Free! Its part 1 in a six part series on Education in Emergencies and features Moderator Amy Costello in a conversation with Radhika ...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Oct 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:49
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Electing Mediators To Public Office
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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If mediators are trained to resolve conflicts between disputing parties, what would happen if we elected more mediators to public office? That's t...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WHRV, WSKG, and WNYC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
Banned Book Week
From: Larry Burriss
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Banneed Book Week

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Sep 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams (29:00 Version)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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From the 2007 "Building a Culture of Peace Conference" in Santa Fe, Peace Talks Radio presents highlights from an address by, and a one-on-one inte...

Bought by KUNM and KDUR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams, the leader of the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines. Also in the hour, the di...

Bought by KUHF, KWMR, KUOW, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 11