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Design thinking has emerged as a new tool in humanitarianism. Proponents of the trend believe it can solve the problem long plaguing the aid commun...
- Added: Sep 28, 2015
- Length: 27:44
It’s the rare writer who can pick up where Albert Camus — master of midcentury philosophy and fiction — left off in the modern classic, The Outside...
- Added: Jun 26, 2015
- Length: 58:37
- Purchases: 2
In this conversation, Edwidge explores the writing of her powerful memoir, Brother, I’m Dying.
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
The first 24 hours after a city declares bankruptcy, there’s a reckoning: what gets to stay and what has to go. (And more...)
Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WABE, KPVL, KTSW 89.9 and more
- Added: May 22, 2015
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 6
The People’s Republic has arrived and is applying for co-trusteeship of the globe. We got a good look at the co-trustee, China’s enigmatic presiden...
- Added: Apr 24, 2015
- Length: 58:37
- Purchases: 2
Bicycling shouldn't be limited to those daring enough to battle traffic. How to reconfigure cities for bicycles. Also: The rise of electric bikes a...
- Added: Mar 20, 2015
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 7
Bicycling shouldn't be limited to those daring enough to battle traffic. How to reconfigure cities for bicycles. Also: The rise of electric bikes a...
- Added: Mar 20, 2015
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 6
March 8 is International Women’s Day, so it’s time to check in on where the good old U S of A stands in relation to the rest of the world when it c...
Bought by WLPR and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA
- Added: Feb 26, 2015
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
Even if universities are not for profit, budgets loom large in higher education--and global markets hold revenue potential. In this episode, we loo...
- Added: Jan 14, 2015
- Length: 21:41
By using a single organization, SaveLIFE Foundation in India, as a case study, this episode of Impact explores how NGOs in emerging markets adopt b...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Dec 09, 2014
- Length: 27:16
- Purchases: 1
We give thanks for transformative writers in this episode entitled UNDERSTANDING OTHERS, a show that features excerpts from six programs that highl...
- Added: Dec 04, 2014
- Length: 29:00
In Episode 18 of Behind The Thread, we look at wages around the world. Sokny Say of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia ...
- Added: Nov 21, 2014
- Length: 40:07
Ali Velshi, host of Real Money with Ali Velshi, on Al Jazeera America, is one of the world's most popular television business correspondents. The f...
- Added: Nov 18, 2014
- Length: 30:17
Africa is rising, but some fear the spread of Ebola is a sign the continent has a long way to go.
- Added: Nov 14, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 4
Africa is rising, but some fear the spread of Ebola is a sign the continent has a long way to go.
Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc., and Troy Public Radio
- Added: Nov 14, 2014
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 5
While lie detectors are highly accurate, they’re also expensive. An expert in cyber security has developed a way to actually predict a person's pro...
Bought by WCNY, KKRN, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and WTJU
- Added: Oct 24, 2014
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 4
From the forest fires in California to child soldiers in Uganda, survivors of disasters are receiving a new kind of aid. Counselors Without Borders...
- Added: Aug 08, 2014
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 3
An interview with counselors about the importance of talking after a traumatic event like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. And more...
Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KWMR, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU and more
- Added: Aug 08, 2014
- Length: 53:52
- Purchases: 6
An interview with counselors about the importance of talking after a traumatic event like the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. And more...
Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF
- Added: Aug 08, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
On this first program we look at the legacy of one of the most important American diplomats in the post cold war era - Richard C. Holbrooke
- Added: Jul 15, 2014
- Length: 52:36
With the deadline looming for agreement on the P5+1 negotiations with Iran, Senior Fellow David Speedie interviews Dr. Gareth Porter, scholar, jour...
- Added: Jul 15, 2014
- Length: 31:01
Can today's powerful multinational corporations be a force for social good? Should they be, and if so, how should this be implemented? Are they out...
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 21:27
In an unprecedented event this Spring, the Sunflower Student Movement occupied Taiwan's Legislative Yuan for over three weeks in protest against a ...
- Added: Apr 23, 2014
- Length: 26:20
Discussions among the Iran and the P5 countries and Germany on the Iranian nuclear energy program are ongoing in Vienna. William O. Beeman, profess...
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 32:14
In 1898, President McKinley called for war with Spain to liberate Cuba from the “barbarities, bloodshed, starvation, and horrible miseries now exis...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 1
