This I Believe

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  • Location: Louisville, KY

This I Believe is a national media project that invites people from all walks of life to write and speak aloud brief essays describing the core values that guide their lives. The series creates a unique space in the media today: a space for truth without accusation, patriotism without political spin, and faith beyond religious dogma.

This I Believe is independently produced by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman with John Gregory and Viki Merrick for This I Believe, Inc. and Atlantic Public Media.

Series

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18 Pieces

Archives of the original This I Believe series, hosted by Edward R. Murrow.

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201 Pieces

A national media project that invites people from all walks of life to write and speak aloud brief essays describing the core values that guide their lives.


Pieces

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Being raised in a Jehovah's Witness family inspired Joel Engardio's belief in individual tolerance.

Bought by WEZU and WEZU


  • Added: Dec 13, 2007
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 2
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Alice Brock, made famous in Arlo Guthrie's song "Alice's Restaurant," believes in improvisation.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM, KBBI Alaska, KUOW and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2007
  • Length: 03:52
  • Purchases: 6
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Treating wounded veterans has taught psychologist Joel Schmidt the resilience of the human spirit.

Bought by WTIP, KMXT, WEZU, WEZU, Interfaith Voices and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2007
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 8
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Despite of our flaws, Harvard economist Edward Glaeser believes most people are decent human beings.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, Remix Radio, and KJZZ


  • Added: Nov 21, 2007
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 4
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Seattle writer and minister Robert Fulghum believes learning to tango is the perfect way to age gracefully.

Bought by WEZU, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEZU, KUOW and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2007
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 9
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Detroit listener Terry Ahwal believes we should be fighting against fear and not against people.

Bought by WEZU and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 15, 2007
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 2
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College student Amelia Baxter-Stoltzfus believes in the freedom offered by semi-permanent hair dye.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, Remix Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:58
  • Purchases: 5
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Listener Tamar Duke-Cohan believes in asking hard questions, and then arguing about the answers.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 3
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Washingtonian Yolanda Young believes not having loved her absent father allowed her to forgive him.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 3
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Jay Allison hosts a documentary exploring the history of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series of the early 1950s.

Bought by WEZU, KJZZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KERA, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 05, 2007
  • Length: 38:01
  • Purchases: 5