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How to Save Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Eli Merritt
We constantly hear that America’s democracy is in peril. Corruption is running amuck. Authoritarianism is on the rise. And very few in the hall of ...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Prophetic Lens
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Phil Allen, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Darnella Frazier captured images of injustice for the world to see. Like a professional cinematographer, King understoo...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Truth As Cold As Ice
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Aryn Baker
There are still a few who deny climate change. Although with another summer of extreme heat in many parts of the world, those few are diminishing. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
River of Blood
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Richard Cahan
The Works Progress Administration, what became better known as the WPA, was designed to provide jobs for unemployed Americas. One of their provoca...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Lacking Public Discourse
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Public discourse is at an all time low. Even without considering the political polarization of today, civility in public discourse is challenging.

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Impossible Presidency
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jacket cover, Credit: Design by Nicole Caputo
The American presidency has changed over the last few decades. Along with the 24/7 news cycle the demands placed upon the office holder are far gre...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KVSC, and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Stealth Communications
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Sue Jansen
The art of communication. We grow up thinking that we can talk and hear, or even sign, therefore we can communicate.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Call to Postpone the Electoral College Vote
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Seth Abramson
An unexpected turn has unfolded with the 2016 elections. The Washington Post broke the story on Friday, December 9 that Russia not only hacked Amer...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Post-Factual Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Vincent Hendricks
A new beast is on the scene, and it just may be part of the information age. The multi-headed monster is known as Post-Factual Democracy.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Black History Matters: Stereotype Threat
From: c j armentano
Series: Black History Matters
Caption: Emmett Till and mother Mamie
Professors Marva Lewis and Marvin Dunn discuss "stereotype threat" and its effect on African Americans sense of safety when interacting with police...

Bought by WBST, RadioStPete Florida, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jul 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 4
Incarceration Nation
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Peter Enns
America’s prison population has grown by leaps and bounds over the past 40-years. The “land of the free” has the dubious distinction of handing dow...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Education of an American Journalist
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gerald Moore
When Gerald Moore decided to try his had at journalism, his reasoning was very good. He needed a job. But what began, as a way to pay the rent beca...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Spring into Action
From: Anna Hamilton
Series: Watershed
Caption: Former Florida Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham; Former Environmental Advisor Estus Whitfield; Florida Wildlife Federation president Manley Fuller, Credit: Photo by Patrick Hamilton
In 2011, the Florida legislature slashed funding for statewide conservation programs. In September 2014, activists and policy makers gathered at Ho...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2014
  • Length: 08:40
Remembering Robin Williams' visit to KALW
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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In August 2014, we lost a man who inspired laughter in the Bay Area and all around the world – Robin Williams. Robin Williams was a local, and actu...

Bought by KZYX and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 2
Middle Ground Pilot 2
From: Middle Ground
Series: Middle Ground
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The second pilot episode for the new show, Middle Ground, which focuses on news, politics and culture from middle America.

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 1
The State of Faith
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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What is in the future for the Catholic Church and the shrinking parish of Jackman, Maine? Adapting to reality.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 3
An Equation to Predict Crime?
From: Aaron Mendelson
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In an age of big data, even police departments are getting in on the action. In Los Angeles, the LAPD are using software for what they call “predic...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Hark!, WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and KQED


  • Added: Jul 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 5
Irish Author Roddy Doyle and "The Last Republic"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Winner of the Booker Prize, former teacher and one of Ireland’s most famous authors, Roddy talks about his last book in a trilogy, "The Last Republ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 10, 2013
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 1
Women in Combat
From: War News Radio
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On January 24, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta lifted the ban on women serving in combat roles in the military. War News Radio reporter Amy DiPie...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
"Where Have All The Protest Songs Gone? ( The Times..and Songs..They Are 'a Changin')
From: Paul Fischer
Series: What's the Frequency, Kenneth? a newsical series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A selective survey of how protest songs have changed from anthems to personal statements...told thru narration, music and soundbites..from Paul Fis...

  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 57:59
The Darwin Economy: Liberty, Competition, and the Common Good
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Karl Spurzem
Author, columnist and economics professor Robert H. Frank's new book, The Darwin Economy, describes what Darwin can teach us about building a bette...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
In Bed Stuy, Brooklyn: Old buildings, new residents
From: Cassie Wagler
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There is an effort underway in Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Bed Stuy, to protect the old architecture by turning parts of the neighborhood into historic ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Danny Katz: Staying on the Job in Tokyo
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Messages from Japan
Caption: Messages from Japan, Credit: Eleanor Graf
Danny Katz is a Japanese-American who grew up in the USA, but who now lives and works in Tokyo. After the big earthquake and tsunami, he made the d...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Apr 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Miki Pyle: They Are Strong
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Messages from Japan
Caption: Messages from Japan, Credit: Eleanor Graf
Miki Pyle lives in South Portland, Maine. Over 5,000 people in her hometown died during Japan's last major earthquake. Seeing how the Japanese peop...

Bought by KZYX and WMPG


  • Added: Apr 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business
From: Katherine Perry
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They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:17