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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...

Bought by KCBX


  • 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
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
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
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
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
THE OATH -- Laura Poitras interviewed about her documentary.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Laura Poitras, San Francisco, April 27, 2010, Credit: Andrea Chase
Laura Poitras on talking to Bin Laden's former bodyguard, filmmaking in Yemen, and the American justice system.

  • Added: May 29, 2010
  • Length: 16:20
Olympic Games Stamp Honors The Spirit Of The Games
From: Heidi Chang
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The U.S. Postal Service has issued a new stamp to commemorate the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. It was designed by Clarence Lee, a graphic artist...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
"Lee the Horselogger"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bevilacqua Valentine Programming
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Joe Bevilaqcua meets a man who set out in a covered wagon in 2006 to find his childhood sweetheart and fell in love with America instead.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jan 11, 2008
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 1
Left and Right Converge in Dixie
From: Burton Cohen
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A meeting of left and right secessionists in Dixie

  • Added: Oct 16, 2007
  • Length: 09:54
Just Security? A new foreign policy option, part 2
From: Burton Cohen
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New, more productive security policy for grabs

  • Added: Jul 10, 2007
  • Length: 06:13
Jay Allison
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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The man who put the "public" back in public media

Bought by KUT and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 08, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
PRI's Michael Arnold on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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PRI's Michael Arnold: the 12th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Jan 15, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
NCPR's Jackie Sauter on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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NCPR's Jackie Sauter: the 7th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 05:40
NPR's Jay Kernis on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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Jay Kernis, the senior VP of programming at NPR: the 6th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Nov 06, 2006
  • Length: 09:27
WHYY's Elisabeth Perez-Luna on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Series: The Future of Public Radio
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Elisabeth Perez-Luna of WHYY: the 4th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Oct 30, 2006
  • Length: 11:46
Katrina Photojournalist John McCusker
From: BSR Radio
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Profile of McCusker, who stayed to photograph Hurricane Katrina

Bought by KRCC-FM, WKMS, KUOW, WXLV-FM, YouthCast and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2006
  • Length: 07:41
  • Purchases: 8