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You’ve probably noticed quite a number of protests across America in recent weeks. Activists everywhere are speaking up. This is not spontaneous ac...
- Added: Feb 28, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
When President Franklin D. Roosevelt took up residency at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in 1932, Eleanor looked upon the move to the White House with...
- Added: Feb 22, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
“Speak softly and carry a big stick” are the words of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. When President Garfield was assassinated two weeks later, ...
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- Added: Feb 14, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
It’s not unusual for a new president to find the adjustment from candidate to leader to be jolting but President Trump’s first week in office has b...
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- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 29:00
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We're all familiar with the title, but what does a White House Chief of Staff actually do? What does the daily routine entail? And how much power d...
- Added: Jan 17, 2017
- Length: 13:01
This past Saturday, over 1,000 Richmonders streamed down Monument Avenue in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, planned for this weeke...
- Added: Jan 16, 2017
- Length: 01:21
No matter how we voted in this last election, all of us can agree on one thing. Our country, and the world, faces significant problems: Racism to c...
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- Added: Jan 11, 2017
- Length: 29:00
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We hear from Munir Jirmanus, a physicist near Boston, MA about his multiple experiences and encounters with the concept of "home." Munir tells a nu...
- Added: Jan 04, 2017
- Length: 26:19
The 25-years after World War II were a golden age for much of the world. The end of that era in 1973 brought financial crisis, high unemployment, e...
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- Added: Dec 15, 2016
- Length: 29:00
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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...
- Added: Dec 13, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
The “right to work.” The phrase sounds fair and equitable. After all, who shouldn’t have a right to work if they wish to? Twenty-six states now hav...
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- Added: Dec 06, 2016
- Length: 29:00
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The Scandinavian countries … Sweden, Norway and Denmark … boasts the world’s happiest, most productive people. They have equality, low unemployment...
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- Added: Nov 29, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
When racism changes everything.
A late night recitation on that teenage decision of what will be your identity in matter of your friend's racism...
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- Added: Nov 24, 2016
- Length: 05:42
- Purchases: 1
This popular and prolific children’s picture book creator takes Duck of barnyard fame to the next level—driving the farmer’s tractor. David talks a...
- Added: Nov 23, 2016
- Length: 09:57
There is deep concern for the health of American cities. Frustration with inequality is spreading. Public schools are lagging behind expectation. I...
- Added: Nov 14, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
It’s called “colony collapse disorder” or CCD.
A number of years ago US beekeeping operations realized they lost between 30 and 90 percent of their...
- Added: Nov 09, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
With Presidential Suite,Ted Nash transforms iconic political speeches into an inventive jazz composition.
- Added: Nov 08, 2016
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 2
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.
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- Added: Nov 01, 2016
- Length: 28:59
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At first it was a curiosity … then a nuisance that evolved into a phenomenon. Abandoned bicycles scattered across the desert at the US/Mexican boar...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Food Waste, hunger, inhumane livestock conditions, disappearing fish stocks … just a few of the serious issues we have with our food supply.
We exp...
- Added: Oct 11, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
I have heard that inequality in America is at its highest point since the age of the Robber Barons. If true, many suspect it may get worse before i...
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- Added: Oct 03, 2016
- Length: 29:00
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Black Lives Matter protesters take over a city council meeting to protest against police killings of blacks, and how Ty're King's death overlapped ...
- Added: Sep 29, 2016
- Length: 03:00
The Gatekeeper: Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency
From: Guy RathbunSeries: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
The Glass Ceiling: That’s a term that’s been bandied about for some time. Those women who reach the top of their field whether it’s in business or ...
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- Added: Sep 20, 2016
- Length: 29:00
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“An increasing number of people under the age of 25 get all their news, not just some of it, from Facebook.” The author points out that we are bomb...
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- Added: Sep 14, 2016
- Length: 09:54
- Purchases: 2
The first time a US Supreme Court ruling came out in favor of the LGBT community was in 1958. That was the beginning of a slow and arduous process...
- Added: Sep 06, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
