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Episode 9: The Digital Afterlife
From: Raw Data
Series: Raw Data: Season 1
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What happens to our data when we die?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 27:21
Snowball in a Blizzard: A Physician’s Notes on Uncertainty in Medicine
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Steven Hatch
In his book, Dr. Steven Hatch cuts to the chase. Readers get a sense of the challenges in all areas of modern medicine.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
I Heart Obama
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Erin Aubry Kaplan
In his nearly two terms as president, Barack Obama has solidified his status, as something black people haven’t had for fifty years: a folk hero.

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Future Tripping
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Hal Niedzviecki
Cultural critic and entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki poses the question, “What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Understanding Mass Incarceration
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Storrs Congregrational
The number of people imprisoned in the United States is rapidly increasing. Although America accounts for only five percent of the world’s populati...

Bought by KVSC, KPVL, and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Wealthier Than You Think? Juliet Schor #101
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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According to Juliet Schor, many of us are giving up “the good life” in our quest for material possessions. Symbols of success, instead of enriching...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, Bandon Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 25:56
  • Purchases: 10
Pro Voice
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Aspen Baker
Fifteen years ago, Aspen Baker founded her support group Exhale. Its purpose is to open up respective dialogue and provide support for those who ch...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Elder Boom Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Ai Jen Poo
Author Ai Jen Poo is Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. It’s no wonder considering her accomplishments.

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Death Sentence Turns Into A Call Of The Wild
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2014
Caption: Leo Egashira in Glacier Bay, Alaska, Credit: Courtesy of Leo Egashira
Leo Egashira was diagnosed with HIV in 1992. He saw the diagnosis as a slow death sentence so he decided to take a once in a life time trip. He tak...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 05:17
Bridging the Divide
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Janet Cheatham Bell
In her collection of essays, author and publisher Janet Cheatham Bell emphasizes our mutual dependency. It’s about identifying and using the power ...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Simmer 2: The Rainbow or the Stick?
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Simmer
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
"The Rainbow or the Stick?: Teaching and Discipline Across Cultures" features interviews with Renee Owen, director of the Rainbow Mountain Childre...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00
A Pepper for Dinner
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, Credit: Earth Flavors
This food-justice-related audio collage features the voices of Sir Charles Gardner and Carl Johnson, co-managers of Gardens United, a community gar...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:52
The Tolerance Trap
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: The Tolerance Trap, Credit: NYU Press
In her book The Tolerance Trap: How God, Genes, and Good Intentions are Sabotaging Gay Equality. Dr. Suzanna Walters explores how notions of tolera...

Bought by WCPN, WFHB, and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
Restoring Opportunity
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Restoring Opportunity jacket cover, Credit: Harvard Education Press
Americans see education as the primary social institution for achieving the goal of equality and opportunity. While there are sharp disagreements o...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
The Chomsky Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chomsky's Challenge, Credit: book jacket cover
Noam Chomsky is a polarizing figure in politics and foreign affairs. Although he is a pioneering scholar in the field of linguistics, he is better...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Tupac Shakur on Life and Death
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play" - Tupac Shakur in 1994. From an unheard interview recorded by Benjamin Svetkey, then a writer for...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KVNF, KJZZ, PRX Remix, and KALW


  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 5
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Alan Weisman
Journalist and author Alan Weisman traveled to 21 countries to ask four questions that experts agreed were probably the most important on Earth. Hi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Knocking on Heaven's Door
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katy Butler
In writing her book, Katy Butler set out to help others to avoid the pitfalls she faced during her father’s last years.

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
High Tide
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: High Tide book cover, Credit: jacket design by Kata Jancso
One week before super storm Sandy hit, oceanographer John Englander released his book about the short, medium and long term scenarios we can expect...

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  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Earth Day 2013
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frances Moore Lappe
Author Frances Moore Lappe describes herself as a “possibilist” rather than an optimist or pessimist. In her recent book, she argues that solutions...

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  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
March 1: Tituba
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Tituba
Tituba (March 1, 1692): A 17th-century slave. She is one of the first to be accused of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch trials in 1692.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 2: Elizabeth Veale Macarthur
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Elizabeth Veale Macarthur
Elizabeth Veale Macarthur (March 2, 1795): Perhaps one of the greatest figures of Australia’s history. Her husband is known as “the father of Aust...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, Prairie Public, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 3: Sarah Kemple Knight
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Sarah Kemple Knight
Sarah Kemple Knight (March 3, 1705): Since its publication in 1825, Knight's journal, composed as an account of her round trip journey from Boston ...

Bought by Prairie Public, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 02, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 4: Wetamo and Mary Rowlandson
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Mary Rowlandson
Wetamo and Mary Rowlandson (March 4, 1676): Mary, a Puritan minister's wife, was captured during the war in an Indian raid on Lancaster, Massachuse...

Bought by Radio Catskill, KISU, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3
March 5: Abigail Stoneman
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: The Uppity Women in History
Caption: Abigail Stoneman
Abigail Stoneman (March 5, 1770): Newport Rhode Island's first woman Inn owner and a remarkably ambitious and versatile business person for her day...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KMXT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 01, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 3