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Caption: What It Takes: Chasing Graduation in High-Poverty High Schools
The nation's high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, but high-poverty schools face a stubborn challenge. Schools in Miami and Pasadena ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WSKG, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
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A get-tough attitude prevailed among educators in the 1980s and 1990s, but research shows that zero-tolerance policies don't make schools safer and...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WSKG, KUER, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
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The US Supreme Court issued a series of decisions that teens can’t be sentenced to death and they can’t be given an automatic life sentence without...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Aug 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 1
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The U.S. chose to link God, money, business, and government. But it’s important to remember that America was originally established to keep God ind...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 24:45
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Bail is supposed to allow a person accused of a crime to put some money up as a type of collateral - a promise they will return for their court dat...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2016
  • Length: 27:06
Caption: Noam Kimelman of  Fresh Corner Cafe
Detroit-based founder, Noam Kimelman of Fresh Corner Cafe Romy interviews Noam Kimelman on his venture Fresh Corner Cafe in Detroit. They also d...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 30:26
Caption: Kari Hughes
Buy The Change Romy Kochan interviews Kari Hughes of Buy The Change in Detroit, Michigan. Listen and learn about what inspired Kari to begin maki...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 24:03
Caption: Chelsea Koglmeier of O.R.O.
Chelsea Koglmeier of O.R.O. on Bonfires on the Move Jessica Robinson, our mobility expert, interviews Chelsea Koglmeier of Bicycles O.R.O. Chelse...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 34:29
Caption: Barbara & Tom Doescher
Season 2: Impact Investing Inglenook with Tom Doescher #55 Romy catches Impact Investor, Tom Doescher, for an interesting conversation on how he ...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 43:37
Caption: Hanna Lutz and Stefanie Frost of Vostel
Season 2: Vostel of Berlin with Hanna Lutz Romy interviews Hanna Lutz of social enterprise Vostel in Berlin. Vostel is an online platform matchin...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 16:53
Caption: Mailbag
Time for the Mailbag! Romy answers three great listener questions followed by a light-hearted full song by Tim Schumack of Detroit.

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 11:20
Caption: Scott Fransisco
In this episode, Jessica and Scott Francisco, Director of Pilot Projects, discover a mutual fascination with the unloved city parking garage and ex...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 28:46
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France has been under a “state of emergency” since November, raising questions about the appropriate balance between security and civil liberties.

  • Added: Jun 08, 2016
  • Length: 25:50
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When should a judge step aside? As more and more money floods into judicial elections across the nation, states are grappling with this question. P...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:36
Caption: Assemble Sound
Listen in as Romy interviews Garret Koehler about newly launched Assemble Sound in Detroit. Garret and his founder team share how they began to cat...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 35:38
Caption: Jessica Robinson
Bonfires on the Move! Technology solving mobility issues! Meet the new host of Bonfires on the Move, Jessica Robinson. Jessica and Romy discuss...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 30:53
Caption: Eastern Market
Eastern Market Corporation in Detroit interviewed by Romy on location! Learn about one of the oldest open-air farm markets in the United States a...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 40:45
Caption: Veronika Scott
Veronika Scott of The Empowerment Plan shares her missional journey of discovering her passion for creating employment for the homeless. She courag...

  • Added: May 11, 2016
  • Length: 40:51
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There are 28 judicial emergencies on federal courts throughout the country. A judicial emergency is when there's been a vacancy on the court for to...

  • Added: May 03, 2016
  • Length: 22:00
Caption: Roberto proudly shows off his bike in front of the original headquarters of the Puerto Rican Schwinn Club near Knickerbocker Ave. in Bushwick., Credit: Jack D'Isidoro
The Schwinn bicycle has a rich history in New York’s Nuyorican communities. In many of these enclaves, you’ll find members of riding clubs showing ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
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Domestic oil drilling offers private landowners the promise of riches in their own backyard. But what if you don’t want to live next door to an oil...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 22:39

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1