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In the Department of Poetic Justice: LIMBO, A Musical Tribute (The Leave It To Beaver version with song and dance)
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Big screen, little truck..., Credit: Susan Cook
In today's Department of Poetic Justice, we offer a musical tribute to a fictional radio host, Rushton Limbo, who poetically longs for the respite ...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 02:53
Stochastically Yours: Hey Nate Silver (and Amy Walter)! Polls Do Not Predict the Future.
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Polls don't decide the winner. Voters do. , Credit: Susan Cook
The American voting public has become as gullible about Election polls as they are about quick weight loss plans. In Maine, Election eve, 2010, t...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2016
  • Length: 08:01
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: How Can You Tell When Political and Moral Ground Are Too Different From Each Other?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
With the election season over, the next phase of elected politics has settled on our plates like a bowl of jello. How can you tell when the age-old...

  • Added: Nov 16, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
Referendums on Arrogance- A Citizen's Guide
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: An old clutch replaced might work better..., Credit: Susan Cook
In politics, arrogance can be hired, purchased or -in volunteer organizations- a gratuity that comes with volunteer labor.- or elected. In Maine ...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
A Citizen's Guide to the "Fear of Gotcha" in American Political Life
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In the 1950’s and 1960’s American citizens and the stalwart among them who were brave enough to run for political office had to learn to live with...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
Letter from New Jersey: Civil Liberties New Jersey-style
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Species: Corruptjodchuckcasaliz Newjerseyish, Credit: Susan Cook
Coming through the transom today, a letter from New Jersey to share. Civil Liberties: New Jersey-style!! How are they taken? Oh, I guess they mean ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 03:50
The Abuse of the Bully Pulpit Department
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Maine Guide William Sewall and Teddy Roosevelt, Credit: Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library (detail) 520.12-015
Just before the Olympics, the country if not the world received, from a bully pulpit, a message from my state's junior United States senator. On te...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: Why Not Mangle the Information If You Can?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "...as close as you can to the truth, that wild horse that once you catch..., Credit: Susan Cook
The Sixty-Second Moral Inquiry asks questions about what is right and wrong. Today's Sixty-Second Moral Inquiry asks: Why not mangle,`distort the i...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2014
  • Length: 01:04
Who Rules The World and Why It Matters
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Boys' State is an experiment in Democracy that a select group of high school boys attend in Maine this week. We can hope they will learn about the...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 06:00
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: How You Can Tell If a Government Is Becoming Corrupt
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Remember the sixty second moral inquiry asks questions about what is the right thing to do. Today, we ask "How can you tell If a government is bec...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 01:02
A Citizen's Guide to Freedom
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The parades and camaraderie of the Fourth of July celebrate freedom. This nation-wide celebration doesn't mean that the freedoms we have can’t be...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
China Olympics
From: Larry Burriss
Caption: PRX default Piece image
China, Censorship and the Olympic Ideal

  • Added: Aug 03, 2008
  • Length: 02:22
KERA Commentary: The Flip-Flop Test
From: KERA
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What separates a "flip-flop" from a valid change of mind

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 24, 2008
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Exit Polls: If Asked, Don't Tell
From: Dick Meister
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A commentary urging voters to combat the excesses of exit polls \by exercising their fundamental right to the secret ballot.

Bought by BallotVox


  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 1
Candidates and Equal TIme
From: Larry Burriss
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Candidates and Section 315

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2008
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1