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Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour Two
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Debt: Payback and the Shadow Side of Wealth- Margaret Atwood- Hour One
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: 2008 CBC Massey Lectures
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This five part series is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 18, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Christina Gold, President CEO and a rare Dutch bird
From: Anton Foek
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How a fragile woman of Dutch descent became one of the most powerful women in U.S. business.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 11:18
KERA Commentary: Language of Business
From: KERA
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Three areas in which business leaders made mistakes leading to the current weak economy.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
The Nature of Advertising
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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A short rant about the nature of advertising

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
The Day the Music Died
From: Julie Beth Napolin
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A profile of a vinyl record store owner during his last week in business.

Bought by KSRQ, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, NPR Station Showcase with PRX and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 6
Baah to Human Billboarding!
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that two National Football League coaches have made a small but possibly significant move that could undermine human billboardi...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2007
  • Length: 04:38
GM is going green. What again?
From: Jonathan Ellis
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A comment on GM's recent, "green" press release

  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
CL 2006 Peter Peterson "the quad deficits:why they matter and what to do about them."
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Financial expert Pete Peterson talks about the looming crisis of baby boomer retirement and social security

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio and KWIT


  • Added: Feb 15, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
CL 2006 Sarah Susanka "Not so big strategies for community,home and life"
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Architect Sarah Susanko has some inovative ideas about home design.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:00
Andean Harvest
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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A Peruvian farming community weighs the risks of entering the market.

Bought by WBEZ and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: May 09, 2006
  • Length: 10:28
  • Purchases: 2
Our Anti-Labor Relations Act
From: Dick Meister
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A commentary noting that at age 70, the National Labor Relations Act is badly in need of reform.

  • Added: Aug 14, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
Commentary: Renewable Energy and Farmers
From: KRCC-FM
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Why farmers should pay attention to renewable energy

  • Added: Jul 16, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
Preserving Values
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Smucker's CEO explains why Smuckers is a great place to work

  • Added: Sep 22, 2004
  • Length: 59:37
Rev. Jesse Jackson: Slavery, Capitalism, and Business Ethics.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Rev. Jesse Jackson argues for big business to invest in the under classes.

Bought by WUSM, KSFR, KUOW, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 13, 2004
  • Length: 59:32
  • Purchases: 4
The "Laggy" Awards
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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One way to get your small company paid

  • Added: Apr 21, 2004
  • Length: 03:19
Spring Clean/The "Junk Shrink"
From: Sharon Glassman
Series: Radio Essays On Demand
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How a professional organizer cured my spring cleaning fever.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2004
  • Length: 02:34
Life Stories - Jobs: Women at Work
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Three portraits of women working - A pastor, a seasonal worker, and a judge

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KMUN, KUER, WFAE and more


  • Added: Sep 20, 2003
  • Length: 59:07
  • Purchases: 72
PowerPoint at Gettysburg, rev.
From: Jackson Braider
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What is it about PowerPoint that makes it capable of ruining the Gettysburg Address?

Bought by WYSO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2003
  • Length: 07:07
  • Purchases: 1