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The story of Joni Mitchell is as convoluted and compelling as her music. She eluded industry clichés, spoke and composed in philosophical twists, a...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: Dec 12, 2012
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
In his newest book, bestseller author Kurt Eichenwald chronicles the fast paced decisions, deceptions and delusions following the 9/11 attacks.
- Added: Sep 18, 2012
- Length: 28:58
This program is the result of an email journal about pioneering your own creative life. Creators Michael Reddell and Peggy Sonoda send subscribers ...
- Added: Sep 08, 2012
- Length: 27:10
American and South Africa’s schools are similar. Both have fallen short of producing an educational system consistent with its national goals of e...
- Added: Aug 24, 2012
- Length: 14:46
The CIGARETTE is the deadliest artifact in the history of human civilization. Few discoveries have been so consequential. So begins the work by his...
- Added: Aug 19, 2012
- Length: 28:54
A new book, Road to Valor, by Aili and Andres McConnon is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest ...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 1
The mantra is that corporations are required to maximize shareholder value. That’s a complete falsehood according to corporate and business law pr...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 28:57
In his book, Harvest the Wind: America’s Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability, Philip Warburg takes us behind the scenes of ...
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: 28:48
America loves innovation and the can-do spirit that made this country what it is-a world leader in self-government, industry and technology, and po...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 14:41
In an age when physical books matter less and less, here is a THRILLING story about a book that meant everything. A thousand years ago the most per...
- Added: Jul 02, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Anti-racist author Tim Wise examines how society is being divided and conquered on the basis of race and class. But legendary activist Angela Davis...
- Added: Jun 26, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
Who were the mysterious Maya? Their predecessors were nomadic hunters. They followed game animals across the Bering Land Bridge, and populated the ...
- Added: Jun 18, 2012
- Length: 27:00
In A WEDDING IN HAITI we follow author Julia Alvarez on a personal journey where her eyes, and ours, are opened to a new country and culture. As Ju...
- Added: May 31, 2012
- Length: 17:35
In the past dozen years, from Y2K to 2012, apocalyptic anticipation in America has leapt from the cultish to the mainstream. Today, nearly 60 perce...
- Added: May 14, 2012
- Length: 28:59
Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew?
In THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, bestselling author Pam...
- Added: May 09, 2012
- Length: 13:39
While teaching at an all-black middle school in Atlanta, Associate Professor of Education Meira Levinson realized that her students’ were gong to h...
- Added: May 08, 2012
- Length: 27:51
A reissue of my in-depth interview with the legendary broadcast journalist about his life and times...and ours...in which he talks about many of th...
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 45:29
From Wendell Potter’s Blog: “Since I walked away as head of communications at a top health insurance company in May of 2008, I've worked tirelessly...
- Added: Apr 25, 2012
- Length: 28:50
Recent controversies surroundings reproductive health issues have sparked outrage among across the country. From the halls of Congress, to Richmon...
- Added: Apr 03, 2012
- Length: 28:54
On Monday, February 13, President Obama sent to Congress the 2013 U.S. Defense budget the includes funding for a shift in strategic focus to the As...
- Added: Feb 14, 2012
- Length: 28:59
This is not your average diet book. Author Clay Johnson challenges us to be more aware and selective of the information we digest.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 08, 2012
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 1
In 1951 a group of African American students at Robert R. Moton High School in Prince Edward County, Virginia, organized a strike to protest the su...
Bought by KALW, RadioStPete Florida, KVSC, WFHB, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 27
Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights by Robin Bernstein
- Added: Jan 04, 2012
- Length: 19:53
Memorialized in a Bob Dylan song and an Academy Award nominated Denzel Washington film, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was a successful prize fighter, wh...
Bought by WEZU, WOUB, NPR Illinois, RadioFreePalmer, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more
- Added: Dec 28, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 28
Founder and director of the nonprofit Life of Learning Foundation, Guy Finley presents passages from all the major religious traditions and philoso...
- Added: Dec 20, 2011
- Length: 14:17