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Civics 101: The True Story Of Reconstruction

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

Reconstruction has long been taught as a lost cause narrative. We talk about what that narrative leaves out.

Civics 101: How Should We Teach Civics?

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

Civics and social studies education are getting a lot of attention these days. How do we teach about our democracy?

The Negotiators: Confronting Conflict

From: Rob Sachs

In this episode, we learn about two historic negotiations – one failed and one successful – from the negotiators themselves. We begin with a peace...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KUHF, WXXI Rochester, WLPR , Oregon Public Broadcasting and more

Civics 101: The History of Labor Policy

From: New Hampshire Public Radio

The modern day workplace is the product of a centuries-long battle for fair wages, reasonable hours and safe conditions. Civics 101 tells the story...

Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUT, WXDU, RadioStPete Florida, and WVTF

Civics 101: Is Santa A Criminal?

From: New Hampshire Public Radio

In an uncharacteristic wash of holiday cheer, today we investigate how the actions of Santa could be interpreted in a court of law.

Bought by WYAP

The Big Ponder #33: Housing

From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast

The demand for affordable housing has reached an all-time high in both Europe and North America. In this episode, Tomma Suki investigates the housi...

Bought by KICI Iowa City

Constitution Day Special: The Constitution & The Bill of Rights

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101

In honor of Constitution Day, Civics 101, the podcast refresher course on how our democracy works, shares the story of the two most important docum...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, Prairie Public, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WITF, and WYAP

Plessy v Ferguson & Brown v Board of Education

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: Civil Rights

The Supreme Court case that said racial segregation was constitutional, and the landmark decision that, decades later, overturned it.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, WYAP, WCMU Michigan, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more

Fixing School Finance

From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast

Caption: Photo of the Texas Capital building on March 11, 2019, during a rally for education finance reform., Credit: Pius Wong

Texans across the state and across the political divide agree: public school funding needs fixing. What that means exactly, however, is tricky. In ...

Part 6: Back at Home

From: Liz McArthur
Series: The Road to Unist'ot'en

The Mount Polley taililngs pond breach happened a couple of weeks after Liz returned from the Action Camp. She speaks to author Arno Kopecky about ...

Part 5: The Activists

From: Liz McArthur
Series: The Road to Unist'ot'en

Three activists explain their involvement at the annual Action Camp at the Unist'ot'en pipeline blockade.

Part 4: The Bunkhouse

From: Liz McArthur
Series: The Road to Unist'ot'en

Dave Ages led construction of an insulated bunkhouse to allow volunteers to live year-round at the Unist'ot'en pipeline blockade. He talked to Liz ...

Part 3: Permaculture Garden

From: Liz McArthur
Series: The Road to Unist'ot'en

Geoff Johnson explains the construction of a permaculture garden for a food source at the Unist'ot'en pipeline blockade.

Zelma On Strike: One Taco Bell Worker's View of the 2013 Fast Food Strikes

From: The Good Fight

On December 5, 2013, fast food workers across the country walked out on a one-day strike, demanding fairer wages. But what's really at stake? The G...

Never On Sunday: The Hidden World Of Elena Fonseca

From: Samuel Robinson

The story of Elena Fonseca, a remarkable women from Montevideo, Uruguay. Elena was a diplomats wife who lived in a number of countries before retur...

Bought by PRX Remix

OCCUPY THIS HOUR

From: Joyride Media

Jackson Browne, David Crosby and Ani DiFranco and others discuss how Occupy and other movements inspire their socially conscious music. Hosted by ...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPVL, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, KSUT and more

Bare As You Dare!

From: Vaska Trajkovska

Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

Bought by KUT

Humankind: An Informed Republic

From: Humankind

Ideal for broadcast around July 4th: America's founders knew their democracy required informed citizens, but is quality journalism now threatened b...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KVSC, WBEZ, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WFHB and more

The Peace Work of John Lennon and Yoko Ono (54:00 / 59:00)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Caption: John & Yoko at Montreal Bed In 1969, Credit: Photo by Ivor Sharp/©Yoko Ono

In 1969, musician John Lennon and his wife, performance artist Yoko Ono, were among the most high profile peace advocates on the planet. We'll spot...

Bought by KUOW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUOW, Marfa Public Radio and more

Ask Your Lawmaker: Issues, Campaign 2008

From: Brian Sussman

Capitol News Connection offers the first of its Campaign 2008 interactive series, ?Ask Your Lawmaker?. What issues matter most to your listeners? T...

Bought by KZYX