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Episode 6: Nationalization
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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In 1864, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo making the American Southwest a United States territory where the land would soon be crisscrossed with tra...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 17:21
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 5: Colonization
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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Within two decades, the Spanish settlers returned to the Rio Grande Valley, laying claim to the fertile valleys to build haciendas, churches and to...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 19:43
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 4: Pueblo Revolt
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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The new neighbors had so many demands and harsh punishments, the pueblo peoples had enough and organized a revolt, sending the priests and other Eu...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 19:47
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: Strangers Arrive
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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In July of 1540, the Ashiwi people watched as a group of armed strangers – who turned out to be Europeans – came into the desert Southwest, on hors...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 16:54
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 2: Settling Down
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: A Brief History of the American Southwest for Kids
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For over 10,000 years, communities grew in the desert, with elaborate roads and structures that remain today. The complexity of Chaco Canyon’s arch...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2023
  • Length: 19:11
  • Purchases: 1
Stay for the Trees (episode 6)
From: Growing Old Project
Series: Growing Old: Tales from an Urban Canopy
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Meet five native Seattle trees and plants through the eyes of humans that care for them: The Western Red Cedar, Dougfir, Madrone, White Pine, and F...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 36:58
  • Purchases: 2
Holding Space While Maintaining Social Distance
From: Suzanne LaGrande
Series: We Are All In This Together
Caption: Tara Atkinson
Suzanne LaGrande interviews Tara Atkinson, a yoga therapist and teacher who teaches diverse communities in Portland, Oregon. Since the Covid-19 Pan...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 08:17
Q&A with a Chemical Engineer
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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What does a chemical engineer do? What makes a good one? What should young people know about the field? Chemical engineer Will Mullen helps us ans...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2019
  • Length: 54:38
Take Care (Monthly) #12
From: WRVO Public Media
Series: Take Care
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The theme of this show is, "What is health?"

Bought by WNYO


  • Added: Dec 27, 2018
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 1
Charter School Myths
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Inequality
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A sociologist of education breaks down some common myths about charter schools and offers her advice for newly appointed education secretary Betsy ...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2018
  • Length: 15:08
Batteries Save the Day
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Installing battery in Sterling
A story of 3 towns who find that storing solar energy in giant batteries is cheaper and safer than power plants.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
7 - Starving Times
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids decide to hit the road in search of food and safety. We find out how crazy our food supply is.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 14, 2018
  • Length: 32:57
  • Purchases: 1
6 - Drying Out
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids lose water. We find out why water is the key to survival.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 27:57
  • Purchases: 1
5 - Going Dark
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The kids are without power. We find out why we need electricity.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 13, 2018
  • Length: 30:43
  • Purchases: 1
4 - Getting The Message
From: FOOLY BOO
Series: Shabam!
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The Nox Virus spreads. We find out how much we rely on digital communication.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: We Eat The Seeds
From: Slow Melt Productions
Series: The Slow Melt: A Podcast About Chocolate
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Many of us have been eating chocolate since childhood, but could you recognize it in nature? In this episode, we start at the farm with the pod-sha...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 24:00
How to Create a Neuroscience Pipeline
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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Neuroscientist Eric Herzog shares the importance of increasing diversity in his field and his efforts to encourage local students.

Bought by WDBM and KVSC


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 14:39
  • Purchases: 2
Success, Motivation, and the Brain
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
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Neuroscientist Todd Braver explains how and why we use cognitive control.

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 12:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mapping the Brain
From: Hold That Thought
Series: The Human Brain
Caption: White Matter Fiber Architecture, Credit: The Human Connectome Project
Pull our your compass, because researcher Deanna Barch is about to guide us through the Human Connectome Project.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 12:51
  • Purchases: 1
Anishinaabenaajimon: Disparities in Justice
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Bemidji’s Truth and Reconciliation group faces tough problems, head on. In this week’s episode of Anishinaabenaajimon: Minnesota’s Tribal Voice, An...

Bought by WGZS


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Migration and Change in the Himalayan Highlands
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Going Global
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Geoff Childs, an anthropologist, examines the consequences of rapid population decline in ethnically Tibetan communities in Nepal.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 12:40
A Few Dollars Can Help Girls Stay in School. Here's How.
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Going Global
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One Ethiopian woman works to remove obstacles for women pursuing an education.

  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
Why Schools Were Never About Knowledge
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Schools were not created with the intention of making geniuses and filling its pupils with knowledge. Hear three historians explain the surprising ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 27, 2015
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 2
A Neuron Channel Makes You Dumb
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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New research reveals a strange fact – a special type of neuron channel (HCN) makes us dumb. Hear about basic neuron mechanics and the supposed func...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2
Episode #5: Produce Local Produce
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: The Mixing Board
Caption: Molly holds up the flowers she picked while reporting from the Children's Garden at Seattle Tilth, Credit: Nathan Friend
Chocolate-dipped strawberries start Keano Martinez and Molly Anderson on a path to find out why local fruits and veggies taste better. Along the wa...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 07:43