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The Role of Arts Education in the New School Year from the National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Ayanna Hudson, Credit: Gregory Gilmore
With the new school year upon us, the National Endowment for the Arts shares how arts education can play an important role in helping students tra...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:36
Colin Fischer
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Colin Fischer, Credit: Jacket cover design by Emily Osborne
This is the story of an exceptional 14-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome. He hates the color blue, keeps a very detailed notebook, needs flash...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:42
The Interfaith Alternative
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: New Society Publishers jacket, Credit: cover design by Diane McIntosh
Whatever your spiritual path, chances are that the primary tenets of your faith include universal love, acceptance and compassion. Yet three thousa...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:55
The Obama Question
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Gary Dorrien
While attacks from the right on President Obama and his administration have been unrelenting, progressives have not shrunk from harsh words for a p...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
Peace Talks Radio: A Nonviolent Video Strategy Game (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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A conversation with Ivan Marovic, former Serbian student leader and consultant on the nonviolent strategy video game A Force More Powerful.

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Jun 11, 2008
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: The Neuroscience of Compassion (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, an exploration of brain research suggesting that compassion can be learned and increased with practice, simil...

Bought by WGDR and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 01, 2008
  • Length: 29:03
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: The Neuroscience of Compassion (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, an exploration of brain research suggesting that compassion can be learned and increased with practice, simil...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 29, 2008
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 8
Peace Talks Radio: The Video Game Violence Debate (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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As notoriously violent video games continue to release new versions, Peace Talks Radio explores the debate over the effects of video game violence ...

Bought by WGDR and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Climate Change and Conflict (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two scholars who have studied the impact of climate change on peace and security reflect on the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to climate c...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 57:34
  • Purchases: 13
Peace Talks Radio: Electing Mediators To Public Office
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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If mediators are trained to resolve conflicts between disputing parties, what would happen if we elected more mediators to public office? That's t...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WHRV, WSKG, and WNYC


  • Added: Oct 08, 2007
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Talks Radio: Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams (29:00 Version)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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From the 2007 "Building a Culture of Peace Conference" in Santa Fe, Peace Talks Radio presents highlights from an address by, and a one-on-one inte...

Bought by KUNM and KDUR


  • Added: Aug 10, 2007
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Peace Talks Radio: Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A conversation with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams, the leader of the International Campaign to Ban Land Mines. Also in the hour, the di...

Bought by KUHF, KWMR, KUOW, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2007
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 11
Peace Talks Radio: Religious Tolerance (29:00 Version)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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The series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution explores questions of religious tolerance with Dr. Eboo Patel, Executive Director of C...

Bought by KDUR


  • Added: Aug 02, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Religious Tolerance (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution explores questions of religious tolerance with Dr. Eboo Patel, Executive Director of C...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WSKG, KXOT Public Radio, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2007
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 8
Jack Beatty, Public Intellectual
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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"Public intellectual" Jack Beatty of the Atlantic Monthly and NPR's "On Point" sits down with ThoughtCast!

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 28:00
Double Bill on ThoughtCast! An hour with Alex Vilenkin and Jay Allison
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Jenny Attiyeh speaks with cosmologist Alex Vilenkin about the search for other universes, followed by a talk with public media guru Jay Allison

  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 57:42
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah on "Cosmopolitanism" -- and psychologist Marc Hauser on "The Moral Mind."
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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ThoughtCast speaks with Princeton philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah about his new book, "Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers" -- followe...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 09, 2007
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Youth Mediation and Anti-Bullying Programs (58:00 / 54:00 / or Two 29:00 programs)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The series on peacemaking explores elementary and middle school programs that address bullying and nonviolent solutions to conflict.

Bought by KCNP, KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2007
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 10
Peace Talks Radio: Reducing Consumer Conflict and Workplace Conflict (58:00 / 54:00 or Two 29:00 programs)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution explores handling consumer conflicts and mediating conflict in the workplace.

Bought by KCNP, KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2007
  • Length: 56:22
  • Purchases: 10
Peace Talks Radio: Native Wisdom in Parenting and Peacemaking
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Peace Talks, the series on peacemaking and nonviolent conflict resolution, brings together proponents of applying Native American wisdom both to br...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUOW, WCPN, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2007
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 15
A Hawaiian Christmas with Slack Key Master Kapono Beamer
From: Heidi Chang
Caption: Kapono Beamer, Credit: Dayna Marie Beamer
Enjoy the magic of a Hawaiian Christmas with slack key master Kapono Beamer, sharing tales of his family's holiday traditions and rich musical lega...

Bought by KALW, WNMU-FM, RadioFreePalmer, KISU, KUAC and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2006
  • Length: 29:51
  • Purchases: 25
Nobel laureate and economist Amartya Sen on "Identity and Violence" -- on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Amartya Sen, the distinguished economist, philosopher, Nobel laureate and Harvard professor, talks with ThoughtCast about "Identity and Violence:...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Regarding Gandhi (59:00/54:00/29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The life and legacy of Mohandas Gandhi is recalled by Arun Gandhi (Mohandas Gandhi's grandson) and Gandhi scholar John Dear.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUOW, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2006
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 15
Harvard Physicist Lisa Randall on ThoughtCast
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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ThoughtCast talks with Harvard physicist Lisa Randall about her new book,"Warped Passages".

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 11, 2006
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2