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Keyboard College: How Technology is Revolutionizing Higher Education
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Gary Hotsfall, a student at Western Governor’s University Washington. WGU is a network of nonprofit online universities., Credit: Stephen Smith
Digital technologies are changing how many Americans go to college - from online courses to robo-tutors. Can these innovations make college cheaper...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WUFT, KZYX, KMXT, and KOSU


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
1965 Griswold v. Connecticut
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Contraception as a right of privacy? The Supreme Court say, ‘Yes’!

Bought by KZYX, Spokane Public Radio, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 06, 2012
  • Length: 53:29
  • Purchases: 3
The Great Grizzly Bear
From: Roy Trumbull
Series: True Bear Stories by Joaquin Miller
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The Indians pay the grizzly great respect. He is part of the master story of the Modoc and Shasta Indians. He is considered a paternal kin

  • Added: Nov 02, 2012
  • Length: 09:34
1992 First Critical Mass Ride
From: Action Speaks Radio
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Bicyclists take to the streets en mass in a fight over the ‘right to the city’.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KTSW 89.9, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WXDU and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 53:31
  • Purchases: 13
Infant Mortality: A special documentary
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
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Infant mortality rates in Michigan are better than they used to be, but still not good enough. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan w...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:01
Art Hodes & Friends
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Art Hodes
Some of the earliest Blue Note recording sessions featured the trumpet of Sidney DeParis, clarinet of Edmund Hall, and piano of Art Hodes. They ca...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2012
  • Length: 58:52
Wild Dogs in Laikipia, Kenya
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: One of the Wild Dogs, Credit: Elleni Stephanou
Laikipia's pack of 40+ wild dogs was spotted by Tinai Kogo a driver for the Mpala Research Centre. He then explains the way in which they rear thei...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 07:22
Computer Talk Radio (September 1st-7th, 2012)
From: Benjamin Rockwell
Series: Computer Talk Radio (54 Minute)
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Computer Talk Radio weekly show for the broadcast week starting September 1st, 2012. Benjamin Rockwell, Deb Shadovitz, Steve Keske, and Benny Rock...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Understanding Domestic Violence (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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The monthly series on peace making will focus this time on conflict resolution programs aimed at heading off domestic violence.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 2
Resolving Consumer Conflict (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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As either a consumer or a customer service rep, we've been involved in unpleasant, unsatisfying and, often, irritating situations that sometimes tu...

Bought by KUOW, KGNU Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KVSC, and Aspen Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 28:39
  • Purchases: 5
The Colors of Claude Debussy - 150th Birthday Celebration
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Caption: (L to R) Kenneth Radnofsky; Marc-André Hamelin; Richard Stoltzman , Credit: Melinda Gordon
Classical New England celebrates the revolutionary French composer, with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, saxophonist Ken...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 24, 2012
  • Length: 01:58:31
  • Purchases: 3
The Dropout Dilemma
From: WXXI Rochester
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THE DROP OUT DILEMMA IS SPECIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN THE ROCHESTER AREA. THE WXXI NEWS TEAM HAS BEEN TAKING AN IN-DEPT...

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
A Harvest of Festivals
From: Kent Paterson
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A timely, seasonal program set in New Mexico, with universal stories and messages relevant everywhere. In addition to the sounds and voices of fest...

Bought by KUPR low power FM and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Lost Odessa Tapes
From: KUT
Series: Texas Music Matters
Caption: The Flatlanders, Credit: Courtesy of New West Records
The rediscovery of recordings lost for 40 years in West Texas rewrites a chapter in American music history. In this hour long radio special "The L...

Bought by CBC Inside the Music, KGLT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 15, 2012
  • Length: 55:51
  • Purchases: 3
Full-Time Blues Interview Boscoe France
From: John Luttrell
Caption: Boscoe France, Credit: Courtesy Mark McCoy
Complete, unedited interview from Full-Time Blues Radio ep. 1223 featuring Boscoe France and John Gillespie in studio for conversation and music.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2012
  • Length: 56:45
Heat Wave
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
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Give a listen to some of those very hot bands of the 1920s. You may not recognize many of the names, but that doesn't lessen their impact.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
Peace Corps Voices (Peace Talks Radio) [54:00/59:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, we present producer Amy Mayer’s 2011 program that then marked the 50th anniversary of The Peace Corps.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Superman
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Superman by Random House, Credit: Jacket design by David Stevenson
Legions of fans from Boston to Buenos Aires can recite the story of the child born Kal-El, scion of the doomed planet Krypton, who was rocketed to ...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Jul 03, 2012
  • Length: 19:58
  • Purchases: 1
Why Has America Stopped Inventing?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine
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
I Like to Singa
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen wrote some of the greatest hits jazz and popular music, including the entire score to the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. But there a...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2012
  • Length: 58:58
What Makes A Family in New Mexico Healthy and Able to Thrive?
From: KUNM
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We'll focus on the needs of families who have the least amount of resources and are most under attack. Guests will include Jessica Aranda, with So...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 28:45
Mountain gorillas save researchers from militia gunfire
From: Paula Kahumbu
Series: AFRICA'S WILDEST STORIES
Caption: Silverback Kabirizi, Credit: Paula Kahumbu
Fewer than 800 Mountain Gorillas remain making them one the world's most endangered species. For more than 20 years people around the world have be...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2012
  • Length: 11:06
Episode 05/18/2012 - "Best Of" Live Performances
From: "Deacon" Tim Plunkett
Series: The Back Road Radio Show
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Fans of the good-time, git-down music! Join us as we reach deep in to the Back Road Radio Show Studio Vault and find all of our favorite LIVE perfo...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 1
Peter Gabriel: My World - A Shed Special
From: Mark Coles
Series: The Shed: A Whole New World Of Music
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In a rare interview, the singer and musician Peter Gabriel talks to former BBC broadcaster Mark Coles about Real World Gold - a major new re-releas...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Behavior Code
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Dr. Nancy Rappaport
About 10-percent of kids in school – approximately 9 to 13 million students – struggle with mental health problems. Whether they’re running out of ...

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 17:25

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