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Making Sense: Deaf Children and the Choices Their Parents Face
From: Connecticut Public (WNPR)
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Nine out of ten deaf babies are born to hearing parents, who know almost nothing about deafness or the science of language. But they have to learn ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jul 25, 2019
  • Length: 49:59
  • Purchases: 1
New EdTech and More at SXSW 2017
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Robots, role models, rap, and more all stood out at the 2017 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival. Pius highlights products, programs,...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2018
  • Length: 29:05
The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
Caption: The View from Room 205
"The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unflinching look at the intersection of poverty and education in this country. It ...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City, KICI Iowa City, WRIR, KUAF Public Radio, KISU and more


  • Added: Jan 10, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 67
TEASER: The View from Room 205
From: WBEZ
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PREVIEW THE HOUR NOW! http://www.prx.org/pieces/194893-the-view-from-room-205 "The View from Room 205" is a one-hour documentary that takes an unf...

Bought by KUHF


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 01:48
  • Purchases: 1
Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars
After an abrupt reversal 20 years ago, some prisons and colleges try to maintain college education for prisoners.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, Interlochen Public Radio, KUER, WSKG and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
What It Takes: Chasing Graduation in High-Poverty High Schools
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
Caption: What It Takes: Chasing Graduation in High-Poverty High Schools
The nation's high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, but high-poverty schools face a stubborn challenge. Schools in Miami and Pasadena ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WAER Syracuse, NY, WSKG, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Spare the Rod: Reforming School Discipline
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports
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A get-tough attitude prevailed among educators in the 1980s and 1990s, but research shows that zero-tolerance policies don't make schools safer and...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KOSU, WSKG, KUER, WRIR and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 14
Gucci: The Family Legend Unmasked - A 2 Part Exclusive
From: The Steve Pomeranz Show
Series: The Steve Pomeranz Half Hour
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The 5 Pivotal Years That Determine Your Financial Life, Gucci: The Family Legend Unmasked Part 1,Gucci: The Family Legend Unmasked Part 2

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Watch Owl Promotional Series: THE MESSAGE
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: American Black Male Leadership Institute Radio
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The message from Dr Kimbro, Brian Courtney Wilson, and Robert Ferguson to all that surrounds the American Black Male Leadership Institute

  • Added: Dec 06, 2015
  • Length: 12:11
SHERLOCK HOLMES The Adventure of the Speckled Band pt1
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle part one, directed by Jason Merrin, composed by...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:44
The Big Test
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
Caption: Here, the kids line up outside Congress on their first day., Credit: Credit Dustin Dwyer / Michigan Radio
For this special documentary, Dustin Dwyer spent six weeks in the fall following a group of third grade students at Congress Elementary in Grand Ra...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 58:31
The Taj Mahal Interview
From: Jake Feinberg
Series: In The Land of Giants
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Interview conducted by radio journalist Jake Feinberg with Roots Music Icon Taj Mahal. A discussion about the genesis of roots music and the music ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2013
  • Length: 11:13
A documentary on race, neighborhoods, schools, and kids in Michigan
From: Michigan Radio
Series: State of Opportunity
Caption: State of Opportunity from Michigan Radio
If you think we live in a post-racial world…think again: statistically speaking, being born Black or Latino or Native American is associated with s...

  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 50:27
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
Mind the Gap: Why Good Schools are Failing Black Students (54:00 and 59:00)
From: Nancy Solomon
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This documentary won a 2010 Peabody Award. Nationwide, suburban schools are doing a good job educating white students, but those schools are not ge...

Bought by WNYC, WAER Syracuse, NY, KUER, WESM 91.3 FM, WITF and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 40
Life as a Penguin
From: David Lewis
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A look at arthritis and its affects on young people

  • Added: Sep 29, 2005
  • Length: 20:37
Seekers of the Truth: The Veterans' Sangha
From: Meg O'Shaughnessy
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Timeless and true, these powerful narratives, passionately delivered by Vietnam Veterans, convey the grief, guilt and rage that can endure in the w...

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: Nov 10, 2004
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 1
The Wild Child: Coping with a Bipolar Youth
From: Karen Brown
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This documentary follows three young people as they navigate puberty and adolescence with bipolar disorder.

Bought by WRPI, KUER, WXXI Rochester, PRX to iTunes, WMFE and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2004
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 14