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207: What Is School For? / 208: How To Think Like A Scientist, 9/30/2017
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "What Is School For?" - Some of the hardest working people in America are teachers. So why do they get so much disrespect? This hour, we'...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:58
The Nonprofit Push for Girls in Engineering
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Hear from two nonprofit organizations trying to provide girls with more education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 47:25
Active Learning in Computer Science
From: Pius Wong
Series: The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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We talk strategies for teaching computer science (CS), with Dr. Cynthia Taylor, a computer science professor at The University of Illinois at Chica...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2017
  • Length: 37:10
RDD: Art, Science, and Information
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet Vanessa Snyder a freelance graphic designer, exhibit planner, and painter.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 18, 2017
  • Length: 06:37
  • Purchases: 1
SEYMOUR: AN INTRODUCTION -- Seymour Bernstein Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Sydney Bernstein talks synchronicity, metaphysics, and why the universe may be resonating in b-flat.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 18:32
A Burnable Book (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Murder, mystery, and poetry come together in medieval scholar Bruce Holsinger’s new novel set in Chaucer’s London.

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 3
A Burnable Book (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Murder, mystery, and poetry come together in medieval scholar Bruce Holsinger’s new novel set in Chaucer’s London.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WMNF, WLIW and more


  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Song Story S0.E5 - James Dalton's "Mama's Got Her Ukulele" (pre-season sneak-peek)
From: Eric Ginsberg
Series: Song Story
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Song Story features songwriters telling the true stories behind their original songs. This pre-season sneak-peek features singer/songwriter and DIY...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
IF YOU BUILD IT -- Emily Pilloton Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Emily Pilloton, San Francisco, CA 2/10/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Emily Pilloton of Project H talks egalitarian design, doorknob overload, and why failure is a misleading concept.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2014
  • Length: 24:39
American Graduate - Crossing the Stage
From: WUNC
Series: American Graduate
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Hosted by Dick Gordon, this program talks about what’s happening with the drop-out rate in the country. More kids are staying in school but those n...

Bought by KUNM, KTSW 89.9, WNIJ, KUHF, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2013
  • Length: 51:26
  • Purchases: 14
Second Chance Diploma: Examining the GED
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Studying for the GED at an adult education school in Washington, D.C., Credit: Emily Hanford
Millions of high school dropouts hope their ticket to a better job is getting a GED. But critics say passing a test is not the same as getting a hi...

Bought by WMUU-LP, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, WITF, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 15
Cyber Teachers
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Writers of science fiction have long predicted a time when computers could engage humans in two-way communication, from R2D2 to the sinister Hal 90...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Apr 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 1
Mental Calisthenics for Teenagers
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Until recently, most researchers believed the brain stopped developing cognitive ability after a certain age. But a new study suggests otherwise.

Bought by WJCT and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Big Top
From: With Good Reason
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In 1793, the American circus was born, and ever since, it has been a large part of our culture. Also featured: A professor of organic chemistry sha...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Tales from the South 045
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Summer Season 2011
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Jobs: some drive us to extreme measures, some we think we can't do, and still others we love to hate. Mike Rush isn't so sure he has what it takes ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
A Conversation with Wendy Kopp - "The Founder"
From: Learning Matters
Series: The Real World of Teach for America
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When Wendy Kopp was a college senior she had an idea: what if some of America’s top college students chose teaching over higher-paying professional...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2010
  • Length: 09:49
THE PLEASURES OF INTERPRETING: An interview with Thupten Jinpa, translator for the Dalai Lama
From: The Tibet Connection
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Behind the scenes with the Dalai Lama - what it's like to be his translator.

Bought by Interfaith Voices, WBEZ, and WNYC


  • Added: Aug 15, 2007
  • Length: 14:41
  • Purchases: 3