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Caption: Host Martha Burk
Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the anniversary of women's suffrage, how far women have come, and what's left to b...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one half minute commentary by series host Martha Burk on the immigration debate and what it means for women.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Two and one-half minute commentary by Equal Time host Martha Burk on why college debt is the highest in history, and it is especially hard on women.

  • Added: May 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
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Unique, non-partisan military and veterans news and information in a short format.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a conversation with organizational theorist Dr. Jody Fry about spirituality in business and management. Dr. Fry is the founder of the Inte...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 19:30
Caption: Connections host Stephen Peithman
While thoughts of Christmas music usually turn to carols and choirs, many original instrumental works have been written for the season—including on...

Bought by WUAL, Hawaii Public Radio, WUAL, WKSU, and KRPS


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
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George Bizet used an old Provencal carol to open his L’Arlesienne Suite. A British hymn writer borrowed the tune from a now-forgotten work by Felix...

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio, WUAL, WUFT, KRPS, KRPS and more


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 11
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This year’s outbreak of the West Nile virus is breaking records, with over 1500 cases reported so far. One researcher believes that decreasing the ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Sep 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Series host Martha Burk interviews Huffington Post politics writer Laura Bassett on what the political platforms mean for women.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Aug 31, 2012
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Karen Davenport, Credit: Nat'l Women's Law Cntr
Series host Martha Burk interviews Karen Davenport, Director of Health Policy at the National Women's Law Center in Washington DC, on the impact of...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2012
  • Length: 28:26
Caption: Jason Smith Candlelight Vigil, Credit: Madeleine Bair
On the second anniversary of the 2010 uprisings, this special documentary looks at police violence in Jamaica. In May 2010 a government crackdown l...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
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Radio Curious discusses the close relationship we humans have with other primates, with Dario Maestriprieri, author of “Games Primate Play: An Unde...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Caption: A celebrity entrepreneur shares secrets of success!, Credit: listal.com
This vignette is a sample of an interview with Oscar-Award-Winning Co-Producer David Brown. Mr. Brown co-produced blockbuster films such as “Jaws” ...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:01
Caption: Bill McKibben
Into the national conversation about climate change and our planet's natural resources comes The Global Warming Reader: A Century of Writing About ...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 28:40
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Radio Curious discusses the processes to Amend the United States Constitution with guest David Cobb, from Move to Amend, an organization that is ac...

Bought by WRPI


  • Added: Feb 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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It used to be that entering the financial sector—be it as a banker, a stock broker, maybe a hedge fund manager! Whatever they do!—was a normal, van...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 15:12
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Here, I talk with Paul Turek, MD (@TheTurekClinic), an internationally known thought leader in men's health treatment and research. The National In...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 01:07:18
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News and features on the conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 07:28
Caption: Geoff Marcy, Credit: NASA
Planetary scientist Geoff Marcy describes how the Earth got just the right amount of water to support life.

Bought by Radio Newark, KRUA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:29
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Pando, Credit: Sheri Quinn
The Pando Aspen is a clonal colony of a single male Quaking Aspen (populus tremuloides) also known as the trembling giant because of its elliptical...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2011
  • Length: 27:33
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Scott Montgomery is a fiction writer and crime novel taste-maker, and bookseller in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 28:46
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Peter Gishuru, CEO of the African Chamber of Commerce in Seattle, WA, speaks about his organization's role in promoting trade with Africa and his o...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2010
  • Length: 15:03
Caption: Zuill Bailey, Credit: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
You’ve probably seen several, if not dozens of paintings by the Dutch painter, Vincent Gogh. But have you ever looked at a Van Gogh close up – rea...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: :26
Caption: Zuill Bailey, Credit: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
Cellists thank their lucky stars for the wide range of music written for their instrument. The cello is often the composer’s voice for a variety o...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2010
  • Length: :24
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Huffington Post blogger and former Time Magazine health journalist Janice Horowitz, provides the cure for contradictory medical news.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2010
  • Length: 01:59