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Soldier Girls

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Writer Helen Thorpe provides a detailed account of what happened to the three women who served in the military during the last decade.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX

Added: Aug 05, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

STAY: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

In a position that some will find controversial, Jennifer Michael Hecht argues that suicide is quite simply wrong, from a secular point of view. To...

Bought by WHFR and KCBX

Added: Jul 10, 2014
Length: 28:45
Purchases: 2

Explosion Green

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

When David Gottfried come up an idea for green environmental building 20-years ago, he ran into a number of hurdles. The building industry had been...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 24, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Letters of Note

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words

In 2009 Shaun Usher began a blog to showcase correspondence that he felt deserved a wider audience. The blog quickly became popular and widely shar...

Added: Jun 20, 2014
Length: 13:31

Rogue Traders

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

When one of Wall Streets biggest scams was revealed in a segment on 60 Minutes, viewers were outraged. Front Running. Although it is legal, it’s, a...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 06, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Heed Your Call

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

David M. Howitt is the founder and CEO of Merriweather Group, and he has guided the financial, strategic, brand, and marketing of companies ranging...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX

Added: May 13, 2014
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 2

Sex Itself

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Human Genomes are almost 100 percent identical. There is one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX

Added: Jan 06, 2014
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 2

Z.E.R.O. Zero Paid Media as the New Marketing Model

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Joseph Jaffe is the author of the bestsellers, Life After the 30-second Spot, Join the Conversation and Flip the Funnel. His latest is co-authored...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Nov 19, 2013
Length: 28:57
Purchases: 1

Far from the Tree

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Andrew Soloman's proposal, in his recent book, is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition. Our differences are what unite us.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCBX

Added: Nov 12, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 2

Living in the Shadow of the Cross

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Christianity has provided many positive events: assisting the underprivileged, supported education and promoted social justice, however, its also f...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Oct 28, 2013
Length: 28:57
Purchases: 1

The Emerging Masculine

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Clinical psychologist Azarm Ghareman brings the teachings of Carl Jung into post-modern analysis. Dr. Ghareman sees the need for a better understan...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Oct 16, 2013
Length: 28:59
Purchases: 1

Memenomics

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

This book is not your dry read about markets and stocks. It’s the “Next Big Think” according to the publisher, Select Books. Cultural Economist Sai...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Sep 05, 2013
Length: 28:57
Purchases: 1

Proofiness

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Numbers can be deceptive … we know this. Yet, in spite of how sophisticated we think we are, we still can be taken-in by numbers. Sometimes we’ll e...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 26, 2013
Length: 28:57
Purchases: 1

Strategy & Soul

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

David was looking for a slingshot. Goliath had money and power. This is the story of the fight against proposed and granted casinos in Philadelphia.

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 06, 2013
Length: 28:57
Purchases: 1

Foresight 2020

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

We’ve all heard the stories of self-driving cars and 3D printers, but it’s the folks like futurists Simon Anderson and Jack Uldrich who make a care...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX

Added: Jul 16, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 2

The Philadelphia Chromosome

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Jessica Wapner, freelance journalist, open her book in 1959 when a chromosomal mutation, christened “the Philadelphia Chromosome.” Was discovered. ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: May 08, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 1

Dollars and Sex

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Dr. Marina Adshade provides a fascinating look at just how central the interplay of libido, gender, love, power and economic forces is to the most ...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Apr 24, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 1

Sacred Acts (Pledge Drive)

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Churches are taking diverse actions to address climate change through stewardship, advocacy, spirituality and justice. Contributions from leading C...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Mar 12, 2013
Length: 19:57
Purchases: 1

Author Philip Connors and "Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout"

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

A small-town farm boy turned big-city journalist, Phil chucked his staff job at the Wall Street Journal to spend his summers in a 7-foot-by-7-foot ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Mar 08, 2013
Length: 09:54
Purchases: 1

Author Anthony Swofford and Getting Past Fame and Fortune

From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk

Anthony’s latest book, “Hotels, Hospitals and Jails” describes his life after the pluses and minuses of the fame of "Jarhead." In that book he chro...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio

Added: Feb 25, 2013
Length: 10:02
Purchases: 2

On Looking

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Caption: Alexandra Horowitz, Credit: Simon & Schuster

In her newest work, cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz turns her attention to humans with an investigation into human perception and a look int...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jan 22, 2013
Length: 28:56
Purchases: 1

Diversity: Us + Them

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Us versus them is the costly mindset in which organizations, communities, and entire nations too often find themselves trapped. In fact, recognizin...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jan 15, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 1

The Art Forger

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words

The New York Times estimates that nearly forty percent of museum and gallery art is forged. Keep that in mind as you read the new book by B.A. Sha...

Added: Nov 08, 2012
Length: 20:24

Cheese & Culture

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words

Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a fascinating story. By examining the role of the cheese-maker throughout world history and by und...

Bought by KVMR