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Labors and Losses: maternal mortality in the United States
From: Elaine Vitone
Series: Pitt Medcast
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Why are new mothers dying at an alarming rate in this country?

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 10, 2019
  • Length: 21:26
  • Purchases: 1
Mortal Republic
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Edward J. Watts
Citizens of ancient Rome willingly sacrificed their freedom for autocracy. When people are convince they have a lot to fear, it’s easier for a powe...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 27, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Riding into the Future
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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Want a bike lane? Then go out and paint one on the road. Citizens in Macon redesigned downtown streets to show their city what the future can be....

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRGY, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tango War
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: The Tango War, Credit: Jacket design by Danielle Christopher
At the beginning of World War II, the Roosevelt Administration understood all too well the strategic value of South America.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Dispossessed, Part 1; Red Wolves of the Alligator River Chapter 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
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For the next four weeks we’ll be looking for a highly social animal called the red wolf, or rufus canis. Under the current administration, the red ...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2018
  • Length: 24:59
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Boots on the Ground jacket cover, Credit: John Dittman, Stars & Strips
The Vietnam War remains a thorn in the side of America’s history. More than 57-thousand US soldiers died and an untold number of Vietnamese civilia...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC


  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality and the Struggle for Oral Health
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Twelve-year old Deamonte Driver died following brain surgery in February 2007. His original diagnosis was meningitis. After his death, the culprit...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Coyote’s Bicycle
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Kimball Taylor
At first it was a curiosity … then a nuisance that evolved into a phenomenon. Abandoned bicycles scattered across the desert at the US/Mexican boar...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC


  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Gene: An Intimate History
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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You’d have to go back more than 160-years to land upon the beginning of the story of the gene.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Dilemmas of Educational Ethics
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Meira Levinson
This is about our kids, our future generations. Ask any grade school teacher, and they’ll tell you the job is very challenging.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Jeffrey Foucault Interview #1603: Salt As Wolves
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Jeffrey Foucault, Credit: Official Press Photo
Jeffrey Foucault’s (pronounced Folk-alt) latest album, Salt As Wolves, brings the #CFRalum (previously featured on CFR) back to his rock and blues ...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
Despite the Best Intentions
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Even in good schools racial inequality thrives. Basically, that’s the summary of an extensive study conducted by associate professors Amanda Lewis ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
New Orleans Calling: "After The Flood" - How Community Radio Station WWOZ Was Saved In 2005
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Caption: WWOZ's abandoned studio in Armstrong Park, New Orleans
Ten years ago, there was a storm, and then there was a flood, and they changed New Orleans forever. Many stories from that time have been told, but...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Human Agenda
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Trans Über Publishing, Credit: cover design John Hamilton
Author and activist Joe Wenke speaks with some of the foremost advocates for change. They have a determined commitment to freedom and equality.

Bought by Wild Planet Radio and KCBX


  • Added: May 14, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Bones of JR Jones Interview
From: Sloane Spencer
Series: Country Fried Rock
Caption: Dark Was The Yearling official album cover, Credit: The Bones of JR Jones
Don't let the one-man band fool you, The Bones of Jr Jones play the blues.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, KKRN, and KRPS


  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
Etsy Goes From DIY to IPO
From: Rendered
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Online crafty marketplace Etsy went public in April 2015. What does that mean for the makers who sell their goods on the site?

  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
Ending Extreme Inequality
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Scott Myers-Lipton
Today, 47-million Americans live in poverty. That places this country at the bottom among industrial nations for the divide between the haves and h...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 25, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Voices in the Band
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Susan Ball
Dr. Susan Ball has been taking care of patients with HIV in New York City for nearly twenty years. As she says, it has been a wild ride.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
School Violence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: School Violence, Credit: jacket cover design by Emily Osborne
More violence is committed in America than any other industrialized nation. Nowhere is that sad fact more prevalent than on our school grounds.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Political Classroom
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: The Political Classroom jacket, Credit: Routledge Press
When politics is polarized, so is American Society. That, in turn, makes things more difficult for educators and students. It becomes riskier for t...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 03, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Brain's Way of Healing
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Norman Doidge
Bestselling author Dr. Norman Doidge describes how neuroplasticity leads to healing in his newest book.

Bought by KCBX, KVSC, and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 3
RACE: My Story and Humanity's Bottom Line
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Lauren Nile
Lauren Joichin Nile introduces her readers to some provocative ideas in her book RACE: My Story and Humanity’s Bottom Line. Her work delves deep in...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 30, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Watch Your Back
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Richard A. Deyo
One of the most frustrating medical complaints for patients and doctors is back pain. Professionals and patients expect the usual medical diagnosis...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Kidney Sellers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Sigrid Fry-Revere
America has a shortage of organs for transplant. Iran has abundance. That’s the reason many wealthy American’s turn to Iran for help when they’re s...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Fear & Learning in America
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: John Kuhn
There is a vast divide between those in the “education reform movement” and those who recognize the very real problem of inequality. School superin...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 17, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2