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Caption: Looking out for you
This interview is with an expert in parenting and emotional and social intelligence. Dr. Maurice Elias wrote a book tying Judaism and emotional int...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 52:43
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Did you know that children’s lives are saturated with commercial marketing at home and in school? They are targeted by marketers through televisio...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 08, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, the conflict scenario that we’re going to look into with our guests is ubiquitous across cultures and is as old as ...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jane Kaczmarek
Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm in the Middle") stars in the touching and humorous first piece, Napoleon in Exile, directed by Marsha Mason (four time Aca...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Orphans in Romania., Credit: Mike Carroll for Harvard University
What makes some people able to cope with life's challenges better than others? A growing field of science is peering into the brain to find an answer.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KPIK-LP


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 2
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We look at some programs that stress the peacemaking, unifying aspects of sports and we ask the question, why don't more celebrated sports stars sp...

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KUNM


  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Claudia Quigg
We hope that every child has a safe home where he is loved and cared for, provided with every need. But for about 400,000 American children each y...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Claudia Quigg
When the world sees our children, it sees them as they are at this moment and in this environment, through a narrow lens. Their teacher at school ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2014
  • Length: 02:44
Caption: Claudia Quigg
News buzzed around a friend’s family tree that the second baby to be born would be another little girl. I had heard about the excitement, so when ...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:39
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This is the second of two programs exploring the special challenges of raising boys into becoming young men who DON’T turn to violence and crime a...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Sweet Will recently celebrated his fourth birthday. Before his party, he could hardly contain his excited anticipation about opening his presents.

  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Claudia Quigg
One story from my annals of parenting shortcomings involves a pair of runaways. The scoundrels in question were my two daughters, ages three and f...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2014
  • Length: 02:41
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Each day millions of people leave for work or school or even longer journeys with no one to say goodbye or miss them in their absence. Tragically,...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 02:23
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The first of two PEACE TALKS RADIO programs that will explore the special challenges of raising boys into becoming young men who DON’T turn to viol...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KGNU Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 27, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Unwilling to allow his son to continue in this self-centered orientation, he chose to have a much-needed talk with this otherwise-terrific young man.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 02:36
Caption: Claudia Quigg
When that peace-shattering event occurs, all our smugness evaporates. At first we recoil in denial. And then reality sets in when we’re faced with...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 02:35
Caption: Claudia Quigg
And so it goes with siblings, those creatures who most closely share our DNA and our childhood experiences. Sometimes we despise them, and often w...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Claudia Quigg
This week has brought outrageous giggles, a writing lesson, some highly-sought-after information, and some new social insights, all the gifts of bo...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Claudia Quigg
There’s a new bird’s nest in the oak tree in your backyard, but you might look right past it. You’ve observed droves of such nests before and you m...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 02:19
Caption: Claudia Quigg
They’re calling it “Social Surrogacy,” this new practice of affluent parents delegating the tasks of pregnancy and childbirth to another person. S...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Claudia Quigg
In the everyday lives of families, water becomes a significant part of the routine this time of year. Sweaty bodies need more baths. Kids out of ...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:23
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Closer than classmates, more sensational than siblings, cousins are a boon to growing up.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:24
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Dads love their babies just like moms do. But they have a very different way of showing that love.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Kids don’t need easy childhoods to grow up happy. They need parents who love them and who teach them how to successfully face hardship. Kids deve...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:25
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Welcome to the summer season with your kids. Even if they act like monkeys sometimes, here’s hoping these warm days bring some particular pleasure...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2014
  • Length: 02:27