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We talk with Peter Heller about his terrific new novel, a thriller set on a river above the Arctic Circle. It’s called The River. Then, we re-air ...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
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Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that. (An...

Bought by WCNY, WGZS, WABE, WDCB, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
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Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WKCC, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
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In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVSC, KENW, and WLIW


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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In the 1970s, a series of laws ushered in a new “sunshine era” of unprecedented government transparency. A new book investigates how, despite these...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, KKRN, and KPVL


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
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Bro Adams says the humanities can help us solve problems brought on by advances in technology. And: The hustler who inspired the "Beats." Plus: Wha...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, WTJU, and KPVL


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
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Bro Adams says the humanities can help us solve problems brought on by advances in technology. And: The hustler who inspired the "Beats." Plus: Wha...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, KVSC, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: Jan 16, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KWMR, KCPW Salt Lake City, KENW and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York who was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transformed a ba...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Delmarva Public Media, and WMNF


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...

Bought by WJCT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
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A photographic study of American consumerism, from the blank stares of shoppers to the mountains of stuff in front of them.

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KVSC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KBRP Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
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With all the talk about Big Government, two scholars reflect on how the Federal Government and taxes have evolved since the founding era.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
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Noel Hendrickson considers questions about what might have been if the past had happened differently.

  • Added: Feb 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:39
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5 generational essays on Community from This I Believe archive

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
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Who decides how to commemorate sites of wars and what do those monuments say about us?

  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:46