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A New Day for Public Television?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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It’s a new day, and the nation’s most trusted media institution has some new direction. Sylvia Bugg was named the Chief Programming Executive and G...

Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 29, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joseph McCarthy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Larry Tye
On the evening of February 9, 1950, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy dramatically announced that he had a list of over 200 members of the Communis...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Damaged Heritage
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: J. Chester Johnson
Although the Tulsa, Oklahoma massacre in the summer of 1921 is now recognized as part of Americas ugly past, another similar act of carnage of equa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: David Reynolds
The British and Americans have always had their similarities. More so now over the past four years. In 2016 The Brits voted to leave the European U...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Watching History (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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On the eve of WWI, one man had a front seat to history. A new documentary tells his incredible story.

Bought by KXCV, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Watching History (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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On the eve of WWI, one man had a front seat to history. A new documentary tells his incredible story.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCNY, Allegheny Mountain Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 12
Watching History (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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On the eve of WWI, one man had a front seat to history. Now, a new documentary tells his incredible story.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), WYAP and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Learning From a Master
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Richard J. Berstein
She didn’t like being called a philosopher, but that is how she’s recognized. And, as far as philosophy professor Richard J. Bernstein is concerned...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 03, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Assassin of Youth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Book jacket cover
In 1930, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics appointed Harry J. Anslinger as the commissioner. He became the first drug czar with a flair for demonizin...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
John Dickerson on Presidential Campaign History
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: John Dickerson, Credit: Courtesy of CBS
Author and moderator of Face the Nation, John Dickerson’s book Whistlestop is a witty rollicking tour of presidential campaign history

Bought by KPIP-LP, WTJU, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Democracy in Crisis Episode 2: Against Normalization: Journalism in the Ages of Hitler & Trump
From: Democracy In Crisis
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In the latest episode of the Democracy in Crisis Podcast, hosts Baynard Woods and Marc Steiner speak with Ron Rosenbaum. He is the author of "Expla...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Feb 08, 2017
  • Length: 18:54
  • Purchases: 1
L'Americain: A Photojournalist's Life
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: L'Americain book cover, Credit: front cover photo by Richard Wood
The photojournalism crafted by John Launois is iconic. His work graced the covers of Newsweek, Time, The Saturday Evening Post, Fortune, Look, Roll...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2013
  • Length: 19:24
Furious Love
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. Plus, a satire of college football. And, a conversation with the son of a scienc...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Censorship of Dorian Gray
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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A new edition restores Oscar Wilde's famous novel to its original form.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jul 17, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Equal Time: The Networks and the Civil Rights Movement
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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How the evening news shaped attitudes about race relations during the Civil Rights Movement.

Bought by KALW, WJCT, Harford Community Radio, KRZA, WJAB and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 9