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Civics 101: How Should We Teach Civics?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Civics and social studies education are getting a lot of attention these days. How do we teach about our democracy?

  • Added: Jan 09, 2024
  • Length: 57:30
Who are electors?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The 538 people who actually elect the president.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:23
What do politicians do after they leave office?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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Three things you can do if you lose an election.

  • Added: Nov 07, 2023
  • Length: 04:19
What are democratic norms?
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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The unwritten rules that keep our government in line.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 1
08-16: Restorative Justice: From Harm to Healing, 8/31/2022
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Fania Davis
Oakland, California, has had the reputation of being one of the most dangerous cities in the country. Then the Restorative Justice movement started...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
The Power Worshippers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katherine Stewart
There is a powerful movement in America that is reshaping our political landscape. Anyone who does not agree with their agenda is disenfranchised. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2219: What Is Ideology?, 5/10/2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How is ideology different from dogma?

  • Added: May 05, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
Dismantlng Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Unprecedented concentrations of wealth. Fundamental changes in the economy. A weakened institutional government, making it more difficult to meet p...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Privatization of Everything
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Democracy is more efficient, and equally distributed when public goods are created. Things like free education, public health, open parks, clean wa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Education
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Critical Thinking is a set of skills that most students learn at a relatively early age. Even students who don’t do well in school are familiar wit...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Teen Spirit (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Today’s teens--Generation Z--are making headlines for their politics and their protests. The YA books that speak to them have followed suit.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCNY, WMMT, Royalton Community Radio, KHEN-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Teen Spirit (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Today’s teens--Generation Z--are making headlines for their politics and their protests. The YA books that speak to them have followed suit.

Bought by Ohm Radio , WLPR , WRST-FM Oshkosh, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Teen Spirit (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Today’s teens--Generation Z--are making headlines for their politics and their protests. The YA books that speak to them have followed suit.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WJCT, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jan 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 11
Forgotten People
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Arthur Lieber
It wasn’t that long ago that the Democratic party was primarily made up of blue collar workers. That has flipped in the last few years, especially ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Independents
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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What prevents someone from affiliating with a political party? What is the ideology of an independent? And how can these voters exist in a two part...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 19:21
  • Purchases: 1
Witch Hunts and Enclosures: Bodies, Land and Women
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Silvia Federici
Today, witch hunts are still happening, in places like East Timor, India and Cambodia. Federici, who never really left the subject of witch hunts, ...

Bought by WFHB


  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Gun Sense (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Student survivors of school shootings have made their voices heard, loud and clear. But the teacher's perspective of school shootings is less common.

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WLIW, KRDP and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Gun Sense (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Student survivors of school shootings have made their voices heard, loud and clear. But the teacher's perspective of school shootings is less common.

Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WTJU, WPCA-LP, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 12
Gun Sense (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Student survivors of school shootings have made their voices heard, loud and clear. But the teacher's perspective of school shootings is less common.

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
Social Mobility Through College (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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One of the great American beliefs is that a college education gives us a better shot at moving up in life.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and KXCV


  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 2
Social Mobility Through College (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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One of the great American beliefs is that a college education gives us a better shot at moving up in life.

Bought by WJCT, Kansas Public Radio, KRZA, KVSC, WLIW and more


  • Added: Feb 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Pollinator Protectors
From: The Children's Hour Inc.
Series: The Children's Hour
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Kids take action in state government to protect pollinators, plus we learn about Civil Rights photographer Cecil Williams

Bought by KQRU FM LP, WLRH, WXPR, WCNY, Allegheny Mountain Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
Starter Kit: Federalism
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101
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One big government and the fifty little governments that comprise it.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 06, 2019
  • Length: 24:20
  • Purchases: 3
Morality and the Environmental Crisis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Roger S. Gottlieb
Here’s the conundrum: a good person doesn’t knowingly create devastation and suffering. Yet, that is exactly what we’re doing with our environment....

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: May 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
William Boyer – The Rights of Our Children
From: Barry Vogel
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America’s Future: Transition into the 21st Century William Boyer, a Professor Emeritus and the former Chairman of the Department of Educational Fo...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00