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We recap the South by Southwest Education conference (SXSW EDU) in 2018 after it ends, talking about the reactions of attendees, educational techno...
- Added: Apr 18, 2018
- Length: 48:21
Glenn Boyd was convicted of a crime he did not commit. This episode of the California Innocence Project features another story about a bad identifi...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 05:00
The California Innocence Project relies on interns to go through thousands of requests for assistance. In this episode, interns share some of their...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 02:00
Cloaked in mythology by the age of 40, this original hero of the Wild West embodied the term "living legend." So why have we forgotten him?
- Added: Mar 07, 2018
- Length: 17:16
Glenn Montgomery, Executive Director of Vision Action Network (Washington County, Oregon--Portland Metro) discusses its work in bringing diverse st...
- Added: Feb 09, 2018
- Length: 52:01
“If it affects one, it affects us all.” State Senator Eddie Melton helps us understand the recently completed Indiana Legislative Session, includin...
- Added: Jan 12, 2018
- Length: 59:30
America’s system of public schools is recognized as one of the countries greatest achievements.
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- Added: Dec 15, 2017
- Length: 29:00
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- Added: Nov 08, 2017
- Length: 28:58
HOUR ONE: "What Is School For?" - Some of the hardest working people in America are teachers. So why do they get so much disrespect? This hour, we'...
- Added: Sep 29, 2017
- Length: 01:58:58
America’s workforce and the economy are rapidly changing. As is the type of work we do. Flip that coin over and you’ll see that institutions and po...
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- Added: Aug 15, 2017
- Length: 29:00
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In the 1970s, over half of America’s university professors were tenured or on the tenure track. Today that figure is around 25-percent and falling.
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- Added: Jun 27, 2017
- Length: 29:00
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American voters have been convinced to vote against their best interests for decades, according to sociology professors Corey Dolgon.
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- Added: Jun 12, 2017
- Length: 29:00
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Title IX protects against sexual assault and gender discrimination at universities. Celene Reynolds discusses the state of Title IX today, and how ...
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- Added: May 10, 2017
- Length: 21:51
- Purchases: 1
Research is not plugging a question into a browser. Yet, we treat the Internet as though it has intelligence. And, in turn, that makes us intelligent.
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- Added: Apr 26, 2017
- Length: 29:00
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Poverty can persist in the same communities for generations, especially communities of color. Professor Darrick Hamilton walks through the policies...
- Added: Apr 21, 2017
- Length: 27:15
Former United States Congress Chief of Staff for The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) Bob Shapiro shares Visions of a Fiscally Healthy Nation with...
Bought by WCNY and KFOI Radio
- Added: Apr 06, 2017
- Length: 27:57
- Purchases: 2
As charter school debates play out at the local level, out-of-state donors are contributing millions of dollars to school board campaigns in cities...
- Added: Mar 15, 2017
- Length: 19:39
The Scandinavian countries … Sweden, Norway and Denmark … boasts the world’s happiest, most productive people. They have equality, low unemployment...
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- Added: Nov 29, 2016
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
There is deep concern for the health of American cities. Frustration with inequality is spreading. Public schools are lagging behind expectation. I...
- Added: Nov 14, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Can a song sway a vote? Learn about the use of campaign music throughout the history of American Presidential campaigns since George Washington thr...
- Added: Oct 05, 2016
- Length: 19:19
Americans appear frustrated today. The economy that was supposed to bounce back following the recession nearly a decade ago, remains sluggish and s...
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- Added: Aug 02, 2016
- Length: 29:00
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In the mid-20th Century, a man named Robert LeFevre (pronounced Luh-FAVE) created a small mountain academy just north of Colorado Springs called Th...
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- Added: Jun 20, 2016
- Length: 59:02
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Presidential politics is the subject of this show. With people so passionate about their choices I talk with listeners about how to use the Emotion...
- Added: May 04, 2016
- Length: 54:03
What’s the purpose of schooling? Reading, writing and ‘rithmetic, right? Well, our guest today begs to differ. Zoe Weil, author and the founder of ...
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- Added: Apr 12, 2016
- Length: 29:40
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In Kansas, public schools are at the heart of a debate about how much money the state should budget for education -- a debate that comes down to a ...
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 32:54
