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radioBANG Episode 1515
From: Chuck Woodford
Series: radioBANG
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The UN presents an ambitious sustainability agenda to the world.

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Path To Primary Care: Who Will Be Our Next Frontline Doctors?
From: Karen Brown
Caption: Norman Rockwell - Doctor and Doll, Credit: WikiArt Visual Encyclopedia
A half-hour, sound-rich documentary that follows a group of medical residents as they decide whether to enter the fraught field of primary care, or...

Bought by HowSound


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 27:21
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Latin Waves Host Sylvia Richardson
From: Latin Waves Media
Series: Latin Waves Media
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Sylvia L. Richardson is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. She is the host and producer of the internationally...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2014
  • Length: 28:39
Determined to Graduate: 'You're Going to See Me on That Stage'
From: WNYC
Series: WNYC's Educating on the Edge
Caption: Paula Dinh, a student at West Brooklyn Community High School, Credit: Jennifer Hsu/WNYC
It was a battle to the end for high school senior Paula Dinh. After years of skipping class and other bad habits, followed by a big push to change ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jul 22, 2014
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
What's the Matter With College?
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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How did higher education, in general, turn from the days of the GI Bill — and the land grant colleges long before that — to being a trap for sevent...

  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 18:23
Derek Bok: The View from the Top
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Derek Bok is the only two-time president of Harvard University, which is to say he has twice reinvented the management of the oldest, richest, mayb...

Bought by KVSC and KPIK-LP


  • Added: May 21, 2014
  • Length: 31:11
  • Purchases: 2
First in the Family (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nearly a third of college students in the United States are first-generation—meaning their parents and grandparents didn’t go. For many of these st...

Bought by WJCT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KVSC, and WLIW


  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Who Needs College Anyway?
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Schools are almost out; will they still be there in September?

  • Added: May 10, 2014
  • Length: 58:35
San Francisco soup kitchens strive for healthy lunches
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Soup kitchens in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District feed thousands of homeless and low-income people every day. These free meal sites serve as a v...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 17:19
Global Ethics Corner: Should Scholarly Research Be Free For All?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Facing prosecution for illegally downloading millions of academic articles, Internet activist Aaron Swartz recently committed suicide. Should Swart...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
Black Solidarity
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is there still a place for political unity among African-Americans?

Bought by KMUN, KSKQ, KSKQ, WRNC-LP, WHFR and more


  • Added: Jan 11, 2013
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Grit, Luck and Money: Preparing Kids for College and Getting Them Through
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: YES Prep students at an informational session at the University of Oklahoma. YES Prep is a charter school network that serves a low-income population in Houston, Tex. and focuses on getting all of its students accepted into 4-year colleges. , Credit: YES Prep Public Schools
Why are so many low-income students quitting college, and what leads a few to beat the odds and make it through? (8/30/2012)

Bought by WMUU-LP, KPIP-LP, KERA, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
WorldCanvass: The Middle East
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes. This program's focus is The Midle East.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:03:49
Creating Nonviolent Schools and Communities: Highlights from MLK Day
From: On Blast
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How can we make schools safer without criminalizing youth? How can we confront bias violence? What kinds of restorative practices should we impleme...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 1
Body Modification Segmemt
From: Littleglobe
Caption: Photo by: bucaorg, Flickr
In this episode, youth in and around Santa Fe discuss the world of body modification. From tattoos having symbolic meaning to them being a part of ...

Bought by KUNM, Vocalo.org, and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 02, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Seeking Peace on Earth: A Peace Talks Radio Special (2011) [54:00 / 59:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Compelling conversation excerpts from Peace Talks Radio shows on Nobel Peace Prize winners Martti Ahtisaari and Liu Xiaobo; heading off domestic a...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, WSKG, KUNM, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Some College, No Degree: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Alternatives To Violence in Prison (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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A look at the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) which has been going into prisons to offer non-violence workshops to prisoners with the intent...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alternatives To Violence in Prison (Peace Talks Radio) [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A look at the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) which has been going into prisons to offer non-violence workshops to prisoners with the intent...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 3
Peace Week 2010 - Part 1 (Peace Talks Radio) [29:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Part One of a recap of some compelling moments from an online gathering of 75 diverse peacemakers from around the globe in 2010.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KPIP-LP, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Put to the Test
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: Students take a standardized test at a high school in Greensboro, North Carolina., Credit: Billy Barnes
There’s been a dramatic change in public education over the past 10 years and it’s all about numbers. (9/6/2007)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KPIP-LP, NPR Illinois, WTIP, KERA and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Philosophy Talk Highlights
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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It's a Philosophy Talk highlight reel for your public radio pledge drive!

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KRZA, KTSW 89.9, KMXT, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 07, 2011
  • Length: 50:58
  • Purchases: 5
Faculty Insight - a partnership with Harvard Extension School - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: North Atlantic Right Whale, Credit: US Marine Mammal Commission
This ThoughtCast hour introduces Faculty Insight, a partnership with Harvard Extension School, in addition to a series of interviews on endangered ...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Peacemaking from the "Third Side": Peace Talks Radio [59:00 / 54:00]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: The Third Side by William Ury
The "Third Side" looks at conflict not just from one side or the other, but from the larger perspective of the surrounding community, or “third sid...

Bought by WRGY, KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2010
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 5
Philosophy Talk Live! Fundraising Special
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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A fundraising special from the award winning, nationally syndicated Philosophy Radio Program.

Bought by KANW and WVTF


  • Added: May 17, 2010
  • Length: 48:58
  • Purchases: 2