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Up Close And Acoustic with Tom Hampton
From: Charlie Silvestri
Series: Up Close And Acoustic
Caption: Tom Hampton, Credit: Promo shot from Tom Hampton's Bandcamp page
Singer/songwriter, sideman extraordinaire, and player of seemingly all instruments Tom Hampton joins us today. Based in Nashville (but I knew him w...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2024
  • Length: 01:04:43
Top of Mind - Are All Medical Treatments Safe and Effective?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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It’s easy to assume medical treatments available in the US are safe and effective. Let’s challenge that assumption.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KOWS, WYAP, KSTK, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Funny or Offensive? Why It's So Hard to Draw the Line in Humor.
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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We love to laugh, but navigating comedy can feel like a minefield. Who gets to decide what is funny or offensive?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - Do Traffic Stops Contribute to Public Safety
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Police officers spend a lot of time on routine traffic stops because they make us all safer, right? We're assessing our assumptions about public sa...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 11
Top of Mind - The Changing Ways We Decide Who Gets into College and Why it Matters.
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Now that test score requirements are in flux and affirmative action is illegal, how do we decide who gets into college?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 30, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - When Living Longer Conflicts With Dying Well
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What does it mean to die well? Too often people want easy ways out. Either do everything no questions asked, grin and bear it, or give me a suicide...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KOWS, KSTK, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:53
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Why We're Anxious About Retirement in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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There’s good reason to be anxious about retirement in America. The US shifted to a do-it-yourself system in the '80s that sets a lot of us up to fail.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, RADIOLEX, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Aug 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:52
  • Purchases: 5
StoryCorps: Freedom School Summer
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Freedom School students Deborah Carr, Stephanie Hoze, Theresia Clark-Banks, Julia Clark-Ward, Glenda Funchess, and Don Denard came to StoryCorps to...

  • Added: Aug 05, 2024
  • Length: 03:09
Top of Mind - Why Do Family History
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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What do you do when you discover the branch of your family tree that you've always been proud of includes a dark family secret? Is it always better...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jul 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Episode 201: Going Deep on Making America Better with Nicholas Kristof, 7/14/2024
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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Change and optimisim

  • Added: Jul 12, 2024
  • Length: 59:01
AMERICAN DREAMS from the San Francisco Mime Troupe -- Andre Amarotico interview.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Andre Amarotico talks quick changes, playing villains, and emotional literacy.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2024
  • Length: 14:52
Top of Mind - Where’s the Middle Ground on Affirmative Action?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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The US Supreme Court is again considering whether universities can make an applicant’s race part of the decision to admit or reject.

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, KSTK, RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: Jun 13, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Top of Mind - How Can We Help More Kids Thrive in America?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Many children in America are really struggling. We are dealing with kids that are in a different space mentally than we've ever experienced before....

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX and more


  • Added: May 31, 2024
  • Length: 52:49
  • Purchases: 7
Top of Mind - What Does It Mean to Be White in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Many Americans with white skin have begun to think explicitly about race and its consequences. What does it mean to be white in America?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: May 24, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 3
Top of Mind - A Deeper Look at Wrongful Convictions in America
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Wrongful convictions happen all the time in America, and they could happen to anyone. How do we stop innocent people from going to prison?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KSTK, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 9
Top of Mind - What Are the Effects of Marijuana Criminalization
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Our nation’s laws about marijuana are remarkably inconsistent. What are the effects of marijuana criminalization?

Bought by KZYX, KMXT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., RadioStPete Florida, KOWS and more


  • Added: May 02, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Does the U.S. Have a Moral Obligation to Asylum Seekers
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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People around the world look to America as a land of opportunity and safety. Do we have an obligation to asylum seekers requesting protection?

Bought by WXDU, KOWS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WGCU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Political Primaries
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Why don’t more Americans vote in primary elections? Are open, partisan or closed primaries better for voter engagement?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS, KMXT, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Riding the waves of feminism: a conversation with scholar Bettina Aptheker
From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery
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Noted feminist scholar Bettina Aptheker explores the dawning of her feminist consciousness in waves. Daughter of a communist, Aptheker had to throw...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
Top Of Mind - What Does Justice in Healthcare look Like
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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How do we determine justice in healthcare? Some people have worse health because of factors beyond their control; is that fair?

Bought by WXDU, KMXT, RadioStPete Florida, KSTK, KOWS and more


  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 6
Top of Mind - Is Government Transparency Essential in a Democracy?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Government transparency is a basic tenet of American democracy. But openness in government always has a cost. What’s the right balance?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - How American Boys and Men are Falling Behind
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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American boys and men are falling behind. Have we accidentally overlooked their struggles?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 4
Top of Mind - Many Students Lack Motivation to Learn. What Can We Do?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Between chronic absenteeism and shifting grading systems, we know many students lack motivation to learn. What can schools do differently?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and KMXT


  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5
Top of Mind - Common Ground in the Debate Over Teaching Kids About Race in School
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Should public schools in America teach kids about race and racism?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, KMXT, KOWS and more


  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 8
Top of Mind - Is Perspective-Taking the Key to Overcoming Polarization?
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Is perspective-taking (the ability to see things from another’s point of view) the key to overcoming polarization in society?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSTK, WXDU, KOWS, and KMXT


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 5