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Stereotypes about Asian-Americans abound - their kids get perfect scores on standardized testing and head off to Ivy League colleges to become doct...
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 06:36
The cornerstones for this program: Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday featuring several artists who benefited from the breakthrough recordings of Mami...
- Added: Dec 03, 2014
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Dec 01, 2014
- Length: 22:32
- Purchases: 1
Livestock, especially cattle, are Public Enemy Number One. That’s been the perceived wisdom for decades. It’s thought that cattle erode soils, poll...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Often without realizing it, we use analogies to express our ideas. As a Presidential speechwriter, John Pollack understands the power of words. In ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Oct 26, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
With a tested “here’s how” approach, Karen Bonnell and Kristin Little help parents confidently take on the challenges of raising children in two ho...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Writer Helen Thorpe provides a detailed account of what happened to the three women who served in the military during the last decade.
- Added: Aug 05, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
When we think of the Big Bands, it’s most often in terms of the Swing Era. Understandable, since those sweet and hot orchestra’s dominated the 1930...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 15, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
In a position that some will find controversial, Jennifer Michael Hecht argues that suicide is quite simply wrong, from a secular point of view. To...
- Added: Jul 10, 2014
- Length: 28:45
- Purchases: 2
When David Gottfried come up an idea for green environmental building 20-years ago, he ran into a number of hurdles. The building industry had been...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 24, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In 2009 Shaun Usher began a blog to showcase correspondence that he felt deserved a wider audience. The blog quickly became popular and widely shar...
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 13:31
When one of Wall Streets biggest scams was revealed in a segment on 60 Minutes, viewers were outraged. Front Running. Although it is legal, it’s, a...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 06, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A Norwegian immigrant in Oregon invented the first quick-release ski binding, which made skiing safer and more appealing.
- Added: May 22, 2014
- Length: 16:51
- Purchases: 2
David M. Howitt is the founder and CEO of Merriweather Group, and he has guided the financial, strategic, brand, and marketing of companies ranging...
- Added: May 13, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
An artist revives the beauty of shortwave radio
- Added: May 03, 2014
- Length: 05:47
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 01:30
- Added: Jan 30, 2014
- Length: 01:30
When you think of America’s original art form – jazz – the last place you’ll probably think of is Belgium. Yet, they too were swept up in the craze...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 26, 2014
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 24, 2014
- Length: 01:30
Human Genomes are almost 100 percent identical. There is one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X...
- Added: Jan 06, 2014
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
- Added: Dec 12, 2013
- Length: 01:30
It’s an understatement to say that Georgia was not known as a mecca for early jazz; nevertheless, there are several quality musicians from the Atla...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 02, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Joseph Jaffe is the author of the bestsellers, Life After the 30-second Spot, Join the Conversation and Flip the Funnel. His latest is co-authored...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 19, 2013
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
Four days before the JFK assassination we find ourselves embroiled in the affairs of a mob family.
Bought by Troy Public Radio
- Added: Nov 18, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Andrew Soloman's proposal, in his recent book, is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition. Our differences are what unite us.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCBX
- Added: Nov 12, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
