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Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joseph McCarthy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Larry Tye
On the evening of February 9, 1950, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy dramatically announced that he had a list of over 200 members of the Communis...

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
From the National Endowment for the Arts--Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Piece image
Poet Adrian Mateka talks about The Big Smoke a collection of 52 poems about Jack Johnson--the first African-American heavyweight world champion.

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 5
The Idea of the Brain
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Matthew Cobb
There is a lot we don’t know about the human body. We’re always learning. But, what about the part that is allowing us to learn: the brain? After u...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Say I'm Dead
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: E. Dorolas Johnson
Most of us wish to know our family history. Our ancestry. It’s part of understanding and coming to terms with our own identity. But, what if there ...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Damaged Heritage
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: J. Chester Johnson
Although the Tulsa, Oklahoma massacre in the summer of 1921 is now recognized as part of Americas ugly past, another similar act of carnage of equa...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hyper Education
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Pawan Dhingra
Parents and teachers would all agree that changes are necessary in the world of education. Inequality is embedded in the system. Today, parents who...

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Industrial Strength Denial
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Barbara Freese
Corporations have a very long history of denying wrongdoing. Think Wells Fargo, Volkswagen, Exxon Mobile. The list is lengthy. In fact ,the persist...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Island Stories
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: David Reynolds
The British and Americans have always had their similarities. More so now over the past four years. In 2016 The Brits voted to leave the European U...

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  • Added: May 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Decline of Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Shawn Rosenberg
Political historians see the last half of the 20th century as the golden age of democracy. In the last few years, however, there has been a remarka...

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  • Added: May 19, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Archaeology of Burning Man
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Carolyn L. White
In late summer every year a full size city rises in the Nevada desert. Seventy-five thousand people take up residence. By population, it’s the 6th ...

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  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Kent State
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Deborah Wiles
On May 4, 1970, four Kent State University students were killed and nine were wounded by National Guardsmen. The students were unarmed. The Guard w...

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  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fortress America: How We Embraced Fear and Abandoned Democracy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Elaine Tyler May
Long before COVID-19, America emerged as the most armed, fortified, imprisoned and bunkered nation on the planet. Add to that, we’ve become tribal ...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
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No Option But North
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: book cover
Most of us at one time or another ask the question, “Why would people walk hundreds of miles to the U.S. boarder knowing they will probably be turn...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
You Don’t Understand the 2nd Amendment
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jonathan Hennessey
There’s a free, feature length documentary available online. Its purpose is to expose what the Founders of the American Constitution actually sai...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
A Talk with Playwright Lauren Gunderson
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Lauren Gunderson, Credit: Kirsten Lara Getchell
Playwright Lauren Gunderson puts women’s stories at the center of the stage.

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  • Added: Apr 07, 2020
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Staffing the Mission: Improving Jobs in the Nonprofit Sector
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Besy Leondar-Wright
One of the most vulnerable business sectors during the coronavirus is nonprofits. A recent story in The Wall Street Journal reads “Nonprofits Strug...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
In Defense of Public Service
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Cedric Alexander
The folks who do the behind-the-scenes work that keeps our country running have been frequently disparaged by the Trump administration. The “Deep S...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Abandoned Youth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Anne Kim
The transition we experience between the close of our teenage years, and the dawn of adulthood is memorable for most of us. But for four-and-a-half...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Wild Ride
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jason Kelly
There is no question that we live troubling times: pathogenically and economically speaking. We haven’t seen a market so skittish and volatile in m...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The War on Voting
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Thom Hartmann
One of the most important things about living in a democracy is the ability to vote. Yet, according to author and syndicated radio host Thom Hartma...

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  • Added: Feb 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Educated for Freedom
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Educated for
Permanent subjection or exile. Even the abolitionists of the 1800s beloved those were the options for African-American youth.

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  • Added: Feb 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
River of Blood
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Richard Cahan
The Works Progress Administration, what became better known as the WPA, was designed to provide jobs for unemployed Americas. One of their provoca...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Under the Influence
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Robert H. Frank
It’s well understood that our environment affects our behavior. Realistically, though, it works both ways. Our behavior profoundly impacts our envi...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
Doc filmmaker Jenifer McShane takes us on a ride with Ernie and Joe
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ernie and Joe, Credit: Courtesy of Ernie and Joe
Interview with Jenifer McShane who directed Ernie and Joe a documentary follows two San Antonio Police Officers as they respond to mental health c...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
The Ethical Sellout
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Inga Hansen
Usually, when someone is thought to have sold out, it’s a negative reference. It can mean they’ve betrayed their values and ethics. Yet it’s someth...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1