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Conference of the Parties summit
From: Generation Justice Admin
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At the 21st annual "Conference of the Parties" or COP summit, representatives from U.N countries gathered to reach accord on what to do about globa...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:13
Gemma Bulos: Turning A Drop Into A Wave
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Gemma Bulos
If you’re listening to this broadcast, the chances are you can get clean drinking water right from your kitchen sink. But much of the world’s popul...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Billy McComiskey plays traditional Irish music at its finest1
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Billy McComiskey, Credit: Edwin Remsburg, Remburg Inc.
Button accordionist and 2016 National Heritage fellow billy McComiskey plays beautifully and builds a community for irish music.

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:23
  • Purchases: 2
Nev Hyman: Shelter From The Storm
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Nev Hyman
Many people living in Pacific nations, like Vanuatu, Indonesia, and the Philippines, struggle to find adequate shelter, a challenge compounded by t...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Fresh Talk: Sanford Biggers
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Sanford Biggers, Credit: Alexander Stein
American artist Sanford Biggers talks about what inspires him to radically alter old quilts and African sculptures.

  • Added: May 05, 2016
  • Length: 10:13
Fresh Talk: Creative Mornings Miami
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Creative Mornings Miami
Cathy Byrd talks about change as a creative opportunity when she makes an appearance at Creative Mornings/Miami.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 09:38
Fresh Talk: Athi Patra Ruga
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Athi Patra Ruga, Credit: What If The World Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
South African artist Athi Patra Ruga talks about his performance series titled The Future White Women of Azania.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 10:36
Pathways for Peace (Hour Long)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Many displaced Iraqis returning to their homes are finding landmines and booby-traps left for them by ISIS fighters. One woman opened her refrigera...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 6
A New Take on an Old Story: “Juliet” by Danish author Anne Fortier
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Anne’s debut novel is an imaginative contemporary view of Italy's iconic star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Her newest book, "The Lost Sisterho...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
Fresh Talk: Oliver Beer
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Oliver Beer, Credit: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropec
British artist Oliver Beer explores the acoustical character of Kilic Ali Pasa Hamam, a historical Turkish bath, with a small group of local young ...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:33
Fresh Talk: The Studios of Key West
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: U.S. Route 1, Florida Keys, Credit: via Beachside Resident
About The Studios of Key West international residency programs for artists, writers, and musicians, with director Jed Dodds, and residents Josie Si...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2015
  • Length: 08:11
Fresh Talk: Cesar Cornejo
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Havana Museum of Contemporary Art, Credit: Cesar Cornejo
Peruvian artist Cesar Cornejo talks about his project for the 12th Havana Biennial.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 08:18
Fresh Talk: Marinella Senatore
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Marinella Senatore, Credit: Mercedes Elizabeth Lowe
Italian artist Marinella Senatore talks about the performances she's producing for the 13th Lyon Biennial exhibition, La Vie Moderne.

  • Added: Oct 02, 2015
  • Length: 12:03
Can Human-Centered Design "Fix" Humanitarian Aid?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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Design thinking has emerged as a new tool in humanitarianism. Proponents of the trend believe it can solve the problem long plaguing the aid commun...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 27:44
Time is Brain (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Stroke doctors all know the phrase, “Time is brain.” A game changer in stroke treatment is helping some patients achieve a dramatic recovery of bra...

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KEDT, and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 28, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Fresh Talk: Buskerfest Miami with Justin Trieger and Amy San Pedro
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Buskerfest Miami, Credit: Buskerfest Miami
Buskerfest Miami's Justin Trieger and Amy San Pedro talk about working with local musicians to creat a connected, thriving urban core for their city.

  • Added: Aug 26, 2015
  • Length: 09:11
Global Tax Avoidance: Who's Responsible?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Impact: Where Business and Ethics Meet
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We investigate the complex world of tax avoidance, starting with the mining industry in Zambia. Activists, documentarians, and economists give pers...

  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:04
Simon Shaheen: Making Musical Bridges
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Simon Shaheen
Violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions.

Bought by KPVL and WNJR


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Vicente Gutierrez, the publisher and editor of Highway: Making it Work
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Here's how a writer created the music magazine he wanted to read.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KPIP-LP, WNJR, KPVL, and WABE


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
It's a Jungle Out There (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Over the past 50 years, the Amazon rainforest has lost nearly 20% of its forest cover. We talk with the Amazon expert who coined the term “biodiver...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUD, KVSC, WKCC and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Fresh Talk: Erika Hoffmann
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Erika Hoffmann, Credit: Initiartive Magazine
In Berlin, contemporary art collector Erika Hoffmann talks about her love for artists who invent new genres.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:28
Fresh Talk: Binelde Hyrcan
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Binelde Hyrcan
Angolan artist Binelde Hyrcan talks about the transcendence of the imagination in a video featuring four young boys on a beach in his home country.

  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 05:43
Author and MacArthur Fellow Edwidge Danticat talks about her memoir
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Edwidge Danticat, Credit: Jonathan Demme
In this conversation, Edwidge explores the writing of her powerful memoir, Brother, I’m Dying.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Under Magnolia (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Frances Mayes moved to Tuscany, Italy she left behind her family and roots in Fitzgerald, Georgia. In her new memoir Under Magnolia, the renow...

Bought by WCNY, WTJU, WFAE, WABE, KKRN and more


  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 6
How to Save a City (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The first 24 hours after a city declares bankruptcy, there’s a reckoning: what gets to stay and what has to go. (And more...)

Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WABE, KPVL, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 6