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A New Era For SETI Research—More on the Breakthrough Initiatives
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Screen shot of SETI@Home at work, digging through data for ET’s call., Credit: SETI@Home
We follow last week’s conversation with Ann Druyan about the $100 million funding of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence by visiting two o...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KMUD, WQCS, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 11, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Reducing Sibling Rivalry
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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This time on Peace Talks Radio, the conflict scenario that we’re going to look into with our guests is ubiquitous across cultures and is as old as ...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KGNU Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Jul 25, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
A Small, Distant World: Kepler 138b
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: An artist’s conception of what Kepler 138b, its sister planets and its star might look like., Credit: Danielle Futselaar, SETI Institute
SETI Institute scientist Jason Rowe returns to tell us about the smallest exoplanet so far that has had its size and mass determined. Jason also ta...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KMUD, KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 7
Improving the Relationship Between Citizens and Police
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We asked a number of different stakeholders for their top ideas about improving the relationship between citizens and their law enforcement officer...

Bought by KUHF, KTOO, WRGY, RadioFreePalmer, WCPN and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Independence Special (Hour 2)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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As we celebrate the the unique place in our nation's history, in light of recent events and as we celebrate our founding, let’s return to one natio...

Bought by KPVL and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
JASON AND SHIRLEY -- Stephen Winter Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Stephen Winter
Stephen Winter on freedom, responsibility, and art by any means necessary.

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 18:27
  • Purchases: 1
James Barrat offers a cautionary look at advanced artificial intelligence
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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In his book, “Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era,” James Barrat peers into the future to explore the perils ...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 30:11
Considering Loneliness
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Some researchers suggest that loneliness can be lethal in that it can have significant physical and emotional effects. When is a loner personality...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KGNU Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Letters from Ukraine
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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Relevant Tones has been carrying on a correspondence with several musicians in this war-torn region, where making music has recently been a challen...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:28
Love or Fear: Which Motivates Us More? (59:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Four competing essayists debate the question "Love or Fear: Which Motivates Us More?" at the 2014 "Great American Think Off" in New York Mills, Min...

Bought by KUOW, WEKU, KUOW, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
5 TO 7 -- Victor Levin Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Victor Levin talks romance, rejection, and ruffling innocence.

  • Added: Apr 03, 2015
  • Length: 13:37
Indigenous Experiences, Values, and Peacemaking (59:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Author, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
This time on Peace Talks Radio, we explore how Indigenous people in the United States handle the conflict of living in a world taken from their anc...

Bought by KRWG, KUOW, WCPN, WEKU, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 23, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Demands on 2nd & 11th Graders Are Similar?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
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It may seem obvious that the academic demands on an 11th grader are more intense than a 2nd grader. However, what may be surprising is the number o...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:43
Snap 531: High and Mighty, 12/18/2014
From: Snap Judgment
Series: Snap Judgment Weekly
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Power is a funny thing. If people have it, they think they control you. But what if you decide, they don't have it anymore? On the next all-NEW Sna...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
Sports Programs That Point To Peace (59:00) (Peace Talks Radio)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We look at some programs that stress the peacemaking, unifying aspects of sports and we ask the question, why don't more celebrated sports stars sp...

Bought by KUHF, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, RadioFreePalmer, and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 5
North Indian and Persian Cultures Combine in a New Twin Cities Production
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
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Rita Mustaphi has lead Kathak Dance Theater for decades. Maryam Yusafzadeh has led the Persian-based musical group, Robayat for a similar duration,...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • 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
DEAR WHITE PEOPLE -- Justin Simien Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Justin Simien, San Francisco, CA 10/17/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Justin Simien talks satire, social mirrors, and the truth of life.

  • Added: Oct 21, 2014
  • Length: 11:56
Is Capitalism Working?
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Casey Stengel raised the question about baseball’s miserable Mets long ago: anybody here know how to play this game? It’s the question more and mor...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Oct 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
Bette Davis on The Sexes
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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""I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman." - Bette Davis, 1963. Interview by Shirley Eder. Bette Davis w...

Bought by KZYX, WABE, Troy Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 07:13
  • Purchases: 4
THE LAST OF ROBIN HOOD -- Richard Glazter and Wash Westmoreland Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland talk sensitivity, existential souls, and truth being stranger than fiction.

  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 12:09
Fritz Pleitgen: Lessons from the Stasi
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Fritz Pleitgen is a journalist who covered the Stasi in East Germany during the 1980s. He explains how one lives and acts in a surveillance state.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 02:28
  • Purchases: 1
Chris Cooper and Marianne Leone on "Chasing the Dream: Arts School" (Excerpt)
From: Open Source
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For the perspective of experience and solid accomplishment, we're asking two pros in the middle of enviable careers what they learned in and out of...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Maya Angelou in Conversation with Studs Terkel: March 13, 1970
From: The WFMT Radio Network
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Maya Angelou discusses growing up in Stamps, Arkansas, and early adulthood experiences as recounted in her recently released autobiography I Know W...

Bought by PRX Demo Station, KAAD-LP, KRDP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KMUZ and more


  • Added: May 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:04:47
  • Purchases: 27
TEENAGE -- Matt Wolf Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Matt Wolf, San Francisco, CA 3/7/14, Credit: Andrea Chase
Matt Wolf talks rhythm, controversy, and hideously rare footage.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2014
  • Length: 16:45