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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
How Not to Die
From: JL Fields
Series: Easy Vegan with JL Fields
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Dr. Michael Greger, the physician behind NutritionFacts.org, wrote the book How Not to Die to translate mountains of scientific evidence to support...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
WorldCanvass: Research to Real Life (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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What does it mean to be a ‘research university?’ WorldCanvass guests answer that question from multiple perspectives on this program called “Resea...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2016
  • Length: 31:17
WorldCanvass: Cuba: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Part 1)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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On December 17, 2014, U.S. President Obama and Cuban President Castro announced a new era of openness and interaction between their two countries. ...

Bought by KMUD


  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 25:49
  • Purchases: 1
Episode #24: The Re-Issue Revolution
From: Kill Rock Stars
Series: The Future of What
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Independent labels have long been at the forefront of bringing great music to the public, especially lost gems and overlooked greats that went out ...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 1
Behaving Against Our Interests: Paul Ehrlich #110
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Today it could be argued that human beings daily act against our own self-interests. How? Biologist Paul Ehrlich and fellow scientists tell us we a...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, Bandon Community Radio, WMUU-LP, KRZA, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 27, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 6
WorldCanvass: The Evolution of Climate Change (Part 3)
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Members of the scientific research community, political leaders, and entrepreneurs consider the topic of climate change and how it’s evolved in bot...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2015
  • Length: 26:10
Food Sleuth Radio, Laura Batcha Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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U.S. consumer sales of organic products continue to grow annually, with more than 70% of US adults buying organic foods. But what does the organi...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Big Rockets and Little LightSails
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Space Launch System on the Launchpad, Credit: NASA
Digital editor Jason Davis is a lucky guy. He follows and reports on human spaceflight progress, as well as the progress of the LightSail solar sai...

Bought by WRGY, KMUD, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KWMR, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 8
Science writer Mary Roach talks about "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Mary has developed a career specializing in popular science and doing it with respect and wit. Since the publication of her first book “Stiff,” she...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2015
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 1
Chris Holm discusses "The Killing Kind"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Chris Holm is an award-winning short-story writer whose work has appeared in a number of magazines and anthologies, including Ellery Queen's Myster...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 19:12
Ace Atkins discusses "The Redeemers"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Ace Atkins is the author of seventeen books and is also the author of the New York Times–bestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2015
  • Length: 13:42
Stars for Freedom (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WCNY, WVAS, Vermont Public, WRPI, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 10
Stars for Freedom (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The little-known story of how black actors and entertainers in Hollywood contributed their money, connections, and fame to aid the civil rights mov...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WKCC, KRDP, KENW and more


  • Added: Aug 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Christopher Irvin discusses "Burn Cards"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Christopher Irvin is the author of Federales and Burn Cards, as well as short stories featured in several publications, including Thuglit, Beat to ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:54
The Doctors of Nazi Germany (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, a number of Germa...

Bought by WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WTJU, and WXDU


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 4
The Doctors of Nazi Germany (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In the late 19th century, German medical practices were considered to be the best in the world. But by the start of World War II, a number of Germa...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WKCC, KENW, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Innocence Project (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A conversation with The Innocence Project's Deirdre Enright, perhaps best known to fans of the super-popular podcast Serial as the legal sleuth que...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
Marking Stories of Slavery (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Plantations in America’s South are physical testaments to the great wealth accrued through slave labor. Yet, plantation museums often gloss over th...

Bought by WJCT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WFHB, WABE, WKCC and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Marking Stories of Slavery (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Plantations in America’s South are physical testaments to the great wealth accrued through slave labor. Yet, plantation museums often gloss over th...

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


  • Added: Jun 12, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 7
Nuts and Bolts: Our Brains on STEM (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence? (And more...)

Bought by WJCT, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WKCC, KVSC, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Nuts and Bolts: Our Brains on STEM
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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What if you could change not just how much you know, but your actual intelligence? (And more...)

Bought by WCNY, WYSO, KPVL, WABE, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jun 05, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • 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
How to Save a City (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half 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.

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KKRN, WLPR , KVSC and more


  • Added: May 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Imagining Yoko Ono (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Yoko Ono is best known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her perceived role in the breakup of the Beatles. But she was an accomplished and in...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WCNY, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, WABE, WTJU and more


  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6

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