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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR celebrates the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, Martin Espada, whose new book FLOATERS tackles the social issue...
- Added: Nov 26, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The average American knows corruption exists in every corner, but most of us are not aware of just how rampant it is. We know the tip of the iceber...
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- Added: Nov 15, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s governing style isn’t just toxic—it’s incompetent. We talk with Ross Barkan about his book, The Prince: Andrew Cuomo, The C...
- Added: Aug 04, 2021
- Length: 59:00
Most of us, by now, are familiar with the gang known as MS-13. How it evolved into a violent group is a peculiar story with a twist on its evolution.
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- Added: Oct 13, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Imagine the challenges of advising a president … any president … of the United States. Even in the best of times, it can mean a great deal of press...
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- Added: Jul 20, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A myriad of issues have come to light as we deal with the COVID pandemic. We are discovering weaknesses in our health care and workforce. Neither i...
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- Added: Jul 14, 2020
- Length: 28:59
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The path to political victory should be simple: accrue more points that your opponent, and you will win. Not so fast. U.S. elections aren’t nearly ...
- Added: Jun 11, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Best known for his path-breaking work on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, published in 1938, Trinidadian C.L.R. James was often at the c...
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 58:05
On December 17, 2014, U.S. President Obama and Cuban President Castro announced a new era of openness and interaction between their two countries. ...
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- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 25:49
- Purchases: 1
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
Internationally-renowned scholars on the Middle East and Arab world join host Joan Kjaer to explore "The Arab Spring in a Global Context."
- Added: May 06, 2015
- Length: 34:53
Internationally-renowned scholars on the Middle East and Arab world join host Joan Kjaer to explore "The Arab Spring in a Global Context."
- Added: May 06, 2015
- Length: 29:55
Lee Matthew Goldberg graduated with an MFA from the New School. He is a regular contributor to The Montreal Review and The Adirondack Review. His ...
- Added: Mar 05, 2015
- Length: 12:06
Nights are getting brighter and most of us no longer experience true darkness.
Bought by WCNY, WXDU, KKRN, WTJU, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more
- Added: Dec 19, 2014
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 6
Why torture doesn't work. How to trick the enemy into revealing secrets. Lessons from the Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe. The British Poli...
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- Added: Dec 12, 2014
- Length: 27:31
- Purchases: 2
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, German physicians...
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- Added: Mar 28, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 7
Today 4.7 million Americans have been unemployed for more than six months. In France it’s more than ten percent; Israel is above seven percent; and...
- Added: Feb 04, 2014
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 2
One is earthy and comical--an 18th century musical tale of thieves, tramps and trollops. The other is the most beloved holiday concert piece in the...
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- Added: Nov 13, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
We know it as “Good King Wenceslas,” but the carol, written in the mid-1800s, has a tune borrowed from a medieval salute to spring flowers! Join ho...
- Added: Nov 13, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
They stand in humble contrast with those other famous visitors to the stable in Bethlehem--the mysterious and awesome Three Kings—but it is the she...
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- Added: Nov 11, 2013
- Length: 59:00
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Many composers—Jewish or not—have used Hebraic themes and styles in their music, and whether recalling sacred rituals or scenes from village life, ...
- Added: Oct 31, 2013
- Length: 59:00
Passions for food and music shine through the nation of Catalunya.The traditional, the innovative, the very local and the trans-Mediterranian fusio...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:00:00
Lives could be saved and patient care enhanced by adapting the relevant lessons of aviation safety and teamwork. This is the premise of Suzanne Go...
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- Added: Mar 25, 2013
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
Energy policy expert Kate Gordon of The Center for the Next Generation talks about what state and local governments, as well as Congress and the Pr...
- Added: Dec 29, 2012
- Length: 28:18
A recent book critical of Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder has raised controversial questions about our founding father. Allison Quantz has the st...
- Added: Nov 09, 2012
- Length: 02:47
