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Building Bridges Through Children's Literature
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Co-founder of I’m Your Neighbor Books Kirsten Cappy builds bridges through children’s literature

Bought by WMPG, KMUN, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Mar 12, 2024
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 6
Take AUTHORity of Your Life with Kelly Sullivan Walden
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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How a daily writing practice can help you reframe your life and restore your sense of self with our guest, author Kelly Sullivan Walden.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 54:42
Meet Performance Poet and Educator Amalia Ortiz
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Amalia Ortiz , Credit: Ned Meneses
Performance poet and theater arts director Amalia Ortiz discusses her work at SAY Sí, her own award-wining art, and the intersection between the two.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
David Serkin Ludwig: Expanding the Language of Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: David Serkin Ludwig
David Serkin Ludwig talks about his life in music both as a composer and as an educator dedicated to new music and expanding the music community

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 13, 2022
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 3
Race at the Top
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Natasha Warikoo
All parents want their children to have advantages in their academic careers. In America of the past, that translated to white parents using public...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Power Worshippers
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Katherine Stewart
There is a powerful movement in America that is reshaping our political landscape. Anyone who does not agree with their agenda is disenfranchised. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Beyond Knowledge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: William Halal
For the past 20-years or so, our society has been deep in the Knowledge Age. Now, it’s about to be replaced by the digital revolution and artificia...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Privatization of Everything
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Donald Cohen
Democracy is more efficient, and equally distributed when public goods are created. Things like free education, public health, open parks, clean wa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Measure What Matters
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: J.M. Beach
Measuring what and how much students learn is a daunting task. That’s the basic problem for education in America. But when you investigate the educ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 26, 2021
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
A conversation about Disability Design
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Open Style Lab's Grace Jun works on garment design concepts at NYU Langone Health’s Initiative for Women with Disabilities, Credit: Open Style Lab
A conversation about disability design from an overview to disability design in practice

Bought by WMPG, KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Arts Education: Helping Students Move Forward
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Space Messengers Project
Arts Education and its singular role as students begin another Covid-impacted school year with Ayanna Hudson, director of Arts Education at the Nat...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, RADIOLEX, Spokane Public Radio, and KZUM


  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 4
A Path to Free College
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Michelle Miller-Adams
Quite a number of voices are heard lately calling for tuition free college. After all, European countries offer free tuition at their institutions ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
America’s Critical Thinking Crisis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Steven Pearlman
Problem solving skills. Most of Americas students have serious challenges in that area. In fact, they rank among the lowest in the world. Research ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WHFR, and KCBX


  • Added: Mar 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Education
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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Critical Thinking is a set of skills that most students learn at a relatively early age. Even students who don’t do well in school are familiar wit...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Forgotten People
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Arthur Lieber
It wasn’t that long ago that the Democratic party was primarily made up of blue collar workers. That has flipped in the last few years, especially ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Diversifying Power
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jennie C. Stephens
The inadequate response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the US has also thwarted the country’s response to the climate crisis. Some feel it’s due to le...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
The Coming of Neo Feudalism
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Joel Kotkin
Feudalism. Now that’s a word you don’t hear very often. It’s been a long time since we’ve had a structured society of that nature. But, even more c...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 25, 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...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Is Air Drying Your Clothes Worth It?
From: Possibly
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Dryers do use a lot of energy. If you were to rank your household appliances by how much energy they use, your dryer would probably come in 3rd, ri...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 29, 2020
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
What is methane and how does it relate to climate change?
From: Possibly
Caption: Gas furnace
Methane is a gas that’s created when something organic decomposes in a location that doesn’t have oxygen. The largest human-caused source of metha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:21
  • Purchases: 2
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...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Why Cities Lose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Jonathan A. Rodden
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 ...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Work, Love and Learning in Utopia
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Martin Schoenhals
Hierarchies are deeply embedded in human societies. They are so much a part of our being they’re hardly given a second thought. Status is sought af...

Bought by KRZA and KCBX


  • Added: May 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Morality and the Environmental Crisis
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Roger S. Gottlieb
Here’s the conundrum: a good person doesn’t knowingly create devastation and suffering. Yet, that is exactly what we’re doing with our environment....

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: May 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Behind the Scenes with the documentary Personal Statement
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Christine Rodriguez celebrates with a student she is helping apply to college, Credit: Juliane Dressner
Personal Statement takes us into the lives of three public HS seniors who are determined to go to college and take their classmates with them.

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1