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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
We're Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Month with author Cynthia Leitich Smith
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Cynthia Leitich Smith, Credit: Christopher T Assaf
YA and children’s author and curator Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) discusses the joys and responsibilities of writing and curating authentic Nat...

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


  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 28:23
  • Purchases: 6
Meet Meg Medina: Library of Congress’s 2023-24 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Meg Medina, Credit: Scott Elmquist
Author and Library of Congress’s 2023-24 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina wants to spark joy in young readers as they f...

Bought by WSLR and KZUM


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Drawing Deportation
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Silvia Rodriguez Vega
Family separation. Deportation. Border crossing deaths. Profiling. Limited access to resources such as quality education and healthcare. All of the...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KCBX


  • Added: Feb 07, 2023
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Author Kevin Wilson's talks about his funny and moving novel Nothing to See Here
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kevin Wilson, Credit: Leigh Anne Crouch
Author of the NEA Big Read title Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson discusses the serious issues at the heart of this outrageous (and outrageously fu...

Bought by KVNF, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 7
End Kids Cancer
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Frank Kalman w/daughter Cali
Nearly 30-years ago the Committee on Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children released a new study. Not surprising, they found an abundance ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Back to School: with Jenny Mendez of The Mattie Rhodes Art & Cultural Center in Kansas City, MO
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jenny Mendez
Jenny Mendez discusses the Mattie Rhodes Art & Cultural Center’s work in arts education and community programming.

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


  • Added: Aug 16, 2022
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 5
Meet Author Kate DiCamillo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kate DiCamillo, Credit: Courtesy: Candlewick Press
A conversation with YA and children’s author Kate DiCamillo about reading and writing.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Role of Arts Education in the New School Year from the National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Caption: Ayanna Hudson, Credit: Gregory Gilmore
With the new school year upon us, the National Endowment for the Arts shares how arts education can play an important role in helping students tra...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 06:36
Quick Study from the National Endowment for the Arts
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Quick Study
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Quick Study, the monthly podcast from the National Endowment for the Arts. This is where we’ll share stats and stories to help us better understand...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 06:37
Broke in America
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Broke in Aemerica, Credit: jacket design by Pete Garceau
Approximately twelve percent of America’s population living in poverty. That’s not including those who barely make it month to month. Some see pove...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
River of Blood
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Richard Cahan
The Works Progress Administration, what became better known as the WPA, was designed to provide jobs for unemployed Americas. One of their provoca...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 05, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Raising White Kids
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Jennifer Harvey
America is one of the most racially diverse nations in the world. We’re also a country full of racial tension. These conflicting truths make it esp...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 01, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
End Kids Cancer
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: End Kids Cancer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children from 1 to 14 years old. According to the American Cancer Society more than 10,000 children ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with blogger and author Rebecca Barry about her memoir "Recipes for a Beautiful Life."
From: Out of Bounds
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Rebecca Barry talks about her wonderful memoir "Recipes for a Beautiful Life"

  • Added: Sep 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Sue Klebold
Guilt can haunt any parent whose child commits suicide. That’s especially true for a murder-suicide.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Ballerinas Who Are Mothers: It's a Balancing Act
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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With her book, Balancing Acts,photographer Lucy Gray takes us backstage with dancers who are mothers.

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 12, 2017
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
A.D.H.D. Nation
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Alan Schwartz
A high percentage of children in the United States are getting diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, as it’s become known.

Bought by KCBX and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Dilemmas of Educational Ethics
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Meira Levinson
This is about our kids, our future generations. Ask any grade school teacher, and they’ll tell you the job is very challenging.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Carla Perlo, founder and artistic director of Dance Place
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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How Dance Place’s open door policy helped transform an underserved neighborhood into a vital arts district. -

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Far from the Tree
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Andrew Soloman
Andrew Soloman's proposal, in his recent book, is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition. Our differences are what unite us.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KCBX


  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
What's What Radio: Go Out and Play
From: Paul McCarthy
Series: What's What Radio
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Why is the parenting phrase "go out and play, kids!" becoming endangered? Meredith Grimm wanted to ask how parents avoid both hovering and neglect ...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 35:25
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: The Video Game Violence Debate (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As notoriously violent video games continue to release new versions, Peace Talks Radio explores the debate over the effects of video game violence ...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, WFIU and more


  • Added: May 04, 2008
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 11
Peace Talks Radio: The Video Game Violence Debate (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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As notoriously violent video games continue to release new versions, Peace Talks Radio explores the debate over the effects of video game violence ...

Bought by WGDR and WMNF


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Over-the-top birthday parties for children
From: Deb Krumholz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Leading researcher talks about the ratcheting up of children's birthday parties

  • Added: Aug 16, 2007
  • Length: 26:49