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Founding Friendships (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-American men and women have maintained close friendships since our country’s founding. -When it comes to racism or sexism, why aren’t good intenti...

Bought by WCNY, KEDT, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KRDP and more


  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 6
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In the late nineteenth century, American cities were home to more cyclists than anywhere else in the world. -An animator talks about working on S...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KEDT, KRDP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-In the late nineteenth century,American cities were home to more cyclists than anywhere else in the world. -An animator talks about working on Spo...

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WABE, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Madam Next Door (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-There’s a small town in Idaho where prostitution was practiced openly—in effect, decriminalized. The practice was tolerated, even embraced, until ...

Bought by KRDP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WTJU


  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 3
Pulitzer 100: Encounters at the Heart of the World (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: WGR Special Series
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-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...

Bought by WLPR and KEDT


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 2
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Demystifying the legend of Pocahontas. -The stories of three remarkable enslaved women in Canada who fought back. And more…..

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, WTJU, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. -The stories of three remarkable enslaved women in Canada who fou...

Bought by WJCT, WABE, KRZA, WLIW, WUGA (part of GPB) and more


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 9
Pulitzer 100 Encounters at the Heart of the World (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...

Bought by WCNY, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, and WTJU


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Pulitzer 100 Encounters at the Heart of the World (half)
From: With Good Reason
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-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...

Bought by WLIW


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Kassie Hilgert turns a rust belt graveyard into an arts center.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: SteelStacks, Credit: Jonathan Davies
Reclaiming the abandoned Bethlehem Steel Plant for the arts gives a region new life

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 1
Timothy Egan, author of "The Immortal Irishman"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Host Bob Kustra talks with Egan about his latest bestseller, "The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero"

  • Added: May 06, 2016
  • Length: 30:46
Where Game of Thrones Begins (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-The medieval roots of "Game of Thrones" -Shakespeare and the Muslim characters in his play. -The question of "highbrow" vs. "lowbrow" in art and l...

Bought by WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 9
Where Game of Thrones Begins (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-The medieval roots of "Game of Thrones" -Shakespeare and the Muslim characters in this plays. And more….

Bought by WJCT, Harford Community Radio, WABE, WYAP, KVSC and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Historic Campus Beer (news feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In 2011, archeologists discovered evidence of a brew house on the campus of the College of William and Mary. Lilia Fuquen (foo-kin) reports that b...

Bought by KENW and WABE


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 2
Drink Local (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-How local breweries foster communities. -The story of an unrecognized founding father -The challenges of being a nurse in northern Alaska. And mor...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 7
Drink Local (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-How local breweries foster community. -The story of the unrecognized founding father Robert Morris. And more….

Bought by WJCT, KMUN, WUGA (part of GPB), WYAP, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 11
Great Heaps of Grain and People (and Diseases): On Being Domesticated by the State
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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My guest in this hour is James Scott whose writing is a trek through the history of state-making and resistance to being shackled to governance. Hi...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
Jazz Master Archie Shepp-- A Life in Music
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Archie Shepp: I Hear the Sound, Credit: Created by WOZNIAK
Archie Shepp shares his musical biography—and his thoughts about the legacy of African-American music.

Bought by KMUW, WMUU-LP, WNJR, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 4
Novelist James Lee Burke and “The House of the Rising Sun”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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JLB has published 36 books over 50 years. He’s best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series and the Holland family storie...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 24, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 2
Car Talk (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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An author says NASCAR reflects our culture, society, and values. Plus: Self driving cars are becoming a reality. And the molecular "fingerprints" o...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Ellsworth Kelly: the gloriousness of color and form.
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Ellsworth Kelly in his studio, Credit: Jack Shear
Artist and 2012 National Medal of Arts Recipient, Ellsworth Kelly looks back on his career.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Meet the new Poet Laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Juan Felipe Herrera Unity Poem Fiesta. , Credit: Courtesy University of California-Riverside
The new poet laureate of the United States and two-time National Endowment for the Arts fellow calls for everyone’s heart to speak out.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KFCF FM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WLPR , KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 7
Bringing Home the War Dead (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that. (An...

Bought by WCNY, WGZS, WABE, WDCB, KPVL and more


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 10
Bringing Home the War Dead (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Before the Korean War, American soldiers killed in conflicts abroad were buried in overseas cemeteries. But the conflict in Korea changed that.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, WKCC, WLIW, and KENW


  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
#1401- Emerging, Emergent, Emergence: Phyllis Tickle
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
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We're re-visiting our 2014 interview with Phyllis Tickle. In our conversation we explore the idea that our culture has been shaped by roughly 500-y...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 59:00