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Rod Graham: The Case For Legacy Preference in College Admissions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rod Graham
Legacy students, applicants whose families attended the school, comprised 36 percent of Harvard’s class of 2022. Notably, 77% of students admitted ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Jacob Vigdor: College Admissions Quandries
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jacob Vigdor
Whether it be standardized testing, grades, extracurricular activities or personal essays, the question of how to level the playing field in educat...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2024
  • Length: 29:00
Roderick Graham: The End of Affirmative Action?
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rod Graham
With the right-leaning US Supreme Court poised to eliminate affirmative action in higher education around the country — this seemed like an opportu...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
John Stoehr on Critical Race Theory Pt. 1
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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Have you noticed what’s got the far right-wing of American politics hot-and-bothered lately? This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to John Stoehr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Saving and Caring for Wildlife during the Covid-19 Pandemic with the World Famous Busch Wildlife Sanctuary.
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Saving and Caring for Wildlife during the Covid-19 Pandemic with the World Famous Busch Wildlife Sanctuary. Executive Director Amy Kight and Ressa ...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: May 08, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Science Out in the World (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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There’s a lot to learn in science class: the periodic table, the stages of a butterfly, but also how to be an American citizen.

Bought by KXCV, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 25, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 3
The Myth of Meritocracy: John Brittain on Legacy Preference
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Brittain
The official subject matter of Sea Change Radio is environmental sustainability. This week, however, we are deviating from that to talk about a top...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
"They're Just People" (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Learning lessons on immigration in one of the nation's largest detention centers -- Tracking poachers in Appalachia

Bought by WJCT, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS, KMUN, KRDP and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
John Wilson: Finance of the Future
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Wilson
Many sports fans are familiar with this dilemma: do I want my team to put everything on the line to win now or would I prefer that my team take its...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
High & Dry: Talking Groundwater
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rosemarie and William Alley
With drought-stricken California enjoying its wettest winter in decades, it can be easy to forget that water scarcity is among the globe's most dea...

Bought by WMUU-LP, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 3
Zoe Weil: Sustainable Education, Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Zoe Weil
What if every child emerged from the public educational system with an appreciation for the connectivity of all human and non-human life, and with ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
What Would You Do? (Hour long version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In this hour we talk about ethics and we explore the world's oceans for zooplankton and follow a roving tick robot. (And more...)

Bought by WCNY, WFAE, KPVL, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 5
What Would You Do? (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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If you swipe a stranger’s car and nobody sees, what do you do? In this week's show we talk about ethics (and more...).

Bought by WJCT, WNMU-FM, KKRN, KVSC, WKCC and more


  • Added: Jun 19, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
Food Sleuth Radio, Zenobia Barlow Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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How do we raise children to be “eco-literate” and why does it matter? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for...

  • Added: Apr 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Fresh Talk: Land Arts of the American West
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Land Arts of the American West 2011 participants, Credit: Joe DeMarco
Cathy Byrd drives to Lubbock, Texas, to meet with professor Chris Taylor and architecture students who participated in Land Arts of the American We...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:37
It's critical...change on a grand scale
From: Good Dirt Radio
Series: Good dirt...for a change
Caption: Your efforts do count. Join in!
Learn how a certain number of citizens, getting involved and working for positive change, can change climate history through creating a ‘critical m...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Why we should all go blue.
From: Good Dirt Radio
Series: Good dirt...for a change
Caption: With promising ideas like this one, the future looks good., Credit: http://www.theblueeconomy.org
Join us to find out how common sense and interconnected solutions can turn vast amounts of waste into abundant resources while reducing pollution. ...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Can energy incentives help you? Absolutely.
From: Good Dirt Radio
Series: Energy Buzz
Caption: Where do economy and the environment meet?, Credit: http://www.energyet.com
Tune in to hear how energy incentives can offset the cost of your project, yielding a healthy payback, as well as providing long-term, fixed-energy...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Reap the harvest with a solar garden
From: Good Dirt Radio
Series: Energy Buzz
Caption: Communities, families, and businesses can benefit by co-owning solar units., Credit: http://buildipedia.com
Although the cost of solar panels has decreased significantly, many folks either rent, have shaded roofs or yards, live in condominiums or can’t af...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Cows and Carbon Footprint
From: Good Dirt Radio
Series: The FOOD reality.
Caption: Watch the movie., Credit: http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/action
Among the biggest contributors to climate change is industrialized food production, its long distance transport and systemic use of toxic, oil base...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Planet Walker
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with author John Francis, an environmental scientist who spent 17 years without speaking or riding in a motorized vehicle.

  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 15:08
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Urban Advantage and Reforming the Reforms
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What is the Urban Advantage? This week on Smart City we'll hear about the economic and environmental benefits to living in cities, and find out wh...

Bought by WBEZ, Spokane Public Radio, and WLRN


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
"Songbird Journeys" discussed by author and ornithologist Miyoko Chu
From: Tish Pearlman
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Ornithologist MIYOKO CHU discusses her bestselling book "Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds"

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 09, 2007
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 1