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Give War and Peace a Chance (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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January 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. A new book offers Tolstoyan wisdom for troubled times...

Bought by WJCT, WCPN, KRDP, and WLIW


  • Added: Dec 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
Nathaniel Philbrick winner of the 2000 National Book Award for his history In the Heart of the Sea talks about the glories of Moby-Dick
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Charles W. Morgan at Sea
In his slim, lucid and compulsively readable book Why Read Moby-Dick, Nathaniel Philbrick makes an enthusiastic case for taking a look at Melville...

Bought by Prairie Public, KPIP-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: The Baptism of Pocahontas, Credit: Wikipedia
The myths and truths behind the lives of two native women—Pocahontas and Tituba. And more...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KWMR, WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Witches, Slaves, and Heroines
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. And more...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, KRDP, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
#1221- Existentialism and Religion: An Interview with Jonathan Judaken
From: Sandburg Media
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Jonathan Judaken on existentialism and religion; Katy Scrogin on The Myth of the Muslim Tide.

  • Added: Oct 09, 2014
  • Length: 53:50
#1401- Emerging, Emergence, Emergent, Part 1
From: Sandburg Media
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Phyllis Tickle on The Great Emergence; Katy Scrogin on Alain Badiou: Between Theology and Anti-Theology.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 43:16
#1403- Live from Wheaton: Catherine Brekus
From: Sandburg Media
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Catherine Brekus on the Bible and democracy; Katy Scrogin on Political Emotions: Why Love Matters for Justice.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 35:56
#1404- The God Gap, Part 1: Amy Black
From: Sandburg Media
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Amy Black on the separation of church and state; Katy Scrogin on The Reason I Jump.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 34:11
#1409: Lillian Daniel, Part 2
From: Sandburg Media
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Lillian Daniel on the problems of being spiritual but not religious; Katy Scrogin on The Still Point of the Turning World.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 32:00
#1408: Lillian Daniel, Part 1
From: Sandburg Media
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Lillian Daniel on spirituality vs. religiosity; Katy Scrogin on A History of Religion in 5 1/2 Objects: Bringing the Spiritual to Its Senses.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 31:18
#1412 - Religious Objects: S. Brent Plate, Part 1
From: Sandburg Media
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S. Brent Plate on experience, materiality, and physical objects. Excerpt from TV documentary, Divided Families: Responding with Faith.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 39:21
#1416 - A Zeal for History: Looking for Jesus with Reza Aslan, Part 1
From: Sandburg Media
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Reza Aslan on Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth; Katy Scrogin on Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 46:35
Paddle Battle and Puppy Play (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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For coastal cities around the world, surf tourism brings huge revenue, but it can also bring conflict. Plus: With Good Reason goes to the dogs!

Bought by WJCT, 'The Sea', WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Paddle Battle and Puppy Play (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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For coastal cities around the world, surf tourism brings huge revenue, but it can also bring conflict. Plus: With Good Reason goes to the dogs! And...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, WTJU, and KKRN


  • Added: Sep 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Pow Wow Dance
From: KKWE Niijii Radio
Series: Dibaajiimowin
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Carlee breaks down some of the different types of dancing people would see at a Traditional Pow Wow and she tells some origins of how those dances ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 09:20
  • Purchases: 1
Brigham Young: American Moses?
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Brigham Young was a rough-hewn transient from New York who was electrified by the Mormon faith. He married more than 50 women, and transformed a ba...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Delmarva Public Media, and WMNF


  • Added: Sep 05, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
WWI: The Shock of the New
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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Out of the mire and death of World War One, even before the shooting stops, comes the strangest thing: the novel of the century.

Bought by WABE and WRPI


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 58:27
  • Purchases: 2
When America Took to the Air (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In the years after World War I, stunt pilots in small airplanes would fly throughout the country, performing tricks and selling rides to locals—int...

Bought by WCNY, Accessible Media Inc., WTJU, Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, and KKRN


  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
WWI: The War of the Century
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We’re talking the causes and consequences of what MIT professor Stephen van Evera calls “the war that poisoned a century.” We’re still putting out ...

Bought by WRPI and KZYX


  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 58:29
  • Purchases: 2
The River in the Atlantic Ocean
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The Gulf Stream was essential to the early exploration of the New World and continues to influence our climate, weather, environment, and shipping ...

Bought by WJCT, XRAY.fm, KVSC, WEZU, WLIW and more


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Evicted from the Mountains (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...

Bought by WJCT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WFHB, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Evicted from the Mountains (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When Shenandoah National Park was built, hundreds of families were forced off their land. New information has emerged suggesting that some of those...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: May 02, 2014
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 2
Bible Babel (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Making sense of the most talked about book of all time.

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WTJU, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Bible Babel (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Making sense of the most talked about book of all time.

Bought by WCNY and KPVL


  • Added: Apr 11, 2014
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 2
Viva Voce and Civil War Selfies (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Today when we vote, we enter a private space, secretly make our choice, and go about our day. But early voting wasn’t just public; it was a raucous...

Bought by WJCT, WFHB, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMNF, and WLIW


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5