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Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Conversations With Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, in Harlem. It is part of The New York City Public...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
Episode 16 - Writer Sarah Schulman Interview
From: Andy Moore
Series: Andy's Treasure Trove
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Episode 16 features an interview from 2009 with the noted writer Sarah Schulman, the author of After Dolores, Shimmer, People in Trouble, Rat Bohem...

  • Added: Jan 08, 2014
  • Length: 35:31
Tongue-Tied America (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The fear of public speaking can be debilitating. For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares, and so many of us avoid doing it altogether.

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KVSC


  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Author Doris Kearns Goodwin, a biographer of presidents
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “Bully Pulpit” Doris focuses on the friendship and eventual falling out of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft while describing t...

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


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Best Things In Life Are Free: Adam Browning and Chuck Leavell
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chuck Leavell
This week on Sea Change Radio, we dip into the archives to reconnect with three timeless essentials – the sun, the trees and music. First, we hear ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Managed Car: We Are Cancelling Your Insurance Policy Effective Today
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: New Managed car regulations require us to cover more items than we did before and our company has decided that is Unaffordable... we are cancelling your policy.", Credit: Susan Cook
Well, we thought it might happen. Over at Automobile Behavioral Health they are cancelling managed car insurance policies because the new "required...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:39
Who Rules The World and Why It Matters
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
Boys' State is an experiment in Democracy that a select group of high school boys attend in Maine this week. We can hope they will learn about the...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2013
  • Length: 06:00
Beyond Oil: Michael Marx on Tar Sands and Pipelines
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Michael Marx
Most of the time when we hear about “bureaucratic delays” it is with a sigh and a moan (especially this week when the Federal government is almost ...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Middle Ground Pilot 2
From: Middle Ground
Series: Middle Ground
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The second pilot episode for the new show, Middle Ground, which focuses on news, politics and culture from middle America.

Bought by NPR Illinois


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 56:30
  • Purchases: 1
The War on Empathy: Marion Nestle and George Lakoff
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Marion Nestle
Remember when President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, and “empathy” was transformed by some political commentators into a d...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
Howard Smith interviews Joe Cocker 11/21/1969
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 4 - Woodstock, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with Joe Cocker, Nov. 21st, 1969. Riding on his new success from Woodstock, Cocker and his band return to the US for a qui...

Bought by KVNF, KUOW, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 3
Howard Smith interviews Dennis Hopper & Peter Fonda 6/1969
From: Ezra Bookstein
Series: The Smith Tapes
Caption: Collection 6 - The New Hollywood, Credit: Masaki Koike
Howard Smith's interview with Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda-their first since arriving back in the US following Easy Rider's premiere at Cannes.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
Author Adam Johnson, an American obsessed with North Korea
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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In “The Orphan Master’s Son,” this Stanford University creative writing teacher introduces us to the people of modern-day North Korea. Johnson spe...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Rhett Butler on the Palm Oil Industry
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rhett Butler
The global expansion of the palm oil industry is one of the largest upheavals in modern agricultural history - and one that many Americans know not...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
George Lakoff Part II: Framing the Debate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Lakoff
Last week on Sea Change Radio, influential progressive and cognitive linguist George Lakoff laid out the principles of linguistic framing as they r...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
George Lakoff Part I: The Message
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Lakoff
They say actions speak louder than words, but words are pretty important, too. This week and next on Sea Change Radio, we welcome George Lakoff, th...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author Michael Korda and "Ike: An American Hero"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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An author many times over and former editor-in-chief at Simon & Schuster, a major publishing company, Michael wrote this biography, “Ike: An Americ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author Michael Pollan and "Cooked"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Food guy Michael Pollan’s new book is “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation.” He is a personable, well-spoken walking encyclopedia of Ameri...

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


  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Author David McCullough and "1776"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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David writes both histories and biographies and has narrated many a broadcast program. His latest book is "The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris....

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Legacy of FDR
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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An entire generation of Americans grew up knowing no other president than Franklin D. Roosevelt, who served four terms and led them through the Dep...

Bought by WCNY, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WCWP, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, and WTJU


  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 5
What the Prez Reads Every Day: Author Eli Saslow
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Eli, a staff reporter for The Washington Post and author of “Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President,” chronicles the personal stor...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 1
Author Michael Moss and "Salt Sugar Fat"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Michael Moss describes “bliss point” and “mouth feel,” two of the terms common in the trillion-dollar processed food industr...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2013
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 3
Here Comes The Sun: Adam Browning part II & Matt Wasson
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Adam Browning
Last week on Sea Change Radio host Alex Wise spoke to Adam Browning, the executive director of Vote Solar, a non-profit organization that advocates...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
Vote Solar’s Adam Browning: A Shining Example
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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Listening to the national dialogue on energy policy can be a little discouraging. Not only does it feel like progress is not happening fast enough,...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
Fresh Talk: Pussy Riot
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
Caption: Pussy Riot member, Credit: courtesy Roast Beef Productions
The 2013 South By South West Film Festival, in Austin, Texas, is the setting for this Fresh Talk feature. Cathy Byrd meets filmmakers Mike Lerner a...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 12:24

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