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Conversations: Ricardo Nuila, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Emily speaks with writer and physician Ricardo Nuila about his debut book The People's Hospital, a love letter to Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, Tex...

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 46:06
TALK MUSIC WITH ME: Ed King & Gary Rossington of Lynyrd Skynyrd [1 of 2]
From: Paul Ingles
Series: Talk Music With Me
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On this episode, it's the first of a two-part edition from our occasional series TALK MUSIC WITH ME. We dig back a few decades into our files to un...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:59
Disruptive Narratives With Dr. Brittany Lewis: A Conversation with Dr. Crystal M. Moten (Part 1)
From: KMOJ-FM
Series: Disruptive Narratives with Dr. Brittany Lewis
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Today in part one of a two-part episode, Dr. Lewis discusses their experiences in academia. Dr. Moten is a Black Feminist Historian who specializes...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 31:17
Musician's Spotlight - Riyaaz Qawwali - 691
From: John Floridis
Series: Musician's Spotlight
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Riyaaz Qawwali represents the diversity and plurality of South Asia. The ensemble’s musicians, who are settled in the United States, hail from Indi...

Bought by KMXT, WMUU-LP, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:32
  • Purchases: 3
Howard Mansfield, THE HABIT OF TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN & more
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We spend the hour with Howard Mansfield, first talking about his new book, THE HABIT OF TURNING THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN (Bauhan Press 2018). It’s abo...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
War, What Is It Good For? (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: Bitwa pod Grunwaldem, Credit: Jan Matejko
If we can't end war, what can we learn from the fight? We look at 3 stories of conflict involving mercenaries, radicalized Union generals and the o...

Bought by WCNY, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WLIW and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 10
War, What Is It Good For? (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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If we can't end war, what can we learn from the fight? We look at 3 stories of conflict involving mercenaries, radicalized Union generals and the o...

Bought by WJCT, WVAS, WNSB, KRZA, WXDU and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Working Class Histories (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Tracking the history under your feet - how enterprising outsiders shaped working class neighborhoods - the truths about homelessness - and more.

Bought by WCNY, RadioFreePalmer, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WTJU, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 13
Slaves Waiting For Sale (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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How one particular painting of slaves waiting for sale changed things at the outbreak of the American Civil War; What was the real reason many Unio...

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


  • Added: Jun 17, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
The Life of Arthur Ashe (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Though he first emerged in the public consciousness as a world-class athlete, Arthur Ashe’s subsequent contributions as an author, activist, humani...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KKRN, and WLIW


  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Allusionist 28: WLTM part I
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Your online dating profile is the latest spin on a 300-year-old tradition of advertising yourself in order to find a spouse, a sexual partner, or s...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 41:08
How The Bard Meant It (half hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-How did Shakespeare's plays really sound 400 years ago. Plus: The big ideas in the plays of Shakespeare. And more….

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, Troy Public Radio, KRDP, WLIW and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 6
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

Bought by WJCT, KRDP, Troy Public Radio, WKCC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

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


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Old Brains, New Brains: The Human Mind, Past and Present
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Brain illustration , Credit: The Popular Science Monthly, 1894
The early days of neuroscience relied on tragedy to strike before doctors could peek inside the brains of humans. Today advanced technology helps s...

  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 43:39
Lisa See and her “China Dolls”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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It’s 1938 in San Francisco. War is brewing around the world, but America's entry into World War II is still several years away. Meanwhile in this ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith on their documentary.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith talk to Andrea Chase about their Oscar(R)-nominated documentary, THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBE...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2010
  • Length: 18:33
Our American Generations- Community - This I Believe essays
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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5 generational essays on Community from This I Believe archive

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
The Face of Poetry
From: David Kates
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"The Face of Poetry" is an exhibit matching black and white photographs of some of the most important poets of the last 50 years with their poems.

  • Added: Jun 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:09