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In this episode, host Richie Rugburn interviews Larry W. Jones about his life and inspiration behind his lyric writing.
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 01:00:00
In 1948, the United Nations said seeking asylum is a basic right to seek protection from government persecution. In my state, there is now a contro...
- Added: Jun 24, 2015
- Length: 04:50
I went to an exhibit of Native American basketry recently- made by Maine Penobscots and Passamaquoddies. The reception was as polished as any other...
- Added: May 25, 2015
- Length: 05:25
Well, in my state the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting published a lengthy article about a veteran lawmaker who is strongly supporting a ...
- Added: May 20, 2015
- Length: 03:23
Not long before the earthquake in Nepal, I drove by yet another SUV with the bumper sticker “No child left a dime.” Then, as now, I am reminded ag...
- Added: May 09, 2015
- Length: 05:55
In this sit down interview Henry Prescott expresses that any disease that limits mobility is a disease he is called to work against.
- Added: May 04, 2015
- Length: 11:13
I dropped by the National Anthem tryouts for the local minor league baseball team. Looking for a story about people singing and why. And then I hea...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 01:42
Chances are if you had the radio on in the 70's and 80's you heard a Michael Martin Murphy song. His Number one, 'Wildfire' or 'What's Forever For'...
- Added: Mar 24, 2015
- Length: 01:50
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry asks questions about what is right and what is wrong. Today's Sixty Second Moral Inquiry asks what is wrong with pol...
- Added: Mar 16, 2015
- Length: 01:19
The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that Arizona’s 2000 law which created an Independent Commission to determine Congressional Re-d...
- Added: Mar 09, 2015
- Length: 07:04
Gary Segura, Latino America: How America's Most Dynamic Population Is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation Gary M. Segura is a Professor...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: Mar 03, 2015
- Length: 25:35
- Purchases: 1
In many parts of the world, torture, harassment and persecution are used to target individuals who criticize , believe, have secrets or religion...
- Added: Dec 19, 2014
- Length: 01:40
The ethical challenge for Facebook has been to re-create the ethics of community where there are real consequences for using information in a destr...
- Added: Nov 28, 2014
- Length: 05:49
Legislative ethics exist to put the brakes on political gamesmanship- whether it’s trading votes to pass a bill, get a fat salaried new Federal job...
- Added: Aug 20, 2014
- Length: 10:07
The vision of Gorbachev now is destroyed by Vladimir Putin. A sonnet will remind us of what Gorbachev made possible and what is now lost by Putin's...
Bought by KICI Iowa City
- Added: Jul 07, 2014
- Length: :57
- Purchases: 1
Vivian Howard is the chef at Chef and the Farmer in the small Eastern North Carolina town of Kinston. She also "co-stars" with her husband Ben Knig...
Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Georgia Public Broadcasting
- Added: Jul 01, 2014
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 2
An interview with MMA fighter and poet Carlo Matos, plus work from issue 7.1
- Added: May 08, 2014
- Length: 17:17
This episode we highlight contributors to issue 7.5 including an interview with National Book Award Finalist, poet Matt Rasmussen.
- Added: May 07, 2014
- Length: 16:47
When politicians talk about "working across the aisle", they talk about it as if they are endorsing a great ethic. But working across the aisle is...
- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 07:04
The protesters in Ukraine are showing us on a very public stage that criticism free from harassment and ridicule of the actions of public elected ...
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 06:47
Winning is the short view of Political gamesmanship.Fake news creation is part and parcel of it. Environmental contamination is the long view when ...
- Added: Feb 10, 2014
- Length: 07:50
Birmingham, Alabama, singer-songwriter Josh Vasa of the band Sanyasi talks about his Indian heritage, writing, and the value of cheesy lyrics.
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 08:24
- Purchases: 3
Les Thomas wrote his way across the South. His travel writing, for Texas newspapers, Southern Living magazine and beyond, has spanned over 45 year...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 07:18
- Purchases: 3
Cancer researcher Alexandra Kaminski is on the verge of a scientific breakthrough when she crosses paths with pharmaceutical representative, Val Do...
- Added: Dec 05, 2013
- Length: 22:08
Having stepped off the fast track of prime-time network television news, John Andrews has chosen a quieter life as editor of Salem News, a small pa...
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 21:28
