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Ferdinand the Cultural Icon (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The unlikely story of a pacifist bull - Hidden messages scribbled in library books - Murder & poetry in Chaucer's London - A novel look at race rel...

Bought by WCNY, KTOO, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan, WTJU and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
Ferdinand the Cultural Icon (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The unlikely story of a pacifist bull - The hidden messages scrawled in library books

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WUGA (part of GPB), KKRN and more


  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 9
Ferdinand, The Misunderstood Bull (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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In 1936, just as the Spanish Civil War was beginning, an instantly successful and highly controversial children’s book arrived on the bookshelves. ...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Jan 27, 2017
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
Monsters in the Classroom (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Why Gothic literature is more popular than ever with young kids. -How creating 'monsters' in the classroom can help young students learn and grow....

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


  • Added: May 20, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 6
Harrell Fletcher: Art as Social Practice
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: First-grade docents at Portland's King School, Credit: Courtesy of harrell Fletcher
Harrell Fletcher shares his passion for social practice—creative projects in communities that are by, for, and of the residents.

Bought by WABE, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
Marching the Alcotts: "We Really Lived Most of It"
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Our guest is Pulitzer Prize winning biographer John Matteson whose The Annotated Little Women was published last month. Alcott’s often autobiograph...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 22, 2015
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 1
The Sex Education You Wish You Had
From: Gordon Whiting
Series: In Deep with Angie Coiro: Live at Kepler's
Caption: Angie Coiro, Credit: Host, Senior Producer
Show #81 Hour 2 April 18, 2015 | Guests: Julie Metzger and Dr. Robert Lehman, Sex and Health Educators at Great Conversations, Seattle WA.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:51
  • Purchases: 2
A Conversation with Carla Perlo, founder and artistic director of Dance Place
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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How Dance Place’s open door policy helped transform an underserved neighborhood into a vital arts district. -

Bought by KPIP-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 26, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 2
Let's Slam!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: DC Youth Slam Team
The DC Youth Slam Team is an award-winning internationally acclaimed poetry group. Listen to their poems and find out how it all comes together wit...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KGNU Community Radio, and WNJR


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
Author Temple Grandin, the public face of autism
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This outspoken Colorado author is known around the world for many things. She is one of the top scientists in the humane livestock industry. A few ...

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


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:02
  • Purchases: 2
Maurice Sendak on Being a Kid
From: Blank on Blank
Series: Blank on Blank
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"I still think the same way I thought as a child. I still worry. I'm still frightened... Nothing changes." - Maurice Sendak In 2009 Newsweek's And...

Bought by WABE, KALW, KJZZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 06:00
  • 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
SISTER -- Ursula Meier
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Writer/director Ursula Meier talks the power of thinking, the tug of family, and the avoidance of cliches..

  • Added: Dec 09, 2012
  • Length: 17:58
Food Sleuth Radio, Connie Evers Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Good nutrition is especially important during childhood, but feeding kids well has never been harder in the face of unprecedented food marketing di...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
WRECK-IT RALPH -- Rich Moore Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Rich Moore, San Francisco, CA. 10/17/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Rich Moore talks existential angst, the animated need for snack food, and why a sour ball was the role he was born to play.

  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 14:34
THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN -- Joel Edgerton & Peter Hedges interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Joel Edgerton, Peter Hedges, San Francisco, CA 8/2/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Writer/director Peter Hedges and co-star Joel Edgerton talk why pencils matter, the importance of death to life, and the magic in the ordinary.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2012
  • Length: 11:51
Chris Butler & Sam Fell -- PARANORMAN
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Sam Fell and Chris Butler, San Francisco, CA 7/27/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Co-Directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell talk using fantasy to enhance reality, the perfection of the imperfect, and why slugs lend themselves so rea...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 20:39
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD -- Director/co-writer Benh Zeitlin
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Benh Zeitlin, San Francisco, CA 6/5/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Benh Zeitlin talks life, death, and ulterior motives.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2012
  • Length: 12:45
FIRST POSITION -- Filmmaker Bess Kargman interview.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Bess Kargman talks balance, commitment, and synchronicity.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2012
  • Length: 26:24
Food Sleuth Radio, Faith Boninger Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Faith Boninger, Ph.D., National Education Policy Center, discusses the full cost of commercialization of public education and food and beverage mar...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
INTRUDERS -- Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Juan Carlos Fresnadillo talks secrets, nightmares, and making the darkness visible.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2012
  • Length: 11:18
BOY -- Filmmaker Taika Waititi
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Taika Waititi, San Francisco, CA 3/15/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Taika Waititi talks childhood, hero worship, and whether or not the Maori are one of the lost tribes of Israel.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2012
  • Length: 11:55
Child Abuse & Neglect
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Author Diane Champe' discusses her latest book, Conquoring Incest

  • Added: Apr 03, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Child's Mind
From: Thomas Dodson
Series: Champs Not Chumps
Caption: Chris Willard, author of Child's Mind (2010, Parallax Press)
Champs Not Chumps talks with psychotherapist Chris Willard about his book, Child’s Mind.

  • Added: Jan 21, 2011
  • Length: 31:10
To Test or Not to Test
From: With Good Reason
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If you could have your DNA screened for your risk for disease, would you do it?

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1