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Allusionist 31: Post-Love
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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Breaking up is hard to do, and it's hard to put into appropriate words. Comedian Rosie Wilby seeks a better term for 'ex', and family law barrister...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2016
  • Length: 18:28
Pathways for Peace (Hour Long)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Many displaced Iraqis returning to their homes are finding landmines and booby-traps left for them by ISIS fighters. One woman opened her refrigera...

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


  • Added: Feb 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 6
A Preview of the 88th Annual Oscars AFTER-PARTY w/Wolfgang Puck, Event Chair Jeffrey Kurland and Envelop Designer, Marc Friedland
From: Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
Series: The Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano
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I am pretty certain that I throw one of the best dinner parties around, but if there were ever going to be strong competition, the Academy Awards’ ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 17:38
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
30: Nicky Jackson Colaco of Instagram & Parisa Rouhani of The Center for Individual Opportunity
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Nicky Jackson Colaco
There's an old saying, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. But if your company is also in Paris, Shanghai and Peoria, you need someone to balance th...

Bought by KSJD, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Feb 11, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
29: The "Hidden Worlds" of The Kitchen Sisters; Farmgirl Flowers Founder Christina Stembel Upends Some Flower Carts
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, The Kitchen Sisters
Pioneers in radio storytelling, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva discuss the birth of women's radio, what it takes to work together for over 30 years, ...

Bought by KSJD, WMUU-LP, WRIR, KHNS, and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
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
"James White" Director, Josh Mond, and Actor Christopher Abbott
From: Awesome Vegans with Elysabeth Alfano
Series: The Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano
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"James White" director, Josh Mond, and actor Christopher Abbott discuss the making of the film over bagels and coffee with host of The Dinner Party...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2015
  • Length: 30:17
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
19: Fighting the Cause of Cancer, Dr Sandra Steingraber & Karuna Jaggar
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Dr. Sandra Steingraber, Credit: Laura Kozlowski
The causes of cancer seem to be everywhere. From makeup products, to the clothes we wear, and the furniture we buy. And even if it has a pink ribbo...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUT, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
18: Redefining Equality--Anne-Marie Slaughter and Simone Marean, Girls Leadership
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Anne-Marie Slaughter
Our guests are Anne-Marie Slaughter, the author of "Unfinished Business" (and the infamous Atlantic article "Why Women Still Can't Have It All"), a...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KSJD, KWMR, WMUU-LP, KUT and more


  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 7
15: Judge Noel Wise & Ilana Lipsett, Building Safe Communities
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Noel Wise, Judge
What is 'creative place-making'? We talk with the founder of FreeSpace in San Francisco, CA about how the use of vacant real estate can actually br...

Bought by KSJD, KWMR, KMUD, and KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 52:58
  • Purchases: 4
It's a Jungle Out There (Half Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Over the past 50 years, the Amazon rainforest has lost nearly 20% of its forest cover. We talk with the Amazon expert who coined the term “biodiver...

Bought by WJCT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMUD, KVSC, WKCC and more


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
It's a Jungle Out There (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Over the past 50 years, the Amazon rainforest has lost nearly 20% of its forest cover. We talk with the Amazon expert who coined the term “biodive...

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WTJU, KEDT, and WABE


  • Added: Aug 14, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
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
10: Julie Bornstein, StitchFix and Mariam Naficy, Minted, Reinventing Retail
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Mariam Naficy, Minted
Traditional shopping is incredibly inefficient, says Julie Bornstein of StitchFix (and formerly Sephora). But, is the alternative to buy everything...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
6: Shana Rappaport & Amanda Ravenhill; Julia Prochnik, Negotiating Climate Change
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Amanda Ravenhill & Shana Rappaport
Climate change--one view is doom and gloom and destruction. The other is that things could be far more beautiful and regenerative and sustainable a...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WRIR, and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 22, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
5: Leila Janah & Erin Ganju-Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Millions of Women
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Leila Janah, SamaGroup
There are billions of people across the world who are living in poverty and 800 million people who are illiterate--two-thirds of them women and gir...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KSJD, and WRIR


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Meditation For The Rest Of Us: Dan Harris, 10% Happier & Mark Epstein, The Trauma of Everyday Life
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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ABC anchorman and meditator Dan Harris talks about his book, 10% Happier:How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, a...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
4: Tanya Holland & Ann Wheat-The Grit Required of Women to Succeed in the Restaurant Business
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Tanya Holland, Brown Sugar Kitchen
What's it take to succeed in a competitive restaurant market? In a $683 billion industry, less than 5% of restaurant owners are women. Tanya Hollan...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Story of an African childhood: Author Robyn Scott
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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The author of “Twenty Chickens for a Saddle” is a social entrepreneur who works in southern Africa. But back when she was 7 she moved from England ...

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


  • Added: Feb 08, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Margaret Haney on Conversations With Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Dr. Margaret Haney, a Professor of Neurobiology in Psychiatry and Co-Director of the Substance Use Research Center at the Columbia University Medic...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 30:20
Dr. Vanessa Neumann on Conversations With Allan Wolper
From: Conversations with Allan Wolper
Series: Conversations with Allan Wolper, WBGO.ORG
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Dr. Vanessa Neumann has won an international reputation for investigating the relationship between criminal and terrorist organizations from Colomb...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2014
  • Length: 30:14