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Lost & Found Show 11 - this week's A+ repertoire comes from Aimee Mann, John Mayer, Gladys Knight and Diefenbach etc.
From: Original Media
Series: Lost & Found
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A one-hour showcase of "the best music you've never heard" curated and hosted by contemporary music historian, author and broadcaster, Luke Crampton.

Bought by KSRQ, WXXI Rochester, KMXT, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 4
Global Pandemic, Climate Change, Virtual Tourism: Twenty Twenty novel predictions in 1995
From: World Footprints LLC
Caption: Twenty Twenty Book cover
In 1995, the late author Nigel Watts published his highly acclaimed fictional book, Twenty Twenty, that foretold the events the world is experienci...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2020
  • Length: 35:59
An African-American and Latinx History of the United States: A Conversation with Paul Ortiz
From: John Shuck
Caption: Paul Ortiz
A "Bottom-Up" history of the U.S. from an African-American and Latinx viewpoint.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Jun 04, 2018
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Dystopian Future
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Joel Kotkin
Population growth is causing us to rethink our urban and suburban lifestyles, and with that, redesigning cities is a new fad.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Sucking Up: A Brief Consideration of Sycophancy
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Mark & Deborah Parker
When someone spends their time flattering their boss or superior, they’re known as a sycophant. It’s also called the “slime effect.” Although it wa...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
STEM for Girls
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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It probably won’t surprise you but boys and girls are not on a par with STEM programs: That’s the shorthand term for science, technology, engineeri...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Aug 02, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Infostorms
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor Vincent Hendricks
We think that with today’s technology, we’re better informed. Therefore it follows we have more knowledge. Not so fast.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Sep 27, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Nidhi Chaphekar, Credit: Ketevan Kardava
Kardava was doing what is her job as a journalist. The media is doing what they think is their job. The only person who has no choice in this is th...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
Tri-color Profile
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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I will not overlay my Facebook profile picture with the French tricolor.

  • Added: Nov 16, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
Future Tripping
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Hal Niedzviecki
Cultural critic and entrepreneur Hal Niedzviecki poses the question, “What is it like to live in a society utterly focused on what is going to happ...

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
The Chomsky Challenge
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Chomsky's Challenge, Credit: book jacket cover
Noam Chomsky is a polarizing figure in politics and foreign affairs. Although he is a pioneering scholar in the field of linguistics, he is better...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jan 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
JFK, why he died and why it matters: James W. Douglass, JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Christian theologian and peace activist James W. Douglass tells us why he thinks JFK was assassinated. He says it was because Kennedy went up again...

Bought by KRVS


  • Added: Nov 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:08
  • Purchases: 1
Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Alan Weisman
Journalist and author Alan Weisman traveled to 21 countries to ask four questions that experts agreed were probably the most important on Earth. Hi...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 01, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Putting Fear In Perspective (with Seth Glier)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Ian Lawton's theme in this episode of Soulseeds Radio explores putting fear in perspective. As Emerson said, "Do the thing you fear and the death o...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Casting Your Whole Vote (With Joshua Davis)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Soulseeds Radio host Ian Lawton explores casting your whole vote -- not just voting once every four years, but letting your whole life, all your wo...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
You've Gotta Have Faith (with Josh Rose)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Ian Lawton looks at many sides of Faith -- taking power where you can control things in your life, surrendering where you can't control things in y...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
Soulseeds Radio: Living Hope (with Channing and Quinn)
From: Ian Lawton
Series: Soulseeds Radio
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Welcome to Soulseeds Radio with host Ian Lawton -- talking today about hope which is not just an idea, not just a philosophy, but something that's ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 1
2/2/12 Food Sleuth Radio: Filmmaker Jeremy Seifert on Food Waste and GMOs
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Jeremy Seifert, documentary film maker. Learn about Seifert’s film about the tragedy of Am...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Arab Novels
From: War News Radio
Caption: An Iraqi official displays a recovered stolen artifact., Credit: Associated Press
From Guarding Heritage March 19, 2010. War News Radio speaks with writer Claudia Roth-Pierpont about her readings of Arabic novels.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2010
  • Length: 07:24
Jamshied Sharifi: Persian moods and vocal ecstacy
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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His CD "One" brings global vocal traditions together

  • Added: Jun 04, 2008
  • Length: 03:32
Broken Vows
From: KVNF
Series: Belief Systems and Other B.S.
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What's the big deal about breaking vows?

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: Jan 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 1