PRX - Pieces for Tone: Provocative

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High Tide
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: High Tide book cover, Credit: jacket design by Kata Jancso
One week before super storm Sandy hit, oceanographer John Englander released his book about the short, medium and long term scenarios we can expect...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Cows Save the Planet
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Judith D. Swartz
In her new book, author and journalist Judith D. Swartz reveals that our ability to transform many of our problems – climate change, desertificatio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Dollars and Sex
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Dr. Marina Adshade
Dr. Marina Adshade provides a fascinating look at just how central the interplay of libido, gender, love, power and economic forces is to the most ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Food Shed
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Eric Toensmeier
This first part of this half-hour is spent with author and professor Philip Ackerman-Leist. In his new book, he shows that people are turning to lo...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KCBX


  • Added: Apr 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 2
Beyond the Checklist
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Suzanne Gordon
Lives could be saved and patient care enhanced by adapting the relevant lessons of aviation safety and teamwork. This is the premise of Suzanne Go...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Comic-Con and Men Writing For Women
From: Mitch Skinner
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mitch Skinner goes to San Diego Comic-Con and talks to men who write well-rounded female characters.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:04
Evolutions Purpose
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Steve McIntosh
The debate around evolution is often misrepresented as a simple choice between science and creationism. A primary question posed by philosopher St...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Moon in the Nautilus Shell
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Daniel Botkin
According to a recent Gallup Poll, 46 percent of Americans believe in creationism. Is this belief hurting our planet? In his new book, professor, ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Shareholder Value Myth
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Shareholder Value Myth, Credit: Berrett-Koeler Publishers
The mantra is that corporations are required to maximize shareholder value. That’s a complete falsehood according to corporate and business law pr...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2012
  • Length: 28:57
Why Has America Stopped Inventing?
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine
America loves innovation and the can-do spirit that made this country what it is-a world leader in self-government, industry and technology, and po...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 14:41
Angela Davis and Tim Wise: Capitalism, Privatization and Hope
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Angela Davis and Tim Wise, Credit: SpeakOut
Anti-racist author Tim Wise examines how society is being divided and conquered on the basis of race and class. But legendary activist Angela Davis...

Bought by WMMT and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
No Citizen Left Behind
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
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While teaching at an all-black middle school in Atlanta, Associate Professor of Education Meira Levinson realized that her students’ were gong to h...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 27:51
Women's Health
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: 1999 US Postage Stamp, Credit: Istock photo
Recent controversies surroundings reproductive health issues have sparked outrage among across the country. From the halls of Congress, to Richmon...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2012
  • Length: 28:54
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Clay A. Johnson
This is not your average diet book. Author Clay Johnson challenges us to be more aware and selective of the information we digest.

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Feb 08, 2012
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 1
The Seeker, the Search, the Sacred: Journey to the Greatness Within
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Weiser Books
Founder and director of the nonprofit Life of Learning Foundation, Guy Finley presents passages from all the major religious traditions and philoso...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 14:17
Who's Yo Sensei!? Pt. 1
From: Karate Cafe
Series: Karate Cafe
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Martial arts lineage, is it important?

  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 03:29:15
The Institute of Infinitely Small Things
From: Justin Grotelueschen
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I interviewed the staff of the Institute while they prepared some "unmarked" projects.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 31, 2008
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 1
Peace Talks Radio: Regarding Competition (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Does competition create character and excellence or, more often. conflict and disillusionment? Or a bit of both? A provocative discussion this time...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KCNP, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KSFR, KMXT and more


  • Added: Jul 03, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
Peace Talks Radio: Regarding Competition (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Does competition create character and excellence or, more often. conflict and disillusionment? Or a bit of both? A provocative discussion this ti...

Bought by KUNM, KTSW 89.9, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 8